- 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.