tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12215058609821578142024-03-08T02:27:13.929-08:00Street ArtUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1221505860982157814.post-87327341078884490172013-08-20T20:40:00.000-07:002013-08-20T20:40:52.930-07:005 Questions with Dog Fight <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The 2095'ers introduction to DogFight was reminiscent of that with BlackCat and given that they are inextricably linked it is not at all surprising.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">There was something about this style that caught the 2095'ers eye but what really struck her was how these stickers seemed to double in population on each of her streetart expeditions.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Always up for a bit of discussion with herself, the 2095'er reasoned thus: "he's obviously <i>very</i> tall and has no sleep OR he has a following of millions like the Pied Piper who simply drown in delight in slapping these babies up OR it's a combination of both" (and yes, the 2095 chick did in fact make silent self-talk to external "she's bonkers" talk on many such occasions)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">From lightposts to handrails, doorways, street signs...this guy was EVERYWHERE!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Who <b>is</b> this dude she wondered. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Then, as if stepping in to a brave new world, the 2095'er made what she fondly refers to as 'a cold call for cowards'. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Why is it when not having a friend request accepted on social media it seems to be a less confronting or upsetting rejection than if by leaving endless, almost stalkingly like, voicemails sounding like an hysterical female who needs a life, which ultimately never get returned.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Fortunately the 2095'ers request was received positively and regular communicado began photographer and artist.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">One of the 2095'ers observations was that whilst from a more city locale end of the Inner West was saturated with these dogs (as was the city itself), there didn't seem to be any on the other side of Edgeware Road and beyond.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">And with that, here are my 5 questions with Dogfight</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Well Dogfight isn't really anything. The name "Dogfight" is just there as I needed some kind of name otherwise it's got to be over explained in conversation. The amount of times I've tried to explain "Lil white dog character"! It's just easier this way.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I use the name Dogfight regarding anything I do, whether it's graphic design, clothing, stickers or whatever...it's just a name. I thought it sounded cool, I liked the idea of taking something that already meant something and giving it my own spin.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">To me, I'm not even thinking about actual dog fighting, which is totally rank: I like dogs! It's more about the "fight in the under dog", like saying "it's not the dog in the fight but the fight in the dog".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I came up with the dog character in its current form around 2001-2002. I originally paired the dog with a pig character named Bacon and was gonna do a comic on the two of them named "Bacon Bones", but instead chucked em on some stickers and went about sticking them about the place.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">After a while I scrapped the pig, stuck with the dog and came up with the name "Dog Fight".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I had gone under a few different names before then as well. The actual dog character doesn't have a name or if it does it's just "dog" (like the Dog out of Footrot Flats). It's just an every day dog, no particular breed or gender...purely a dog.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I wanted to create a character that could kind of exist in its own right. I always have a Dot & The Kangaroo type thing in my head where I wanted the dog to live and exist in our world, but as a cartoon, where people could see and enjoy him without it really belonging to anyone except the viewer at that time, so obviously graffiti and streetart were the perfect outlet for that, as the dog could pop up overnight to inhabit an area without all the non-sense of who put it there or why, simply that it's here, you live here, it lives here, now play nice! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I've never had the plan to be known myself. In fact I often do things especially to reflect this. I wanted the dog to be known: hopefully by the time I go the dog will just be known as an iconic trait of Sydney and my friends, family and son can continue it as a permanent fixture of Sydney's landscape....like pigeons and cockroaches (LOL).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><u>From insanely HUGE paste ups to slap ups that fit nicely in the palm of the hand. How much planning time is needed for these enormously impressive pieces and do you choose the location prior to print, or is it more of a "print done, location will present itself when I'm out and about"</u></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">For larger posters/jobs, I will often have a location in mind and I'll just work out how big I can go, how many hands are required (if required), what the weather is like etc. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Other times, I'll just load up with paint or a bucket and handful of posters and see what I come across.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">For the most part, things aren't overly planned but when they <b>are</b> planned, I like to go all out and turn it into some Mission Impossible style venture but that's more to make an event of it and have a bit of fun; or if we are filming, gotta be extra careful. The only thing I know for sure is it will be The Dog.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><u>You recently did a collab for a video with Big Dave. How did that come about</u></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Me and Dave work together on a hell of a lot of projects and will continue to do so for a long time. We built a friendship after I had a quick prison visit. He was basically saying what I was thinking which is what drew me to him plus he had design work, I had designs and we share the same work ethic.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">A lot of people are just trying to get something out of something, whereas me and Dave built a bond over wanting to create something valuable from nothing with the understanding that it was the journey and the experiences we would take from it (which mattered most).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">With that in mind, we both have priceless experiences, opportunities to meet people neither of us thought we'd ever meet and basically rip it up!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">As far as this particular video project goes, he created the song for me back in 2011 so I could use it as music in one of my sticker videos. He always liked the song as it's pretty rough and fun for him to rap and he wanted to do something new with it. He came up with the idea for the video and I was cool with that and the rest is history!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We have worked on a million things together in the past. I did his debut album artwork as well as art for other acts on the KP Label, posters for festivals and other concerts for him: all sorts of jobs for things. It's good!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Solo is always good as after a few years you have so much experience under your belt: you know how you going to do things, the approach you take, the plan of attack etc. And anytime I'm doing anything risky I prefer to be on my own. I'm often a little over daring or perhaps even cocky in what I think I can get away with, so doing things on my own eliminates taking anyone down with me due to my risk taking.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">If I'm with other people I choose to keep it pretty tame for the most part, although I choose what tasks I will attempt depending on who I am with.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I've got a very close circle of people that I can count on one hand, who are what I consider "the wrecking crew" (not an actual crew and not all artists themselves!), and they are the people I plan bigger riskier stuff with that often requires more eyes, more hands and a genuine trust and care for each other: resulting in everyone being hyper-vigilant to ensure the job gets done, done well and everyone stays safe, out of meddling hands and gets home.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">With that being said, I do enjoy good company on long walks and there's nothing like seeing you and your peoples art up in one spot with a united front.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Then there's the Cat of course <i>(check out the 2095 chick's blog done with BlackCat <a href="http://2095-streetart.blogspot.com.au/2013/08/5-questions-with-blackcat-stickers.html"><span style="color: white;">"here"</span></a>)</i>. Me and the Cat, well we just get the job done. Often our stickers are done in the same format whether it's screen printed, Lino cut, digital print, hand drawn, square or circle.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">That's because we sit there and make them together on whatever materials we have at hand and often experiment with and discover new techniques. If I print stickers, I print hers too and she does the same. So ours are often the same but different!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><u>What does the world hold for DogFight or is it limited only by our own imagination</u></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I'm not sure. We play arts & crafts every day. There will always be more Dog in all shapes and forms.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I also do a fair bit of airbrushing and other stuff so who knows. No use saying something like "there will be exhibitions" or things like that. Just take a walk down the street...the exhibition is on, it's free and damned colourful!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Thank god for the universal gallery is all the 2095 chick can say. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">DogFight has also started a doco which so far has taken 2 years and in his words "it probably won't be out for another 2 years!" so here's a trailer of things to come</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">And you can buy some of this dude's amazing work (t-shirts, stickers etc) on his website. So just click <a href="http://dogfightcomics.com.au/"><span style="color: white;">"here"</span></a> and the 2095 chick reckons there just might be something for everyone!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It's not often that the 2095 chick's memory fails on pinpointing pivotal moments in her life, moreover when there is a meeting between the artist and photographer. In fact on many occasion she has been the "phone a friend" on matters of trivia, events (good <b>and</b> bad), and past lives in the industries she once worked.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">But as she types the cogs begin to turn...dang there is NO way she can let this piece continue without being precise and exact! She'd be letting Team 2095 Chick down for heaven's sake and that dear friends is a big fat no no in her books!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">AH HA! How could this chick be so remiss....of course...it could only be....it was as a result of her joining a certain group on a certain social media page focussing on a certain event which threw her head first into a certain world.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Nooooo....not this time. No way is the 2095'er going to state the obvious. For if you do not know by now, then you will simply have to read through previous blogs in order to ascertain exactly what it is she refers to!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Now that that is comfortably out of the way.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Whilst not having met in person due to geographic discourse, the 2095'er saw a post on AWOL Stencil's page asking for people to submit photos so as to be part of her project "People/Society" (an amazing range of images which you can check out <a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.267130753323591.58205.234629966573670&type=3"><span style="color: white;">"here"</span></a>), photographic hand duly put up, the 2095'er was completely stoked to hers included!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Since that time the 2095 chick has been observing this artist's developing style and maturation and felt that NOW was the time to delve into the world of the artist known as Blythe Crowe.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><u>Young artist up and ready to go. When did you first realise you wanted to not only become an artist, but extend that definition to include street in your portfolio</u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I started getting serious about art when I was around 12 years old. I had a passion for tattoos. I loved the design, especially tribal art.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I taught myself line art which then led to tribal art. About a year later I heard about this guy called Banksy. That's when I fell in love with the idea of stencilling and painting the streets.