Stick It With Brain

Kami terbang ke Negeri Paman Sam tepatnya di California untuk berbicara langsung dengan seorang kenalan kami yaitu Brain. Street artist ini berkarya dengan salah satu medium stiker. Sambutannya yang hangat lewat media sosial langsung kami tindaklanjuti dengan wawancara dibawah. Simak!

Please introduce yourself.

Hello, My friends call me Brain. I am a street artist from San Jose California USA. Dealing in stickers and other street art mediums.

What's the story behind your street art name?

Honestly I have had many.. My mind doesn't seem to work like most whom pick a moniker and stick with it for recognition or fame associated to the tag. I seem to always change and evolve with the thoughts running through my mind. I have been running under the artist name of BLST which is a mix of my initials and the ST. which is short for street.

How is the sticker scene in your city or country?

The sticker scene in California is very strong. I am based in the Bay Area and cities like San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose are very deep in the Graffiti, Street Art, Punk and Hip Hop Cultures. I feel like the sticker heads fit right in with all that.

How you make your artworks, using what kind of technique?

Most of my designs are created with digital imaging or photo manipulation. I will use pop culture then sprinkle in my own flavor or I will set up and take photos of different things and then edit them down into my final designs. 

How did you play with your stickers on the streets, did you quite often make a collaboration?

I am pretty much a solo artist, I am usually getting up very quickly in populated areas in the middle of the day which doesn't allow much time for me to put up several stickers in one area at a time.

What's the most important, quantity or quality?

I love both. When I first started slap tagging I was printing many designs on my home printer (which I still do) but have since moved most my designs to being printed professionally on die cut vinyl for very clean, colorful, long lasting and weather proof stickers. 

Can you share us your opinion about sticker art?

I fell in love with the sticker community as it is a great way to get your art out to the public quickly and you are able to easily trade it with other artists from all over the world. Not too mention the fantastic sticker art created by so many folks is very inspiring to me.

Terima kasih Brain. Perkenalan singkat dengannya langsung mengasilkan sambutan hangat sehingga artikel ini bisa naik cetak. Maju terus dan tetap berkarya!

Foto: Arsip pribadi Brain