Erik Bulckens 🎩 on Warpcast

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We thought hard about being a @moxie.eth Hero this week and how we'll celebrate that. Introducing Pkok Finterviews - Cast-form farcaster interviews, 20 questions to some of our favorite people. We aim to tell stories of phenomenal individuals shaping the art ecosystem on web3. It's also a great way for us and other heroes to get to know and engage with them. Oh! each interview starts with /degen love. But wait, there's more! These Finterviews are not restricted to only those we tag. If you'd like to participate, just respond to the questions and join the party, everybody is invited to be a part of these Finterviews. Tell us more about yourself, read other people's stories and hopefully we all get to know each other better by the end. Pkok Finterviews, a 🧵

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Everyone is welcome to our Finterview. If you want to participate, let's start with this one... What does the term “masterpiece” mean to you?

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A masterpiece to me is a work of art that will evoke emotions among a wide array of people, something they can't take their eyes (or ears) off. this has nothing to do with aesthetics or 'beauty' but with the energy a certain peace emits, what emotional reaction is being triggered. With a masterpiece, very often it's hard to describe what precisely makes it so good and therein lies the power. Also it's not a term that one would often use. In the art world there's only a very limited amount of masterpieces, in some genres/art categories maybe more than other.

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What initially drew you to art, Erik? And how did your journey as an artist begin?

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Art is something that came naturally I guess. Both my parents were graphic designers so I was always surrounded by people creating. Both were also art lovers so we often visited museums. On top of that my mother is a huge movie buff and I was fed a nice mix of art house films and the more popular stuff I was drawn to. My dad was also a very good amateur photographer and made lots of slide shows using the Kodak Carousel setup where two projectors could fade in and out over each other, triggered by impulses on an audio tape (that also served as soundtrack). I found this incredibly fascinating and Cole to think of it is was like film-editing but with still images. All this combined led me to film school, where I started my own journey, experimenting with different media, always in the ‘visual’ realm.

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Is there anyone special that helped you when you were starting out (besides your parents), and what difference did they make?

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I think most help came from my fellow students and people met along the way. And recently while I was starting out with the curation of the By Accident archive (which was a new direction for me) I had lots of support and help from Alejandro Cartagena (Obscura/Fellowship) he gave me the push to go talk to the ITL gallery that now represents me. And the gallery owner has been a huge supporter since.

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Alejandro is a highly regarded individual on the blockchain art world; deep admiration for him! Hopefully, one day he will join FC... Can you share a moment when you felt truly proud or fulfilled as an artist?

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That is actually a tougher question than I imagined. I think every time when I see hard work paying off is a fulfilling moment. This can be when a project is finished, winning an award, playing for a big crowd or selling work to someone you truly admire. I’m happy to say I have experienced all of the above and don’t want to pick one over the other. Probably the biggest fulfillment is seeing people’s emotional reactions to something I’ve made.

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What do you want people to feel or experience when they see your work?

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It’s funny because I rarely want people to feel something specific. The most important thing is that something I create triggers an emotion, they see something they can relate to. This can be big or small, laughter, happiness, sadness, hope, anger. The thing is that I create quite intuitively, no pretext. My master’s degree was in Experimental Film so a lot of the time the process was more important than the actual outcome although there must be a story in one way or another. In most of the work I put out (including the By Accident archive), there is a sense of absence, emptiness. Maybe this is something that I only see myself BUT it’s not something I put into the work, it just is (there).

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How has your art evolved over the years, and what has stayed consistent?

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I think it has matured, which is probably natural as we get older. What has stayed the same is that I do still like a good laugh so whenever I can I’ll integrate it in one way or another. That’s the kid in me that doesn’t want to mature. Evolution comes in many ways as well. Most of it has been emotional growth which I hope transpires into what I do. What has stayed the same is my interest and enthusiasm for experimenting.

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Very nicely said! Erik, how has your Farcaster experience been so far? And let's continue the tradition since we've reached this point. 1000 $DEGEN

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I think Farcaster had brought me some a renewed enthusiasm. I've had some fun interactions and do like the way it is setup with channels. It has helped a little financially which as an artist is always welcome. It is also quite addictive which I'm trying to avoid. I've been having some sort of social media fatigue where I don't feel the need to be there every single day (although I mostly end up spending at least half an hour). What Farcaster does really well is integrating web3.0 on a whole new level. The fact that you can mint stuff (through frames) right from the app is such a big plus and I believe it's still early, many changes will come. I do mainly see artists and developers, very few collectors so from a commercial point of view it's not the best choice but I prefer this over the drama and politics on X Made some new friends here as well so this move has definitely been worth it!

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Who are some people who make your fc experience exponentially better?

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In no particular order: @typo @heathernstout @gulyildiz YOU @luigistranieri @chriscocreated @chrisoakley @trebor69 And many more. Let’s just say that all the single peoples interact with on a regular basis make the experience here worthwhile. As said, often the contact feels more genuine here than on other social media apps.

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We agree, genuine interactions are obvious on Fc! Erik, since pkok is one of this week's Moxie heroes, one of the goals of the Finterview is to distribute Moxie to artists in addition to exchanging ideas. Given that we've reached our Moxie capacity for today, let's take a break now and resume after the reset. You'll know we're back at it when you see the next question in your notifications. You can respond at any time, including tomorrow, of course. Do you agree?

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Yeah, no worries, my tomorrow is in about 8 hours time...almost off to bed after I upload my last rodeo.

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All right we will get back to it later. Have a nice rodeo for now.

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