Fludd Interviews / 63. Silvio Lorusso

A) NAME : Silvio Lorusso

B) WHERE ARE YOU FROM? : Altamura (Bari), Italy

C) HOW OLD ARE YOU? : 30

D) YOUR SPHERE OF INTERESTS : Tech ⇆ Society

E) STUDIES :  Currently struggling to conclude my PhD dissertation in Design Sciences at the Iuav University of Venice.

F) COULD YOU PLEASE TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT DO YOU DO/HAVE YOU DONE? :  I do/have done research mostly about experimental publishing through essays, workshops, artworks, and an online archive called the Post-Digital Publishing Archive.

G) 3 MASTERS : Splinter, Miyagi, Yoda

H) 1 INSPIRING CITY : Porto

I) A PLACE YOU’D LOVE TO VISIT SOON : Edinburgh

J) 1 SPECIAL MUSEUM :  http://www.therestartpage.com/#

K) 1 RECOMMENDED WEB-SITE : http://copypastecharacter.com/ (essential)

L) FAVOURITE ICE CREAM FLAVOUR : Facebook (http://www.dissapore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/gelato_facebook-640x426.jpg)

M) A SHOP YOU LOVE : Boekie Woekie, an artist-run bookstore for books by artists in Amsterdam.

N) 2 OBJECTS YOU LIKE : Magnifying glass, Rubik's cube

O) YOUR IDEAL BREAKFAST : Good coffee + random fruit

P) SOMEWHERE NICE TO GO IN YOUR NEIGHBOURHOOD : The so-called “Zattere promenade” in Venice

Q) LAST BOOKS YOU HAVE READ : Thomas Pynchon’s The Crying of Lot 49,  Dave Eggers’ The Circle, Douglas Coupland’s Generation A.

R) WHAT ARE A FEW THINGS INSPIRING YOU AT THE MOMENT? : Productivity techniques, self-branding, micro-entrepreneurship

S) WHICH IS THE MAIN DIFFICULTY FOR A YOUNG CREATIVE TODAY? :  Avoid being a cog in the machine of ‘creative industries’

T) WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE COLLECTIVE DIMENSION OF ART AND CREATIVITY? : I ask myself whether such collective dimension actually exists

U) WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR? : Time

V) WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD? : Christmas

W) PROJECTS FOR THE FUTURE : Owning a house in 3 different cities

X) WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO STUDY WHEN YOU’LL BE OLD? : Italo disco

Y) A GOOD PURPOSE FOR THE 2016 SEASON : Being purposeless

Z) WHAT DOES THE WORD “FLUDD” SUGGEST YOU? : Softness


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