• March 7, 2004
  • Posted by Marc

Profile: Slobben

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Age: 23
/>Hometown: Arendal, Norway
Where do you now
live?:
Trondheim, also in Norway
Where would you most
like to live?:
Someplace with an existing streetart scene.
/>Who was your first “hero” in life?: My grandfather.
/>What is your favorite thing to do on your day off from work?:
Just to have a good time.
What is your favorite
color?:
Blue
Who (or what) do you love?: My
family and friends?






Who and/or what
are some of your influences?


The internet is a great
source of inspiration.  Also books, magazines, my mom’s old photo-albums and
life in general.


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/>What other artists do you most admire?

Decline, a
guy putting up massive amounts of hand-drawn stickers around here. Also the boys
and girls at href="http://www.stencilrevolutiion.com">Stencilrevolution.com, and all the
artists featured on this site.


How would you describe
your art to someone who could not see it?


I make
stencils out of pictures and drawings I find interesting.  I don’t have a strong
message with what I do, I just want to brighten up the boring streets a little. 
I paint on a lot of different things, all have in common that they are pretty
easy to remove. For the streets I mostly paint on stickers, legoboards,
styrofoam, vinyl records, tiles, cardboard and wooden boards.  Then if someone
hates it, they can just take it down instead of calling the cops.  If people
like some of my stuff, it’s also easy to take it home.  I hope my vinyls won’t
hang on the walls for ever. Most of the people I’m talking to about this don’t
even know how a stencil works, so most of the time I’m trying to explain how I
do it rather than why I do it.


What other talent would
most like to have?


I wish I had a talent for hand-
drawing.


What do you fear the most?

/>Impotence

What is your greatest
ambition?


To develop my skills. Constantly getting
better at whatever I’m trying to do.


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