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Ever since then I strived to make the world a more beautiful place, one brush stroke at a time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><u>You have done some incredible projects to date including stencil images of photos of people you have met via the wonders of social media. What has been for you the most pivotal one that has a permanent place in your heart</u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The one that will always stick with me is a portrait I did of a baby who was born with a disability. His mother's words still replay in my mind "this picture was taken two days after my life changed completely. You see, I had plans to be a professional, to work in a high-rise in Manhattan. When he was born with a disability my life went from climbing corporate ladders to knocking down barriers. What is the saying? 'We make plans and the gods laugh'. This picture reminds me that disabled people are human. He looks 'normal' doesn't he? Like the average sleeping baby. It's why I am who I am today. It's my blessing".</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I have a disabled brother, so this story really hits home. Her words express that every person, no matter what shape or size are beautiful.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I hope to spread my work globally. I'd love to travel and spread a little inspiration everywhere I go.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">My dreams are to pain Basel in Miami (Florida) and have a solo gallery show.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">My goal is to inspire the next guy to follow his dreams.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><u>When can we (as in Australia!) expect to see you visit and adorn some walls with your work</u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Hopefully soon! I've never travelled but Australia is one of the places I have the most fans (see Blythe's facebook page <a href="https://www.facebook.com/AWOLStencils"><span style="color: white;">"here"</span></a>). So it's definitely on my list of things to do.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">And the walls await you! If you haven't already you MUST check out her website <a href="http://awolstencils.bigcartel.com/"><span style="color: white;">"here"</span></a> and from there you can keep up to date with all stencil goings on via Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr.....thank goodness for the fibreoptic world is all this chick can say.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Life at times can be curious and it was quite a while ago that the 2095'er accepted that whatever path you find your feet on should be embraced and if you hit a wall or stumbling block then don't push it, cause somewhere along the way it will re-present and take you where you were ultimately meant to be.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">During the 2095'ers initial meet/greet with Konsumterra, one of his sentences during their conversation was "you've got to meet my friend Melinda. You two would really get on". "Sure!" came the 2095 chick's somewhat confuddled reply, as she was still in the haze of "I can't believe I didn't have a crippling shyness attack and finally plucked up the courage to speak to a much admired artist" mode.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">A few months later having bumped in to Konsumterra where a solo hunting expedition became a duo, he again said "you've really got to meet Melinda. You two would seriously get on".</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Whilst there actually was to be an actual face to face meet and greet planned, the forces of the universe must have deemed it simply wasn't the right time . Yet through the magic of the fibre optic world, the 2095'er not only became acquainted with Melinda, but found they <b>do</b> have many things (apart from the mutual love and admiration of all things street) in common.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">One is zero tolerance for complete time wasters. The second being a </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">love of words on walls.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><u>Your passion for street art is no secret. When, how and why did this love affair begin</u></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I have lived in the city for most of my life. I have always loved seeing the writing on the walls; Bugger-up, political statements and the graff for as long as I can remember. It was also so interesting to follow, like reading an uncensored paper.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I used to watch what was happening on the walls around Redfern and Newtown in the 90's. I enjoyed it, but took it all for granted.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">When I moved to Erskinville I had a love affair with two major pieces. Marchai's Got a Gun on Erskinville Road</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In a matter of months it seemed The Skippy Girls were badly vandalised and house where Marchia's Got a Gun was being renovated and the mural destroyed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Some time after The Skippy Girls were restored by residents it make me realise there were more people out there, just like me, that loved these Murals and Graff.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I started thinking "someone has to document all this before it's gone!"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><u>From planning to print: can you explain the process, duration and your sense of achievement upon seeing the final product as a bona fide publication to be held physically in hand rather than within the confines of "brain space"</u></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I think if I had to really thought about the whole thing properly, I might never have done it. I knew nothing about Graffiti/Street Art really. I just knew I liked it and there were heaps of people out there who also appreciate it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Firstly it was the idea I was responsible for documenting it all and before any notion of what I was setting out to do, I started to take photographs. It was more like an obsession <i>(and as with many others, the 2095 chick can totally relate to this)</i>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I was mad with driving around and taking photographs. It was fun, exciting, always changing and something new every day. I talked, or I should I say bored my family and friends with it all until I thought "hell why not turn it in to a book! I have the skills and knowledge to do it so why not!".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I applied for an Arts Grant and I was more surprised than anyone when I actually got it! I will always be grateful to Marrickville Council for that; it's what made the whole project a reality for me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Research was hard in 2008 as most artists preferred to remain anonymous. The book launch was a blast and it was the first time I met most of the Street Artists. I love that I did it and still can't believe it when I sell a book.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><u>As with life, so does the perception and acceptance grows, expands and matures. How have you seen the street-art movement evolve and do you feel it is now being viewed as an "accepted" freedom of expression by the artist, therefore allowing itself to be placed within the politically correct and socially acceptable box of "art", rather than mindless scrawl or paint</u></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Amazingly, the more I find out about the Graff/Street Art scene the more I feel how little I know! If I had as much knowledge as I do now, I might not have assumed I could successfully write a book.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It was my vision for the book that the artists be heard and recognised for their passion and their art. I also wanted the general public to recognise and value the walls of the Inner West as a living canvas. Over the past years I have seen this all evolve with mutual respect from the public, council and artists. I don't know if my book helped, but I sure feel pleased that is as socially accepted as it is today.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Street Art is the perfect gallery. It is un-curated, alive, constantly changing and evolving. It's out there free for those of us who are aware and have our eyes open.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The more she looked, the more the 2095'er became captivated with its intricacy, the "layers" of complexity and the cleverness of the artist.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It wasn't until about a year later that the 2095'er and her street-art play-date friend were wandering the streets of the Inner West, that they stumbled across (well let's get real here: you never actually "stumble" across anything when on the hunt. You know the streets, you walk past them in the hope that perhaps a new wall has gone up and then leave it a while, hoping and praying for something fresh to appear say within the next 10000 days or so) the most incredible wall to be had in a very long time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">As luck would have it, it was late afternoon with those annoying shadows "ruining" what could have been THE perfect image, so close ups were needed, if nothing else other than to say "we got it!".</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">My name is Anto and the Christ came after. I create other worlds and in that world I am the God. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><u>Your use of colour is extravagant, absolutely in your face (in the nicest possible way) and unforgettable. What is it about fluro that appeals to you so much</u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I believe that colour awakens the soul and de-programmes anyone who is experiencing it. By "de-programming" I mean changing their perspective on looking a certain way to participate in this society. I feel like people are afraid to wear certain colours because it's "out there" but I think that's such a cop out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Who is to say what's normal and what isn't?! I really don't care what people think of me. And I don't believe we should all look the same to fit in because everyone is different.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I gave in to expectations when I was growing up and I was very unhappy because I could never live up to them. I could never fit into the "box" they were trying to create for me. I choose to express myself through clothes because I am a canvas; and I also have the right to express myself however I see fit in this reality.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">No one has the right to judge others for their race, sexuality and something as shallow as a piece of clothing...but it happens. I hear of kids getting killed in other countries for dressing as an "Emo". This to me is extreme. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Not the clothing I am wearing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Colours inspire me every day and it also opens up a dialogue with the public. I have met the most amazing people through the act of self-adornment. I call it "Adornism". I don't follow fashion trends and I am weary of buying most of the new products that are out there on the market. Not only are they made poorly, but the people who are making them are working in less than ideal conditions and not being paid properly for the work they are doing because of the big corporations that are trying to cut down on their costs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I enjoy wearing vintage fashion because I can also alter the pieces to suite my style. I am attracted to textures and details like embroidery. I am an Adornist through and through.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><u>Street artist, Performance Artist & Designer. Do you keep these persona's separated and when does Anto Christ simply become the person without the makeup who chills, watches tv and takes time to "be"</u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I don't really have that much of a separation between these things and I don't really see things as a persona (except for my crochet pieces). I am Anto 24/7, just different degrees of me I guess. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I could never be anything else really. A lot of people ask me what I'm "dressed up" for, but I don't seeing it as dressing up. This just happens to be my taste.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">My makeup takes around 20 minutes to do and it takes me around 15 minutes to choose an outfit. It's normal to me and comes very naturally. Obviously when I'm at home, I'm usually in my underwear creating and watching movies. My bedroom is pretty much my studio. I can spend more time on creating than travelling to and from.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">But I am an artist who really lives their work. I don't have a separation and I don't put on an act. I just "am" all the time. When I was much younger and tried wearing convention outfits it just didn't look right on me and I felt very uncomfortable in my skin. I guess it's all about perspective really.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I span the genres when it comes to mediums I choose to work with but I look at it all as a whole. The paintings, the clothing, the designs and sculpture are all one thing really</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Atlas Mapps is an extraordinary and prolific artist. I think we have both been influenced by each other and always dreamt of doing a collaboration. Because I was leaving the country (Australia), we decided to finally do it and our friend Pat's parents actually own the wall and gave us permission to do something that wasn't a tag of someone's name.