Matt Davidson

Questions for Matt Davidson

Name:

Matthew Davidson

Place of birth:

Ballarat, Victoria

Currently living in:

A state of inspired exhuastion

Train, bus, bike, or other:  

I love trains, but i usually end up walking.

What’s the most important object in your studio?

The door – I have just put another one in and I love it. I’m starting to use it with confidence.

Paper or plastic?

No, paper AND plastic

If you could resurrect one no longer living person to have lunch with, knowing you will have to return them to the grave right after coffee, who would it be?

Mahatma Ghandi. I’d ask him once more what he thought of western civilisation just to hear it again.

Preferred method of dealing with an encounter with an acquaintance whose name you can’t remember.

Um…  I stall and listen (if in a group in the slim hope of someone dropping said forgotten name into the conversation, which usually means i forget to listen to the actual conversation) then i usually bite the bullet and admit to forgetting and humbly (but with confident humility) ask again, and confess to said person whose name i forgot that i’m really crap at remembering people’s names. It’s not a very good method – i’m thinking of reviewing it. Great question.

Why don’t you flip the tortoise over, Leon?  

I thought it was a turtle.

How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

Never very much as i recall, but can you sing all the verses of ‘My Highland Goat’ without googling?

Favourite client so far?

US BusinessWeek, Jmag

Favourite imaginary client?

OK Go, Rolling Stone, Studio Ghibli.

How does your mother describe your profession?

With contradictory intuitives and warm parabolic arcs.

Coffee or tea?

Tea. Oolong or french earl grey please.

What’s your earliest drawing memory?

Stick figure dinosaurs, robots and sea monsters.

How do you prefer to spend your mornings?

Tucked in with a sexy read, followed by elevenses.[missing asset]

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