What do you love about illustration as a medium? Not that much right now, having said that I'm quite jaded and am moving away from it. Lately it seems kind of arbitrary. If anything it's nice to think of it as a “gateway medium”. Maybe that answer is a cop out, I like illustration's poignancy when there isn't too much “glitter”.
Who is your favourite artist? People from the future, that answer probably makes me seem like a jerk but I will bet you my hands that the future is going to make all of the best art.
If you could live in an art decade in history when would it be? Right now, the Internet era is the greatest period mankind has encountered. Plus people seemed to not take artists with multi-coloured skin seriously until like last week.
What's exciting about being involved in Sugar Mountain? The Forum is such a beautiful venue, it's an honour to have my work there. Also everyone involved is amazing, they all have this dire “lets make it happen” mentality that I really value. It lets you step outside of the conventional gallery goer/exhibition relationship and challenges you to make something special for the festival environment.
Don't miss a beat with our FREE daily newsletter
What's challenging about collaborating with a musician for SM? Henry rules, but collaborating is hard with anyone, just responding to text messages and staying on the same page can be pretty difficult sometimes. Especially since I don't really leave my neighbourhood. I'm not a musician so it's hard to be really explicit about sounds when I don't really understand how they work.
If you weren't an artist what would you be doing? Playing basketball, hanging out with dogs, maybe I'd have a veggie patch and more time for my friends. I did some stand-up comedy, that was fun. Maybe I'd release a rap record about not being an artist and how galleries and contemporary art is alienating.
WHAT: Sugar Mountain
WHEN & WHERE: Saturday 19 January - Forum Theatre
