- June 18, 2004
- Posted by Marc
Profile: Umfundisi
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/>Age: 20
Hometown: Hamburg
/>Where do you now live?: still in hamburg but after two month
i will move to Rio de Janeiro for one year
Where would you most
like to live?: Rio !!! Brasil
Who was your first “hero”
in life?: i can t really remember but i think it was “benjamin
blumchen” a big gry elephant who was the hero in a radio blay for children and
helped the police to catch the bad boys .-)
What is your favorite
thing to do on your day off from work?: listing and mixing smoth hiphop
and funk records ,eat some good kebab and of cause drawing and taking fotos in
the streets.
What is your favorite color?: blue
/>Who (or what) do you love?: my camera, my records ,my hammock
and of cause all my people and family in germany, brasil and the rest of the
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/>Who and/or what are some of your influences?
/>graffiti in generall , pannini collecter stickers (when i was a child
i collected all sorts of socker ,ghostbuster and wwf stickers) and the simple
alteration of the streets.
What other artists do you
most admire?
“os gemos” from sao paulo, brasil,
“gomes"and “haps” from hamburg and my favorit banksy.
/>How would you describe your art to someone who could not see it?
/>
my fotos i would describe as modern archaeology and docometation
of the mutaion of the streets
my street drawings
are mostly further processing of pictures or objects i see in the streets which
were created by random and get a total different view or function by drawing
something on them or next to them.
my stickers and
and my umfundisi character is also a alteration of the german post office symbol
(thats were we get our free stickers)
What other
talent would most like to have?
playing guitar or
saxophone
What do you fear the most?
/>that the weather is bad towmorrow ,-) the weather here in hamburg just
sucks .-) we wanted to paint a wall for 2 weeks but it is almost impossible
because of the rain…
but what i really fear is
the increasing adaptation of the western way of live in other countries ,i just
hate to come to a foren countries and it is all the same as in my home country
this goes together with politics and of cause also with art.
/>What is your greatest ambition?
to continue my
works and to release a monthly black and white streetart magazine which covers
the scene in hamburg and rio ...
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