Igor Štromajer - Interview

Igor Štromajer is an artist, explorer and thinker. Soon after graduation, he ventured into the pioneering waters of internet and virtual art. Igor explores possibilities for virtual art and digital ways of expression through modern art, with deliberation. He has had more than 100 exhibitions at home and abroad and has won multiple awards. His works are parts of permanent collections in Paris, Madrid, Ljubljana, Maribor and New York. Igor currently resides in Hamburg and is a guest lecturer for modern art at universities and institutes.

As you’ll see, Igor lets his works do most of the talking J as he issometimes far ahead of us in the digital dimension.


Given a choice, what kind of a tree would you be and why?
I’d never want to be a tree, a tree doesn’t move! I shudder to think of me trapped as a tree. I’d definitely have to be something that can more, a plane, a suit, a rocket. Preferably, a red rocket. 

A fact about you that surprises people, especially those who know you.
When I’m alone in my car I listen to Janis Joplin – something like Me & Bobby McGee – and I scream my lungs out singing along. 

What would you have for your last supper?
A good fish and some red wine. Bass with Chianti would quite suffice. 

Who would you invite to dinner if you could choose anyone?
I like having lunch with royalty, so I’d invite Marie Antoinette of France and Austrian empress Sissi. 

Who or what inspires you most?
An orgasm. I find myself unable to think of anything for 20 minutes after I've had one.

What do you like most about the city you live in?
Its port, it’s the second largest port in Europe. 

Name your 5 favorite things!
Things? A toaster, a phone, a bed, a boat and female stockings. 

Which good book, have you recently read?
The Shadow Lines by Amitav Ghosh and Hideouts by Petri Tamminen.

What sort of music are you listening to these days?
Mozart’s piano concertos.

What would you most like to do at this moment?
Sleep, I love sleeping.

Who would you like to spend the night with, if you could pick anyone?
With Bojana, Marjana, Jana, Margarida, Jutta, Gretta, Anne, Kateřina, Maja, Berna, Hyzuii and Josephine. At the same time, of course. It’s hard getting all to the same location at the same time.

Which blog's do you frequently follow?

http://www.retronaut.co and http://www.retrothing.com

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