#zonted Artist Spotlight: Wrongbedroom

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Wrong Bedroom interviewed by zonted 🖼. This post first appeared on http://zonted.com/artist.

Wrongbedroom’s wonderfully strange work spans multiple disciplines and universes. Always unapologetically himself, Wrongbedroom continues to push his own artistic boundaries by creating the “weirdest avatars on the virtual block”.

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By continually questioning the envelope of what people know as “traditional art”, we see Wrongbedroom as a complete innovator in the digital art space. What can be done digitally becomes virtually infinite, and Wrongbedroom has no qualms diving into all the dimensions of what digital can offer (music, video, imagery) and trying all the things.

🖼 view Wrongbedroom’s art in the zonted genesis exhibition: https://www.cryptovoxels.com/play?coords=W@316E,579N,1U

How did you get into crypto (NFT) art?

I was doing a lot of research into Bitcoin and Blockchain and came across an article about Cryptokitties and NFTs, which lead me to SuperRare. I was really amazed at how big the space was and how it made so much sense to tokenize artwork.

In the a recent SuperRare interview, you mentioned you got kicked out of painting at art school. What happened then?

After being kicked out of painting for being too experimental, rather than kowtowing to tradition, I was able to choose a different major. Although there were other disciplines, I was drawn to ceramics because it was unfamiliar to me and that made me curious.

You’re a multidisciplinary artist who creates digital, physical, music, and video. How’d you learn all these different disciplines? Is there a particular medium that you enjoy more than the others?

I started at a young age. The local public high school had some wonderful art & music teachers who encouraged me to be multi-skilled and to be curious about all forms of creativity. From their influence, I have continued to try to take inspiration from atypical sources like mathematics, cooking and anything really. I also attended private music lessons as a teenager for a number of years.

As an adult, I went to The National Art School where I was able to develop my traditional art making skills to another level, learning from amazing lecturers who are also practicing artists. When it comes to all things digital, however, I am an autodidact. Like most people of the internet generation, I watch, listen and learn. I’m always amazed at how advanced young people are with technology. Love or hate YouTube it really has revolutionised learning and brought it to the masses.

I love all the disciplines that I engage with but drawing is something that I do on a daily basis. Whether it’s digital or traditional, for me the process is meditative and fantastic for my mental well-being.

What YouTube channels would recommend folks to check out?

CrossMind Studio

PiXimperfect

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Your art has a certain unique flair associated with how audiences interact with it. The combination of weird characters (Mutated Filioades, Midskulrook, K Kryicha) and snake skin-like pulsating features creates a wonderfully strange perspective. Do you invent the world you create before creating the art, or do you create and invent the story afterwards?

Blockchain technology has revolutionised art and I’m happy to be along for the ride with a wonderful community of people.

What do you think traditional fine art institutions are missing out on? What advice would you give to the artists currently in art school right now? How can they kick start their art careers and gain more exposure for their work?

I think art schools don’t encourage students to question technique and experiment with technique. I think it’s important to learn traditional and digital skills and to understand where things come from but you will never create anything unique unless you push against what you have learned.

• Sydney Contemporary Art Fair