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Home FEATURES Chris Von Szombathy
Written by Trippe
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Friday, 25 May 2007 03:42
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A visual artist/producer/bass player from Vancouver B.C. working on a new book with Drawn and Quarterly.
Chris von Szombathy is a visual artist/producer/bass player fellow in Vancouver B.C. Chris also makes some fine music under the title Audio Ahdeo Awdio (check our Podcast for a taste which you download here. Chris also is working on a book published through Drawn and Quarterly due out fall '07. Welcome Chris to the Fecal.
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Age? Location? How do you pay the bills? School?
I am 27 and live in Vancouver BC. I work part time in
a friends retail store which is nice. I also work
doing freelance graphics/illustration type work, music
production stuff and I make ringtones for cel phones.
I went to Emily Carr for 4 years but bailed out right
before I got my degree since all I could hear was
music for a couple years so I figured I better get
that out!
So you mentioned that your book is due out soon. Can
you tell us about it?
The book is called 'Fire Away' and should be out this
fall from Drawn & Quarterly. At least that's our goal
for right now. It's really amazing that they've
offered this to me and I'm really happy about it.
I've been working really hard on it since last year
and am really pleased with how it feels. I think it's
going to do justice. It's based on auditory and
visual hallucinations, kind of getting in touch with
putting down another world on paper, what kinda shapes
my reality I guess. A lot of the paintings, to me,
are really horrific and frightening but people seem to
get the exact opposite reaction from them which, i
think, is good and always interesting. Any strong
reaction is good.
I was listening to audio ahdeo awdio on your site
and really enjoyed it. Can you tell us about the music?
Audio Ahdeo Awdio started as a cassette tape I made
over one weekend on a dictaphone (download our podcast for some MP3s). I had never written
any music before or really played any keyboards but it
seemed like a pretty painless process and sounded neat
so I made a couple hundred copies and gave them away.
I think the best word to describe it would be
'playful', it sounds playful to me. The next 3 albums
were all released on the same day last year after not
making any more for 5 years or so. The new ones are a
bit more 'complicated' since I now can have more than
1 track to record with. It's my idea of chamber
music. It's heavy stuff to me! It's whistleable
which I like. It's childrens electro. It's very..
ummm.. 'serious' to me but it doesn't get that
reaction, again, which is good. Keeps you from taking
yourself too seriously. Tour de Fours is something
new I'm working on. That's been really great and
people can sing along with that one. Good shower
music.
Do you show or have shown in galleries much?
No, not much. Right when I was starting to get more
offers to work with more folks at showsi bailed to try
to figure out music. I did have my first solo show at
this great gallery called WRKS DVSN here in town last
year after not doing visual arts for a number of
years. One of the catalysts for going into music was
my sketchbook got stolen and I said "ah.. heck with it
all". They called me and asked me if I'd like to have
a solo show... Maybe return to doing visual work. It
was a great show and really got me going again. Sadly
the gallery got shut down by the city. One of a
string of 3 or 4 last year here. Totally peanuts.
I'd like to do more shows. I'm a recovering
agoraphobe so I'm not out too much to see shows. I'd like to do some more though, it was a very
introspective experience.
So how do you know the Fighting guys?
I know niall from the first day at Emily Carr. In
fact, nearly all of my friends that I still have from
there I met on the first day. I met Lukas through
him, but I don't really know him as well. I do know
Niall quite well though. He's an amazing guy. Very
honest and he's been really supportive of me
'returning' as it were.
Why are there so many good artists from Vancouver?
hmm... are there? I guess there are! There does seem
to be some good folks who have either come through
here or are from here who do good stuff. I'm not sure
about the 'art scene' though... I haven't been in
contact with that for years really. Like I said, I
can't always leave the house often or can really
connect with people. I hear there's a lot of things
happening it seems which I think is just good sense
for a scene, people trying out stuff. There's a lot
of kinda graffiti-low-brow-sketchy-doodle stuff from
here which I'm not really too keen on myself. A lot
of it, to me, is snoozy and maybe a little trendy, but
there are some people who really do take the time to
craft something amazing. There are lots of people
here I really like and respect. I've never met Marc Bell but I get a certain sense from him I like. Drew
Schaffer is amazing and so is Kennedy Telford. I like
them lots as people and as creative people. They
concentrate and I can smell that on their work. I
think that's important. I hope I can affect people in
the way they've affected me. But why in Vancouver?
I'm not too sure. Maybe the landscape. That's what
gets to me.. seagulls and that. You know what I'm
saying! Gotta love the coast! Keeps me sane! haha.
How often do you create work?
Well, everyday I guess. Either working on sounds or
drawing out little things. I like to work lots and I
do work fast. It's just pathological I guess. I'm
always told to do something either when I'm asleep or
when I get up so it's really not that creative.. I'm
just all trying to keep up. I'm at really at whim to
that.. So somedays i'd really rather be painting but
instead I'm at the synthesizer creating patches for
some project that I haven't been made aware of yet.
All I'm given is the sounds. I'm still learning to
trust them fully.
Is the first album from AAA out on CD yet?
No, not yet. It will be soon though I hope. I still
get people asking me about that every month actually.
I guess it's about time!
Describe a typical Tuesday for you.
Well, I usually get up around 11 or so and write down
whatever correspondance is necessary for the days
workload, dreams/messages and such. Then I eat some
fruit and make some tea. Meditate/concentrate,
rebuild my shrines. Then generally I'm on the phone
and/or reviewing what's due for the day. I'll usually
play some instruments for a couple hours, go for a
walk around the block or poke around the antique
stores for anything of signifigance, clean the house.
