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May 10, 2004
Profile: ESP Crew
PHILFY
Age: 23
Hometown: Tokyo, Hong Kong, Austalia
Where do you now live?: Whitechapel-London
Where would you most like to live?: All of the above.
Who was your first "hero" in life?: G.I. Joe.
What is your favorite thing to do on your day off from work?: Only losers work.
What is your favorite color?: Blue, blue and more blue!
Who (or what) do you love?: Music, visuals, underground liphe
Who and/or what are some of your influences?:
Mixed cultures, perceptions of street art today, increased styles, techniques and ideas fuels me to be more competitive in more design types. Recently, graph artists from London
What other artists do you most admire?:
Third Decade Crew, They Made Me Do It, London Police, Finders Keepers... and I'd be lying if I didn't say Banksy and co.
How would you describe your art to someone who could not see it?:
Expressive street art using mixed media and graffiti to expand peoples perceptions about design in this changing, fucked up world, in two words- URBAN CATHARSIS!!
What other talent would most like to have?:
BMX, guitar, MC-ing, music productions, computer designing, etc.
What do you fear the most?:
Losing everything I hold dear... like everyone I guess, fear itself.
What is your greatest ambition?:
Not to be checked into rehab.and living life, influencing others.
LOVE PHILFY XXX
KIKO
Age:17
Hometown: London born an bred
Where do you now live?: Still in London, just a different part
Where would you most like to live?: I've always wanted to see New York, but I could never move from London, so if this designing things malarkey ever pays off, I'll have a flat here an a flat in New York. And Barcelona-its amazing, everyone needs to go.
Who was your first "hero" in life?: I don't think I can really say I have one, that seems a bit sad though.
What is your favorite thing to do on your day off from work?: Draw, paint, make stickers/posters, sleep, smoke weed, drink beer, go for a ride on my bike, take photos, draw some more, listen to music, when its warm I love to surf, invent characters, make things more interesting than they were before. (lots of things)
What is your favorite color?: Does black count? If it does, only when its with white. If it doesn't, then chocolate brown.
Who (or what) do you love?:
London, the weird people that live here, my family, my girlfriend, my friends, the beach, art and design (a bit general I know), blank stickers, music, flyers, good books, the Dragon Bar toilets, weird old seaside towns with 50s ice cream parlours next to estates, people that at first seem like their doing Ali G impressions but then you realize they're actually just like that, getting tattooed (nothing like it), drips.
Who and/or what are some of your influences?:
London (just keeps popping up), manga, my mates, weed, stupid old movies, women, superflat, punk rock, people (none in particular), buildings, smog, dirt, tattoo art, traditional japanese art, Travel, Barcelona street art.
What other artists do you most admire?:
Banksy, purely for exposing the UK to stencil art (and now for his sculpture work), Francis Bacon, Betamaxxx, Buffmonster, Finders Keepers, The London Police, Basquiat (that how ya spell it?), Toaster Crew, Dave Kinsey, Anthony Gormley, Freaklub, Dave (he makes me laugh), David La Chapelle, Warhol, GOMES GOMES GOMES, flying fortress, microbo, Bo130, cheba, and everyone else who can be arsed to run around at 4 in the morning in the name of making walls look nicer. (particularly in sunny old England)
How would you describe your art to someone who could not see it?:
shapes given personalities, and drips.in places you wouldn't expect.
What other talent would most like to have?:
id like to understand illustrator, or in fact computers in general, and id like to be more organized and less forgetfull
What do you fear the most?:
the death of creativity, George Bush, big buisness cashing in on street art for profit and using it in adverts etc, being beaten/blown up?
What is your greatest ambition?:
To make some money from my art, and to open up peoples minds to different kinds of art, to see the world, to stop watching "Hollyoaks".
KISS KISS WOOSTER, LOVE KIKO XXX
SELPH
Age:24
Hometown: Hong Kong
Where do you now live?: London
Where would you most like to live?: Barcelona, HK, Tokyo
Who was your first "hero" in life?: Batman
What is your favorite thing to do on your day off from work?: Doodling, then onto the streets.
What is your favorite color?: Red
Who (or what) do you love?: Girlfriend, toys, comics, BMX, the idea of freedom, my friends.
Who and/or what are some of your influences?: Anime, Mecha, Image and Dreamwave Comics, Spanish street art, The area I live in, Graphic design library
What other artists do you most admire?:
FKC, Seak, Porno Stars, Masamune Shirow.
How would you describe your art to someone who could not see it?:
Expression of urban catharsis through mixed media. ie stencils, stickers, paste ups, music.
What other talent would most like to have?:
To be multi-lingual.
What do you fear the most?:
Money!
What is your greatest ambition?:
To be in control of my financial life and soak up what life has to offer by traveling more.
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