111 - Android Jones on Analog + Digital, Painting the Sutras, & Being an Artist Dad

Android Jones is one of the world’s hottest digital artists – even if it’s kind of a mistake to label him this way and limit his creative action to the digital. A master portraitist, designer, and explorer of new tools, Android made concept art for video games in his early years before becoming the creative consultant for the best-in-class Corel Painter software, touring the world while doing live visuals for huge musical acts, collaborating on epic dome projection shows, and ultimately pioneering the possibilities of VR with his latest project, Microdose. But arguably his most vital and illuminating evolutionary edge as an artist has been with his two children, learning to raise the next generation of curious and creative minds. This week on Future Fossils, I sit down for a three-year-overdue discussion with one of the most objectively inspiring people I can call a friend – to talk about our hopes and our concerns for Those Who Come Next, and what being a creative parent means in our Age of Transition.https://androidjones.comhttps://microdosevr.comJoin my community of patrons and receive exclusive perks (like book club membership):https://patreon.com/michaelgarfieldJoin the daily discussions erupting like psychedelic flowers in our Facebook Group:https://facebook.com/groups/futurefossilsWe Discuss:Electromineralism & medium as material agent lending its qualities to your identityTools as extensions of the body, and the most modern tools we have are still so ancientReimagining truths that have real legs on them, not praising absolute truthsFinite & Infinite Games by James P. CarseBeing a part of the six thousand year plus art history conversation that we haveDrilling down to making deeper and more universally relevant art to “provide a greater reflective surface” for viewersVisionary Art, (a different take on)What psychology teaches about making (real) art *for* peopleHow fatherhood changed his art and life and everythingMaking art with kids – both digital and analog media – and how the forms differ as learning experiencesWhat VR has that other media do not, and Android’s first breakthrough moment in Microdose VRWhen Android met Robert Venosa at Art Hardware in Boulder at age 16There are too many things to learnThe future of visual performance is WHAT? (!!!)THE ART SCHOOLGoing Icarus to DaedalusApprenticeshipThe transformative potentials of VR as biofeedbackWhat scares Android Jones?What comes next? Get bonus content on PatreonSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/futurefossils. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit michaelgarfield.substack.com/subscribe