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We wanted to give something back to Newtown because that place gave us so much inspiration. We had no plan with the image per se. We gathered all the materials we could find around us and just really let loose on the wall.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Australia will always be my home. And I will come back eventually, but for now I have lots of work to do with Casio Ono out here in Berlin.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">From Australia to Berlin, the 2095 chick thanks Anto Christ for not only her time, photos and insight but for bringing some much needed colour and antiestablishmentariasm in to our lives in that it's ok to live outside that square of conformity!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I've always loved and appreciated street art and graffiti, but only started participating a few years ago influenced by my fella (a fellow street artist). He got this gamer nerd off "Call of Duty" and outside! <i>(finally! the 2095 chick has found another chick who loves first person shooter games! But for the 2095'er it has to be Battlefield 1942 Desert Storm: LOVE that adrenalin rush)</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I just love going sticker bombing! In our free time it's always sketching, creating stickers and going on sticker runs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I love this city...Sydney...and I live in the thick of it! Navigating the city is now a friendly experience. I have met a number of Sydney sticker artists and traveling through the city I am welcomed by their familiar characters or lettering; always excited to see a new sticker they have slapped up. I love seeing the back of a sign that began with a few sticker then in a week's time everyone's stacked on and completely collaged it. It usually gets buffed pretty quickly but it's great interaction.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I truly believe that street art makes the world a better place, so I wanted to be part of turning this sometimes cold concrete grey city into a living breathing colourful and continually changing landscape in to an outdoor gallery for the people instead of a grid for corporations who get us to focus on their marketing and their "almighty" dollar.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">My first sticker was a white cat with the text "Black Cat". A lot of people ask why I create a white cat for Black Cat. My cat is a fairer skinned indigenous cat like me; I wanted to put up a sticker that represented me like it was an introduction "Hi! I'm here!".</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I love stickers! Stickers are the best! I love them because you can get a heap up at a time, so it increases the audience. You can sticker up numerous stickers before you have even finished rolling paste on a wall or cut out a stencil. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I also dislike cutting out stencils...too many years of gaming....my hands are stuffed!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I do like experimenting and love the variety that making stickers gives you. For instance: the canvas...stickers, vinyl, shipping labels, anything sticker you can get your hands on.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The materials you can choose to create with: such as spray paint, block paint, lino prints, screen prints, digital prints.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Then finding the perfect place for them: I think the cool thing about the street is that while anything in a gallery space allows the work to speak for itself, it's the street that adds context: humour, rebellion, surprise, impact etc. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">A gallery is very static while the streets change and move and I love it when I see a sticker that has been left up for ages with the rain washing out all the colour, or it has faded over time from the sun: torn and weathered over time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Stickers never get boring. I love seeing other street art stickers' progression: how the characters or lettering develop and change over time. It's fun to put your sticker next to theirs and they will hopefully see it as you saying "hi" on the streets, then meeting them at a street art exhibition and say "oh so it's you who does those cute little characters"!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I haven't traded stickers much since I started but if you have the cash and send packs with some extra prints it's amazing when you receive return packs from all over the world.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">When I was in primary school I used to write letters a lot to friends in Spain and Melbourne and I used to love checking the letterbox and receiving mail that was personal, pretty, colourful and fun. People don't send letters anymore, so it (receiving sticker packs) is a return to that excitement of receiving mail that isn't just bills and junk mail.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">As my partner is a street artist too, we collaborate quite a bit in the process of making them (stickers, paste ups etc). For instance, we might choose to lino print stickers so we will sit and cut out our prints at the same time and give each other suggestions. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Undeterred, the 2095'ers maiden voyage to Cockatoo Island was on the official opening day. While she had been aware that installations & PM3 starting before the official start date, for some inexplicable reason the chick elected to not go and upon reflection she still is unable to pinpoint exactly why.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">After exploring the exterior and needing to have a breather, the 2095'er swivelled her head and there it was. In ya face, drowning with layers, an explosion of colour, HUGE pasteups and in the midst of it all it was.....total silence. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">An intense feeling of sadness and grief overcame the 2095'er at the end of this amazing experience. Initially excited that the new date had been released the 2095'er could barely contain her excitement at what would be on show at the next Outpost. Sadly this was not meant to be. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">For reasons that still perplex her, the 2095 chick "got" that the honchos (or those with the moula to fund such an 'exhibition') felt it was time to take away from the artists and transform this "test" to how THEY perceived it should be thus removing entirely what street and art is really all about.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The 2095 chick remains incredibly sad as it seems (or at least in the 2095'ers humble opinion) that the arts are once again left on the side burner by those with the dosh who have some inane feeling of "ownership" and remove the opportunity to educate those who may not fully understand what street art is all about.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">On a personal level they have removed the opportunity for the 2095'er (and others) to explore, admire and become hopelessly lost within the world of streetart in a single location.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">As such we must thank Ben Frost, Konsumterra and all that contributed to PM3. The 2095'er must also personally thank each and every artist that she has now become familiar with on a more personal level for without PM3 she may not be able to do her blogs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">As she has a ridiculously high number of images (and even now, they are still not all uploaded) feel free to check out the 2095'ers PM3 set<span style="color: white;"> </span></span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janie-d/sets/72157627974478771/" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: white;">"here"</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> but be mindful that while images remain the property of the 2095'er the actual paste ups remain the property of the artist/s.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">These teams also had incredibly impressive "Clubs" where $5 got you an enormous plate of food, schooners were $2 (hence many a long night spent getting <i>ever</i> so slightly addled has been known to occur once or twice in the 2095'ers life) and the sound of poker machines "added" to the ambiance.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Somewhere along the line things got a little confused. Money was nowhere to be found, clubs merged and became totally NOT what they used to be about and some their respective Leagues Clubs closed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It was a wet Saturday afternoon (seems most of the 2095'ers initial jaunts to new territories are somehow predicated with rain....must do something about that!) after work and the 2095'er thought just for a lark she would venture up towards Rozelle and meander around in the hope of finding something new and exciting.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Almost at the intersection of the busy highway, she turned left. Something was telling her there was a building that needed investigating but damned if she could work out where it was. A few more steps down this road she spied it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">A HUGE carpark from the rear, scaffolding everywhere but way up high on the top level she saw some colour. Even more importantly that smell...that heavenly smell of fresh paint meant that there HAD to be something somewhere.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">For once in the 2095'ers life she elected to walk around to the front entrance. Bold as brass, on one the busiest highways in Sydney, car yards to one side, carpet worlds to the other, she walked in to the "helmets only" area, slid around the opening in the scaffolding and was rewarded with the singularly most spectacular piece that had not been tagged or capped.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It was pure gold...and it was at that moment the 2095'er realised the camera battery was somewhat depleted so it was with stealth and diligence that she continued on this exploration.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">There was something about this raw beauty that struck the 2095 chick who was determined to capture not only it, but its essence with very little editing (ie. cropping only). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">One thing the 2095 chick can state with absolute clarity is that she doesn't use any software to "touch up" or enhance. Yes there is a time and place for "air brushing" and maybe HDR, but why ruin what already is beautiful with over processing to the point you can barely recognise it? Also she doesn't know how...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">As such here are a few frames of what may or may no longer be, in a place formerly known as the Tiger's Club.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">While there are more to be seen, the 2095'er is always mindful of how many words and photos are appropriate per article. So if you want to see more of this amazing place (keep in mind that it was pre sexy EOS110D days so tolerance and understanding is always wonderfully received) simply click <span style="color: #cccccc;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janie-d/sets/72157634858323294/">"<span style="color: #cccccc;">here</span>"</a>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Every so often (and at times most likely as the artist had originally intended) there are nameless works - or works that <i>are</i> actually tagged but not in a way that is easily readable or identifiable apart from those already in the "know" - that spring out of seemingly nowhere.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Admittedly there are times when the 2095'er (and perhaps as with others, although maybe like the 2095'er they have difficulty admitting it to anyone other than themselves) might happen upon a paste up, sculpture or other form of art on the street that may, at the time, make absolutely no sense whatsoever and as such, you continue on your hunting expedition.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Such was the case with the nameless artist. Noticing an evolution or maturation even, of this particular artist's work and the frequency that their pieces "appeared" (or as has been noted in previous blogs once a piece has been spotted it somehow sticks with you and suddenly they appear "everywhere") it became within itself a little treasure hunt.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Despite valiant efforts by the 2095'er asking many of her street-artist friends/colleagues/comrades no one has been able to enlighten nor identify.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Therefore it is with delight that the 2095 chick presents to you an ode to an unknown and unnamed artist whose works she loves "a lot" (once again she cheekily makes a slight reference to her fave Aussie show "Rake"...you need to watch it, live it, learn it and then enjoy the ride!).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Feedback received! It's Phool. Huge thank you to a fellow street-art photographer for this info! A girl can never have to many pieces of info, specially in the world of street art</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Might it be that it is simply a desire to express using two of her passions: music and streetart photography?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Or is it that a theme simply presents itself and from there everything magically appears to fall in to place.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Who knows (one could debate the idiosyncratic nature of the 2095 until the end of time, and perhaps provide some head doctors with interesting fodder), but w</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">hichever way you choose to look at it, there is one constant in the 2095'ers world: passion and that passion needs an outlet and that outlet results in to the little vids below!