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KONGO (M.A.C.)

42 years of age, son of a Vietnamese father and French mother, and founding member of the French collective M.A.C. (Mort Aux Cons), it's KONGO. He's also the co-founder of Kosmopolite, the international graffiti festival (France), which is considered to be one of the most important festivals of its kind and one of the best platforms for launching or promoting young graffiti writers from all over the world. * Click here to read the interview.

MACH KGB

Trying to do an interview less 'serious' than usual, we have interviewed Mach, a train writer from Sidney with smart style, but swine attitude...

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“READY 4 RIOTS”

Introduction Hello... I'm the blog administrator for Ready4Riots.com, and I've been loving graffiti since I was in the seventh grade, 1993 more or less. I've been writing since the late 90s, but a couple of years ago I decided to create R4R and I've been running with it ever since... * Click here to read the interview.

ANA LANGEHELDT, LAHE 178

From Seville, but adopted by Barcelona which fits her like a glove, LAHE178 has been painting since 2001, demonstrating her style in a very personal and convincing way. On the 8th of March, in our Barcelona gallery, she'll show us what has been passing through her head most recently, so we took the opportunity to get to know her a little better. Click here to read the interview.

SOBEKCIS (HA, 2013)

What were your first steps into graffiti? We started getting into graffiti around 2005 by seeing some pieces and tags around the neighborhood and seeing photos of pieces that our cousin's friends painted in Rijeka, Croatia. It was during that period that we painted our first wall in front of our house, but we didn't really get into it till 2006/2007. Which crew are you in? What does it mean to you? We're in Heavy Artillery. The crew means a lot to us because it is something that we hold in very high regards, and also, in in a way, being in a crew with so many talented writers helped us to elevate our game by constantly pushing us to reinvent ourselves. There's also 2013 which is not exactly a crew, it's more of a cause but is still something we stand behind. And it's good to have something that connects us back to Belgrade. * Click here to read the rest of the interview.

OS GEMEOS ‘STRIKE TWICE’

When the stars align there is a huge energy produced by big artists which are some of the best people. OS GEMEOS came with the heat like they always do and chopped it up a bit with us. Here is an excerpt from that conversation during the inauguration for the Aryz exhibition. Click here to read the interview. (Thumbnail pic: Os Gemeos x Blu in the streets of Lisbon, 2010)

SURE-40HK (CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA)

“SURE is from the best city in South Africa, Cape Town! Born and raised in Cape Town and painting graffiti more actively than your average since 2006 with a lot more to come! Streets highways and trains have never been the same. Representing 40Hk crew, and the infamous drinking crew TRD. In such a small scene, with so much security, policing and gangsterism its important to have people push as hard as Sure to keep things moving in an every day struggle to stay up!” Toe007-40hk Please tell us your name and how long you’ve been painting? I write Sure, 40hk, and been writing since 2006. * Click here to read the interview.

VISTA (ROYALS CREW)

If you are familiar with the game, it isn't necessary to explain to you who this guy is, or anything about his crew. Besides, we will tell you about his latest trip to Moscow. We have the photos... so we thought it was a good idea to get to know him a little more. Click here to read the interview.

GOMER & ONIX. ‘WE NEED TO TALK’

Every year a lot of writers land in our city to share great experiences with us. Gomer and Onix came in January and we had the opportunity to chat and share some wine with them. This is the result of this "We need to talk". [vimeo width="920" height="518"]http://vimeo.com/35436568[/vimeo] Video production by Gomer. Check out his blog! * Click here if you want to read the full interview by Musa.