Cardboard is such a fascinating material to me as an artist. people seem to underestimate what exactly it can do for people and they tend to take it for granted. It serves many purposes in terms of functionality, from storing the items you hold most dear, to easily transporting items from one place to another. It can also be one of the most durable materials if you looked beyond its seemingly weak structure on its own. But most importantly, it's accessible. Anyone can get their hands on it no problem. Chances are you can look around the corner next to a dumpster and you can find the material so easily. In regards to that, I like to think of art as the same way, being easily accessible by everyone. This is why I started making artwork out of cardboard, to make art that can be for everyone and to show that anyone can make artwork out of something so seemingly meaningless and bringing value to it. The box upon my shoulders is my reminder to challenge myself to think of new and creative ways to represent art that can be for everyone and never close myself off to the possibilities of what art can and should be. I never want people to feel like art isn't for them simply because of the theories behind it that they don't know or because they believe they're not good enough and are afraid of failure. When we alienate people from the art world and making them believe they can't be artists in their own way, we tend to miss the whole point of making art. I want viewers of all ages to have fun, think, play, and experiment without fear of failure. As philosopher John Dewey says: "Failure is instructive. The person who really thinks learns quite as much from his failures as from his successes." So let's open up that box and think outside of it, and let's experiment with the creative and fun potentials of the ever expanding art world together!
-Hector Sector, The Box Artist
-Hector Sector, The Box Artist