With a strong focus on pop culture figures (Biggie, Tu-Pac, Steve Jobs, Bill Murray ETC ETC) Drome NYC is TechnoDrome’s way of making his art accessible. In Joshua’s own words,
“Technodrome1 is creative evolution. I want to take over the world’s perception of what art is and can be.”
“I am a creator."
DROME NYC as a brand encompasses everything
from Steve Jobs and Bruce Willis Prints to Bryan Cranston iPhone covers, Kanye
tee’s and Snoop Dog decks. The look and feel oozes with TechnoDrome’s pop-art
cubism abstracted portraits of pop-culture icons. Got that? Basically DROME NYC
takes all your childhood heroes, puts them in technicolour abstraction and then
offers them up for grabs to wear or use.
I pinned down Joshua for a bit of a chat
about the launch of DROME NYC and on
creating wearable art.
D.C - Is a
"brand" a physical outlet for your art?
T.D - The brand is definitely a physical outlet -
our manifestation of the art…
It has pretty much been my dream to keep
moving forward with my work
and life and having a way to produce things
on a higher level. (Through) DromeNYC.com is the best way right now to
move forward.
D.C - Did
you always want to create tangible art for people to have and hold, to use?
T.D - I always wanted to create beautiful things.
It naturally progressed into wanting to place my work on, or cover objects
with it.
D.C - Then
is Drome really art?
T.D - I don’t think it matters.
D.C - Why
do Drome now? Did you decide to take the next step or was it just an out of the
blue decision?
T.D - Drome had to happen now, with a new year
upon us and new ideas I needed to get (it) out of my head. Drome was the
natural, obvious next step, to get the artwork off of the computer and into the
world in more ways than just a print.
D.C - How
did Joshua/T.D start out in art?
T.D - I started out in art since I started
watching television - ninja turtles and other cartoons inspired me to want
to create beautiful things. I always wanted to be the best at drawing, and my
father was an oil painter, seeing his work early on in my life really blew my
mind.
I studied art in college but I was always
destined to be involved in it since I was born.
D.C - Who or what are your inspirations for
"art?"
T.D - Warhol, Basquait, Kaws.
I think instead of calling it all "
art " I think it should be described as a lifestyle.
Art Isn’t just visual or aesthetic, it’s
the way a person moves, the way someone speaks, the smell of a favorite dish. It
involves all your senses.
Art is living basically - it’s everything
you or I do everything inspires me.
D.C - Is it
a fascination with pop culture figures or just something for customers to
recognise?
T.D - I am deeply fascinated with pop
culture in general. I think we all are to some degree, it’s unavoidable
all consuming brainwash of a good time, and I like that about it. Art is
life, and pop culture is almost all about what these icons are like, we're not
only fascinated with the music or movies these figures make, but what they
are wearing and what they are saying, and what they do when they are not acting
or raping ect. We are so interested in other peoples " lives" - what
better subject to make art with then art itself.
D.C - Do
you think you could ever create a consumable museum piece? Or am I veering too
far
T.D - I don’t see why not.
D.C - Have
you always been inspired by those guys (Warhol etc) and is Drome an
appreciation or reaction?
T.D - I guess I’ve always been inspired by Andy
and the others from the first time I saw them, or their work. I don’t
really revisit many things I’ve seen, and I’m not very familiar with
the details, I just take that initial punch in the face
of inspiration and store it in my subconscious for later.
I’m just doing what feels right.
http://dromenyc.com/
-D.C
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