claire courdavault When the body and Nature intertwine… “As soon as I forget about time, different spaces open up that take me into a kind of saving trance.” journey an organic work The spiritual character of creation Report to the street CIRCE AND VANDALIZED FEMINISM journey How did you become an artist? The first time …
dark snooopy AN URBAN LETTERING DIFFERENT FROM GRAFFITI abstract writing in the street Research and Sharing AN URBAN LETTERING DIFFERENT FROM GRAFFITI Your work being essentially calligraphic, how do you distinguish this form of expression from Graffiti as we usually hear it? Dark Snooopy appeared when I went to wastelands with friends to put my …
fkdl Yesterday’s Newspapers, Today’s Memory “In the course of my travels, I sometimes cover my old collages degraded by time or by the hand of man.” from urban art to scotch art work on the body and movement yesterday’s news, today’s memory from urban art to scotch art How did you get into Urban Art? …
MADEMOISELLE MAURICE A thousand origami to face the walls “One sheet of paper is very fragile, but hundreds together are untearable.” Origami, a work of composition Anchoring a fragile material in the street metal for perennial works Freedom and importance of photography Origami, a work of composition You rarely talk about the process of designing …
icy & sot When Art seeps through the fence create in the street contextualize photography in conceptual art a commited work create in the street When did you begin to work in the street? Why and when did your stencils become more committed? Growing up, we spent more time in the street skating than at …
YZ “In the subjects I deal with, some of the tension comes from the use of the material. The gradual degradation of the work gives it a certain poetry and depth. This is why the intention of the project will always prevail in my aesthetic choices. Tissue paper makes no concessions to this state of …
morèje “By gluing, one overlaps, shows and hides at the same time. Now, the most banal wall was the object of a choice: that of the mason, that of the town planners who wanted it to be made of brick or painted. In judging this choice, we enter into both aesthetic and moral considerations. But …
ador & sémor How can we present Ador & Semor, a duo of artists from Nantes working together for nearly 10 years, without mentioning their complicity and their incredible ability to share it with others? Each having their respective universes and their own inspirations, they nevertheless manage to bring them to life regularly in a …
Žilda Žilda’s work is mostly built off the beaten track. Indeed, her installations, whether they are nestled in the middle of the forest, on the hull of a boat waiting for the tide to rise or in the ruins of a Neapolitan palace, are not always visible to the viewer. For the viewer, painting only …
MOYOSHI Between reflection time and speed of execution “Why should street-art only be on the street? Why do some graffiti artists refuse to go to galleries? ” journey A DIRECT LINE ADAPTED TO ITS SPACE From fantasy creature to experimental research… Fragment of fresco journey How did you become an artist? In 2000, while I …
ardif Ardif is a young street-artist who has been pasting his drawings for a year on the streets of Paris. He uses his training as an architect to give life to his creations, half animal, half machine, through disconcertingly precise tracings. He says that he himself then makes “lace” out of these cogs, bringing out …
Mosko “Zebras, giraffes, panthers or tigers offer an infinite possibility of visual renewal. Of course, they also allow to renew social commitment through their universal aspect and can be appreciated by everyone, regardless of age, culture, or social origin. I’ve always found it important that as many people as possible find themselves in what is …
Epsylon Point “Writing on walls is an act of protest: even if it’s aesthetic, it’s necessarily political because it’s visible to everyone and imposed on everyone regardless of their taste.” Ever since he began painting on the city walls in 1979, Epsylon Point has never ceased to try to provoke a reaction from the viewer. …
Nemo A black silhouette, an extension of our childhood dreams Text by Pennac He is the mural painter of our shortcomings: we are heavy and he gives us to glide, we are serious and he gives us to play, we are pragmatic and he gives us to dream, we die of sterile fear and impotent …
rue meurt d’art Street sharing “A human is not built from the bottom up but from the inside out.” journey Technique and inscription in a place CHARACTERS COMMITTED TO A COMMON MEMORY first world war Sharing with the public journey How did you become an artist? I wanted to go to art school, but it …
Speedy graphito HIJACK IMAGES TO RECOMPOSE A COMMON MEMORY Speedy Graphito is one of the major figures of French Urban Art since the 80s. His work, by hijacking the codes and icons of pop-culture, questions our collective memory and the way in which the same image or painting can address people differently depending on their …
Jef Aérosol “Painting characters in the public space who look at passers-by is both to signify his presence, but also to highlight the gift of ubiquity conferred by painting in the street. When I create my self-portrait, I am present in several cities in several countries, even when I am no longer physically present. This …
jordane saget Jordane Saget is a chalk artist who roams the streets of Paris to draw his arabesques on the ground or on the walls. His wavy chalk lines have gradually established a dialogue with the inhabitants, to become today one of the markers of Parisian street-art. With this artist, we address the ephemeral nature …
gérard zlotykamien Pieces of string to make up Humanity “When you look at what’s going on in the world, you can see that life, whether it’s symbolically ripped away by the disappearance of hundreds of thousands of people in a matter of seconds, or lasts a hundred years, is still very fragile.” Path Birth of …
artiste-ouvrier “Stencil is a metonymic term that defines both the part, the whole, the technique and the result. Cutting is a tool that is also called stenciling. I think the best thing would be to enjoy painting first, before you start to see the cutting.” With these words, we glimpse the artistic ambition carried by …