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Once upon a time the 2095'er was a member of The Sydney Film Festival and went to a most intriguing talk on how music influences our perception of a visual, whether it be tv, film or even a streetart slide show/montage.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Take note: what the brain hears may influence the viewer's conclusion as to what the 2095'er had intended when creating...which for the hoi polloi might be the definition of "art".</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">As with many accidental discoveries (or <i>are</i> they the 2095'er ponders...is anything <i>really</i> an accident or is it more of a case of "it was meant to be" or going down a "road to be travelled"....oh no! STOP!!! Faaaaar too philosophical for this time of the day to write let alone read or debate!) the 2095 chick was meandering around May Lane early in the morning and with eye-swivel in full throttle she looked down and, as with many other "fatalistic" moments, it was not just breath taking but instant girly love.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">There must be some admission made at this particular juncture: there are times when the sun is not exactly the best friend to a photographer of street art, let alone a rising one at that. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">While in summer the 2095 chick embraces the sun like a long lost friend and receives her blessing at every given moment thanks to a wonderful balcony, (and yes the sun is imperative to our overall well being of selves and planet) she can also be bloody annoying when trying to obtain "the" shot. That magical moment where there is no shadow, no reflection, where every detail of the piece is shown to its maximum capacity!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Admittedly there are times when the 2095 chick becomes wholly obsessed in returning to said May Lane determined to discover each and every new addition whether it be a tag or a tin and it was on a return journey she discovered more from this amazingly talented paste up artist.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Success! A STUNNER! No dratted shadows, no reflection: pure perfection</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><u>From incredibly beautiful intricate paste-ups or a rainbow on a window: what is it about the colour spectrum that intrigues and inspires creativity</u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Rainbows & bright colours have always made me feel really happy and positive since I can remember and I've always used incredibly vibrant colours in my work. (I rarely used pastel or earthy tones which is something I feel I have to start incorporating into some of my work).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The intense bright blend of colour in other street art is always so inviting in stark contrast to the dullness of city buildings, concrete etc, so rainbows and crazy bright colours are what feel right for me, so adding paste ups to Sydney in varying types of rainbows excites me!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I know so many people who feel the same so if seeing one of my paste-ups on your boring routine wall makes you smile then I've done my job!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I have started reading, learning and researching more about the use of colours and why we choose certain blends; it's almost like a colour therapy and I want to know the reasons behind the logic (of selective choice of blends).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">My kids also go to a Rudolf Steiner school which is always full of rainbows and colours every day so it is literally part of our lifestyle, so feeling pretty luck about that really!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><u>From Japanese women in komono to babushka to the most amazing koi. Are these an indelible part of your lifestyle which are thus reflected in your pieces, or are they just random "love lines" in need for celebration by way of Rainbow Art's paste-up</u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I've always admired street-art and am a huge fan of seeing the work from the train carriage and going in to a dreamy world of my days at school & work, always hoping one day to be adding to those lovely walls.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I noticed there was a lack of feminine, floral, girly work on the streets; I've seen an awesome range of ladies doing their thing, but not locally. There was so much writing and tags, I <i>almost</i> felt like converting to an anti-street-art person (not seeing the beauty).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">At that time my art had no particular meaning behind it, just a collection of things that made me feel happy and content: art changed my life & attitude so I thought why not share it! Bite the bullet and start adding some rainbow love to Sydney walls.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">My style of work is influenced from when I was as a tattoo artist. Before becoming a mum, I completed my tattoo apprenticeship in 2005 with an old friend of mine, who took me under his wing for which I feel incredibly blessed. A lot of my work is inspired and influenced by the "feminine" and the "pretty" tattoo designs that I was surrounded by all day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I noticed after a while in the tattoo studio the boys I worked with were encouraging me to do colourful tattoos while they did the grey-shade/black work and as I was getting more female clients it suited us all.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I had a folio with a collection of work that didn't have any meaning behind them...just art that made me feel warm and fuzzy, so I started to colour photocopy them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The original work was created using pencils, water colours, inks, paint and posca's so to photocopy them was the cheapest way to add them to walls. No strict format or ground plan as such. I'd just stick/paste them to suit the area I found while wandering around. I have a collection I'd cut out at home which were ready to use and then paste them up!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It's just fun for me to kind of go with the flow and see where each day and night takes me, so if there's a nice plain un-used gap on a wall, I just pop each design up and use whatever fit that appeals to my eye. That's why I love street-art: working with what is there, the constant change, the fading pictures, and the beauty of its constant change.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">....AND if I get caught, paste-ups are easier to scrape off a wall! I do think about people who may not like street-art....how considerate am I!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Hahahaaaa...not it's not easy all the time, I promise!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">My kids always come first, but I'm also a better Mum when I'm creating, so it's a Catch-22.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I simply organise myself so that work time doesn't interfere with "kids time" (eg: when they are in bed asleep). I stay up a little later than planned so I can have <b>my</b> time to play with colour!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Sometimes we all go out together as a family and check out Sydney streets, add to it (my little girl always says "wow! you're doing a great job mum"!) and my husband is so supportive of our creative adventures. He is creative too so understands: we help each other.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">There are day which are fantastic and get loads done and can multi-task everything and everyone. Then there are days that turn to poo from the moment you wake up but hey, I wouldn't have it any other way. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The initial "introduction" came as a result of .....(does she need to state the obvious the 2095'er wonders aloud....oh go on then....just do it!) The Outpost in 2011 where photos/documentation/capturing streetart moments were duly shared, admired and talked about, albeit via the fibreoptic world.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">AND it wasn't raining (see previous 2095 street art entries if not already done so in order to make sense of this rather obscure sentence).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Before the self-indulgent street art discovery tour, the 2095'er wanted to go back to her old school chapel and simply enjoy just "being".</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">That done, a hunting we will go and boy did the 2095'er find some AMAZING pieces and joy of joys NO CARS!!!! Truly! No cars to block the walls! It is every photographer's dream to not only find amazing pieces that haven't been tagged or capped but in a car free zone????? Doesn't get better than that!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It started when I was in Mudgee studying Visual Arts for my HSC where I did a case study on a local graffiti artist who is now known as CHEMS.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">CHEMS even took part in the first exhibition I organised as Founding Director of an artist-run initiative ARThive (<i>which you can read more <a href="http://subjecthive.blogspot.com.au/"><span style="color: #cccccc;">"here"</span></a></i>).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I have always been fascinated by art collectives, and people who flock together based on an agreed idea/philosophy. I have always loved graffiti too, so it's simply a natural cohesion of two interests.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">After working at ARI, I learned a lot more about managing exhibitions and I found the "white cube" thing boring and am much more inspired by the outdoor spaces. I have been documenting Newcastle streets since 2008 and I love how some spaces are hidden until someone makes that bold move to put something up. Truly inspiring.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><u>SAW is a major project of yours along with TiNA. While being fun it's also a sensational marketing tool. How many headaches and how many (dare I suggest....) meeting with "beverages" consumed did it take to not only come up with these concepts but more importantly their names</u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">TiNA (This Is Not Art) Festival was founded many years ago by a bunch of Novocastrians. Funnily enough the name was inspired by a tag on an empty building called Latec House. Newcastle has its fair share of empty spaces which are HUGE sources of motivation for the work I do.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In 2010 I was Festival Director for TiNA (and will be taking taking the role as Acting Director this year) and I wanted to create some visual signage on buildings to show people something new and happening.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I got a grant, found a curator and we organised a temporary art walk. Interestingly once it was done ,property owners wanted more! I noticed that the artworks were gaining more attention but people didn't know who was actually behind the project, which is why I felt it was important to create a "brand" so that the artists could gain online recognition at the very least.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Surprisingly for SAW, there were not many meetings to nut out the name. I was working with an amazing colleague Angus Crowley (<i>read more about Gus <a href="http://angusarley.blogspot.com.au/"><span style="color: #cccccc;">"here"</span></a></i>) who helped with the branding of ARThive (ARI). Over a coffee I told him about my idea to create an outdoor gallery in the Hunter Street Mall with a view to have it expand/encompass the Newcastle region and he came up with "Street Art Walking" or SAW (we loved the acronym aspect of it as well).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I have been <i>so</i> incredibly lucky to find the right people who not only have an intrinsic understanding of SAW but have worked in such an easy collaborative way I can't thank them enough.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Great question! It varies so much. One job we are about to do with only one week to plan (three artist collaboration) took one day to approve. We aim to paint it in a single day so for this particular project it there was about a fortnight turnaround time, and this particular project is with an existing SAW client.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The biggest challenge I have faced is paying my own bills on a regular income. Often mural work is sporadic and not incredibly lucrative. Much of my time is spent in sales mode, pitching artworks and advocating on behalf of the artists so they get justifiably paid. As such, I have to find other work to keep myself afloat which at times means planning future street walls can at time fall by the wayside.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Fortunately SAW is starting to gain some real momentum and with my growth of understanding processes/requirements etc it's becoming more efficiently run. The dream is to have walls rotating every 3 months in sync with the seasons.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">And as I have to maintain a regular income, often SAW "dream" projects have to tick over slowly. BUT I <i>have</i> been contacted by locals to work on a street art event later this year....top secret stuff!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><u>You have an incredibly distinctive style. Has this evolved as you have grown both as a person and an artist or did it come in to "being" from doodles or scratchings along the way</u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I don't actually doodle at all. I am quite impatient and like to see process. I drew a lot when I was younger and it was my way of being able to sit still at my desk at school, but now I love the freedom of expression in painting large.