{"id":1331,"date":"2011-11-08T01:59:36","date_gmt":"2011-11-08T01:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ilovemega.com\/blog\/?p=1331"},"modified":"2014-09-26T11:21:02","modified_gmt":"2014-09-26T11:21:02","slug":"focus-magazine-in-your-face","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/focus-magazine-in-your-face\/","title":{"rendered":"FOCUS MAGAZINE <br \/>In your face"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Focus magazine interview Mega in French<\/h2>\n<p><strong>4 pages interview for Focus magazine, a french urban publication.<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>More about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.focus-magazine.com\/\" title=\"focus magazine\" target=\"_blank\">Focus<\/a> magazine.<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6694\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6694\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kirtimukhas-7.jpg\" alt=\"Kirtimukhas\" width=\"550\" height=\"716\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6694\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kirtimukhas-7.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kirtimukhas-7-550x716.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kirtimukhas-7-230x300.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6694\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kirtimukhas is a graphic reflexion over self-created rituals and simulated heritages<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>HELLO MEGA, COMMENT \u00c7A VA \u00c0 BALI ? LA FRANCE NE TE MANQUE PAS TROP ?<\/strong><br \/>\nAu moment o\u00f9 vous lisez cette interview dans Focus magazine, je d\u00e9guste un jus de mangue glac\u00e9, accoud\u00e9 aux pierres de lave qui bordent ma piscine, accabl\u00e9 par une averse de soleil. Le glapissement des geckos concurrence avec un panache m\u00e9canique le chant puissant de Wendy Ren\u00e9e que peinent \u00e0 contenir les enceintes faiblardes de mon Macbook Pro connect\u00e9 en Wi-Fi. Un client allemand me propose un travail tandis que je termine une illustration pour un magazine de Sydney. Pour peu que l&#8217;on prenne la peine de s&#8217;abriter sous les larges feuilles d&#8217;un des bananiers, la temp\u00e9rature descend \u00e0 30C. Il faisait 30 hier, et le sorcier du village pr\u00e9voit 30 pour demain. Mentalement, je passe en revue la vari\u00e9t\u00e9 des d\u00e9lices culinaires locaux qui m&#8217;attend dans des restaurants \u00e0 un euro. Je pense manger un cochon de lait tourn\u00e9 \u00e0 la broche. \u00c0 500m de ma maison les ondes azur\u00e9es l\u00e8chent \u00e0 l&#8217;infini une vaste plage d\u00e9peupl\u00e9e, magique, dont vos r\u00eaves les plus exotiques ne donne qu&#8217;une id\u00e9e assez approximative. Je pense \u00e0 la France : j&#8217;y ai mon agent (Lezilus), j&#8217;y garde certains de mes meilleurs amis, ma famille y r\u00e9side. J&#8217;aime les fran\u00e7aises, leur \u00e9l\u00e9gance naturelle me manque parfois.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6402\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6402\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/bonbek-magazine-mega.png\" alt=\"magazine illustration\" width=\"550\" height=\"325\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/bonbek-magazine-mega.png 1100w, https:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/bonbek-magazine-mega-550x325.png 550w, https:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/bonbek-magazine-mega-500x295.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6402\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The artwork was used to illustrate a double spread pages of the french publication<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>PEUX-TU NOUS EXPLIQUER EN QUELQUES MOTS CE QUE TU FAIS ?<\/strong><br \/>\nMon activit\u00e9 d&#8217;illustrateur consiste \u00e0 trouver des solutions visuelles pour r\u00e9pondre \u00e0 des attentes de clients h\u00e9t\u00e9rog\u00e8nes. Si les probl\u00e9matiques et les supports sont vari\u00e9s, la passion et la r\u00e9activit\u00e9 demeurent chez moi une constante.<\/p>\n<p><strong>POURQUOI &#8220;MEGA&#8221; ?<\/strong><br \/>\nMega calcule le monde en m\u00e9gabytes et cultive une m\u00e9galomanie que cette interview permet d&#8217;alimenter. Il garde cependant \u00e0 l&#8217;esprit que la gr\u00e2ce dont il jouie \u00e0 l&#8217;heure actuelle peut s&#8217;alt\u00e9rer sans annonce pr\u00e9alable. La vie est un jeu aux accents parfois \u00e2cres, et le verlan de son nom \u2013Game- r\u00e9sonne parfois comme un avertissement \u00e9nigmatique.