Think outside the box- Smarts urges fellow artists

The current winner of the Botswana Telecommunications Corporation (BTC) 2010 phonebook competition, Nyalalani Smarts has urged fellow artists to think outside the box.

Speaking to Showbiz during an interview, the 30-year-old Limkokwing University of Creative Arts lecturer said that there is plenty of raw talent in the country and that local artists only need to come up with catchy concepts in order to make it in competitions.

"Most artists are stereotyped and they cannot think outside the box.They use  elements that are already known and this works against them," he said adding  that however he admires a lot of his colleagues and does not wish to undermine them in anyway.Smarts, specialises in digital graphics and his prize winning piece is unnamed.

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