Your Creative Push

Nick Gentry is an artist from London who paints on recycled and obsolete technological materials such as floppy discs, 35mm film negatives, VHS cassettes, and X-ray prints. In doing so, he creates a conversation between digital and analog processes. Full shownotes: http://yourcreativepush.com/nickgentry In this episode, Nick discusses: -What the canvas of technological materials says to the viewer. -How he finds charm in the materials that have already had a life. -Where he actually obtains the floppy discs and VHS tapes to use for his art. -How he uses ambiguity and pulling many different pieces together in order for the viewer to make their own interpretations about the art and what it means to them. -The first time he made this type of art as an experiment, and how he left his work in the street to be picked up for free. -His predictions for the future of technology and his hope that we don't get lost. -How he tries to suspend his judgment while making art, so that if a piece isn't going particularly well,