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I went to fashion college so it all started from fashion sketches and my first job as a fashion illustrator and developed from there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><u>How do you choose what you are going to paint? Is it an overt process (if given a brief) or does it present itself and you take it from there</u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It is mostly presented to me as a brief. I do corporate work, private commissions and work to fit in group shows.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">But the temporary installation for "The Galleries Victoria" on Pitt Street (Sydney), I worked on for a whole lot longer and that was almost as big at 18m x 3m.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Although big can be impressive, I think 3x4m or a little larger is a great size to pain. Not too big, not too small.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><u>For some a piece is never really "finished". Is this the same for you where you have to draw a line in the sand, or do you meticulously plan and stick to point</u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Ha ha...sometimes it is just better to never come back and look at it again after completion as you can see bits you just want to add to.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">That's why I need deadlines. I work better that way.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">From one Northern Beaches chick to another I thank you. Most especially as Shannon is currently o/s and somehow managed to fit in answering questions for the 2095'er from afar (the wonders of the fibre optics!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">And given that this was also the impetus to forge the connection (thanks to the wonderous delight of social media), the 2095 chick has followed the art of said Forno both with delight and complete frustration in that she simply could NOT jump through the fibre optics to capture some works digitally.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Hmmmmmmmm....before doing my Undergrad in Fine Arts, my work was an exploration into the pitfalls of Consumerism. This idea of stripping away the ego that mass media target and continually cascade in front of us. The usual "you need this, want this and are not whole without it".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Inspired by the likes of Ben Frost, Fairey, Banksy & Ron English, I firmly believe that there is a therapy in art, so I gradually flogged myself through Undergrad, shifted more to my own personal history, my childhood, exploring psychology, ego, memory, Gestalt Principles, items of nostalgia and of course POP Culture. I'm a POP culture kid through and through.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I believe if I have experienced something in my life, then someone else has more than likely experienced something similar. Through the medium of art I hope to raise questions for the viewer and encourage self exploration. But sometimes it just looks aesthetically pleasing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">POP art!!!!!! Growing up with Atari, Commodore 54, the first Mac (dare I say it), Amstrad, 8-Bit arcades, anaglyph 3D, Transformers, Speed Racer, Scooby-Doo, Nintendo hand helds, Sega, BMX, skateboarding, Star Wars, Buck Rogers, Batman, Wonder Woman etc etc...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">These all had a lasting effect on me and were my escape as a child. As an adult these items remind me of simpler times: times of fun, exploration, no fear and no boundaries.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Being somewhat of a collector of Pop culture as well as an artist enables me to re-live that simpler life and embrace my inner child.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">hahahahahhaha! Every show generally! It's usually a case of both but at the end of the day I wig out, frustrated, riddled with self doubt, saying "F#&IT", get an attack of the guilts, madly trying to complete the work and, usually an hour before the show I'm putting the finishing touch on.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I formally studied as a graphic designer 10 years ago and it wasn't until I was under complete pressure (generally 2 days before the job was to be presented) that I would get it done.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">My art practice is a little different as it is fuelled by the theory, so I get a bit of a heads up. A</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">t the end of the day I'm putting <i>myself</i> on show to be critiqued so there's always pressure. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">After my first solo show 2 years ago the "come down" the following day was on a par with my worse self-induced imbibed hangover.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><u>Festivals vs Live Art vs Solo vs Collab. Which (if any) do you really find yourself being extended and pushed out of your comfort zone</u></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">They all have their advantages. Each presents their own particular scrutinies. Festivals and live art: there's the pressure of creating in front of a crowd...that's always a tough one.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Not sure as to why it had to be mosaic, but as the 2095 had recently gone through a life changing experience, she learned simply to acknowledge the desire and follow through with it, if nothing else other than to not have that "I wish I had" regret.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Decision made, the only thing left to do was work out exactly where workshops like this were held and no matter how many different directions the 2095 explored, all roads led back to Mosaic Madness.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Money duly paid, nerves kicking in (as the 2095 had this ridiculous inner self-pressure of "if I can't get it 100% perfect the first time then I simply will NOT to do it"....which over time thankfully has abated to lesser degree), she rocked up, tentatively signed in and awaited the beginnings of what would soon become one of the most amazing experiences of her life.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Nola didn't just walk in to class...she bounded in full of energy, life, enthusiasm, positivity and creativity. No barriers, no "let's see what this class is like before I adapt myself"...she simply was being Nola.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Through guidance, patience and positive reinforcement the 2095 felt at home. Here was this woman who was not only dancing around (literally), singing away in Greek to one of the 2095'ers Dad's favourite artist's Cat Stevens' "Ruby Love" (whereupon the 2095 simply got up and joined in the dance as she loooves music with a passion) the 2095 let out a sigh of relief (albeit internally)..."<b><i>finally </i></b>someone else is out there who is like me. Someone who doesn't give a toss about what others think. If I want to dance I will dance, if I want to sing I will sing. If I am a square peg then so let it be".</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><u>Before becoming the queen of all things mosaic you had another "life". Can you pinpoint the exact moment when it became a necessity to follow the creative dream and leaving the world of corporate and how difficult was the transition</u></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Oh I remember that time very well - around the age of 37 I became unusually restless. I have always invited change, however this time the change I was experiencing was a restlessness. I realised that I was moving out of my career and launching into something of my own.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">During this time I had begun painting on ceramic tiles - my own attempt at iconography - the images were not very good and because I felt they weren't good they never got the chance to improve - however what the experience gave me was a desire to draw more - Oh Dear! I'm now leaving my career to become an artist.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Actually it was more like I'm leaving my career to pursue art, to pursue a life of self expression and self discovery. I was too excited to be scared (scatter the letters in scared and you will make sacred)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><u>You are without a doubt, one of the most energetic, positive and encouraging people I have ever had the pleasure to meet and continue to have in my world. What is it about teaching others that inspires you</u></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">At teaching! You see I am really the student...the students are really the teachers. Simple!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">When I started my studio and called it Mosaic Madness it was hard to find or learn of anyone who mosaiced. Some artists incorporated mosaics into their projects from time to time but no-one I knew called themselves a mosaic artist.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So I learnt the art form from the raw basic roots: from substrates up by connecting with wordsmiths, swimming pool installers, tilers etc.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I bought every single book on mosaics: this was pre-Google, so getting info was challenging.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In 2002 I started the Mosaic Association <a href="http://www.maanz.org/"><span style="color: #cccccc;">(www.maanz.org)</span></a> and now there is around 600 mosaic artists, teachers and enthusiasts sharing their passion for this art form.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>As an aside it must be noted that after her first "workshop" the 2095 went "mad" and started to produce project after project such was her addiction. These are only a sample with the Venezuelan Flag as homage to the 2095'ers beloved sister-in-law</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I feel my most satisfying commission to date is the work I did for the Catholic Cathedral in Goulburn.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">A massive work on the outside of the Church paying homage to Caroline Chisholm in mixed media and semi precious stones. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Oh teacher/mentor of mine, you will never know how much you have impacted the life of the 2095 chick. You arrived at a pivotal time which was destined to "be". S</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">ince then you have and will continue to be a source of inspiration in SO many ways.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">To see read more about this amazing person and want to enrol in any of her classes or be part of her community works it's pretty easy to do</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Mosaic Art School of Sydney click <a href="https://www.facebook.com/mosaicartschoolofsydney"><span style="color: #cccccc;">"here"</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Spontaneous Creativity click <a href="http://www.spontaneouscreativity.com.au/"><span style="color: #cccccc;">"here"</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The Corporate Buddah click <a href="http://www.thecorporatebuddha.com.au/"><span style="color: #cccccc;">"here"</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It would be almost impossible for the 2095'er to NOT refer to that "thing" she went to time and time again....you know.....PM3. For this was the place that she spied THE most amazing sticker which was provocative, profound and hysterical all bundled in to one.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">With each return to Cockatoo Island and as part of her mantra to 'capture as much as I can', the 2095 consciously sought out other pieces by this artist. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So many amazing pieces to be had & captured in this extraordinary location, almost mind bending at times. But deep within, the 2095 felt compelled to continue on this journey and rather than fight against the tide, she simply let this compulsion lead her where it may.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It all began in 2006. Prior to that, I expressed my creativity through corporate Graphic Design and clients who I had no real connection with.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Street art was a great way to get my own ideas out there, so I printed a few paste-ups and went for it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">"Maggid" means storyteller and my name references like "The Maggid of Mezritch" is in relation to a respected Polish mystical scholar in the 1700's.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I use visual communication and humour to tell my stories and illustrate my obsession with classic computer technology.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Overall no, but I do like playing with politics as a subject</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I'm just slightly obsessed with used and abused floppy discs. I use the disc as a tag with an easily recognisable shape and form that represents the speed of technological advancement.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">They all hold some unknown piece of data (be that 100/200kb) and each time a disc goes up, so does a piece of information that someone needed at some point of time in their lives. Including the public is a way to remind people of this and get involved in street art. Discs also make cute canvases.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The sheer population of the UK allows for a larger volume of art, artists and exhibitions, but I do miss a small city with less CCTV cameras and easy parking.