2016 Breakthrough Artist of the Year: Zithunzi Zochititsa chidwi za Dan Lam

Mayamiko ochokera kwa Dan Lam.

Kumanani ndi wojambula Dan Lam.

Nditamufunsa Dan Lam kuti akuganiza kuti malo ochezera a pa Intaneti ndi ofunika bwanji kwa ojambula amasiku ano, adayima kaye ndikuwonetsa kuti sitikadakhala pa Instagram. Ndipo ndi zoona.

Ndidalumikizana ndi Dan Lam (aka) pa Instagram kanthawi kapitako komanso chaka chatha ndawonera ntchito yake ikukwera. Ngakhale kuti poyamba ndinkakopeka ndi ziboliboli za amorphous, zogwirika, zowoneka bwino zomwe zimatuluka m'mashelufu a mabuku ndikuwoneka ngati ziweto zapamtunda, ndinalinso ndi chidwi chowonera ntchito ya wojambulayo ikukwera.

Zaka ziwiri zokha atamaliza maphunziro a MFA ku Arizona State, Lam akunena kuti amatha kukhala wojambula wanthawi zonse pakalipano chifukwa cha kupambana kwake kwa Instagram. Chaka chatha, adakhalako angapo (posachedwa kwambiri ku Fort Works Art), adalandira chiwonetsero chazithunzi, ndipo adapeza malo ku Art Basel Miami.

Kotero siziyenera kukhala zodabwitsa pamene ndinapunthwa pa imodzi mwa ntchito za Lam pa Instagram Miley Cyrus (Ine tsopano ndikuvomereza kuti ndimatsatira iye mwachipembedzo). Koma mukawona mmodzi wa ojambula omwe mumawakonda akugwira ntchito pa imodzi mwa matepi akuluakulu a pop star, zimakupangitsani kudabwa, "Kodi izi zidachitika bwanji?"

Pakati pa nthawi yake yotanganidwa yopanga zinthu, ndinali ndi mwayi wofunsa Dan Lam osati momwe zinakhalira, komanso za ndondomeko yake, masitepe ake oyambirira a bizinesi, ndi zomwe zikutanthawuza kukhala wojambula zithunzi masiku ano. Onani izi:

AA: Tiyeni tiyambe ndi zoyambira ... chifukwa chiyani madontho ndi madontho?

DL: Ndakhala ndikukopeka ndi kufewa kwake. Mmodzi wa ojambula ndimaikonda nthawi zonse wakhala Claes Oldenburg ndi amisiri amene ankagwira ntchito mafomu awa - chinachake chokhudza chosema zofewa anakokedwa ine.

Ndikadayenera kulingalira, zitha kukhala zokhudzana ndi kufufuza lingaliro la chinthu cholimba koma chopatsa chinyengo cha kufewa kapena kuyenda modutsa nthawi.

AA: Kodi mungafotokoze njira yanu pang'ono?

DL: Choyamba, ndimayesa kwambiri. Madontho ndi madontho amayamba ndi thovu lazinthu ziwiri zamadzimadzi. Mukasakaniza pamodzi zimayamba kufalikira. Chinthu chabwino kwambiri pa zinthu izi ndikuti mulibe mphamvu pa izo. Momwe amakulitsira kukhala zinthu zakuthupi.

Ndimathira thovu ndikusiya kuti liume. Ndiye nthawi zambiri ndimaphimba ndi utoto wa acrylic, kawirikawiri mtundu wowala, ndikuusiya kuti uume. Kenako ndimayika ma spikes (zimatenga tsiku). Kenako ndimayika epoxy ndikuwonjezera zinthu zowoneka ngati zonyezimira kapena ma rhinestones.

AA: Zomwe munakumana nazo koyamba ndi Art Basel Miami Beach?

DL: Izi zinali zabwino kwambiri… basi… zodabwitsa. Ndinamva anthu akuyankhula za Art Basel chaka chilichonse ndipo zinkawoneka ngati zazikulu. Kuti ndikwaniritse izi nthawi zonse chakhala cholinga changa changa. Anthu ambiri andiuza kuti ndi misala bwanji, ndipo zonse ndi zoona.

Zomwe ndimakonda kwambiri ndikuti ndidawona zojambulajambula zambiri komanso ndimakumana ndi akatswiri ambiri. Zinali ngati msasa waluso. Monga wojambula, mumakhala nokha mu studio yanu kwa masiku oposa 300 pachaka, ndipo mwadzidzidzi kwa sabata mumakhala nthawi yambiri ndi anthu omwe amathera nthawi yambiri nokha, ndipo mumangopeza. wina ndi mnzake pamlingo wofunikira.

