1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 Justin Tyler Close (b. 1984, Toronto, Canada) is an award-winning director, photographer &amp;amp; visual artist. Justin founded the internationally distributed arts publication The Lab Magazine and was the active editor-in-chief/creative director from 2010-2018. The interview magazine featured artists, designers, filmmakers, and activists such as Marina Abramovic, Wes Anderson and Noam Chomsky. In 2020, Justin created his audio-visual installation titled The Fifty Eleven Project, which was exhibited at the prestigious Copenhagen Contemporary Museum. Soon after, Justin wrote and directed two award-winning short films, Like Father Like Son and Where The Time Goes.&amp;nbsp; He is currently developing several projects, and set to direct his debut his feature film in the fall, 2025. Topics Discussed In This Episode:&amp;nbsp; Justin’s life in Athens, Greece (00:02:07) What Justin has been focusing on recently (00:05:09) The beginning stages of Justin’s painting process and nostalgia (00:08:45) Being nomadic, defining a home, and socially imposed ideals (00:12:26) Justin’s daily process and finding a flow state (00:22:06) Justin’s thoughts about turning 40 and what he learned in his 30s (00:27:49) Finding a balance between personal and commercial work (00:28:20) Finding our artistic voice (00:41:07) Justin’s advice to his younger self (01:00:02) artistdecoded.com jaeclose.com instagram.com/justintylerclose Artist Decoded by Yoshino http://www.artistdecoded.com <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/32766047/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/000000/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/content/176951557