Interview with:Franklin J Kennedy [franklinjkennedy]
ART
 | What do you do? How do you define yourself as an artist? I mostly draw in MS Paint, I also draw on paper, xerox it at high contrast, then xerox THAT with text passages pasted over it.
I really kind of consider myself to be counter-art; I can appreciate "art art", but I prefer the kind of art that people without real "talent" or "creativity" can make, because I consider myself to be one of those people. |
| What is your message? my message is to reconsider what is "good" art and what is "bad" art. |
| Do you upload your work to the web? If so, where could we see it? I post my work on frankblog.tumblr.com |
| How is an idea born? For you, what is inspiration? I have no inspiration. I draw a head, and then give it a dog body. That's it. |
| What role does technology play in your creative process? I love the warmth and fuzziness of older technology; analog photography, zines with lots of black-ink and xeroxes of xeroxed xeroxes... and then once I'm done, I digitize it for permanence. |
| How do you evaluate whether an idea is good or not? After I make something, if I can go back to it the next day and still say "I like this", then it must be good. |
| How should a work of art be evaluated? Art should be evaluated by how much fun the artist had making it, and how much fun the viewer has viewing it. |
MUSIC
| What do you do? What is your musical specialty? I play the guitar, and sing. |
| Do you work alone or in a group? If in a group, who are the others you work with? Presently, I'm working on two prospective bands, and in the mean time practicing alone. |
| Is there a web address where one can listen, see, or read some of your work? I upload my recordings to frankblog.tumblr.com |
| Please list any awards, competitions, or other acknowledgments you would like to mention. Screw that. If you're getting an award, then you're not a real musician. |
| What was your musical education? I began guitar lessons in the 8th grade. |
| Have you ever awoken with a melody created from your dreams? No, that's very weird. |
| What should be done to stop piracy? Piracy is not an issue. The people who are hurt the most by piracy are the industry-giant record labels, which are the ones that ought to be stopped.
My opinion is that if an actual artist requests that a community not share their music, then their request should be acknowledged. On most private BitTorrent trackers, it is. Although I disagree with their opinion on music sharing on a philosophical level, I also respect their opinion, because for some artists, music is their main source of income, and they feel that piracy is pulling money from their wallet. |
| What type of music do you detest? I simply can't stand popular Country, popular Rock, and contemporary forms of Metal (both hardcore, and scandinavian). |
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