00:00:03alica and today i will be talking to
00:00:05graffiti artist david ii am Joel AKA
00:00:09monkey where does name monkey come from
00:00:13in the beginning I was I was writing
00:00:16month or just pitcher spiritual side but
00:00:20when i arrived in montreal they were all
00:00:23like two three writers that write in
00:00:25hmong i wanted to keep like that
00:00:27spiritual side so i just add the DA team
00:00:30so they even tell me a little bit more
00:00:31about your past when did you start
00:00:33drawing
00:00:34I’m drawing since I can all depend
00:00:39like I started using a paint nine years
00:00:42ago and it just hit me really hard like
00:00:43that subculture a little bit rebel I’m
00:00:47also doing canvases but it’s not it’s
00:00:50not the fun part for fun parties we need
00:00:51to be outside and to create by with a
00:00:55lot of different places different
00:00:57atmosphere so what is your style of
00:01:00graffiti myself I think I can find my
00:01:05style by working with a lot of opposite
00:01:08working with like me we had a steak
00:01:11atmosphere and mixing it with like
00:01:15spontaneous
00:01:18mixed up colors is there a big
00:01:20difference between graffiti and street
00:01:22art both are are done like most without
00:01:27eating of the industry but I think the
00:01:29main difference is that trophy tea it’s
00:01:31about letters it’s about the style of
00:01:33letters the shape of letters the way you
00:01:38structure damn and everything and street
00:01:40art it’s more about whatever you want to
00:01:42do
00:01:44I’m more into like experimenting with
00:01:46all those things and make mixing them up
00:01:49like doing letters with characters
00:01:51characters that become letters where’s
00:01:53your work as a graffiti artist taking
00:01:55you
00:01:56in Brazil in Australia after that and
00:02:00I’m trying to travel more and more I
00:02:02went to Cuba last month I’m going to
00:02:05Europe I’m really discovering why I’m
00:02:09like with CD what lies in the future of
00:02:12monkey upgrade everything that I’m doing
00:02:15right now I think that’s not my main
00:02:18goal just continue on rising and shining
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