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“It’s kind of developing on me being a little more comfortable and letting go of everybody’s expectations,” he said.<\/p>\n
“I really can’t define how I am right now, but I’m just being me, that’s all.”<\/p>\n
MonoNeon said his brightly coloured ski goggles, often a focal point for audiences, are not about disguise but transformation.<\/p>\n
“I do have stage fright, but when I put my goggles on, there’s this type of ego that happens,” he said.<\/p>\n
Once he puts them on, he describes a shift in state.<\/p>\n
“It’s like I can just take over the world for an hour or so,” he said.<\/p>\n
That sense of freedom is also what first drew him toward Dadaism and conceptual art.<\/p>\n
An early 20th-century art movement, Dadaism rejected traditional structures in favour of absurdity, unpredictability and unconventional expression.<\/p>\n
MonoNeon said he draws on this philosophy as a creative framework, using its disregard for established norms to free himself from genre constraints and artistic expectations.<\/p>\n
“Of course, I have a brand and persona, but when I started learning about Dada, it just helped me break out of trying to be anything,” he said.<\/p>\n
“That’s what Dada means to me, just do stuff and just own it, without worrying about whether it’s cool or not.”<\/p>\n
MonoNeon pointed to his time playing with Prince as a pivotal moment in his artistic development.<\/p>\n
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