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Still early days, but I prefer the Melbourne scene as its more laid back and seems to be thriving with great art in the suburbs you wouldn't expect to see.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">And the 2095 will hold you to that! Huge thanks to Fez for allowing this "international" interview courtesy of the fibre optics and we miss you already!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The 2095'ers intro to May Lane was day that rained, where her brolly decided NOT to behave itself and her teeny tiny SX20 was somewhat new. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Add to mix the 2095'er not being completely comfortable or familiar with the area at this particular moment in time, but any reservations or "fear" were abated the instant her eyes clapped on the most magnificent wall of colour and detail.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The 3D effect was mind boggling. No matter what angle, no matter how far down the lane you went to achieve "the shot", it was pure perfection every frame. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The 2095'er found the intricate detail so hypnotic she found herself thrust in to the "once I'm behind the lens I am completely in my own world" land. And what a delightful place it is to be.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In an almost robotic manner, the 2095 continued exploring in wonderment, quickly realising that this is not a place where you "rush" through, for you may just miss something.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">As with most "landmark" discoveries there are times when the 2095'er must simply shut up and allow emotions, heart palpitations and "oh my god" moments be shown via multimedia (nb: this clip does not comprise 100% Mays but also includes other firsts on her maiden Inner West voyage: thus becoming the impetus for the street-art revolution/obsession of the 2095'er)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It would also be remiss of the 2095 chick not to include her first introduction to the extraordinary world of Vexta. The day was dark enough (with gloomy rain clouds) for the 2095'er to see exactly what this piece was in that it was designed to glow at night.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Like most discoveries or "first heart skipping moments", the need to return became unbearable. Having to wait for another 12 hours was seemingly intolerable. But given the location of the 2095'ers dwelling deemed it almost impossible to do otherwise.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">But return she did and then some. The beautiful thing about this particular place is that each week there will literally be something new, or a "work in progress" thus keeping it fresh and exciting. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Nothing smells more beautiful to a photographer than that distinct aroma of paint. Clear indicator of new new new.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">On one particular revisit as the 2095 wound her way on the direct route from St Peter's train station she noticed an artist and from a distance she pulled out this teeny tiny camera and got (well to the 2095'ers mind at least) a pretty good shot.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It revolved around folk going up at times, hurling abuse at him "why did you paint over what was there, we HATE it", to which the 2095'er replied "hell if they don't like they don't have to look at it" and from there the conversation flowed. It wasn't until the end that he looked at me and said "we are actually 'connected' on flickr".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Jaw dropped: see the 2095 might know them by the street names rather than the "real world" names so it is always an incredibly humbling experience (and yes..even now the 2095 is always blown away when an artist walks up and introduces themselves then saying "oh your cap gave you away, everyone knows you wear a black cap") when someone whose work you admire from afar not only takes the time to talk to you but then says they already know you albeit by some form or other of social media! No words can be found to describe that moment.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Mr Sweet aka Citizen Sweet....whichever moniker you wish to use, whichever way you choose to look at it, his works are incredibly detailed, instantly recognisable and above all else masterpieces of the pasteup.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I don't have a solid hold on what it is that inspires me exactly. I think it is a number of all of the above. We are influenced by everything that we come in to contact with in the world, so I guess it's a melting pot of my experiences in general.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I like to work in a certain tonal range using layering techniques that are more preference based. Overall the work is a part conscious and part subconscious selection.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I am always humbled by those individuals who go out looking for my work and amazed how fast they find them. It is the photograph that documents the work before it disintegrates in the elements.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">While the experience isn't quite the same in person, it is the photograph that allows wide accessibility to a new audience.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The photographer plays an integral role in the work due to the ephemeral nature of street art.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The Glebe Tram Shed or, to use its proper name, The Rozelle Tram Depot: known for being the 2nd largest depot to service the Sydney network from 1918 until its closure in 1958, for being a major place of employment and in the latter part of its life the "mecca" for street artists, photographers, music video editors and more.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">As with most ventures, the 2095'ers first attempt to scout this Tram Shed was a complete failure. It was raining, there was a boom gate, a bored looking Security dude and to be honest she just was not in to it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Fast track 2 weeks. Bus timetable sorted, a windy mid week day, bus driver kindly obliged in telling the 2095'er where to alight and thus the exploration began.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">There it was: that boom gate again. BUT the 2095'er noticed some people using what appeared to be a short cut path. So she manoevered around the dreaded gate, walked down said path tentatively towards the somewhat dilapidated Harold Park hoping that she would not hear a "OY! YOU! What do you think you're doing" from a menacing security officer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Luck was on the 2095's side. No one around. She walked up towards the most ENORMOUS building, heart palpitating, mouth dry and desperately trying to not appear on anyone's radar (though for anyone who has been to this amazing place you are somewhat exposed no matter how hard you try) and squeezed through the half-open gigantic door and was greeted thus:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">To say it was a breath taking moment would be an understatement. To say that it felt like a horror movie where the only sound was the wind through the broken glass ceiling and big rusty door opening and closing would be 100% accurate. To say the 2095 hit the jackpot....indescribable.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Trying not to make a sound, or freak herself out unnecessarily, the 2095'er walked cautiously down the ramp and fell straight in to the enamoured arms of this place.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Floating on cloud 9 and feeling "safe and smug and superior" (apologies to those who are not yet acquainted with one of the 2095's other loves "Rake" from which that mini quote was taken), desperate to get back to the confines of the abode to review and relive the experience, the 2095 chick made plans for an immediate return the following day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Again in order to avoid the long descriptive adjectives this clip is a reflection both emotionally and photographically of this particular visit.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It was around this time that the 2095'er was becoming somewhat impatient with her camera in that she was not able to extend herself as a photographer. Thus it was on her 3rd visit with new EOS in hand that she returned excitedly. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Ultimately it would also be her final visit as literally a week later this amazing location, this incredible building that had SO much potential to be anything it wanted to be, was boarded up with 24 hour security as it had been ear-marked for some "new residential accommodation development" as apparently Sydney simply doesn't have enough.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So beautiful Tram Shed you are missed by so many people and thank you for being in our lives.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Having gone past it quite a few times on the way to work, the 2095 knew where it was, however actually getting there was an entirely different story.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Bearing in mind the her famous complete lack of geographical know-how, the 2095 began what ended up being an absolute epic of a journey which was to be repeated not once, not twice but THREE times. Massive even by the 2095'ers standards.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Having painstakingly mapped exactly WHERE to go using the web as a GPS and hand written directions (left here, walk up three blocks, right here), the increasing frustration started to take it's toll on the 2095. "What's the bloody point! I have made a complete balls up of it".</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">And just when she was about to throw the towel in she spied the light rail and out of the corner of her eye there was some colour!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">FINALLY! Eyes slowly turned upwards and there she was. In all her glory. The external of The Flour Mill.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">All that was left to do was to work out exactly <i>how</i> to get to this place way on high. As with all perfect timings the heavens opened up. The 2095'er was sufficiently encouraged to return when the weather behaved itself, she wound her way home content with at least achieving the goal of actually taking 2 photos.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Attempt number 2 again resulted in complete frustration having elected to walk down one of the main streets, the 2095 again became totally exasperated at the complete lack of a) streetart b) her ability to navigate what would eventually be a ridiculously easy route to nirvana.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Ok so 3rd and final attempt: SOUND THE TRUMPETS! CLAP THOSE HANDS! Yay....and then with a little bit of self chastisisation ("you idiot! all you <b>had</b> to do was walk that last block!) and the spying of a very obliging bend in the fence, the 2095 chick climbed through and found what she now presents to you as The Flour Mill.</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">By that she means, if you are on the hunt for street art in the 2095 region you have to cast your net veerrrrry wide and have much patience.</span></div>
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<span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">all the while causing a little bit of attraction by standing in the middle of the cul de sac with her then teeny camera in an attempt to get a car-free shot.</span></div>
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<span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">It was with a sense of relief that at least there was <b>something</b> to be found that the 2095'er trotted on her way in search for more only to be somewhat disappointed, thus homeward bound she went.</span></div>
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<span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">A little later contact was made between the artist and the 2095'er where she was invited to a mini/junior Secret Wars type of an event and she jumped at the chance with an unreserved 'yes'. </span></div>
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<span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Sadly however it was not to be as in flew enza: whilst on the public transport the 2095 fell asleep with aches and pains, crawled home to bed and felt exceptionally sorry for herself at missing out on a) meeting said artist and b) seeing the tournament.</span></div>
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<span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Fast forward to an Inner West jaunt and loving new discoveries, especially when it involved a little bit of self-talk (internally mind you) "ah ha! love this!...Mister Apeseven sticker...love love love"</span></div>
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<span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">The 2095 was also aware of a door for a surf shop in her neighbourhood was adorned with this artist's work but waiting for a time when there was no traffic (eg: pushbikes right in front of it...if you thought cars were annoying, then pushbikes even more so cause you can't actually walk up and move them as the owners are usually right there!) proved almost impossible so a close up it was.</span></div>
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<span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><u>When and how did the world of Apeseven begin, including the tag name</u></span></div>
