Sten Lex about 2011

11 things about 2011
Sten & Lex

1- A photo of one of your artwork from 2011.

Our last work,  a new step in our work. We are studying, from about
two years, this new way of drawing stencil. Now we have just did this and
another stencil on the street and hundreds of sketches. We are very far
from what we’d like to see, these are  proofs, experiments 10 years
after our first stencil on the street in 2001. On the street we use
the same technique of the Stencil Poster, we paste up a paper stencil
like a poster then we paint on it and then we destroy the matrix, so
the stencil die on the wall, it’s not reproducible.
It was not very easy to change, we abandoned the parallel lines
that were a mark for our stencil. We introduced lines and dots in
stencils many years ago and we called that way of stencils Hole School,
in the website Stencil Revolution. Now there are a
lot of stencilers using halftone to create their stencil, today a
lines or dots stencils are very common.
What we want to do now is using one color stencil as always but
destroying the lines in thousands of fragments like an impulsive
schetch and doing something else than portraits, very difficult.
We want, as in the past, to go as far as possible from the classic
stencil immaginary in the form and in the content.
We hope to reach some result, time will judge us.

2- One thing you did in 2011 that you are particularly proud. We are never totally proud of ourselves, we are -most of the time-
unsatisfied by our work and may be it’s the reason we still work on
our art.
The work that was more intense this year was that in Køge -Denmark-
for Walk this Way festival in april.

3- Something you loved in 2011.
The Crisis, we are happy that this Occidental crisis will make reflect
many people.
The best arts movies were directed in Italy during a period of crisis.
May be crisis will help some artist to express something authentic.
Some new real piece of art.

4- Someone you hated in 2011.
In 2011 we hated ourselves.

5- One city, One festival & one exhibition.
Prague, Fame Festival, we were at so few exhibition this year… may
be we will go to see Caravaggio in Palazzo Venezia the 31.

6- A photo of someone else artwork or the name of an artist you
enjoyed a lot the work.
This years we were fortunate to take part to a festival in Foligno,
Attack,where we watched the three horses of Erica il Cane, we like his
imaginary and his skill in drawing so big murals. It’s very important to
see a mural in person and not only on a photo on the web.

7- One book
We prefer don’t tell our book, no one read nowadays.

8- One web video.

9- One website
I don’t navigate very much

10 – One place to eat in Roma.
In our house, Lex in particoular is a good chief. If not we recommend
Sora Margherita in  piazza delle Cinque Scole.

11- One last word
Thank you for the interview.

http://stenlex.net/
http://www.ekosystem.org/tag_big/sten

Sten & Lex

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OakOak – 11 things about 2011


La professionnalisation d’un grand nombre d’artistes qui sont sensés intervenir dans la rue a de multiples conséquences. L’an dernier la tendance pénible de la scène street-art etait les ventes aux enchères. Le plus insupportable étant pour moi certains blogueurs fraichement spécialisés qui relayaient ces enchères en direct sur leur twitter. Cette année une des grosses tendances a été la réalisation d’énormes fresques dans le cadre de festivals. Si dans un premier temps on a tous été impressionné par ces grandes peintures, on a un peu l’impression d’assister désormais à la mise en place d’un street-art officiel dénué de violence, de spontanéité ou d’humour.
Du coup la découverte cette année de OakOak a été un vrai bol de fraicheur. Quelqu’un qui ne semble pas avoir fait une école de commerce ou de Community Manager pour gérer son image, qui ne fait pas parti d’un réseau. Mais surtout quelqu’un qui intervient dans la rue en utilisant réellement celle ci, son mobilier, les imperfections des murs, avec un résultat qui amuse et étonne. La réalisation peut sembler parfois un peu bancale ou naïve mais par rapport aux productions trop maitrisées des désormais stars des grands festivals, la fragilité des interventions de OakOak leur confère encore plus d’éclat.

OakOak: ” J’ai commencé a faire des interventions en 2006 d’abord par des pochoirs de portraits  puis de plus en plus j’ai commencé a essayer d’utiliser vraiment l’espace qui m’entourait, et utiliser le mobilier urbain.
Je n’ai jamais fait de graffiti avant. Il y en a tellement de trés bons dans ce domaine que je leur laisse justement :)
 Les modèles sont des artistes comme SPY, Varini, Slinkachu, 6emia, j’aime ce principe d’intervenir le moins possible et de changer totalement le sens d’un détail, d’une faille dans un mur.
Je marche beaucoup dans la rue, et c’est en trouvant un endroit particulier, un détail, que généralement l’idée vient… apres il suffit de trouver la meilleurs façon de la mettre en place.”

11 choses sur 2011 par Oak Oak

1- Une photo d’une de tes interventions dans la rue.
1- A photo of one of your artwork from 2011
La caravane passe

2- Quelque chose que tu as fait en 2011 dont tu es particulièrement fier.
2- One thing you did in 2011 that you are particularly proud.