<br \/>\nEn Indon\u00e9sien Mega signifie par ailleurs Nuage, et si le ciel est une limite pour certains, il n&#8217;en reste pas moins un terrain de jeu que j&#8217;affectionne. Au risque de me br\u00fbler les ailes, cette position stratosph\u00e9rique ouvre des perspectives sans cesse renouvel\u00e9es et m&#8217;offre l&#8217;atout remarquable de pouvoir poser sur le monde un regard diff\u00e9rent.<br \/>\nO\u00f9 et comment as-tu appris \u00e0 dessiner comme \u00e7a ?<br \/>\n\u00c0 la fin de mon adolescence, j&#8217;occupais mon temps libre \u00e0 peindre les murs de ma ville et les trains de ma r\u00e9gion. Mes influences se trouvaient davantage dans les livres de graphisme Suisses et Allemands que dans les fanzines graffiti. Je ne me sentais pas concern\u00e9 ni s\u00e9duit par les poncifs Wild style en vogue \u00e0 l&#8217;\u00e9poque. Je crois que l&#8217;on peut dans cette mesure dire que j&#8217;\u00e9tais plut\u00f4t new school. Peu \u00e0 peu, l&#8217;utilisation de l&#8217;informatique est apparue comme le prolongement naturel et un d\u00e9veloppement logique de ma d\u00e9marche graphique, permettant notamment d&#8217;ouvrir de nouvelles perspectives au niveau technique, et m&#8217;offrant potentiellement l&#8217;acc\u00e8s \u00e0 un public plus large. Conscient que les murs n&#8217;int\u00e9ressent qu&#8217;une audience restreinte de writers, j&#8217;ai toujours consid\u00e9r\u00e9 que la publication et la diffusion d&#8217;objets imprim\u00e9s pr\u00e9sentait l&#8217;avantage de toucher les non-initi\u00e9s. L&#8217;ordinateur est donc devenu le prisme par lequel je filtre le monde qui m&#8217;entoure. La pratique constante du dessin aura \u00e9t\u00e9 mon apprentissage, la curiosit\u00e9 et la passion mes deux ma\u00eetres.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6289\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6289\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/mega-exhibition-sydney-artworks.jpg\" alt=\"China Heights gallery\" width=\"550\" height=\"366\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/mega-exhibition-sydney-artworks.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/mega-exhibition-sydney-artworks-550x366.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/mega-exhibition-sydney-artworks-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6289\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">My screen printed artworks exhibited in China Heights gallery<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>COMMENT TU D\u00c9FINIRAIS TA &#8220;SIGNATURE VISUELLE&#8221; ?<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8220;In your face&#8221; est la d\u00e9finition de mon style telle que donn\u00e9e par Richard Solomon, un agent new-yorkais. Je suis obs\u00e9d\u00e9 par la puret\u00e9 des courbes et ensorcel\u00e9 par la profondeur des aplats de couleurs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>TU AS PAS MAL TRAVAILL\u00c9 DANS LA PRESSE. EST-CE POUR TOI LE M\u00c9DIA LE PLUS ADAPT\u00c9 POUR EXPRIMER TA CR\u00c9ATIVIT\u00c9 ? TU ES UN GROS LECTEUR DE MAGAZINES ?<\/strong><br \/>\nIl est clair que j&#8217;appr\u00e9cie particuli\u00e8rement les magazines en tant que moyen de diffusion de mes illustrations. C&#8217;est pour moi la fa\u00e7on la plus simple et la plus \u00e9vidente de toucher les individus susceptibles d&#8217;\u00eatre int\u00e9ress\u00e9s par mes productions. Le magazine est un produit \u00e0 la dur\u00e9e de vie particuli\u00e8rement limit\u00e9e. Il y a une notion d&#8217;urgence, des deadlines souvent courtes, des contraintes sp\u00e9cifiques qui forcent la cr\u00e9ativit\u00e9. J&#8217;essaie d&#8217;apporter quelque chose de plus \u00e0 chacune de mes parutions. D&#8217;une mani\u00e8re g\u00e9n\u00e9rale, je choisis de faire des illustrations ou d&#8217;assurer la direction artistique de magazines que j&#8217;ai envie de lire, le choix est simple. J&#8217;ai longtemps travaill\u00e9 comme DA dans la presse, notamment en France pour WAD et en Australie pour Acclaim, et je regardais alors beaucoup ce qui se faisait dans tous types de publications. \u00c0 Paris le seul magazine que je lisais \u00e9tait Clark. Au niveau international j&#8217;ai longtemps \u00e9t\u00e9 fan de Vice (m\u00eame si le concept tend \u00e0 s&#8217;essouffler), Lodown a perdu de sa cr\u00e9ativit\u00e9 au profit de Monster Children qui a bien su calquer et renouveler l&#8217;esprit, tandis que Complex reste une r\u00e9f\u00e9rence pour ce qui est de suivre l&#8217;actualit\u00e9 des cultures urbaines et de la mode.