BRYAN SCHUTMAAT
born 1983 in Houston, TX
currently lives and works in Houston, TX
1. What are 5 descriptive words that you would use to explain your current work?
Diverse, dreamy, genuine, quiet, loud.
2. What do you think your role is in society?
I like to think that I provoke thoughts, comment on society, entertain. Art enhances the quality of life—I try to help.
3. In your current work and explorations, what idea or concept remains to be a mystery that you seek to answer, develop, or understand through your or your observer's discovery of your work?
I'm interested in our relationship with commonplace locations and objects. Through photography, I want to explore how they can define identities, bring back bygone feelings, and evoke emotion.
4. How often, if ever, do you accomplish your ideal, or come close to it?
Very seldom; I don't have the time.
5. What do you think will happen on December 21, 2012?
Probably nothing that will deserve distinctive notice or attention. I don't believe in magic.
