Your series “Empty spaces” seem to tie together our feeling of helplessness and the choice of living in big cities. Do you feel like their physical space can influence our state of loneliness?
Any place with a very strong presence dictates the way we act in every aspect of our life. That is the reason why we choose a specific place to live in – or choose not to choose it. Subconsciously we fully understand the interrelation between the physical space and our way of being, there is a rationale behind changing our location from times to times, especially for an artist. But constant traveling involves the risk of losing our creative energy - it goes to the observing and discovering. For this reason I feel at times we should just stop and spend some time in a place in order to find our mental balance.
Back to your question. Yes, of course. And we choose this loneliness subconsciously. It is a trap. It seems that by going where there are more people we will be offered more opportunities. But in such places there is more competition and everyone ends up being on his own.

Choosing to be an artist inevitably involves spending a lot of time alone. It is a path made of self-exploration and constant evolution. What brought you to the point of taking that decision?
I don’t think this is a conscious decision. No one thinks: “I will be spending time alone, I will dive deeper in painting or maybe in computer work”. Simply, we follow the call inside, no matter if it sounds sublime or pleasant. Something is driving us. Some want to build, some to destroy, some to heal. Someone tries to perform on stage. This is our essence. You can develop it and follow its flow or you can crumble down. When we develop it, the way of life builds by itself around us. I do not imagine any other profession for me. But the farther I go, the harder it is for me to get out there, to communicate with people. I do it willingly less and less. I even moved from the big city back to nature.

All these photographs portray the skyline in a dreamlike, futuristic way. How did you achieve these colours?
These colours come from my fantasies, it is not a conscious decision but rather an immediate association that comes with the idea and the composition. It's just sticking to the sketch that I imagined in an intuitive way. Then I sit there with the image to twist and twist the colours in order to achieve the mood that gave birth to the original idea.

What moment of the day best suits your creative process?
When I was younger it was always during the night, later on it became the afternoon, but never ever the morning. As my day begins I rather try to recognize who am I, where am I and what I do here.

WCW Questionnaire

Describe your creative process in one word.
Combining.

If you could teach a one-hour class on anything, what would it be?
How to catch ideas and turn them into reality.

What is the last book you read or film you saw that inspired you?
It was some weeks ago, a documentary. It was about the creative process behind Hayao Miyazaki's animated films. I feel like he is one of my spiritual teachers, even though he doesn't know. I just understand so well what he is doing and what he tries to say about life and creation.

What is the most played song in your music library?
I love variety. But often I find myself listening to soundtracks, it’s good for the creative process. Presley is probably among the favorites.

How do you take your coffee?
I like to imagine I’m Dail Cooper and take the black and strong damned fine coffee… And Hot! – but I actually don’t. I take usually my latte macchiato with sugar, it takes me back to my childhood when I discovered this small pleasure. Coffee was a rarity in my area, and adding milk and sugar to it made for an unearthly bliss.