RESIDENT SPOTLIGHT 2013: SIDD JOAG

Sidd is a participant in EFA's 2013 Residency for Arts Workers as Artists. In addition to his art practice, Sidd is the current director of freeDimensional.

We have already told you about the residents' professional lives here, so we decided to get a little more personal. To learn a little more about them in and outside of the studio we have asked our residents to respond to questions. Here are Sidd's answers...

PS: What are you working on now?

SJ: An installation that plays with the form and function of a stupa as a sacred space for meditation, and mediation of the dissociative effects of time and space compression. 

PS: What is your experience so far?

SJ: It's been fantastic, but definitely not long enough. The freedom and support provided made it possible for me to move beyond the expectation to produce to enjoying the contemplative process in sorting through ideas and images.

PS: If a celebrity were to play you in a movie, who would it be?

SJ: Cate Blanchett.

PS: Tips on staying focused?

SJ: Have a plan, but let instinct guide.

PS: If you COULDN’T work in the arts/be an artist, what kind of work would you do?

SJ: Surfer.

PS: If you could collaborate with anyone, who would it be?

SJ: Kandinsky or Pearl Jam.

PS: What is your favorite NYC spot?

SJ: Rooftops.

PS: If you could have personally witnessed any event in history, what would you want to have seen?

SJ: The building of the pyramids or George W. getting a shoe thrown at him.