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joep
Posts: 7
 Joined: 2006-06-20

I accidentily ran into the following site (while checking Frans' EYFA suggestion): http://www.art2stay.nl

A Dutch/English site about neo-Dutchies for whom authorities have not granted a legal status, and who produce art. Especially MUST is interesting:

MUST wrote:

I start doing graffity years ago, but mostly I got really interested in it, when I started living in Amsterdam. It was kind of difficult to live here without documents, and the making of graffiti was giving me the freedom I needed. When you draw something on the street, you still can keep your personal individuality, though nobody knows who you are, or where you come from. You have the freedom to draw what you like, there are no borders.

The idea to make the cats came here in Amsterdam. I thought, that if I start doing the cats all over the city, maybe the people will recognize them. The street is a very good place to show to everybody what you can draw, and is also a way to say to the people, that you are here and that you exist. The cats are my present to all people here. These are happy and positive cats, so that maybe somebody walking by could smile!


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