Interview
with
$UPAKITCH
_1__You're back from the Sonar festival in Barcelona. Have
you discovered good music or artists there ?
[supakitch]
Puppetmastaz, a group of puppets very funky which were rapping on HIP-HOP/Electro
sounds. I was really surprised... and I adore that. The idea is
very good, they really are innovative, they bring something to
hip Hop.
They are so many interresting people at the Sonar, which is also very visual. The video live of “Moment Factory” on Bjork music was a good mix.
During the sonar, I met some graffiti artists like PEZ,Chanoir,
Birdie, El xupet, Ritmo.. we paint all together and it was great.
Thank you ekosystem.
I already felt that she wanted to bother me, so I smoked a big one on my blunt,
picked up my supakrylon ... and Kitch in the eye !!
pic with Abject
_7__Whose work do you like at present ?
[supakitch]In fact, I really appreciate many
people’s
work Koralie,
Prayer, Gum, TT crew, Pez, Ekopez, La guibole, WK, Kaws, Obey
Giant,
East Erik, Zeus, Space invader, Sixe, La mano, 9e concept/109,
Le cover,
Above, 1980 crew..... I stop here but the list is long. But I’m
sensitive to images in general.
I appreciate many graphists/illustrators work
(Designers Republic, Nando costa, Pictoplasma, 123 clan,
Buro destruct,
Lodown...), toy designers (Michael Lau, Eric So, Toy2R...),
photographers (Lachapelle, Spencer Tunick, Natacha Meritt, Hazy...),
tatoo artists (Chiken...), architects (Gaudi, Renzo Piano...),
movie makers (Terry Gillian, Andrew Blake...)
_10__What is the hottest thing in Montpellier right
now - except you ?
[supakitch] The sun
_11__Every year there's a festival in Montpellier
called "Attitude".
Many graffiti artists were invited (André, La mano, Sixe, Zeus...)
Is it something you wait every summer ?
[supakitch] Yes, I think it’s good, for some reasons : you can see in the
work in gallery of well known artists, to meet some, it’s makes
things move in Montpellier. This year, I could see graffiti artists
like Seak, Daim and Loomit , I really appreciated Seak’s work.
_13__What are you goals in graffiti ?
Having fun, feeling
free, my pleasure, to surprise people in the street, being surprised
myself, to move, meet interresting people,
share walls, ideas, to share, to chill in the streets, to observe,
to act, to go over my limits, to create, to leave something, to
discover new cities... graffiti is for me a way of life, when I
walk in the streets, I cant help watching anyplace which is beautiful,
where there would be a little tag behind a rain pipe or any place
where I could put something, a telecran...I love that. Thats all.
I like to satisfy my vices.
_14__Do you have a new projects comming up soon that
you can tell us about ?
I work with Koralie on an art book since
a few month, it’s
an interresting project. I will talk a little more about that later,
It’s still too early...
_15__Any final comments ?
" Toys
are in the city.
Let's play to graffiti !"
ekosystem august 2003