- November 26, 2008
- Posted by Marc
Slinkachu: The A’s To Our Q’s
Age: 29
Hometown: Devon, UK
Where do you now live?: London, UK
Where would you most like to live?: I love London, but i wouldn’t mind spending time in other big cities such as New York. I love Barcelona too.
Who was your first “hero” in life?: Fictional hero: Doctor Who. Real life hero: Probably my Dad.
What is your favorite thing to do on your day off from work?: Meeting up with friends and drinking and chatting.
What is your favorite color?: Grey
Who (or what) do you love?: Looking at the stars on a clear night. I can’t do that in London because of the light pollution, but recently i was in the middle of nowhere in South Africa and the sky was incredible - it blew me away.
Who and/or what are some of your influences?: Everyday life. I love people-watching. I like to imaging what kind of lives the strangers that i see are living. I am a bit of a cynic though - I like to think everyone has skeletons in their closets.
Wooster: What other artists do you most admire?
Cartoonist/illustrator Chris Ware, concept artist Ralph McQuarrie, Edward Hopper, David Lynch, Mark Jenkins, Hellboy creator Mike Mignola, director Hayao Miyazaki - all for different reasons. And I’m always pleasantly surprised when artists that i meet turn out to be really nice guys - Herakut, Blek, Dolk, Nick Georgiou and loads more.
Wooster: How would you describe your art to someone who could not see it?
I enjoy exploring how people live in big cities. My work is installation and photography - little plastic people, stuck down on the street in different scenes and then left there. Hopefully the images have some kind of narrative and emotion.
Wooster: What other talent would you most like to have?
I would love to be able to speak more languages, but i don’t think my brain is wired that way. I hope i am around to see the day when you can just inject some kind of nanobot in to your head and suddenly be able to understand everyone else.
Wooster: What do you fear the most?
Illness and old age. Getting older is fine but I would want to be healthy. The problem is, I love chips way too much.
Wooster: What is your greatest ambition?
One of my greatest ambitions, since i was very young, was to write a book. I’ve just had my photography published in a book, but i would still love to actually write one some day.
You can learn more about the art of Slinkachu here.