Splash Monster

Alex is a self proclaimed trans media whore, taking the ideas of some of his favorite artists, authors, photographers, and cinematographers and vomiting them into a large scale of multimedia visuals and words to tell stories and express his view of the world in a mess of color, obscurity, and often obscene images of the good, the bad, and the ugly. Now with that in mind we take a look at his latest work which exudes with childlike innocence mixed with the nightmarish reality of the human digression through isolation, depression, and heartache.

1. What is Hearts for the Heartless?

Alex: Hearts for the Heartless is my new art/poetry book that explores the human condition and the digression one takes during isolation, depression, and loss. The book does follow one central character not through his eyes but focuses on his thought process instead and in turn we get a better idea of who this person was and what he becomes.

2. What exactly inspired Hearts for the Heartless?

Alex: My inspiration for this project mainly came from blues music and the idea it represents in that if you freely express your feelings even for a moment you can escape the pain of your troubles. It was also a healing process for myself as I continue to deal with my severe anxiety and depression.

3. What do you hope the viewer will take from Hearts for the Heartless?

Alex: I hope that the experience makes them have a feel good feeling just like a blues song moves you from the heart and pushes you to perhaps feel better about yourself I hope to help inspire others to freely express themselves and escape the pain that they may be going through even if its for a moment.

4. Not much has been said until now about your book why did you wait so close to the release date to start talking about it?

Alex: I’ve had a lot of projects going on and I tend to announce a lot of things but I often don’t get around to finishing them because I jump from project to project a lot and wanted to make sure that it was actually going to get done. No one likes an empty promise.

5. When will Hearts for the Heartless be released and how can we get our hands on it?

Alex: I am pushing for a February release date as far as how to get your hands on a copy stay tuned to the Splash Monster website for that, we are working on the details and should know more as February approaches.

6. Anything else you would like to share?

Alex: I would just like to thank the people who stuck by me during this long process and who continue to believe in me and what I’m doing. I would also like to thank all the positive feedback from the fans who are just incredible people.