#199 Shannon Novak
New Zealand artist Shannon Novak, initially trained as a pianist, explores contemporary gay issues through sound, painting, sculpture and installation, with a focus on using geometric forms to explore and render his understanding of the interrelationships between sound, colour, form, time, space, and social context. He also examines the ways in which the plurality and tensions of gay desire muddy and morph geometrical purity and idealism.
1. How do you feel about home right now?
2. Are you an activist?
3. What do you ask of your audience?
4. How has the world presented itself to you?
5. Describe an echo chamber that interests you.
6. What piece of advice would you give to your younger self?
7. How might one depolarise the polarised?
8. What did the internet do to you?
9. Is objectivity a myth?
10. Remember the future.