The urban scream / le cri urbain de MUNCH
The urban scream / le cri urbain de MUNCH

Ma photo préférée de 2011, définitivement, car grand fan de Munch
My favorite photo in 2011, because I’m a big Munch fan.

3- Quelque chose ou quelqu’un que tu as aimé en 2011.
3- Something you loved in 2011

Bah çà va paraitre un peu con mais mon premier livre, la création et tout ce processus…
It may sound a bit dumb, but I really enjoyed working on the making of my first book.

4- Quelque chose ou quelqu’un que tu n’as pas supporté en 2011.
4- Something you hated in 2011
La crise de l’euro, il me semble que je n’ai entendu QUE ça à la radio, télé, journaux…
Euro Crisis, I have the feeling it was the only topic on the radio, Tv, Newspaper.

5- Une photo du travail de quelqu’un d’autre.
5- A photo of someone else artwork.
j’ai adoré cette installation.
I loved this one.

Mehmet Ali Uysal
Mehmet Ali Uysal

6- Un morceau de musiqueOne track

assez fan de born free de M.I.Apretty fan of M.I.A.

7- Une vidéo trouvée sur le weba web video

8- Un site internetA website.
Grand fan de bd, je suis régulièrement le site de boulet, j’adore son humour
http://www.bouletcorp.com/

9- Un filmA movie
En 2011 Drive était top! ouais je sais ce n’est pas très original pour 2011….
Drive was on top ! I know i’m not really original.

10- Une BDA comic book
Calvin et Hobbes pour la bd, 2011 ou pas.
Calbin & Hobbes. No matter the year.

11- Un dernier motA last word
amusons nous!!! / Have fun !!!

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Moneyless – 11 things about 2011

Here is the 2nd short interview about 2011. This time with Moneyless from Italy. His work evolved last months from painting on walls to crazy 3D installations with ropes.

1- A photo of one of your artwork from 2011.
new world ordertitle : New World Order
Graphite, acrilic and ink on wood 60 cm x 35cm  

2- One thing you did in 2011 that you are particularly proud.
the diamonds aren't forever
title : the diamonds aren’t forever
Berlin 2011  wool and nylon in the air  3mt x 2mt x 2mt

3- Something or Someone you loved in 2011
Moneyless: I definitely found love, and therefore everything I’ve done is affected by this.

4- Someone you hated in 2011.
Moneyless: All suckers, copiers, and plagiarists Around The World

5- One city, One festival, or One place.
Moneyless: Grottaglie , Fame Festival and his  final party !

6- A photo of someone else artwork you enjoyed a lot the work.

Moneyless: 108 no doubt.

 

7- One book
Moneyless: 100 artistes du street art – Edition de la Martiniere

8- One song

Promises Promises- Viceroys (1969)

9- One website
Moneyless:  http://cargocollective.com/martinamerlini

10- One movie or a tv show
Moneyless: NO MOVIE NO TV !

11- One last word
Moneyless: I want to say Bless and  much Love  to all my brothers and sisters around the world, and remember that they are my biggest inspiration ever !

Moneyless.it
Moneyless on flickr

Moneyless on ekosystem.

 

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ZOSEN – 11 things about 2011

To conclude that year, I will ask a few artists that we enjoyed at ekosystem, 11 little things about 2011.
I’m really happy to start with Zosen from Barcelona. When I think about Barcelona graffiti, my mind is full of shiny colors from Zosen & Sixe (but also from Kenor, La Mano or Pez). They really represent Barcelona style to me. So it’s a wonderful surprise to discover that fresh collaboration between Zosen & Sixe.

Zosen recently released the magazine Carcelona “20 anys a la millor botiga del mon”.
It gathers plenty of interviews with artists, activists, musicians and people of different generations who live or lived in Barcelona and have met Zosen between 1990 and 2010.

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1- A photo of one of your artwork from 2011
Zosen Infast festivalZosen: “Vagabond Love” is a mural from Infart Festival,Italy ’11

2- One thing you did in 2011 that you are particularly proud.
Zosen + Sixe in BarcelonaZosen: A mural in collaboration with Sixe after years and years of no painting together.

3- Someone you loved in 2011
Zosen: El Topo from Caracas but living in Gent.

4- Something or Someone you hated in 2011
Zosen: The toys from London,Barcelona and everywhere copying styles!

5- One city or One festival.
Zosen: Lisboa and Sziget festival (Budapest)

6- A photo of someone else artwork.
Camille LavaudZosen: My friend Camille Lavaud

7- One book, or one fanzine
Zosen: Que pagui Pujol is a book about the punk and d.i.y. scene in Barcelona during the 80’s.

8- One web video

Spoek Mathambo – Control

9- One website
Zosen: monicacanilao.com

10 – One place to eat in Barcelona
Zosen: A chinese restaurant for chinese people in Ali Bei street close to Estació del Nord. (Good for vegetarians!)

11- One last word
Zosen: LOVE AND RESISTANCE!

 

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