Non-artists

Thoughts on art

Rodrigo Tello

2023-08-23

I've recently found myself with more free-time in my hands which is actually the result of me being frustrated with jobs, career paths and professional decisions that suck out the energy out of my soul. In this periods of me deviating from what I'm supposed to be doing, I've found myself, with some shame, consuming video. In this recent journey, I've discovered an artist - he might call himself a filmmaker - called Van Neistat. Neistat - who happens to be related to another famous Neistat called Casey - used to work for the artist Tom Sachs.

Neistat is clearly influenced by Sach's work: fantasy fixing, he calls it.

Since pandemic started, I've had to revisit my life goals, priorities and relationship with art. In 2020, I spent a significant