Interview with Alan Cano

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZTEnyz7O3c

Uhhhhhhh yeah, this was my interview with Alan Cano if you haven't realized it by now. The video pretty much covers most of what we talked about, except that the battery for my camera died during recording, so I'll talk about the rest of the interview below.

Aside from talking about his inspiration and work, Alan mentioned and I quote, " I don't consider myself an artist; the word artist in my opinion is too objective." To follow up with the last statement, I in return questioned the identity of his work, that if he didn't consider himself an artist, then what would his art be considered as. His reply was "a release, a visual diary". To him, the term artist is a word that should only be given to those of high regard, such as the old masters of the Renaissance; thus in that regard, the term "artist" has died. I took the time to also asked him about his future plans and where he plans to take his work after graduation. His response was to simply be known, to make an impact in the world through his work, and that the key to achieving that is to do whatever it takes to make it there.