• April 29, 2004
  • Posted by Marc

Profile: The Killer Gerbil

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/>Age: 24.
Hometown: Singapore
/>Where do you now live?: Singapore.
Where would
you most like to live?:
Anyplace where the air is fresher and the life
pace is much much slower.
Who was your first “hero” in
life?:
Lat, a renowned cartoonist from Malaysia.
What is
your favorite thing to do on your day off from work?:
To wake up late,
get on the internet, draw and spend time with my girlfriend or tagging with my
people from ARTVSTS.
What is your favorite color?: Flat
black.
Who (or what) do you love?: My girlfriend, my pet
gerbils, my shoes and japanese food.

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/>Who and/or what are some of your influences?

Minor
details of everyday environment and surrounding attracts me; the things that
people overlooked or couldn’t care less or things that are not supposed to be
where they are. Funny and candid moments also helps build the chemistry in my
works. Honorable mention goes to dad and friends from ARTVSTS whom influenced
and help push me to where I am now.


What other artists
do you most admire?


Artists featured in Wooster but
especially Shepard Fairey, DAVe, Jon Burgerman, MDRL, Space Invader, The London
Police, Mudwhistle and ARTVSTS to name a few. I love works with thick outlines.


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


My art (The Killer Gerbil) is something
that coincides with the environment everwhere, something candid and at the same
time muse the mind to those who actually sees them. If you are the less-
vigilant, then you are missing stuffs so through my art, I hope people then will
be more attentive towards life slowly but surely. Also as a gerbil lover, it
acts as a medium to create an awareness on gerbils (especially where I came
from, gerbils are not widely recognize/appreciated) through street art. *The
Killer Gerbil represents the misinterpreted and stereotype-thinking ignorants
with thoughts that gerbils are bad and fierce nippers thus the character*


What other talent would most like to have?
/>
To speak more languages and to breakdance.

/>What do you fear the most?

Balloons, eye drops
and going to the dentist.


What is your greatest
ambition?


To create art on a larger scale, travel the
world and make new friends.


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