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May 15, 2004
Profile: Matt Rowean
Age: 21
Hometown: Newton mass
Where do you now live?: Syracuse (NYC in June)
Where would you most like to live?: NYC (or a warm island somewhere, the cold of Syracuse Really got to me)
Who was your first "hero" in life?: Thundercats and My dad, my dad's mad smart
What is your favorite thing to do on your day off from work?: Definitely catch up with friends
What is your favorite color?: A pale baby blue
Who (or what) do you love?: Life, Music, and my close friends
Who and/or what are some of your influences?
Music first and foremost, almost everything I do is a direct result of what I'm listening to when I make it. My girlfriend was a major muse, but she bounced to Australia so I've been looking at myself a lot lately. Definitely LODOWN, that got me thinking outside the box when I was stuck in a seriously stifling communication design program up at school...Japanese prints, big ups to Hokusai. Big cities, construction sites, Rodchenko, and nature.
What other artists do you most admire?
DJ Shadow, Kinsey, The people at Buro Destruct (their use of color is beyond real), Kubrick, 123 klan, David Ellis, Futura, Fairey, Too many to name
How would you describe your art to someone who could not see it?
straight up gangster
What other talent would most like to have?
i wish i could surf real nasty
What do you fear the most?
being alone
What is your greatest ambition?
a chance to collaborate with all the people on my 'list' before i die
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