Wednesday, February 11, 2009

EROSIE - interview on ekosystem


"__My street-related-visual-intervention-name is Erosie, started doing graffiti in 1993 in Eindhoven, still live there nowadays. And I don’t have all the answers correct.

Contrary to younger people active in that street scene, you come from the “classic” graffiti scene. Do you still have the feeling to do graffiti, or did you wake up a morning thinking: “Now I stop graffiti to make that so called street-art thing”.

__Errr…no. From graffiti to other expressions was a step-by-step transformation…from spraypaint to rollers and latex to logos, stickers wheat-paste, the whole candystore. My first spraypainted target-symbol was done in 1998, that was a start. From there I opened a wider horizon more and more, finding this a nice variety on the conservative graffiti-tunnel I was in for some time. But I never really let go of my graffiti-roots. It’s simply too much fun and energetic as well…Once it’s in your blood…But of course I enjoy it by playing with the ”codes”, not for wanting to be the baddest bomber on the block ..."

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