/>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.
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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?:
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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
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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
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/>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.