The Reality Distortion Field with Norberto Rodriguez X Justin Hopkins | AD 90

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About Norberto: Born + raised in Miami by Cuban immigrants, Norberto Rodriguez began his career at 18 as a multi-disciplinary conceptual artist known for his continuously disruptive + innovative practice. He works in all media + genre including installation, performance, photography, sculpture, digital, music, film, text + tenderness. Currently, Rodriguez is developing A SCHOOL OF THOUGHT: a center for exploring how ideas give life meaning, IP DIVISION: A company providing creative solutions + services to consumers everywhere, + The Waiting Room: an experimental, collaborative space for private reflection + public exchange.  He also shares his journey documenting various other projects + his ongoing evolution as an artist + friend on social media @norbertoinc.

Topics Discussed In This Episode:

• Using commercial platforms to your advantage as an artist
• Alternative ideas to bypass and subvert the traditional art gallery model
• Slash from Guns and Roses making an appearance on the episode
• Exploring deep philosophical ideas about the ramifications of the art market
• Questioning your legacy as an artist
• “The pre-career retrospective”
• Steve Jobs and Apple
• When Bert got married to a stranger for a year
• The Bert Rodriguez Museum
• When he killed Bert Rodriguez
• Pitfalls of galleries
• Artists as a commodity
• Art evolving culture
• Kanye West
• The sale of his will
• Shamans
• Alejandro Jodorowsky

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