Archive for the ‘Graffiti Interviews’ Category
TRED BTM 3A INTERVIEW
Interview by CORE
If you have not heard of TRED then you know nothing of the Seattle graffiti scene. He is the only writer to have numerous and continuous tags running for over two decades in Seattle, a city notorious for heavily criminalization, targeting, and expulsion of graffiti writers. He started the nefarious 3AK with his brother SEED. He reformed BTM in the late nineties and serves as one of its several captains today. He introduced me and numerous others to graffiti and lives the life of a successful writer and entrepreneur today.
HIENA FEATURE ON BOMBING SCIENCE
Bombing Science just posted a Q & A with Hiena. Click HERE for the feature.
BENNY DIAR INTERVIEW ON SKATE ALL CITIES
“To start off the new year, Skate All Cities is proud to announce our latest interview with DIAR. For all those who don’t know the history behind Benny aka “DIAR”, he was an aspiring graffiti artist who had recently been involved in a car accident a couple of years ago which paralyzed him from the neck down. Even though he has faced – what to many people considered in this world – a lifechanging setback, his passion for art and graffiti has never stopped. In order to keep producing art he discovered a new technique; by using his mouth.” You can read the full interview by clicking HERE.
TRACK SWITCH: ISSUE 1
Track Switch is the first Zine recently released by MISERY TA STK. It’s a solid 42 pages of benching and action shots taken in Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Hamilton Ohio. Its full of auto racks and dope snow shots, the flicks of these cats balls to the wall painting in sub zero temperatures really put into perspective how pussy I am sitting here in LA bundled up shivering my ass off with a space heater in 65 degree weather.
I hit up Misery to talk about the Zine and figured I would post up our Q&A, as it was pretty insightful, my questions are italicized. (Full read after the jump) MORE
WRITER SPOTLIGHT – ERGOT
Interview by J. Anaya
What makes you put paint on stuff?
This world is too boring. There’s little adventure left for the wilder ones. Graff is a perfect outlet. The literally grey society we live in needs color-on its walls and in peoples’ heads. Having people see your shit is cool, but the experiences you gain from painting-bombing out late, lurking, death defying climbing and even just exploring-that shit is why I paint. I suppose it’s also a creative response to general injustice and a big “fuck off” to the man…nah mean?
ODER IBD INTERVIEW
I was moving and came across this letter ODER sent me. It was this interview idea I had a few years ago, I figured I’d post it up – it’s a good read. After the interview there are photos. Feburary 28th, 2012, if all goes right my dude will be a free man again. Can’t wait. MORE
MTN COLORS: “THE ORIGINAL SINCE 1994″ l VIDEO
“As word about a writer-designed paint spread from Barcelona to San Francisco, the graffiti world witnessed an explosion of unique styles. Innovative sketches could finally make the jump from the page to the wall. Burners from coast to coast flaunted a renewed sense of self-expression. Follow the story of MTN Colors North America and hear the writers’ firsthand account of what it means to keep America’s artists supplied.” – Werehaus
KAWS x ROBERT LAZZARNI – “DISTORTED COMPANIONS”
The most recent KAWS collaboration to hit the web releases a vinyl Companion in a distorted figure. Robert Lazzarini is well known for his distorted sculptures so the twisted Companion makes a perfect partnership. According to Arrested Motion” early word (which may or may not be accurate) on these beauties is that they will be limited to 1000 each and priced at $180.” Visit OriginalFake for more info. MORE