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<span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">It started around 2002 while backpacking/camping around Europe mainly. I was so blown away with the calibre of graffiti and street-art there I knew instantly that I wanted it to be part of my life.</span></div>
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<span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">The fact that I am not a commercial artist means I get to explore, grow and evolve my works in ways that are challenging to me.</span></div>
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<span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Having said that, a few group shows are coming up and making me go in directions away from pop-surreal.</span></div>
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<span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><u>Is there a relief of sorts when it comes to street: free style, no rules, no boundaries <i>or</i> are commissions more of a comfort zone with the rigid timetables and requirements from thems who pay money</u></span></div>
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<span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">I find street and gallery work both enjoyable. </span></div>
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<span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">I do not do commissions, I paint what I want to pain and so far have been lucky enough that people appreciate what I do and part with their hard earned money</span></div>
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<span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Biggest challenge was an animated short I made a couple of years ago...super fun but super long project at the time. It payed off and I got great satisfaction from the process....now I just laugh at it.</span></div>
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<span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Biggest installation has definitely been a wall I painted recently in Sydney: 22m x 4.5m</span></div>
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<span face="Verdana, sans-serif"><i>have at least<b> one </b>reference to the PM3 and this piece was ENORMOUS!</i></span></div>
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<span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><u>Where does the world of Apeseven see itself in say "seven" years</u></span></div>
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<span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Doing exactly what I do now...exploring light, surfaces, ideas and showing people my journey.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">On a return visit the 2095'er found herself again wholly engulfed in the work of this artist taking photo after photo after photo.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Such was the enthral and post purchase, the 2095'er felt it would be remiss to NOT not contact the artist to express how much she loved his work and that she had in fact purchased one. Thus the connection with Clint Sf Bautista began.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I am a 24 year old, Filipino descent Sydney based painter and tattooer. In 2006 I studied Fine Arts, Majoring in Advertising at the University of Santo Tomas in the Philippines but only completed 2 years of study prior to my family migrating to Sydney.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I continued my Fine Arts study but instead Majoring in Painting/Drawing at UNSW COFA in 2009 and completed my degree in 2011.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In those years when I was studying at COFA, I was exposed to different art cultures like street art and tattooing, and started to explore them , which (looking back) I thought I never really thought I would because back in my home country people get judged big time if you were doing that kind of stuff.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">All the morbid artworks that I do, for example skulls are a representation of death and the grotesque human figures, are a symbolism of the ugly side of humanity.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">For me the ultimate happiness is death, so maybe in my subconscious I am trying to make death a happy place in my head by using bright attractive colours. On the grotesque human part, most of the concepts I come up with are based on my own life experiences and some of them are pretty bad. So maybe I'm trying to cover the undesirable with bright & vivid colours.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">People think I trip on acid a lot but I really don't. Not to say I <i>may</i> have!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It was pretty hard being a canvas/still-surface painter to becoming a tattooer because you try to get the same results in a live skin as how you drew it on paper. And the mediums and equipment you use are different too.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Oil paints or other mediums using a brush for me is easy to use on any still surface because once you make an error, it's easy to adjust and go over it</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">while a vibrating machine with needles on skin were a bit scary in the beginning because there is no room for error. I mean, you wouldn't want to desecrate someone's skin and people getting tattoos definitely do <b>not</b> want their skin ruined!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">There is a lot of risk in tattooing which people don't realise. You have to know how the machine works, know how the skin works (so you can make adjustments to the machine when you're working) and know the colours as every person has a different type of skin (which can also depend upon their heritage)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I kind of miss painting on canvasses and walls, but the discovery of vast subcultures of tattooing gets me hooked. Now I just usually paint on paper using watercolour. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Some of the paintings I do (for some people) are quite simple but I enjoy it more because the symbolism of the images interests me a lot. Plus the factor that a person gets a design that makes me think "oh! why are you getting this tattoo?": and that interests me more than anything else.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">At the moment (most of the time) it's the clients who are the ones that come up with concepts/design (especially as I work in a walk-in shop). I just help them with it and interpret their ideas but of course I always try to put my "essence" into every design and of course make the end result looks beautiful on their skin. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Every concept also depends on the different styles of subcultures in tattooing. And to be honest, I haven't really found my style yet. I'm still in that stage of exploration.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So far I try to get satisfaction from everything that I do, but I'm always trying to push myself further so as to get better.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It's only my first year of being a "pro tattooer" </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>(insert the 2095'er saying "you're kidding! there is no way I would have thought it was year 1. your work is incredible!")</i></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> so I know I just can't be satisfied with my works, although I enjoy every minute of the creative process of tattooing, eg: when I do a nice clean line I give myself a tap on the shoulder as a reward!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Within a year I see myself travelling, always with my design portfolio, guest spotting in different shops around the world and learning more from the masters of the craft of tattooing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>And</b> pushing myself further because I want to contribute something to the craft rather than just taking from it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Of course doing some street-art in the cities I will be travelling to and if fate gives me more time, I might go back to doing my Fine Art paintings.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Not only is the 2095'er blown away by the "first year" of Clint's tattooing career, she remains a devoted fan of his use of colours and creativity and thanks him for sharing a bit of his time (and of course allowing images to be reproduced for this article) giving a peek into the world known as Clint Sf Bautista</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">For my encounter with Asio Gidup was at .......(insert obvious). The piece somewhat confounded the 2095'er as it appeared to be a paste up which comprised of mini-pasteups but then presented as a single paste up (and if you can follow that thread then you are obviously well entrenched and familiarised with the 2095's "expressionism"s).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Ironically it would also be the day that her ISD was full by full, I mean 4G full AND she had left the second in the confines of her abode for reasons yet to be identified.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Aarrrrghhhh....total frustration, given that the nature of PM3 was to be a (at least this is how the 2095'er wanted it to be) </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">quasi-street-art-hunt where it's a case of "here one day, pasted over the next".</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I started pasting in 2010. I began making photo collages a year or so beforehand. I was a toy at tagging in high school but always loved going on missions.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><u>Your technique is incredibly complex yet when one sees the final "product" it has the appearance of being deceptively easy. Can you explain the methods used from start to finish for these incredibly impressive masterpieces.</u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Well thank you! What a lovely thing to say, you're very kind. I take lots of photos from multiple perspectives and angles of the same object (a landscape, object, person etc).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I don't use a tripod </span><i>(to which the 2095 cheers loudly!)</i><span style="font-size: large;"> I try to take photos in the same sitting because I find I take the photo sets differently depending on my state of mind.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The task involves concentration, so if I am in a depressed mood for example, I'll possibly experience anhedonia (slowing of the thoughts) and I'll take a set of photos differently compared to when I am in a state of joy or love.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I sort the photos out and take them to print. Depending on the location I have in mind, I will make the poster in to segments or at times will put together on the spot.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Largest to date would probably have been a beach landscape at Holloway Eye-ware warehouse in West-End (Brisbane) for Lost Movements in December 2012 (4.6 x 5.2)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I'm driven by torment from obsessive thoughts and compulsion to realise them. Music and women inspire me most.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><u>Do you Asio Gidup as having a certain "shelf life" or will you continue to create for as long as the desire to do so exists</u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I guess I don't really understand the question. This is the way I have found to express my ideas and feelings that comes easily to me and brings me joy, peace of mind, satisfaction and much more: all as essential forms of introspection and self-healing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So to say "shelf life" implies I will only want to continue to visually express myself for a short period of my life, which is not the case.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">It's possible that your philosophy of self expression differs slightly from mine, and if so that's ok </span><i>(nb: as a personal aside the 2095'er believes that as long as there is a person there will always be self-expression in whatever form it may take)</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Fast forward to (yep....here it comes again...) PM3 and the first incredible image the 2095's eyes clamped on was not just hypnotic but made SUCH an impact, upon return to the confines of her abode, she simply stared at it admiring it in all its intricate political seductiveness for an indeterminate amount of time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><u>What was your initial entree to street art and can you give a rationale in regards to your tag name</u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I guess I started a few years ago when I was doing a bunch of live art shows around Sydney for free drinks. I enjoyed the speed of it all and wanted to start playing around with spray paint so I could start using more colour at speed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I met Bafcat and Resan (a couple of painters) earlier that year and ended up going to some abandoned factories to hang out and have a paint. I really enjoyed using cans, learnt a bunch of little tricks pretty and have been hooked on painting since then.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">OX comes from the fact that I always had a hard time telling people my last name. Not that's it particularly long or weird or anything; just having a semi-English/Australian accent people seemed to get it wrong in a variety of bizarre ways.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">i wanted to go by something incredibly simple and something that was symbolic above just letters. I like how both the symbols O and X are used in so many different contexts other the letter format.