- January 18, 2004
- Posted by Marc
Profile: Offend
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Offend - The Vitals:
Age: 31
/>Hometown: SAO PAULO, SP - BRAZIL
Where do you
now live?: SAO PAULO
How long have you been creating
street art?: SINCE 1993
What did you do last night?:
I ATTENDED NATIONAL VIDEOS OF VERY ROTTEN GRAFFITI IN THE HOUSE OF A
FRIEND. DEMONS MANY LAUGH! THE VIDEOS THAT I PRODUCE ARE NOT BETTER OS BUT
CLOSE TO THESE THEY ARE SUPER PRODUCTIONS!
What is your favorite
thing to eat for dinner?: MASSES! I I LOVE MASSES!
Who
is your favorite fictional character?: James Christensen and Joe Sorren
What do you currently have in your pockets?: ROUGH DRAFT
PENXSES, NOTEBOOK, CURRENCIES, SCRATCH OF GLASSES And KEYS.
If you
were given “more time,” what would you do with it?: I WOULD PAINT MUCH
MORE.
Who do you love?: MY PARENTS.
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Offend - The A’s to Our Q’s:
Wooster: How did
you get started in creating art for the street?
Offend:
I ALWAYS LIKED TO DRAW. In YEARS 80 I WAS FASCINATED WITH MOVEMENT HIP
HOP, IN SPECIAL the GRAFFITI. I ATTENDED SOME FILMS OF BREAK And IN ALL THEY HAD
SOME MAKING GRAFFITI. BEGIN TO LOOK FOR TO KNOW MORE ON the SUBJECT BUT In
BRAZIL ALMOST SHE DID NOT ARRIVE HERE STUFF ON THIS SUBJECT. The YEARS HAD BEEN
PASSING And UNTIL THEN I HAD STILL NOT MADE NOTHING In the STREET. I REGISTERED
MYSELF A SCHOOL OF ARTS IN THE INTENTION TO LEARN MORE ON DRAWING. FOR
COINCIDENCIA Of the DESTINATION The TWIN (OS GEMEOS) ALREADY STUDIED In This
SCHOOL And ONE Of Them FELL In MY CLASSROOM. THEY ALREADY MADE GRAFFITI AT THE
TIME. THEY TURN MY DRAWINGS And HAD LIKED. I SAID TO FOR THEY WHO LIKED GRAFFITI
ALONE THAT HAD STILL NOT MADE NOTHING. I ALREADY VERY LIKED IT WORK THEM. SOON
OF FACE WE ARE FRIENDS. THEY HAD STIMULATED ME SO THAT I STARTED TO PAINT In the
STREETS.THEN I AM UNTIL TODAY In This LIFE.
/>Wooster: How would you describe your style?
/>Offend: TASTE VERY OF THROW UPS. ANY THING THAT IS MADE
QUICKLY, WITH FEW RESOURCES, BUT THAT MAINLY PASS AN IDEA, HAS PROPER
CARACTERISTICAS. MY STYLE Is FAST OBJECTIVE E. I WANT THAT MY WORKS ALWAYS
REFLECT MY THOUGHTS!
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/>Wooster: What other street artists do you most admire and
why?
Offend: TWIST FOR ITS CREATIVITY, STYLE And
SIMPLICITY; The TWIN (OS GEMEOS) FOR LAND ON WATER VERY What THEY MAKE; David
Kinsey FOR ITS STYLE GRAFICS; FUTURE FOR THE DARING; FOE FOR MAKING In the
TRAINS What FEW HAVE BOLDNESS; ZEUS And SPACE INVADER FOR BEING ABSURDLY WILD IN
ITS WORKS; SHEPARD FAIREY FOR USING WITH MUCH CREATIVITY A POPULAR MEDIA; Phil
Frost FOR ITS STYLE And CREATIVITY; VITCHE FOR ITS PERSONAGES; VAZKO FOR THE
DARING OF ITS DRAWINGS.
Wooster: What’s your
favorite city, neighborhood, or block, to post and/or to see street art?
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Offend: Sao Paulo
/>Wooster: What inspires you now?
Offend:
The PEOPLE And ITS CUSTOMS.
Wooster: What
are you currently working on?
Offend: I AM
PRODUCING OF INDEPENDENT VIDEOS And EDITOR OF A CALLED FANZINE 72D.I.E.S.E.L.
The ZINE IS DESTINED TO INSIDE PORTRAY The DIVERSE SUB GROUPS EXISTING Of the
WORLD Of the GRAFFITI. CURRENTLY I AM FINISHING A VIDEO ON CALLED GRAFFITI
“SUJO”. THIS HAS AS INTENTION TO REGISTER ARTISTS OF GRAFFITI THAT MAKE TAGS And
TRHOW UPS In the CITY OF Sao Paulo.
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