<\/p>\n<p><strong>TU EXERCES D\u00c9SORMAIS PAS MAL EN FREELANCE\u2026 NOTAMMENT VIA LEZILUS N&#8217;EST-CE PAS ?<\/strong><br \/>\nLezilus est mon agent pour les pays francophones, et je profite de cette opportunit\u00e9 pour saluer la qualit\u00e9 de son travail, la libert\u00e9 qu&#8217;il m&#8217;offre, et les portes qu&#8217;il m&#8217;ouvre. C&#8217;est gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 lui que je peux parcourir le monde tout en restant connect\u00e9 avec les acteurs de l&#8217;industrie de la publicit\u00e9 et de la communication.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/fat-man-eating-ice-cream-illustration.png\" alt=\"drawing of a fat man eating ice cream\" width=\"300\" height=\"901\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7230 no-border\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>RACONTE-NOUS UN PEU LE PROJET AVEC VOLKSWAGEN POUR LE TIGUAN\u2026 LA PUB EST UN UNIVERS VRAIMENT DIFF\u00c9RENT\u2026<\/strong><br \/>\nJ&#8217;aime travailler dans la publicit\u00e9. Les commandes sont pr\u00e9cises et d\u00e9taill\u00e9es et le travail s&#8217;en trouve optimis\u00e9. J&#8217;ai eu la chance de travailler pour Volkswagen, Leclerc, ou encore La Poste, et j&#8217;ai chaque fois appr\u00e9ci\u00e9 le rapport avec les cr\u00e9atifs de cette industrie. Les cahiers des charges sont clairs et tr\u00e8s rigoureux, ce qui permet de concentrer mes efforts sur ce que je sais faire le mieux.<\/p>\n<p><strong>COMMENT SE D\u00c9VELOPPE LA CULTURE URBAINE, GRAPHIQUE\u2026 \u00c0 BALI ?<\/strong><br \/>\nBali est une \u00eele sur laquelle se diss\u00e9minent trois millions d&#8217;individus. On ne peut donc pas parler r\u00e9ellement de cultures urbaines, mais la cr\u00e9ativit\u00e9 est en revanche chaque jour pr\u00e9sente. Chaque foyer se doit de confectionner quotidiennement de petites offrandes color\u00e9es d\u00e9pos\u00e9es sur un support v\u00e9g\u00e9tal, en ad\u00e9quation avec de leur pratique et leur conception de l&#8217;hindouisme. Les balinais aiment souvent peindre, dessiner, sculpter le bois et la pierre, avec un talent et une virtuosit\u00e9 technique qui ne cesse de me surprendre. Les c\u00e9r\u00e9monies religieuses sont l&#8217;occasion de mises en sc\u00e8ne th\u00e9\u00e2trales et d\u00e9contract\u00e9es, dont l&#8217;aspect visuel est somptueusement ma\u00eetris\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/nyc-rules-design-book-logo.png\" alt=\"logo nyc rules\" width=\"550\" height=\"550\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7397 no-border\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>FRANCE, ARGENTINE, INDON\u00c9SIE\u2026 QUELLE EST TA PROCHAINE DESTINATION ?<\/strong><br \/>\nJe souhaite continuer de voyager afin de pouvoir apprendre de nouvelles langues et me confronter \u00e0 diff\u00e9rentes cultures. Je pense retourner \u00e0 New York l&#8217;ann\u00e9e prochaine, afin de m&#8217;impr\u00e9gner de l&#8217;effervescence cr\u00e9ative qui r\u00e8gne dans cette ville fascinante.<\/p>\n<p><strong>TU PEUX NOUS PARLER UN PEU DE TES ACTUALIT\u00c9S ?<\/strong><br \/>\nJe termine les pochettes des prochains albums de DJ Gero et de Tom Fire. Un magazine Australien publie un article sur mon quotidien dans son num\u00e9ro de d\u00e9cembre, et en France j&#8217;ai quelques doubles pages qui sortent dans divers magazine en Janvier. Je consacre mon temps libre \u00e0 produire une s\u00e9rie de s\u00e9rigraphies destin\u00e9e \u00e0 \u00eatre vendue dans la nouvelle boutique Sergeant paper de la galerie parisienne Issue. Une version mise \u00e0 jour de mon site www.ilovemega.com vient de sortir, et je d\u00e9sire faire de ma passion mon travail aussi longtemps que possible. Je vais tout d&#8217;abord finir mon jus de mangue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Focus magazine interview Mega in French 4 pages interview for Focus magazine, a french urban publication. More about Focus magazine. HELLO MEGA, COMMENT \u00c7A VA \u00c0 BALI ? LA FRANCE NE TE MANQUE PAS TROP ? Au moment o\u00f9 vous &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/focus-magazine-in-your-face\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1332,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[49],"class_list":["post-1331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interviews-and-articles","tag-france"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>FOCUS MAGAZINE | In your face | Mega interviewed<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Four pages interview where I talk about my artworks and art news by 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