{"id":127142,"date":"2022-08-29T17:15:35","date_gmt":"2022-08-29T15:15:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/psymedia.co.za\/?p=127142"},"modified":"2023-09-02T19:06:05","modified_gmt":"2023-09-02T17:06:05","slug":"mikhail-johnson-exclusive-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psymedia.co.za\/mikhail-johnson-exclusive-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Mikhail Johnson – Exclusive Interview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Q&A with Mikahil Johnson<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

How did you become involved in the music festival industry?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After high school I had a big interest in art, music and culture. Music festivals (not all) provided a little bit of each so my draw to it was simple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I studied engineering and as my part time job I worked at a company called Makesense Management. It was a turnkey events management solution company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I started working with bigger art installations for different festivals and clients. We did jobs for some of the biggest festivals in South Africa and Europe. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It started getting serious about 6\/7 years ago and I mainly focused on Art installations. I traveled and worked abroad for a few consecutive years and learnt a lot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shout out to Dane Stirrat from Eden Festival for giving me my first opportunity to completely take creative control of things and for Mathew Herrington for taking me all across the world to learn and see how the big boys and girls did things. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do you have any training or education that assists with the job?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I studied Mechanical Engineering after high school and recently started a Mechatronic Engineering course through Unisa about 2 years ago. Both of them weirdly enough help me navigate my style and approach to things in this art installation world. The engineering side and software side has definitely been a key component in moving through the industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Are there any artists or mentors who have influenced your style?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have had the privilege of working with Carin Dickson<\/a> and Daniel Popper multiple times. To say that they don’t have the biggest influence on me would be a lie. I try to steer clear of their styles but both of them are in my opinion the best in the world at what they do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other influences I have are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n