Urban Art Core

Street art and graffiti
magazine, 2009–2012

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Collection 9 posts Interviews, 2009–2012

In their own words

Graffiti legends and street artists talk about their roots, styles and ideas: Futura 2000, Mode2, Os Gêmeos, Vhils and more.

The best way into a scene is to listen to the people in it. These interviews run from 2009 to 2012, some written, some on video.

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  1. 1

    Futura 2000 Interview

    Futura 2000 at the opening of “Odyssey Two” in Berlin.

  2. 2

    Visual Aggression: Rero Interview

    Rero’s first interview, on text as visual aggression.

  3. 3

    Calligraffiti isn’t New? Niels Shoe Meulman Interview

    Niels Shoe Meulman on calligraffiti.

  4. 4

    Art of Destruction: Interview with Vhils

    Vhils on his roots and the art of destruction.

  5. 5

    Os Gêmeos Interview

    The Os Gêmeos twins on characters and pixação.

  6. 6

    Mode2 Interview

    Mode2 on 25 years of European graffiti.

  7. 7

    The London Police Interview

    The London Police in Amsterdam, filmed by VNA.

  8. 8

    Augustine Kofie Interview

    Augustine Kofie, the graffuturist, in Miami.

  9. 9

    Revok Interview

    Revok on graffiti in Los Angeles.

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3 postsBristol, 2011–2012

One street, two summers

Three reports on See No Evil, the festival that turned Bristol’s Nelson Street into an outdoor gallery, read in the order they were published.

8 postsAdbusting and advertising takeovers

Taking back the billboards

Artists who replaced, hacked and rewrote outdoor advertising, from Berlin and Paris to Madrid and Toronto.

8 postsStreet art without spray paint

Tape, yarn and cardboard

Gaffer tape, cotton thread and cardboard boxes: artists who built their work from the cheapest materials in the city.