We recently connected with Konsume Us and have shared our conversation below.
Konsume , appreciate you joining us today. Can you tell us the backstory behind how you came up with the idea?
Us , was born from what seems so innate to me I would say my life. I have had many trials of what exactly it means to operate as “Us”, and currently it operates as an artistic social network that curates events, art opportunities, and a social home for wandering artists wanting to integrate into their local scene. But, the business operations began around 2019 and reformed during 2020, but since then has been in a process of how to get a brick and mortar and on – the – grounds operation. For now though, Us is just an idea, a vision, for artists like myself who believe in collective art for expression and common good.
I believe in this vision because others believe. This couldnt be done by just me, and my existence and perseverance alone is a testament to the help of “Us”. Community will always be precedent, and will always save us from the worse things possible and ahead. Art will always be a human expression, and I hope that we can all help each other using it.
Konsume , love having you share your insights with us. Before we ask you more questions, maybe you can take a moment to introduce yourself to our readers who might have missed our earlier conversations?
My artistic expression started off as music. I have transformed it into a community idea, a movement, and much more in store, all due to the energy of us. Each other. Music was the thing that opened my heart and connected me to many, then i began photography, then i created a business plan that is still getting its legs in work at the current moment.
My artist name is Konsume Us, and i am the creator of Us. The objective is to leave something that will be able to help marginalized artistic communities for generations, by creating an infrastructure that supports economic and communal growth. The way to do it? With all of us.
We’ve hosted many events where local artists generate revenue, we display everyones art on an equal level of expression when it comes to music production for Konsume Us, and many other moments of success for the small network and business that “Us” currently is.
Thats the clearest way i can express the vision currently, and would love for everyone reading this to follow the community starting by just connecting on any platform and joining us +
Let’s talk about resilience next – do you have a story you can share with us?
My current biggest osbtacle everyday is that my mother and grandmother both tragically died due to health and mental issues last year.
It’s circling around a year since then and even getting it together for this interview has been hard, but im pushing through. Drag Me Down is a music video that i made kind of just letting out that energy, and my next single on all streaming at the time of this interview is “Die Slow<3 “.
The journey is just beginning anew
What’s a lesson you had to unlearn and what’s the backstory?
I had to unlearn letting yourself be available to everyone
as an aspiring philanthropist , everyone and everything is in need of support and help. It is my job to identify what i can and can not help, in order to solve things with true purpose and intent.
A life of music, money, and more problems throughout time has shown me over and over again to rely on your intuiton on where to go if youre needed. Too many stories , too many lessons
Contact Info:
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/konsume.us/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GangofUs/
- Twitter: https://x.com/Konsume_us
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-CLBKZhSs78HP6zJKph34A
- Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/konsumeus
