He appears to be very aware of his role as a foriegner in New York, leaving France 16 years ago, being in New York and being accepted, but also understanding the parallels of being a imigrant and graffiti artist, the works being there and being accepted “you get inspiration from the streets” therefore you have to give something back to the streets. Furthermore his work and methods are all on a very spiritual level. A very fascinating and inspiring person indeed.

Unfortunately – BackJumps – The Live Issue – has no website up but a very very cool b/w fanzine style catalogue with a lot of infos and stickers. My buddy Eike Menijn put up a subsite with a good overview of whats been going on streetwise in Berlin lately.

Its a real cool exhibition, the idea of the live issue, its great to see it all concentrated on one area, but nevertheless, graffiti looks best at home on the streets.

Particpants: 77 (Berlin), Akay & Adams (Stockholm), Akim & ZAST ONE (Berlin), Ash (Copenhagen), Banksy (London), Bob’s your uncle (Copenhagen), Delta (Amsterdam), Brad Downey & Darius Jones (New York), Erosie (Eindhoven), Freaks gallery (Copenhagen), HuskMitNavn (Copenhagen), Jay1 (Paris), Jeroen Jongeleen (Rotterdam), Lokiss (Paris), LOST ART (Sao Paulo), Machine (Amsterdam), Maison Anti (Berlin), Maurer United Architects (Eindhoven), Miss Riel (Berlin), Nug & Pike (Stockholm), OBEY (Los Angeles), O’Clock (Paris), PHOS4 (Berlin), PIPS:lab (Amsterdam), Skki (New York), Straight up (Copenhagen), Swoon (New York), urban-art.info (Berlin), WK Interact (New York), Zedz (Leiden) and much more.

BackJumps – The Live Issue
Date: August 23rd – October 5th, 2003
Place: Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien
Address: 2 Mariannenplatz, 10997 Berlin
Tel: +49 (0)30 2588 4155
http://www.backjumps.org