Aaron Rose is an artist, writer, musician, film director and independent curator. He is co-curator of the forthcoming MOCA exhibition on street art and of the exhibition “Beautiful Losers: Contemporary Art & Street Culture.” Before taking the stage to talk about the changing perceptions of street art in mainstream society, he sat down for our “In The Green Room” Q&A.
Q. What do you wake up to in the mornings?
A. Red eyes.
Q. What surprises you the most about your life right now?
A. That people care about street art.
Q. What is the last habit you tried to kick?
A. Crack cocaine.
Q. What do you consider to be the greatest simple pleasure?
A. Swedish fish.
Q. What do you wish you had the nerve to do?
A. Become a woman.
Q. Who is your favorite fictional character?
A. I love them all.
Q. What is your favorite cocktail?
A. Vodka Red Bull.
Q. When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?
A. Garbage man.
Q. If you could take only one more journey, where would you go?
A. Covina.
Q. Whose talent do you wish you had?
A. Harry Dean Stanton.
Q. What teacher or professor changed your life?
A. I never went to school.
Q. What is your guilty pleasure?
A. Sex.
Q. Who is the one person living or dead you would most like to meet for dinner?
A. George Bush.
To read more about the panel in which Aaron Rose participated, click here.
*Photo by Aaron Salcido.