NEOCAMP is an Irish-born artist and musician currently working and living in New York City.
NEOCAMP's work is cutting-edge, embodying heavy queer overtones and informed largely by Internet culture. He previously appeared on The Huffington Post in conjunction with "Bushwick Gone Basel" -- the Brooklyn takeover of the beloved Miami art festival.
A more extensive profile on NEOCAMP will appear on HuffPost Gay Voices in conjunction with a new series being curated by Associate Editor JamesMichael Nichols in the future. In the meantime, check out NEOCAMP's latest video titled ":O :O :O" and a Q&A with the artist below.
The Huffington Post: What is your concept for this video?
NEOCAMP: Well, the song dictated the video and the track is about the twilight of being up all night alone, and the disconnect to reality that happens when you're a computer addict like me. Its blue because I wanted to make a literal visualization of "l'heure bleu" (the blue hour) which refers to that shimmering time between day and night. The narrative is basically narcissus, but instead of a pool he's looking into, its an iPad. I was trying to convey a mood of melancholy, but also a kind of transcendence. Sometimes I revel in the self-reflexive fuzziness of staying up all night.
Who is NEOCAMP as an artist?
NEOCAMP is an attempt to sincerely synthesize my personal experience in the semantic soup of contemporary web/media culture. It has become who I project my private fantasies onto. An Avatar. NEOCAMP is "being a pop musician" with a wink.
How does your queer identity inform your work?
First, while I like the idea of being "post-queer" in that I very much don't define myself by my sexuality or gender, I think being visibly queer is inescapably political. And it's the queer aspect of my work (and being) that people seem to respond to (positively or negatively). I refuse to bend my image for a "straight audience." But, truly, I'm just trying to be myself and being queer probably informs my whole experience and outlook, and I think my work reflects that.
What do you have planned for the future?
I've been working on a new album for a million years which should be finished soon. I've been working with a bunch amazing artists that I've met in real life in New York and some online babes. It's a two-part album and it's a bit ambitious, but hopefully super cute. I've also been working with some amazing visual artists and we're hoping to create an alternate reality with a ton of visuals. After that, I'm hoping to do a very mini tour in the US and Europe this summer.
Keep you eye on HuffPost Gay Voices for more from NEOCAMP and head here to visit the artist's Instagram. Read More http://ift.tt/1Af4aHp
NEOCAMP's work is cutting-edge, embodying heavy queer overtones and informed largely by Internet culture. He previously appeared on The Huffington Post in conjunction with "Bushwick Gone Basel" -- the Brooklyn takeover of the beloved Miami art festival.
A more extensive profile on NEOCAMP will appear on HuffPost Gay Voices in conjunction with a new series being curated by Associate Editor JamesMichael Nichols in the future. In the meantime, check out NEOCAMP's latest video titled ":O :O :O" and a Q&A with the artist below.
The Huffington Post: What is your concept for this video?
NEOCAMP: Well, the song dictated the video and the track is about the twilight of being up all night alone, and the disconnect to reality that happens when you're a computer addict like me. Its blue because I wanted to make a literal visualization of "l'heure bleu" (the blue hour) which refers to that shimmering time between day and night. The narrative is basically narcissus, but instead of a pool he's looking into, its an iPad. I was trying to convey a mood of melancholy, but also a kind of transcendence. Sometimes I revel in the self-reflexive fuzziness of staying up all night.
Who is NEOCAMP as an artist?
NEOCAMP is an attempt to sincerely synthesize my personal experience in the semantic soup of contemporary web/media culture. It has become who I project my private fantasies onto. An Avatar. NEOCAMP is "being a pop musician" with a wink.
How does your queer identity inform your work?
First, while I like the idea of being "post-queer" in that I very much don't define myself by my sexuality or gender, I think being visibly queer is inescapably political. And it's the queer aspect of my work (and being) that people seem to respond to (positively or negatively). I refuse to bend my image for a "straight audience." But, truly, I'm just trying to be myself and being queer probably informs my whole experience and outlook, and I think my work reflects that.
What do you have planned for the future?
I've been working on a new album for a million years which should be finished soon. I've been working with a bunch amazing artists that I've met in real life in New York and some online babes. It's a two-part album and it's a bit ambitious, but hopefully super cute. I've also been working with some amazing visual artists and we're hoping to create an alternate reality with a ton of visuals. After that, I'm hoping to do a very mini tour in the US and Europe this summer.
Keep you eye on HuffPost Gay Voices for more from NEOCAMP and head here to visit the artist's Instagram. Read More http://ift.tt/1Af4aHp
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