• March 20, 2003
  • Posted by Marc

Dave - The Vitals:Age: 31Hometown:

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Dave - The Vitals:


Age: 31
Hometown: Teaneck,
New Jersey
Where do you now live?: San Francisco
How long
have you been creating street art?:
since 1989
What did you do last
night?
paint, draw, eat microwave popcorn
What is your favorite
thing to eat for dinner?:
sushi
Who is your favorite fictional
character?:
Willy Wonka (from the Chocolate Factory.)
What do you
currently have in your pockets?:
lint
If you were given “more time,”
what would you do with it?
more stuff
Who do you love?: friends
and family

Dave - The A’s To Our Q’s:


Wooster: How
did you get started in creating art for the street?

Dave: I
went out tagging with my friend Darren back in 1989. Since then i’ve done
thousands of hand made stickers and posters

Wooster: How did
you come up with the characters that you use in your stickers?

/>Dave: From constant doodling.

Wooster: What other
street artists do you most admire and why?

Dave: "http://www.haring.com/">Keith Haring, SMITH SANE,  "http://www.108art.tk/">108, ckoe href= "http://www.thelondonpolice.com/">The London Police, "http://www.geocities.com/pezhead74/citypez.html">Pez, NoMe, "http://www.space-invaders.com/">Space Invader, "http://www.mdefeo.com/">The Flower Guy, BAST, "http://www.dalekart.com/dalek/">Dalek "http://www.at149st.com/costrev.html">REVS and COST. I admire their
dedication and hard work. I especially admire artists with a sense of humor.
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Wooster: What’s your favorite city, neighborhood, or block, to
post and/or to see street art?

Dave: The Mission District in
San Francisco.  SoHo and The Lower East Side in New York.

/>Wooster: What inspires you now?

Dave: The art work of
Gary Baseman, "http://www.timbiskup.com/index.html">Tim Biskup and "http://www.mumbleboy.com/mumbleboy/">Mumbleboy just to name a few. Street
art, music, my friend Darren and looking at the sky inspires me too.

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