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​Interview with the graffitiartist "HERB".

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The catalyst to do something creative is most likely due to a need to make something out of nothing, an otherwise very under-stimulated needs of our institutions. the many hours that was first used to look out the window in our school system, I began to prioritize differently by drawing graffiti and use my imagination. Although it was ugly at first, it gave a feeling of satisfying that I still have today and a unique opportunity to create something relatively original. As a sales response to an election that had been taken by society to equip our country mostly "logical".

Inspiration comes in many forms. One of the things I think is great is music and the many other people in the world with a similar view and needs to shape reality. Not to forget the many people who feel an excessive hatred toward the different and whats near to us as human opposite the mechanical.

This is a difficult question. Mostly in Copenhagen, however, I think it is question of taste.

All those annoying people with a view of the real world that usually does not turn out the way they thought. The motivation is people! and praise their imperfect lives, nothing is so inspiring to me as people who have heart in the right place every day in fighting a hard battle to be here without sacrificing others.

I have experienced being fined around 10.000kr to paint a skate ramp in Fælledparken, and ever since that episode, I have had a somewhat difficult and strained relationship with the context in which police, takes decisions of the Community.

I write "Herb", a name which is closely related to nature and which ties together my pleasure to smoke cannabis. I paint mostly in return for obtaining a personal satisfaction shared with other likeminded

I think, what is going to change, is Denmark's conception of "Right" and "Wrong". For my sake, you may think what you want, but when a large painting will be condemned on the basis of being morally inappropriate, it is a mystery to me - how to let Lars Bom indoctrinate us to 'buy' onfone abonnoment or Another matter profit maximization. It has long had a tradition of giving priority to material things of the intangible which is very sad.

I do not really have any figures to do with, besides my own personal experience. But often theres two sides of same coin. And it would certainly be much more problematic if one municipality agreed to ascribe young or old artists, places they could unfold for the collective good. But graffiti is also changing, very much like other things in life, and the Internet has certainly a thing to say. Styles are also changing and is coming back in the elements. It's crazy to have the opportunity to participate in the world of graffiti and in my opinion very exciting and especially beautiful organization!

There are a lot of super talented artists, a couple from my immediate memory of the old boys would be Sabe, Swet, Bates, Damn, Kats, More, Even, Kers, Sketch, Poland, Ocan, Thek, Isoe, etc.

Graffiticopenhagen.dk is a super cool initiative by virtue of the Internet can target a lot of people and distribute images and information between different households and hopefully soften our image of the original art in public spaces and the possibility to change it.

I would just say that when I had to find myself in difficult times, it was graffiti that has kept me up and made me able to function at a reasonable level to other people!