Interview: EklipsOne AWR MSK
Interview by: GuerillaOne
Q- What do you write?
I write EklipsOne.
Q- What crew(s) do you represent?
AWR MSK and ICR
Q- When did you start painting? Do you still paint?
I started painting in late 1986. But I really started hard core painting in 88. Occasionally, but not as often as I'd like to. I actually just painted in Encinada Mexico last weekend with Saber and Push.
Q- Why did you start?
Well I first got influenced by my big brother CydeOne and my homeboy Pure I don't know I just did it.
Q- What was you favorite writing experience?
I don't have a favorite writing experience just the whole factor of my crews and my family, my crews being my family is a nice experience.
Q- What was your craziest/worse experience?
My worst experience is pretty much...I got a few of them. But I would have to say that the worst experience is when one of the homies gets locked up for doing graffiti basically. That's the worst shit.
Q- Has graff changed in your eyes?
Yeah Graffiti is constantly changing. For instance when I started doing graffiti no one told anyone what they wrote or if they wrote. Now days its like hype to be a graffiti writer its cool and shit. You can go in any store and walk out and be a graffiti writer, pretty much, so yeah its definitely changed.
Q- How do you compare the old school era of LA to the new generation of LA writers?
Basically the new school generation is taking it to a whole different level bombing wise, they're just doing a lot more ill shit. The whole cross mediums you know, rollers, paintbrushes, all that type of shit. But its taking it to the next level.
Q- Do you like the new styles out there?
Um I'm not much for the 3D shit but yeah there are a lot of new styles out there that are super tight.
Q- I know this question gets debated a lot (at least with old schoolers) but who(m) do you think had the most impact in the LA scene?
To me the most impactful writer would be Charlie if I had to sum it all up. Cause he had walls freeways freights to me he had it all. He didn't bomb buses from what I know of and he didn't have maybe a lot of throw ups, but as a graffiti artist he definetly had almost every aspect of it locked down, tight.
Q- What writer/crew deserves more credit in your eyes for developing the graff scene in LA?
Um I mean I can't really say that one crew or one writer deserves more credit I just think that all the major crews of LA deserve it and there is too many to list but you should know who they are.
Q- The Internet is becoming a new medium for graff artists to expose their work. How do feel about this whole web thing and is it really part of getting up?
Well considering that I'm involved in the internet, I definitely like it and think that it's a great medium because it brings people from all over the world and let's people that maybe can't afford to travel or maybe can't travel for legal reasons too know whats up in other parts of the world and I think that¼s a great thing. Emailing is good communication considering phone bills can get high. For stuff like that I think the internet is great.
Q- What do you think about the graff overseas, such as in Germany, Holland etc?
Q- What does the future have in store for graffiti?
I don't think its what does the future have in store for graffiti I think its what does graffiti have in store for the future. I think graffiti and the graffiti movement and the graffiti writers and the graffiti mentality is definitely gonna have a larger percentage of the future and we are going to be making a lot more decisions than we have in the past. I think that we are going to be the people in the firms and behind the big desks as well as on the streets. I think that the future is ours really you know, and not just graffiti writers just positive open minded people.
Q- Will you be a supporter? or a hater?
No comment.
Q- Anything else to add?
Yeah I got a couple things too add. Just being asked some of these questions and thinking about some things about crews and motivative people I would just like say that a lot of the very impactful writers of the graffiti scene in Los Angeles have died and that's a really sad thing. Some of our best writers and some of our most strongest heads mentally have passed away and I just want to say Rest In Peace to all of them and its our duty to keep them alive. Big ups to all crews world wide.
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