I like to do more serious sitting down and working
starting around 6pm to about 4am. I like to cook a
lot and I also smoke a lot so there's generally some
of that in there as well. If it's a REALLY good day,
i'll have some visitors that like my cooking.
What do you like doing when not working?
Not working? I'm never working! At least on making
sounds or pictures, that's not really work, that's
just what has to be done. What I do work at is trying
to keep my mind even to maintain a decent quality of
life. But when that's steady and I'm feeling good I
like to go to toy stores and grocery stores. I really
love to collect things that have the proper guidelines
so I love looking for old tins. I have tons of old
soda cans, boxes or various bits. In fact I am going
to be doing a photoshoot of my cans with my friend Amy
Pelletier who is a great photographer. Anything old..
especially if it's orange, light blue or pale green.
I really like things in those colours. Good speaking
colours.
You do poster design too. How did you get into that?
Unintentionally. I like doing things like business
cards and greeting cards more. hmm... I like poster
design... but it seems like a different world.. Design
is interesting but it can frustrate me. It can really
split my psyche so I try to just have fun with it. I
do feel it's quite a seperate thing for me. I know
why... but that's a really big answer.
What mediums do you enjoy using when creating work?
Well I really enjoy gouache. I use a lot of acrylic
but I've been finding it too hard to do what I want to
with. I'm still searching. I love rapidograph pens
but I'm not using them much anymore sadly. My
favorite pen was in my sketchbook when it was stolen.
I'm starting to get into digital stuff now, arranging
things in the computer, which is interesting...
There's still a lot of wierd discussions... pro or
anti-digital folks. Makes no sense to me. People are
strange!
What were you like in high school?
Oh probably like most people think they were like in
high school: terrible, awkward, horny. Did I hate
high school? hmm.. It's a confusing time. I had some
fun.. you learn about yourself. I went to an
academic/sporto-guy high school. I lost a lot of
friends my senior year because my mental health went
down the tubes and I quit doing drugs. Once your
health starts to detract from how social you can be
you find out who your friends are pretty quick. It
was pretty rotten near the end. I'd never go back to
high school but I did drink a lot of chocolate milk.
that's a good memory.
Tell us about your cat Coco. You made a whole album
in eulogy.
Coco was a nightmare of a cat. He was pretty much
psychotic. My mom and my sister both have scars.
Everyone was afraid of him. Myself included.
However, as he aged he mellowed a lot, he got a bum
leg, you could pick him up if you wanted. He was
strange, I've known a lot of cats and he was like a
monk. It was very eerie after awhile. He was,
mentally, a forceful animal. You could feel him
looking at you, you'd slowly turn around and he'd be
there, where he wasn't before. That cat could talk to
you, and you can learn a lot from someone like that.
He was all silence but... oh man.. Gives me shivers
even now. Anyhow, he was pinned down but 5 raccoons
and they shredded him up pretty bad. Me and my dad
had to fight them off. It was crazy. He had to be
put down. The songs were just given to me a day or
two later and that became an album. He was a big
black cat and had a profound effect on me growing up.
He was a policing force, he was like an abusive
father. I'm not sure why he was there in my life
yet.. but I think I will. I see black cats all the
time hiding in corners in my apartment or on the
walls. It's like he was a part of that family
materialized on earth. Like a kung-fu teacher!
really hard on you, but that's how you learn. I've
seen him in dreams. He's still the same.
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For more on chris, check his site: www.chrisvonszombathy.com
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"How To Lose Yourself Completely" by Bryan Schnelle
I just wanted to share with you a piece I recently finished which took me 4 years to complete. Titled "How To Lose Yourself Completely (The September Issue)", it consists of a copy of the September 2007 issue of Vogue magazine (the issue they made the documentary about) with all faces masked with a sharpie, and everything else entirely whited out. 840 pages of fun. -Bryan Schnelle
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Tyler Bewley ~ Recent Works
Some great work from San Francisco based Tyler Bewley.
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Kirk Maxson and Alexis Mackenzie at Eleanor Harwood Gallery
While walking our way across San Francisco on Saturday we swung through the opening receptions for Kirk Maxson and Alexis Mackenzie at Eleanor Harwood Gallery in the Mission.
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Jeremy Fish Solo Show in Los Angeles
Jeremy Fish opens Hunting Trophies tonight, Saturday April 5th, at the Los Angeles based Mark Moore Gallery. The show features new work from Fish inside the "hunting lodge" where viewers climb inside the head of the hunter and explore the history of all the animals he's killed.
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The Albatross and the Shipping Container
Beautiful piece entitled "The Albatross and the Shipping Container", Ink on Paper, Mounted to Panel, 47" Diameter, by San Francisco based Martin Machado now on display at FFDG. Stop in Saturday (1-6pm) to view the group show "Salt the Skies" now running through April 19th. 2277 Mission St. at 19th.
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The Marsh Barge - Traveling the Mississippi River from Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico
For some reason I thought it would be a good idea to quit my job, move out of my house, leave everything and travel again. So on August 21, 2013 I pushed a canoe packed full of gear into the headwaters of the Mississippi River in Lake Itasca, Minnesota, along with four of my best friends. Exactly 100 days later, I arrived at a marina near the Gulf of Mexico in a sailboat.
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