New Mexico-based art rebel Dave Danzara creates for our eyes to wake up our minds. With the world as his stage, Dave has played roles as an illustrator, filmmaker, custom framer, international graphic designer, artist for musical giants and cultural icons, and more, landing him to where he is today as a nonconforming collage artist known as Lost In Time. Unapologetically honoring his intuition and inherent creative duty, this renaissance man remixes his analogue artistry with technology to create neoteric designs that remind us to question everything: the good, the bad, the ugly, the unseen. From pop culture to punk to psychedelia to post-apocalyptic, there’s an undefinable familiarity and even comfort at times in his work, amplified by playfully bold humor that coaxes us not to take ourselves too seriously. Simultaneously, each piece exists as an urgent reminder to make the most of our time here on this planet, and particular plane of existence, while we still can, because time is running out. WE’RE HUGE FANS OF YOUR WORK AND ARE SO HONORED TO BE ABLE TO SHOWCASE YOUR ART IN BIRDY NEARLY EVERY MONTH. NOT ONLY DO WE LOVE THE DIVERSITY AND FUN OF YOUR AESTHETIC, BUT ALSO THE INTELLIGENCE AND EVEN BRAVERY BEHIND YOUR MESSAGING. HOW ARE IDEAS BORN FOR YOU? AND HOW DO YOU MAKE THEM COME TO LIFE? Thank you so much for having me be a part of your magazine. I feel extremely honored. I bounce around aesthetically, but I don’t stray from the message or feeling I try to express in each design. I think I just get ideas either from past experiences or current events. I love pop culture, dreamy, psychedelic, post punk and post-apocalyptic stuff. So I just go off of how I feel that day when I’m creating something from the start. No. 128 Sometimes an idea just pops into my head, sometimes I don’t even know where I’m going with it, and it ends up turning into something entirely new for me. That’s what I like most about creating something, it’s emotional for me. I like contrast; it brings a dramatic feeling to each design. YOU STARTED YOUR DIGITAL COLLAGE CAREER BY CREATING ALL OF YOUR PIECES SOLELY ON YOUR PHONE. IS THIS STILL THE CASE? Yes, believe it or not I just started messing around with different apps from my phone. It became natural for me since I did film editing for a living. I love piecing and puzzling things together, it just became habit after that, fine-tuning the craft. It’s now been just over 10 years. DESCRIBE YOUR MAKERSPACE. My makerspace derives from many different parts of life and collected memories that somehow blend into the whole aesthetic. So I created a specific work environment where I can be exactly who I am without boundaries. I turn out the lights then throw on some music, preferably something electronic or shoegazey. I tap in and get started. It’s a room you can easily get lost in, I call it the “Spaced Out Room.” It’s literally a black light room to space out in with various nerdy artifacts thrown in. I’m a little insane. AS A FULL-TIME CREATIVE, HOW DO YOU KEEP YOURSELF MOTIVATED, KEEP YOUR INNER ARTISTIC RESERVOIR/ CREATIVE WELL FLOWING? My motivation is being true to my nature. I love challenging myself, it molds my spirit and is satisfying. It fuels my passion to see something that I envision come into fruition. It keeps me alive and free. Music is also key to connecting that creative spark. SPANISH AIR
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