Kudzaza Dan Lam.

AA: Mwangomaliza kumene digiri ya masters ndipo mwapita kale bwino. Kodi chaka chanu choyamba mutamaliza maphunziro awo ku Unduna wa Zachilendo zidawoneka bwanji?

DL: Nditamaliza maphunziro anga ku Arizona State University mu 2014, ndinasamukira ku Midland, Texas ndi chibwenzi changa. Ndi chipululu, ndi mafuta onse - mzinda wonse wazungulira mafuta. Ndikukhala kumeneko, ndinali ndi mwayi wophunzitsa pa koleji ya anthu wamba ndipo ndinali ndi ufulu wandalama woganizira za zojambulajambula nditangomaliza sukulu ya zojambulajambula.

Mumamva nkhani zambiri za ojambula omwe adamaliza maphunziro awo ndikutanganidwa ndi ntchito zatsiku chifukwa chofunikira. Ndinakumbukira nkhani zonsezi ndi chidziwitsochi ndipo ndinapitiriza kuchita zinthu.

Nthawi zambiri ndimachita zinthu zolimbitsa thupi zomwe sizingapangitse chilichonse. Ichi ndi chaka chomwe ndinaganiza zopita ku Instagram ndikuyika ndikuwona momwe ndingalumikizire. Ndinkafuna kuwona zomwe malo ochezera a pa Intaneti amatha kuchita. Ndinagwiritsa ntchito chakachi kuti ndiganizire za ntchito yanga yatsopano komanso kuganizira kwambiri za chikhalidwe cha anthu.

Tisanalowemo, ndinapanga chosema changa choyamba cha drip. Ngakhale zokongoletsera zanga zapakhoma zinayamba kuyang'aniridwa kwambiri ndipo ndinayamba kupeza zoyankhulana zambiri ndi zisudzo - madontho ang'onoang'ono anandipangitsa kuti ndiphulike. 2016 yangophulika; Ndinali ndi mwayi wochuluka wa ziwonetsero ndi magalasi oyandikira kwa ine.  

Ndizosiyana kwambiri ndi momwe zinalili zaka zingapo zapitazo. Tsopano anthu akulumikizana nane. Pomwe zaka zingapo zapitazo ndimati nditsegule mafoni. Zinali zosayembekezereka ndipo ndine wokondwa kupeza njira yolumikizana ndi anthu ambiri.

AA: Ndi chiyani chomwe chinali chosayembekezeka kwambiri pazochitikazi ngati wofuna zojambulajambula? 

DL: Chofunika kwambiri, tsopano ndine wojambula wanthawi zonse. Kuti zaka ziwiri nditamaliza sukulu, ine ndikhoza kukhala wojambula wanthawi zonse. Makamaka pambuyo pa Basel, ndimangoganiza kuti, "Motani?" Sindinaganizepo kuti ndingayanjane ndi anthu otchuka. Sindinaganizepo kuti Miley Cyrus adzalandira ntchito yanga.

AA: Eya, ndiye zidachitika bwanji?

DL: Wayne Coyne [wa Milomo Yoyaka] anayamba kunditsatira ndipo mwinamwake mwezi umodzi pambuyo pake Miley Cyrus anayamba kunditsatira. Chifukwa chakuti akaunti yanga ya Instagram ikukula mofulumira kwambiri, ndikusowa zinthu zambiri. Patatha mwezi umodzi, Miley anandilembera pa Instagram ndipo anati, "Hei mtsikana, ndili ndi zojambulajambula kunyumba ndipo ndimafuna kuwona ngati mungafune kutenga nawo mbali." Ndinayenera kutsimikiziranso kuti sindinanyengedwe.

Uku kunali kusuntha kwanga koyamba kwamabizinesi. Pamene adandifunsa adandiuza za chipinda ichi chomwe anali nacho piyano ya disco ndi khoma la ndalama ndipo zitachitika adakonza zoti agwirizane ndi Imprint kapena Paper Magazine ndipo adakonzekera kujambula ndi kulemba za izo. Sananene kuti, "Ndikufuna kugula chidutswa." Anandifunsa ngati ndikufuna kutenga nawo mbali.

Ndidafunsa gulu la anthu ndipo anthu ena adati alipire ndipo ena adati ali ndi olembetsa 50 miliyoni. Ndinapita patsogolo ndikumutumizira gawolo ndikudziwa kuti ndi olembetsa ambiri abweranso. M'kupita kwa nthawi, mwayi wawonjezeka. Zomwezo zinachitikanso ndi Lilly Aldridge. Ndidazindikira pambuyo pake kuti nthawi zina anthu amalipira 100k potumiza pamaakaunti akulu. Ndiwofunika kwambiri pamapeto pake.

