¿Desde cuándo llevas pintando?
Stickering/postering 5 years.

¿Qué fue lo que te impulsó a coger un bote y pintar en las paredes?
¿Quién te influyó?
Frustration over the uncritical massa called society.
No particular influence. more in general all that was/is going on around me.
others did it. it = trying to comunicate
brands comunicate with one goal: controle over markets and people.

Cuando tú empezaste a pintar..¿qué otras firmas había? ¿Había
alguna que te gustara especialmente?
In Madrid i think i did not see any except for tags.

¿Quién era tu referente para desarrollar tu estilo? ¿A quién tomabas como ejemplo a seguir?

The way brands comunicated their messages.

¿Quiénes eran los escritores más famosos en Madrid por aquellos años?

If you refer to tagging, i do not know their names, even though the picture of their tag
stayed in my mind. not for the quality, but for pure quantity.
I do not believe in tagging with "rotuladores". They seem to be a reflection of the product the big brands created.
a society empty, acting as sheep. a society loosing their identity. to me they only show the desperate need for an "own" identity.
the only massage they comunicate to me: I exist.
Tthey do not provoke the mind to develope.
They do only cause anger.
The first i recognized, while i did my thang was EL TONO and EL RODILLO.

¿Qué opinión te merecen otros medios, como las plantillas, las pegatinas u
otros tipos de intervenciones urbanas?¿Crees que aportan nuevos horizontes al graffiti o lo degeneran?

I believe the peak of grafiti as we know it is over. in general ithink they are a reaction to the visual noise comercials created.
it was a subversive reaction to an overkill of sensless "information".
Brands like diesel, calvin klein (crave) are now using the same subversive methods. creating an image of beeing at the core of new developments.
fact is they closed the circle of action and reaction.
grafiti, tagging,stickering, postering has won the battle. brands follow this style.
the horizon i see in this crossover. it is the chance to direct brands. they follow
brands/economy are our governments. in a democracy the massa creates the leaders. if the massa has no vision, the leaders won't neither
the comunication of vision as message within streetart is essential for its autonomous survival.
problem is too much sensless taging and technically or creativly bad work, or stuff that is just like a dog pissing on a tree. these "works" might steel the oportunity.
it is fact, streetart has a voice, that by now is heard. what is missing is more articulated visions/opinions within the work.
i see streetart as a political tool to participate activly in societie's developments.

¿Por qué crees que tienen ahora tanto éxito? ¿Se trata de una simple moda o es algo que siempre ha estado ahí?
Our system is defined through fear and controle. streetart is the reaction. the desire to not be paralized by this fact.
Massive tagging in my opinion is a trend, that might be over in the near future.
Taking the answer to your previous question in consideration streetart might have a future of importance.
It is essential though that streetart maintain it's autonomous status.

¿Qué clases de zonas y qué tipo de ubicaciones prefieres para actuar?.
Any zone. as long as the work does not pay disrespect to other "art" such as for example architecture, antique or contemporary or other streetart.
I choose spontanious. places where the work profits without destroying or the spectator profits because the work and the place interact / complement eachother and for this amplify the message.
I must admit though that this is the ideal situation; often it is purely because they are visible from most angles.

¿Crees que tienes un estilo propio? Y, a todo esto, ¿te parece el estilo algo importante?

My style is plakativ, clean and simple. aestethics and quality are important.
the works are small and not screaming. i try to let the content do the trick.
Style is important but must be treated with flexibility to be able to evolve, otherwhise style becomes a prision

¿Quién te introdujo en el mundillo de las intervenciones urbanas?
I never did grafiti______started right off with stickers. did not get introduced, it was more a general observation o the rebirth of streetart, after the 90's where kinda dead concerning streetart.

¿Sueles pintar en solitario? ¿con quién sueles pintar?
i do my thang allone or i have my interns do some work.

