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Q6. How did you manage to get your
designing/editing offers?
A. Socializing. I have to
say people like Mr.Matt Duffy aka DJ TripleBypass and the
awesome people over at Slices cafe (Seng and Sone you guys
rock!) really help get the network going. Its hard to hop
into a foreign city as a young
artist and hope to be A: taken seriously and B: get actual
work. Its all about making the right connections. That being
said, I still have yet to meet many working artists here in
Osaka.
Q7. Is it a big challenge for you
to work as a designer/editor? Tell me about it.
A. Ya, its hard work. My
full time job during the week eats away at my artistic time
and like everyone else on the planet I'd rather devote all
of my time to art instead of making money, but you gotta eat.
Its also hard living outside of the city, designing and creating
any kind of visuals takes a lot of back and forth communication
and email just doesn't cut it, my phone bill goes up every
month and without a solid group of peers you can trust for
solid critiques its hard to constantly grade your own work.
Q8. Any funny/horrible stories about
working in Japan?
A. Things that can go wrong,
will. I've created full visual presentations for events just
to show up and be told their projector is broken or it actually
won't show up because its too dark in the venue. Its never
really funny at the time, but you have to take it in stride,
sh!t happens.
Q9. What are your goals for future?
A. Produce an inordinate
amount of work? Its always a goal i want to pursue: Create,
create create. I want to get involved with other talented
artists and try to collaborate and get some good shows together,
i would really like to work alongside painters, be it classically
trained or more graffitistyled individuals.
Q10. What is your favorite Japanese
words?
A. One of the first i picked
up when i arrived here: Chidoriashi. I have no idea if that
even has Kanji.
Q11. Message to WhyNot!? users!
A. Hang out at Slices Cafe
and you'll run into me at some point. Hopefully within the
next month my photos will be gracing the walls of that establishment
for your perusal. So i suggest you head on down grab a slice,
maybe some bubble tea and we can talk shop. As i said I'm
really interested in meeting other artists who are interested
in working together even if its in Japanese, I'll try my best!
Thanks for reading, look forward to meeting you in the future.
You can read more about me or see some of
my work at:
www.terminal-philosophy.com
or www.terminal-philosophy.com/sentrosi |