Onse akuda, Dan Lam. 

AA: Muli ndi mwayi wocheza nawo. Mukuganiza kuti malo ochezera a pa Intaneti ndi ofunika bwanji kwa ojambula amakono?

DL: Ndikuganiza kuti ndizofunikira kwambiri. Ngati ndinu wojambula ndipo osachigwiritsa ntchito, sikuti mukudzivulaza nokha, koma simukudzithandiza nokha. Chowonadi pa Instagram ndikulumikizana ndi ojambula ena. Mumapita ku Instagram, malo ochezera a pa Intaneti ndikupeza wojambula wina yemwe mumasilira - mumayamba kuyankhula, kugwirizanitsa ndikugulitsa. Zili ngati maukonde, koma mu bwalo lanu.

Komanso, zotsatira za maso pa ntchito yanu ndi zazikulu. Sindikadakhala wojambula wanthawi zonse pakadapanda Instagram. Ichi ndi chida chamtengo wapatali kwambiri. Zithunzi za Instagram zimalumikizidwanso.

Ndi chida champhamvu cha dziko lazojambula.

AA: Kodi mungapatse upangiri wanji kwa ojambula ena omwe akufuna kupanga mbiri yawo pa intaneti?

DL: Ndikuganiza momwe ndimaonera, tsatirani momwe mungafune. Kodi intuition yanu imakuuzani chiyani? Pali anthu a PR omwe amakuuzani kuti muchite izi kapena izo kapena chirichonse. Koma ngati mukufuna kuti mawu a wojambula akhale omveka bwino, ngakhale momwe mumatumizira zimasonyeza zimenezo. Chitani zomwe mukuchita ndikuzisunga"inu".

Ine pandekha ndimasunga Instagram yanga mosamala kwambiri ndikuisunga za ntchito. Nthawi zambiri sindilemba za ine ndekha. Zimathandiza kuti zinthu zikhale zosiyana. Sindikufuna kuti chakudya changa chikhale chokhudza momwe ine ndilili. Ndikuganiza kuti ndi chifukwa chake anthu ambiri ankaganiza kuti ndinali mnyamata kwa kanthawi, chifukwa cha dzina langa komanso chifukwa chosowa nkhope.

Kujambula zithunzi zabwino ndi chinthu chofunika kwambiri. Pezani kuyatsa bwino. Ndimatenga yanga ndi foni yanga komanso kuwala kwachilengedwe.

AA: Malingaliro aliwonse kwa akatswiri ojambula omwe akufuna kupanga chipwirikiti chachikulu ndi malo ochezera a pa Intaneti?

DL: Gwiritsani ntchito chida kuti mulumikizane ndikupanga maulumikizidwe. Ngati mukutsatirana ndipo mukufuna kulumikizana, lembani kwa iwo ndikulembetsa. Simudziwa zomwe zidzachitike. Thandizani wina ndi mzake. Nenani, “O, ndikudziwa kuti pali nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale yomwe mungakwanemo bwino. Simudziwa zomwe zingachitike pamsewu."

Ndimaonanso kuti zithunzizo ziyenera kukhala ndi kukongola kwinakwake. Pali zinthu zomwe zimatchuka kwambiri kuposa zina. Mwachitsanzo, ndikatumiza zonyezimira, ogwiritsa ntchito ambiri amakonda nthawi zonse. Mutha kuchitapo kanthu kuti mukope anthu ena, koma chitani ngati zikugwirizana ndi ntchito yanu. Ndi mzere wosamveka bwino chifukwa simukufuna kuyika china chake pazokonda, komanso ngati mukufuna kukulitsa olembetsa anu, sichoncho?

AA: Pamene chaka chikutha, timafunsa ojambula zomwe akufuna kuti 2017 azichita kwa ojambula ena, anthu ndi dziko lonse lapansi. Kodi muli ndi chikhumbo chomwe mukufuna kuwona?

DL: Ndikuganiza kuti ojambula ayenera kupitiliza kuchita zomwe akuchita komanso mwinanso zochulukirapo. Dziko lathu liri mumtundu wamisala pakali pano ndipo ndikudziwa akatswiri ambiri ojambula omwe akufunsa kuti, "Tiyenera kuchita chiyani?" Ndikuganiza kuti zaluso ndizofunikira kwambiri ndipo sitingakane. Ndikukhulupirira kuti salola kuti chikhalidwe cha anthu chichotsedwe kwa iye.

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