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I have always preferred images over the written word, so I think OX represents my work well. There are a bunch of other reasons but I won't go in to them as they probably equally as boring.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It's important to me that I'm never going to be able to master what I do, I'm never going to reach 'that point' where I'm finished. I'm always learning and there will always be something that I'm just going to suck at.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I think that probably what drives me most: just trying to do work that's better than my last piece. I want to be a grizzled old man one day who still worries over his filthy painting.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Improving my techniques is definitely what drives my work, but in each piece I try to tell an ambiguous story I guess.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Most of my work is character based and I have a background in animation which is where the story-telling element of my work comes from.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I like to give people a character that they can imagine a story for: in that way the viewer has a role in the creation of the work as well.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I like elements of both. I enjoy being able to take as long as I want in the studio trying to perfect whatever I am working on at the the time getting lost in illustration really chills me out, but after a few days I start to get some serious cabin fever.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So that's when I really like getting outside and painting with some mates for fun; it's really the only environment I can make art and be social at the same time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It's fast and takes me to new places that can only be compliment endless hours in the studio.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><u>In a perfect world where do you see yourself as the artist being within (say) the next 5 years</u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I would like to be illustrating and painting full time. Having enough clients that I can life purely off selling my own art and doing illustration work that I really enjoy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The freedom of that kind of work would allow me to travel around and do more mural work than I am capable of doing at the moment. AND the opportunity to exhibit my work overseas more often</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">My eternal thanks to OX for sharing a bit of his life with the 2095 and allowing reproductions of his work for this blog. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Love the work, and hope to see it hit the international heights it deserves my friend!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Having elected to swallow the fear and in attempt to push the 'safety boundaries' in the quest for street-art, the 2095'er felt it was time to explore a suburb she hadn't been to since working there prior to a now famous stoush occurring at "The Block".</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Lovely sunny day, no shadows to hinder a shot, no cars blocking walls, following a group whom the 2095 assumed were going to some tertiary institution to become future whatevers, a feeling of whimsy enveloped: "ahh yes yes, got a <b>teeny</b> bit bladdered at that pub. oh! that place....a great GREAT night to be had I <i>think</i>".</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">And then for an inexplicable reason the 2095 stopped. Swivelled left and found this extraordinary piece so beautiful, so spellbinding it was more of a revered moment than speedy shot and continue moment.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Confidence brimming with delight to have found such an incredible piece spilling over, the 2095 continued on her merry way, not realising at that stage, she would in fact find more pieces by this particular artist literally the following day (as there are times when if the conditions are perfect, the 2095 will make 3 or 4 trips in one week simply to take advantage of conditions and sate the desire to discover)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Wandering around the back streets of Newtown trying to find another piece (remembering that the 2095'ers internal GPS is constantly in need of repair), becoming completely frustrated both at herself and her inability to find a sign that gave </span><i style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">any</i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> indication of the street name, it became a case of "I give up!".</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Of course having reached that conclusion, what the 2095 then found was a paste up that was so beautifully done with an overwhelming sense of "peace" about it, any former emotional angst evaporated immediately.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><u>Your work is truly breathtaking and always but always makes the heart skip a beat when found. How long has art been a part of your life</u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Shucks!!! I guess art has always been a part of my life. I've been drawing, writing and making things for as long as I can remember... not necessarily as how you see my art these days, but it has always featured predominantly in one form or another.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><u>When did you make your "debut" to the streets</u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">My first "debut" was about 3 years ago. I had these seed pods that I had lovingly turned in to people by drawing and colouring over them in fine tip pen and pencils.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I wrote different love messages inside each of them representing the different loves I had experienced in my life. I rode my bike out to Camperdown Park one Saturday night and tied them with twine to a tree...by morning they had mostly been decapitated. Not quite the reaction I was hoping for but a reaction none the less.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">My much more successful attempt soon after was a visual representation of a poem I had written about the dead birds falling from the sky in Arkansas.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I painted it with HazzyBee in Enmore. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">There was a time I was doing a heap of paste ups around the Inner West which was definitely a a "let's just do it" kinda thing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Hopefully just a lot more drawing and painting! I have a solo show coming up at Kinokuniya Book Store's Wedge Gallery at the beginning of August, so my future for the moment has been narrowed down to getting all my work ready for that....you should come!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">My thanks to Akisiew for spending some time with the 2095 and allowing her works to be reproduced for this blog and yes...reckon it just might be that the 2095'er gets to this exhibition</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">When the 2095 started her street art hunting expeditions they were initially within the confines of "if i hear a train or a bus I know I can't get too lost!". It was in one of these initial confines that the 2095'er spotted these somewhat bizarre </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">cartoon'ish type characters.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">As the trip progressed I found more and more of these little creatures and some placed in THE </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">most obscure places (of course these were the days prior to street-art-photographer-necessary-whiplash syndrome!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">When the 2095 says "everywhere" it is just that. It truly was a case of "I mean honestly! How the hell do these things get put up on literally every street corner from Sydney to Perth!" (as the 2095'er is known to somewhat exaggerate, you will hopefully get the point!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Fast track to 2011 and the Outpost. It was where the 2095 was there on one of her numerous visits and as she walked around, she noticed a class on stencilling. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Standing there, observing quietly, praying with all her might that the dreaded shy-bug didn't kick in, the 2095'er waited til said class was finished, took a deep breath and walked in. "Hi! We are fb friends". A somewhat bemused (or confused even) expression greeted me. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Once my photography ID name was used there was an immediate relaxation between artist and photographer. After a bit of a chat about life the universe and everything, the 2095 continued on her way and the artist went on his.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><u>From stencils to paste ups to paint. Do you have a preference or does it simply present itself and you take it from there.</u></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I have other interests too, but I do different styles: some nameless or different names to exaggerate variety. I've worked with comics, pinup art, photography, collage, poster art, 6 magazines: so lots of methods.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>the 2095'er was stoked to have this photo included in a publication </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Some little pasteups made from misprint zines. Drawing is just fast and easy. Every method has its own benefits. I guess I'm from a culture where everyone did everything.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><u>When did Konsumterra first emerge and are you able to share a little bit of background as to the genesis of you the artist vs you the individual</u></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">My brother and friends used to trash ads in the Adelaide Hills and paint them white back in the 1980's. My friends were mostly 8 years older anarchists, punks, hakers, gamers, comic nerds and uni students as a kid. I was in to Jenny Holzer, UK hoax art and punk poster.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In the late 1990's stickers went mad and around 2000'ish stencils were a way to make stickers. I was in a studio of paste artists using collage: it was a good gender balance in this scene.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I started teaching, doing tours and lobbying government and councils, doing art gigs 2-3 times a week as well as DJ'ing. Because I was starting to get ill, I decided to move to Sydney for something new as I felt Adelaide was in the doldrums with most of my generation gone.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I didn't intend to be an art pro but somehow it happened. I worked at MAY's, Casula Powerhouse, on councils and more.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">At the moment my health issues make it difficult to keep up my art but I don't feel the need to lobby or advise on government policy anymore.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I'm trying to build more non-art interests and friends at the moment because I have really missed hanging with scientists and carny folk.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><u>Some of your works at time can be perceived as quite political (which for some may be slightly confrontational) and thought provoking. What are the triggers behind some of your pieces.</u></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">My work <b>is</b> when at its best, even if not obviously so, the methodology and references often are.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It's better to be funny if you are preaching as it tends to work better. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The world was already confrontational before I was here. I think artists fight monsters and try to make monsters lives harder.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Looking pretty is ok too, but pretending it makes you clever and faking that you have "something to say" is a bit silly. Faking it badly is more harmful than not bothering.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I have a degree in Philosophy so art is my chosen weapon. I don't need to put names on all my work. Different names I used have different subjects and styles and materials. Some are bigger sellouts, others only for street and I don't talk about.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Age differences vary accordingly. The younger are willing to try different stuff, where adult students tend to have a better understanding/idea of what they want and therefore plan bigger and more ambitious works.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I still teach stencilling because I think it is good to educate people about street-art and its increasing normalisation.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The more who learn about it, less fear it. Probably acceptance of stencils over more secret society of tagging contributed also.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Sydney isn't a very stencilry kind of place. Since "Cockortwo" Island fests, I've been teaching drawing and paper/cardboard craft far more.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I've had lots of students win art prizes, even in categories I would not put stencils in, which is pleasing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">My opinions don't matter. It comes and goes as a popular interest and there are many younger relevant artists out there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I'm happy if I can create the illusion of more variety on the streets. Relief art has been around since the Stone Age unlike my opinions (which will never affect anything).</span></div>
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