On Wednesday, the 22nd of October 2014, I had an interview with one of Vienna's sprayers. Due to his wish to stay anonymous, I will change his artist name during this blog entry.
The Levin Jam and a Graffiti Festival that took place the last few months were impressive and made me think that Graffiti is art. Art that is open to public. And then I chatted with Ernesto P. in Facebook. He shared with me his opinion about spraying and his tags. I wanted to know more about his opinion, so I decided to meet him for an interview.
"Don't call me artist! I'm not an artist. Spraying is like a dog pissing on the wall. A dog doesn't care how his piss looks like on the wall. The dog just wants his scent to stay on the wall. That's same with me, I just want my tag to stay where it is. I don't care how impressive it is or not." - Ernesto P. about spraying.
He then told me about his career of spraying, of drawing monsters in the kindergarden, messing up mailboxes with the permanent marker "edding 400", starting to spray with two crews he was in.
"Other sprayers can call themselves artists. I respect that. But I don't call myself like that." This statement made rethink what Hip Hop once was and maybe still is somewhere on this planet earth. A political and rebellious streetlife of people who want to mark and protect their area.
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