Noam Kovacs
Musician and Illustrator
Tell us a bit about yourself:
I think way too much. I like sitting in the winter sun.
What do you make?
I try to make Sabi-Wabi music and illustrations. Which means it should be honest but vague enough to allow some room for the listener / viewer.
Where else on the web can we find you?
I have a new website with some free mp3’s and other stuff.
I also have a flickr page and a myspace.
What did you dream about last night?
I dreamt I was in Japan. I took the wrong ferry to the wrong island and ended up being chased by some variation on Bigfoot. In mid-chase I got a call from a friend. I told him I’d have to call him back.
What inspires you?
Emotions that I can match up with some kind of narrative, or meaning.
Brave people.
A quiet mind.
Where do you live and what do you like about it?
I live in Tel Aviv, near the sea. I like to hear new recordings at the beach at night. I like watching the cats that live in the nearby market streets. I like finding unexpected art in the streets.
But I especially like riding my bicycle down-hill late at night, while listening to the local student radio station.
What is your biggest fear?
That I will be forced to work in some tedious uncreative job just to make a living, and will have not time for music and art. (that I will make compromises without choosing to).
Name a few of your favorite movies \ books \ websites \ bands:
Music:
Jackson C Frank
Portishead
Ruth Dolores Weiss
Movies:
Broken flowers
Donnie Darko
After the rain
Books:
The way to ein harod by Amos Kenan
Exit Wounds by Ruto Modan
What are you really good at? What are you really bad at:
I’m really bad at separating my feelings from other people’s feelings.
I’m really good at taking in new perspectives.
What is your favorite thing to eat?
Croissants.
How would you like to be remembered?
As someone who made a good influence on his surrounding.
What is the most embarrassing thing that ever happened to you?
I parked my bicycle on the wrong side of a parking lot’s gate. So everybody was stuck inside for 4 hours. When I came back to take the bicycle I was called stupid by about 10 people at the same time.
Anything else you would like to say:
I try to keep the wheel turning.