An Interview with Alexandre Rockwell
In their interview for the Trops, Alexandre Rockwell and Alexandra Kosloski discuss taking risks in art, community, and the making of Rockwell’s anticipated new film Lump.
In their interview for the Trops, Alexandre Rockwell and Alexandra Kosloski discuss taking risks in art, community, and the making of Rockwell’s anticipated new film Lump.
“I think that each of us have an inclination or sensibility to create based on a dream or a feeling”
“It’s all sensory. That’s the only connection you have.”
“Let the obstacles be your guide. It leads you to places you would never have gone on your own.”
“I have a new me through all those images.”
“In this installation practice, I’ve been really steady with this idea of creating a space that itself becomes generative. I first use my body to create something, but then, the aim is for this thing to be the matrix for its own development.”
“People travel all around the world and forget about their own backyard. The beauty in the everyday.”
“I had a strange notion of being a rock star, which I was immediately disillusioned with when I started meeting actual rock stars, and realizing how difficult it is.”
“It took me my whole life to take myself seriously as a painter.”
“I usually want it to be beautiful. Whatever that is to me, that’s the thing. I always want my photos to look timeless, so you don’t know when they were taken.”
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