Building Big Art with the Cape's Creator
Life is a Festival #95: Daniel Popper
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I’ve gotten a lot of requests through the Life is a Festival survey to interview large-scale installation artists. Well, today we’re going to hear from one of the biggest: Daniel Popper, the South African creator of Tulum yogis and Boom shamans.
On the show we go deep into Daniel’s creative process and what it takes to build big art. We discuss instagram culture, Disney World, and building with bronze. Finally Daniel offers his advice to young artists.
Daniel is a multidisciplinary installation artist from Cape Town. He has produced iconic sculptures for festivals around the world including Electric Forest in the US, Boom Festival in Portugal, Rainbow Serpent in Australia, and Afrikaburn in South Africa. His next big upcoming project is the ‘Human+Nature’ Exhibition at the Morton Arboretum in Chicago this April.
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Timestamps
10 - How Daniel starting making large-scale art
:14 - Daniel’s creative process
:22 - How to get started making big art
:26 - Why has Daniel’s work captured people’s attention now?
:35 - What medium is next for Daniel to explore
:40 - Advice to young artists
Graphics Designed by Andy McErlean
Audio Engineering by Trevor Coulter
Theme song ““Peculiar Colors” [Manjumasi]“ by dj atish