softtwix The face behind the mask Ceci est une introduction : saint oma street art. “They are not there to challenge us: if they look us in the eye it is because they assume the women they are. They are strong, but they don’t challenge the viewer.” multiple identities PORTRAITS (OF) MASKS PHOTOGRAPHY BY THE …
romain froquet A line to unite line and color Ceci est une introduction : saint oma street art. “Colors are for me the first thing that appeals to me. They instantly convey emotions, tell stories. I cannot detach color from a work.” journey TWISTING THE LINE: A CALLIGRAPHIC RESONANCE THE VIBRATION OF COLORS PARALLEL REFLEXIONS …
gérald garutti The hero facing the world Part II “Far from any kind of obsolescence of heroes, I think we are actually witnessing a kind of diffraction that makes it difficult to identify our current heroic models. What are, for our time, the canonical forms of heroism?” What is the difference between the character and …
oakoak Playing with the world to show it off “I always talk about urban intervention to define my work. For me, there has to be an urban element, a piece of street to build on: it is essential to my work and my vision of street art.” journey reveal the world the primacy of the …
takashi arai Daguerreotype nuclear photography “We tend to believe in the continuous progress of history and to feel that we are at the pinnacle of mankind’s historic achievements. This is not true because we cannot digest all the information and we all live in a limited time.” journey using daguerreotype remembering nuclear history tomorrow’s memory …
jérôme rasto The very rich hours of the Mushroom Kingdom “The distinction between Good and Evil remains a central theme today, which I am the first to question. There are sometimes apocalyptic representations in my work because these are feelings that we can have within us. I don’t try to bring out the idea that …
gérald garutti Interpreting the world to make it visible “Telling a story is telling the world. By definition, by vocation, the theatre gives to see. Theatron is the place from which we see, the place of vision. A vision that also passes through the ear. …] Vision, history, incarnation, presentation, presence, present, breath, breath, speech, …
Paella ? Deconstructing false evidence through language “It is the characteristic of the arts to give free rein to each person’s interpretation when it comes to the way in which one projects oneself in a character, in an atmosphere, in a colour. Through these mind games, I try to appeal to the references and the …
noty aroz The pantheon of our new icons “Brad Pitt is to us exactly like Batman. We’ll never meet him in our lives. To us he’s a fictional character, or at least everything we can see of him is fiction.” journey THE MYTHOLOGENY: A CONCEPT BETWEEN THE HERO AND THE DEITY A RESEARCH WORK ON …
Parvati Birds halfway between heaven and earth “I believe that we must really distinguish between aesthetics and Beauty: Beauty cannot be the pretty, nor is it the peaceful or the pleasant.” journey COLLAGE AND THE STREET OF HUMAN BIRDS URBAN ART AND THE SEARCH FOR BEAUTY journey How did you become an artist? I’ve been …
TReize bis In your eyes, the reflection of another world “My work is like that of a sampler: I go looking for images, which become my palette.” journey THE CHOICE OF GLUING old pictures photography and memory journey How did you start working the streets? Before I became Thirteen Bis I was a plastic artist. …
LOISEAUCRAIE The anartist with free birds “This line is a rhythm that I have in my hand, combined with the feeling provided by the chalk passing over the roughness of each surface that will potentially change its path. It is sometimes compared to calligraphy.” wild bird free bird A CHALK TRACE MOVEMENT THE STREET AS …
teuthis An Encyclopedia of Underwater Species “I must have in my subconscious a love for these shades of grey, and that’s why my drawings often have slightly faded colours, in pastel and desaturated tones.” journey Encyclopedia of Underwater Species Collage and the street journey How did you become an artist? I have always drawn and …
HOROR A bestiary at the crossroads of graffiti and natural science “Showing what we’re into is something I think about a lot when working with animals. Like all living things, it’s a whole liquid, solid, mechanical and organic world.” journey A SPRAY OF BLACK, A SPRAY OF WHITE… work on the animal A FANTASY WORLD …
louyz When personal heritage becomes urban history “A painted wall appeals to the passer-by, and one should not think too much about whether it is controversial or not.” a family heritage projects IN TROMPE-L’OEIL PERSONAL AND COLOURED URBAN WORK a family heritage How important has transmission been in your artistic career? I was born into …
retro When Urban Art becomes Legend of the Centuries “Maybe I tend to want to put a bit too many references sometimes, when I just want to be able to convey something, a questioning, an emotion, or at least a slightly thoughtful approach to the subjects I tackle.” journey Retropolis CONSTANT RESEARCH Report to the …
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 …
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 …
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 …
