What inspires you to paint?
Daily
life inspires me to paint, we live in an urban atmosphere. I find
painting a way to express my surroundings and how I feel and get rid
of the negative stuff that happens to me with listening to music and
spraying. music is the key thing, never forget.
How differant is graffiti culture in Tehran to the U.K?
Graffiti
in the UK is like a grown up man but in Iran its like a child learning
how to stand and walk. We have some professional artists as well who go
out and paint on a regular basis but they are not too many. The good
thing is we have developed Farsi graffiti using Farsi letters. Also we
don't have free walls back in Iran so we have to be careful and choose
good spots.
Did you study art?
Yeah but when I came to
the UK. back in Iran I did art and graffiti as a hobby but now that i'm
in the uni studying it, its my main thing that's why I came to the UK .
Where do you want to take your art?
To
be honest i'm not looking to be famous. Of course its not a bad
thing but my main focus is to keep practicing and working and try to
show my country's art to the world and help Iranian graffiti improve.
Also because of the hard situation in Iran, when I can stand in a free
wall painting a piece not in rush and not getting into trouble it feels to
me that my art is being taken somewhere already. Also I had the chance to
meet writers from different countries and backgrounds, that's satisfying for
me.
How important is drawing?
I think its really
important, it doesn't matter with pencil or charcoal or whatever. Drawing is like practicing and its a good practice for sketching
graffiti or drawing characters. It makes you more confident because the
movement of your hand is the same its just the medium is different. I
can feel the difference when I came to the UK because I started drawing
and practicing a lot.
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