Yin & Young EP 56 - Paul Hoi - Experimental Landscape Photographer and Visual Artist

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Dan and James are back with an enlightening chat with artist Paul Hoi! Paul shares his background, his artistic passions, and some of his thoughts about being Asian in America.

Highlights:

- Paul Chan by birth, but goes by Paul Hoi so as not to be mistaken for Paul Chan the art critic.

- Is bad with naming his artwork so sometimes he just numbers them.

- James and Paul met while working at the Apple store. Both did a lot of customer service Mandarin and Cantonese translations, respectively.

- Came to the U.S. as an immigrant child from Hong Kong. As a child, he tried hard not to stand out and sought solitude.

- Parents supportive even in his artistic pursuits. They made it clear to his sister and him growing up that they should not have to worry about money.

- Has done a number of odd jobs: dog walker, property management, art gallery work.

- Working at an art gallery, he realized he disliked the business side of art.

- Learned different techniques from art class, but not a fan of the structured learning of art.

- Began as an illustrator, which eventually led to photography. Is now is branching out into CGI.

- For Paul, the most time consuming part of creating an art piece is conceptualizing what to make.

- Likes to study space, landscapes, shapes in his work. Wants to create places that he wishes exist in real life.

- Discussion about the pathos of Chinatown and how Asians have had to become self-reliant.

LANGUAGE CORNER

Spanish: Copia de seguridad - secure back up

Mandarin:

雲碟 - yún dié - cloud drive

夜景 - yèjǐng - nightscape

Japanese:

アプリ - apuri - applications

七転び八起き - nanakorobi yaoki - Fall down seven times, get up eight.

Follow Paul Hoi at:

https://www.instagram.com/paul_hoi/

https://www.instagram.com/desertfutures/

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• iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/yin-young-podcast-jys/id1185421015?mt=2

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