…Sometimes things blow up - Das Zedz Interview 20. Februar 2007
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Zedz hat mit Delta und Marc Maurer an dem Incustruct Project gearbeitet, welches sich mit der Verschmelzung von Graffiti und Architektur auseinandergesetzt hat. Sein Stil ist sehr grafisch und technisch orientiert. Zedz ist durch seinen 3D Style bekannt geworden. Er wirkt und lebt momentan in Amsterdam.

Give a short description of yourself and your style.
I started doing graffiti when I was about 14 years old.
Si nce that time it has been my aim to develop as a graffiti writer
both in getting fame as well as in gathering and developing style and
knowledge at an interesting level. My style developed from legible type-lettering in to some more experimental and abstract computer like or multi layered, simple- up to hard- or impossible to read 3d letter objects.

When and how you discovered streetart for yourself?
I didn’t discover streetart so much as streetart did discover me.
I was not so much aware of the movement until I realized
that I was a part of it already. I knew I was doing graffiti when I was
doing it, I never considered it as that I was doing streetart. So I might say
I found out about it when media and opinion started to use
this terminology for referring to this movement and certain graphical
languages.
Why did you start doing streetwork yourself?
I was young and felt attracted to this a ctivity as it spoke to my
imagination a lot. I saw graffiti tagging around and that is exactly
what I liked and wanted to do by myself. I felt a need for the tension, the
bravery and the anonymous character.
What kind of responses were there to your artworks?
To many to give a general answer but if I generalize
I think people many times react(-ed) very positive.
More specific people might cry sometimes by joy
sometimes with empathy or disgust.

What kind of excitement made you choosing illegal ways of doing art?
Being bored with couch life looking for something to do, I went out to
enjoy myself and get fame on top . The fact that what I wanted to do
just could not possibly be done by legal ways. It is that illegal ‘thing’
that tops it off.

What do you think about the streetart hype?
I don’t care so much about the streetart hype. Sometimes things blow up.
For better or for wor se. Perhaps it makes it all a bit more exciting.
Then again this streetart might a hype for some to others it might mean
nothing. A hype might be a forecast or an establishment or just a lot of
unguided attention.. To me it is all good. I also don’t want to grade a puplic
How do you imagin your future as an streetartist?
I dont. I go from episode to episode trying to accomplish one thing…
GETTING INTO THE FUTURE.
Your message to people out there?
Have fun and look for some true meaning in that.

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