KAWSE.
1999 — 2011
KAWSE has been my first & unique alias as Graffiti Writer for 12 years
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I started to write at 15, in 1999 at Lille in the north of France.
I learnt to myself and I have been followed by some mates: SAKO & FAKI. Then I evolved with a young talent named LAPIR. At that time, we painted with the iconic MONTANA HARDCORE sprays.
My motto related to the Hip-Hop was:
FAIL, FAIL AGAIN, FAIL BETTER!
As a letter lover, I had been interested & influenced by Oriental calligraphies and Gothic typographies. I sketched a lot and tried every categories of Graffiti untill I focused in the fresco. I was addicted to the freedom possibilty that you can feel when you write on large walls.
I painted to create some interactions. A simple & respectfull « Hello » was more appreciated than any publishing. Writing was also my reply to the damage caused by the society. For me, the writing worked as an VIRTUAL ANTIDOTE.
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At first, as an headstrong, my Graffiti pieces were categorized as Wild-style or as Calligraphic style.
In 2001, I met CORE who recruited me in his big local crew named D.V.D. [Read more about Here]. Thanks to some unique members like SPYRE, ERONE, SOHO, NADA… I opened my mind. The discovery of new musics helped me to develop new styles related; more Graphic and Artistic such as the Organic style. From 2002 to the end of 2005, I was deeply involved in the group evolution. Then I quit The DVD Crew and I continuted my way in the shadows.
I have never let down the work on the letters and I kept my rebellious mind. Although I painted around an hundred of pieces, I was barely known by the Graffiti niche. For few unsigned orders, I used the aerosol sprays without exploiting any Graffiti elements. [Read more about Here]. I have never tried or want to sell my Graffiti production in the Art Market. I did not deal with local council therefore I declined all their hypocrital workshops. The Graffiti Writing is neither profitable nor a leisure!
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Although all my creative abilities continuited to elvove, my personnal production never gets a real attention. A problem that I found back in way with my work experiences as a graphic designer… [Read more about Here].
In 2008, I wanted to try something else by co-creating an electro crew named BACK TO BIONIC including a DJ & a Writer. We wanted to try to escape our reality through a spacey music. [Read more about Here]. From 2010 to 2014, I run the Electro Blog induced a reduction of my time to paint on the walls…
At the end of 2009, the life pressure was rising and I became a better Writer than ever. Netehertheless, in a full evolution, I had to attempt to save myself from the poorless therefore I was forced to miss in action in 2011. [Discover what happened next via the TIMELINE. page Here]
I have never try again to write with aerosol sprays on wall although the Graffiti-Antidote changes my D.N.A.
10 years after, I started to work as an independent craftsman: a Indoor-Outdoor painter specialized in Fresco and SignLetters
1999 — 2011
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