July 28, 2011 |
FROM THE VOLT (WINTER 2010)
NAME: Simon Foxton.
MAGAZINES/EMPLOYERS: freelance.
OCCUPATION: stylist/art director.
OFFICIAL JOB TITLE: dilettante.
STAR SIGN: Taurus.
PORN-STAR NAME (FIRST PET’S NAME + MOTHER’S MAIDEN NAME): Painter Parkinson.
FIRST JOB: street sweeper (fantastic job!).
WORST JOB: salmon-gutting (smelly).
WHAT ARE YOU WEARING (ON THE DAY YOUR PORTRAIT WAS TAKEN)? Blue shirt (second hand), shorts (Gap), duck shoes (Natural Shoe Store).
WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT: I know a little about all sorts of things. I have a great wealth of general knowledge – very good at quizzes – but very little in-depth knowledge about anything. So, sweet FA, really.
ARE YOU PART OF THE ZEITGEIST? No, I doubt it. Perhaps I was once. I don’t know – it’s not something that concerns me…
HAVE YOU EVER USED/WOULD YOU EVER USE SEX TO FURTHER YOUR CAREER? Haha! Look at me – what do you think?
WHAT DO YOU LIKE? Having tea and a chat with friends at Bar Italia, car-boot sales, going to the gym, gardening, cooking, drinking wine in my shed, the North Sea.
WHAT DO YOU HATE? Flying, cloves, celebrity culture.
WHAT DO YOU HATE? Richard Dawkins, Brian Eno, Jason Evans.
IF NOT YOU, WHO/WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE? I’d love to be a writer so I could stay home all day and work from there. Sadly, I have no writing talent at all.
WHAT’S YOUR POISON? Usually it’s white wine but I’m off the pop for a while, trying to lose some weight (totally boring).
ARE YOU A BITCH? I hope not. Sometimes I say bitchy things to get a cheap laugh but never to hurt someone. I do enjoy gossip, though.
WHAT TURNS YOU ON? Stocky black men.
SELL YOURSELF IN 10 WORDS: no, that’s not my job.
WHAT’S UP AND COMING? More exciting projects with & Son (my creative practice with Nick Griffiths).
by Natalie Dembinska
Photograph by Maria Ziegelboeck – www.mariaziegelboeck.com