¿Qué tratas de decir con tus pintadas?¿Intentas comunicar algo?
I try to provoke a questionmark in the head of the one that sees my work.
a questionmark behind the form of how we'r living.
to progress one has to question.
The globaltrend might be towards essentials. (this might be a positive side effect of 9/11)_______"what do i need another pair of nikeez for? because they tell me so? but then what do i need? i don't know, who am i, where am i, what is my function. i speeddial and multitask, but what for?"________
basically i just want to put questions out there. in the hope people find the same answers i do. not that my answers must be the correct ones, but as there are as many realities as there are people, and each one believes his/her reality is true and for this right, i do believe i am on the right track at least.
i might be wrong_________that's why i keep on questioning myself.

Consideras al graffiti como....
A political tool if used smart.

¿Qué crees tú que tiene un icono que no tenga una firma-tag?
An icono is playing with more than only oneselve
Respecto a los carteles. ¿Qué ventajas tiene el cartel frente a la firma?
It can be removed, causing no damage
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¿Por qué crees que ahora mucha gente hace iconos?
Desperate need for identity, the need to comunicate...... i believe i answered this question within the answers above.

¿Nunca te han pillado pintando?

No never got caught. maybe because i try to respect and work in a way that does not offend. like this people are more open to look at the work and not just dismiss it as vandalism.
people just stop and ask me what that is or they take it off to take it home.....things like that.

Supongo que en Europa y América habrá mas "iconomakers"...¿dónde se lo curran más por fuera de   nuestras fronteras? Y.. ¿qué otros "hacedores" nacionales de iconos te gustan?
i mostly know dutch people. this is where i lived for 7 years before i came to spain.

Algunos que van por ahí de puristas no consideran a los iconos, carteles, pegatinas, etc. graffiti. Según ellos no tiene mérito al no tener hay riesgo. ¿Qué les dirías?
Fuck a stranger without condom if ya lookin for risk.

Respecto a los tags... ¿ves hoy día competitividad en estilo o lo ves estancado y apenas evolucionado?
If you refer to tags with rotuladores i def. do not see an evolution_____it's just boaring, like i said, dogs pissing on every corner.

Vamos a por los vagones...¿Has pintado algún vagón?¿qué opinas del graffiti en trenes?
Don't interest me.

¿Prefieres pintar un panel en metro o pegar un cartel en plena Gran Vía y que lo vea mucha gente?
I like the metro as this is transit space. this is where all sheep pass through.....määäähhhhh.

¿Te ha abierto el graffiti alguna puerta? ¿Lo relacionas con el diseño gráfico?
With me it's the otherway around.

¿Usas otros medios distintos a la calle para expresarte? ¿usas otros materiales para plasmar tu nombre?¿Cuáles son tus preferidos?
stickers and xerox.

Graffiti....¿cantidad o calidad?
quality.

¿Qué opinas de rayar los cristales del metro?
sucks like a million dollar bucket, ugly, stupid, not creative at all.
they are just another act that gives streetart a bad bad name.
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¿Cómo ves actualmente la movida de intervenciones urbanas, pegatinas, iconos, etc. en Madrid?
poor only some nice stuff. Not very surprising.

¿Crees que los escritores de ahora lo tienen más fácil, o que sin embargo, deben machacar más para destacar entre tantos escritores como hay hoy?
what's easy these days?.
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¿Es importante para ti el diálogo de tu obra con el espacio físico urbano? ¿Tienes en cuenta al espectador a la hora de concebir tus producciones?
yes
yes
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¿Crees que la sociedad acepta este tipo de acciones? ¿Qué reacciones observas, a nivel popular o institucional?
when i do my thing reactions of people is in general very positive. from kids to grannys they like it..
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¿Qué opinas del mundo del arte? ¿Cómo ves las interconexiones entre el mundo del arte y el mundo del graffiti?
www.deltainc.nl .

¿Cuáles son tus futuros planes?¿Qué esperas del futuro?
the future is so bright i have to wear shades
the US will continue to go down..........we are whitnessing the fall of an empire.
they might try the endless war to survive.
the euro could be the next major thing
we might move away from the US monoculture and embrace the differences
as this is law of nature.

¿Qué haces actualmente?
working in our main activities..........conceptdevelopment, event production, totalinteriors/identities
see www.24hliving.com (new site up in feb.2003)
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24h living(R)

(photo credit: 24h living)