Moth de la Cruz

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Moth de la Cruz is a multi-media artist living in New York City. Born in NYC, Moth (Adam) cycled through a series of mediums of expression beginning with illustration and story telling. As a child he was constantly ill - the medicine he was prescribed many times a year, for many years, resulted in hallucinations triggered by sound. Before understanding that the hallucinations originated from the allergy, he was brought to a Santero who claimed he was pursued by malevolent spirits. At a young age he was given a statue to pray to, and classical music to play on the radio to off set the „rhythm of silence” he heard at night that triggered the hallucinations. From then he developed a fixation on classical music and of spiritualism, including mythology and demonology. Growing up he experimented with film and acting, and starred in classical as well as contemporary stage and film. During school he became enamored of the emcee battle scene, rooted in his love for underground Hip-Hop. After graduation he declined an acceptance to Juliard for performance arts to pursue music, and found himself battling as an emcee, producing experimental Hip-Hop, and writing dark fiction. His son Littlemoth was born while Moth was in his early twenties, and his new passion for fatherhood lead him to a stable job as art director for an Urban Vinyl company in NYC, working with artists such as Ron English, Dylan Sisson, Frank Kozik, among others. The recession came, and after some years Moth was witho

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