Stick It With Haevi

Halo, kita bersua lagi, kami dari museum stiker Easy Tiger mendapatkan kesempatan untuk mewawancarai Haevi, seorang seniman dari Berlin yang bergerak di dunia gambar tempel. Sebagai info saja, Haevi merupakan salah satu seniman yang kami kenal sepak terjangnya sekitar 4 tahun lalu. Karyanya rutin dikirimkan melalui salah satu intelijen kami dari Jerman sebagai donasi museum. Mau tahu cerita dibalik Haevi? Simak!

Please introduce yourself.

My name is Haevi, I live in Berlin Germany and my first sticker on the street was in 2006. Since that time I try different techniques to realize my artworks. My first exhibition was in 2009. It was a sticker exhibition with my man Superfat Cat from Hamburg in the Hatch  Sticker Museum in Berlin. Since then I have participated in many exhibitions.

What's the story behind your street art name?

I got my name nickname from my friends in the elementary school in the early 80`s. The name "heavy" has nothing to do with the word "heavy". It was derived from my last name.

How is the sticker scene in your city or country?

I think we have a great sticker scene in our city and also in the larger cities of Germany. The artists also know each other and meet to glue stickers or make a collaboration together. That`s is really nice. In my district “Berlin Friedrichshain”, all street lamps and traffic lights are full of many stickers. Sometimes you have to look far for a free area.

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

I use different techniques for my artwork. For my handmade stickers I use waterproof markers. For my digital artworks I love to use the vector program illustrator. My paste ups and canvases are painted with brushes and acrylics. And all walls are of course sprayed with spray cans.

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

I try to glue my stickers on readily visible  places  and hope they do not disappear too quickly. in Berlin you should always stick to higher places, because it could be that your stickers are pasted over or destroyed. I like it to glue the back sides of street signs. I really like collaboration, unfortunately I do not often time for it, so I'm rather less of it. But I have designed some collaboration stickers with other artists. This makes a lot of fun and so can represent a sticker several artists.

 

What's the most important, quantity or quality?

In any case the quality is the most important for me.

Can you share us your opinion about sticker art?

I find stickers are a great way for me to bring quickly my art into the public space. You can meet other sticker artists from all over the world. So it is now a global phenomenon. And it is also very cheap to make street art. All you need is an idea, sticker paper and a pen.

Terima kasih Haevi untuk ceritanya. Sebuah kehormatan khusus bisa mewawancarai Anda. Sukses selalu untuk karya-karya di jalan dan kami tunggu partisipasinya di pameran kami mendatang. Haevi Styles dapat macan temukan di media sosial Facebook dan Instagram dengan nama akun yang sama. Bagi para macan yang ingin tampil di edisi Stick With It, bisa menghubungi kami lewat kontak di blog kami, dan akan kami tampilkan profil macan disana! Salam tempel!


Sumber foto: Arsip pribadi Haevi Styles