Working Artist

Dreaming of Other Things with Daniel Zentmeyer

February 14, 2022 Yixuan Pan Episode 9
Dreaming of Other Things with Daniel Zentmeyer
Working Artist
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Working Artist
Dreaming of Other Things with Daniel Zentmeyer
Feb 14, 2022 Episode 9
Yixuan Pan

Daniel Zentmeyer(http://www.danielzentmeyer.com/) describes himself as a worker bee with many hats: as an artist, educator, and construction worker. Fun fact: we used to clean an art museum together! He aims to make useful art, which includes utilitarian clay objects, framed drawings (where the frame is as important as the the drawing), and writings on the function of art. “I feel like the basic principle of our economic mode is that people are lazy, and I just fundamentally reject that. I don’t think people are lazy, and I don’t even know if laziness exists. I think people just need to rest…Instead of having a dream job, I dream of other things and knowing work will happen within them.“

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Daniel Zentmeyer(http://www.danielzentmeyer.com/) describes himself as a worker bee with many hats: as an artist, educator, and construction worker. Fun fact: we used to clean an art museum together! He aims to make useful art, which includes utilitarian clay objects, framed drawings (where the frame is as important as the the drawing), and writings on the function of art. “I feel like the basic principle of our economic mode is that people are lazy, and I just fundamentally reject that. I don’t think people are lazy, and I don’t even know if laziness exists. I think people just need to rest…Instead of having a dream job, I dream of other things and knowing work will happen within them.“