identity

when we create we defy the status quo so it’s related to identity…

from an interview with ESCIF:

Q: “As a long time graffiti artist, has it been strange or helpful to step back and look at contemporary graffiti from an analytical or academic perspective? How much does that affect your work?”

A: “A characteristic of children is that they feel curiosity for anything. From a very innocent perspective they dare to question values that for us are unquestionable. This is marvelous! Children are capable of seeing things we would never see. It seems that when we grow-up we become strong, but our minds close. We become dictators of our imagination and we grasp an identity that is very limited. It’s very sad but it’s the way it is.

I perceive art to be a mix of experimentation, investigation and play. It’s a constant battle to remove the barriers that the system has put in our heads, a road to recover the child we once were but from the experience the years have given us. It has helped a lot in continuing the investigation to constantly ask myself, why continue on one road and not the other?”

Thank you, JUXTAPOZ for publishing & caring.

my response to this:
-Why would we think we dictate our imagination?
-What is “the system” exactly?
-Why a fear of experimentation?
-evolution/adaptation vs. stuck