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BombingScience: A quick introduction- What

do you write ? Im Bonzai. BombingScience:

Where are you rom and whats the scene like

where you live?

Bonzai: Im originally rom the south coast o

the UK but have lived and worked in London or

quite a ew years now.

The scene here in London is pretty big, like any

major city. I think there was a bit o a dip in

activity or a while but it seems to be picking up

again.

BombingScience: What was your introductionto the world o Grati?

Bonzai: I got into grati with the rst wave o

hip hop that hit the UK. I started seeing grati

more and more at that stage, I didnt care

who done it I just wanted to see more o it. It

wasnt until a couple o years later when I was

around 14/15 that I picked up a can. For me

something just seemed to click! I know its been

said a thousand times over, but when I rst saw

Subway Art it just conrmed everything or me.

BombingScience: deal painting experience?

Bonzai: For me it would have to be a long

weekend with all expenses paid in a nice hot

country.

BombingScience: Tough question I know but

who are some o your avourite artists- grati

and otherwise?

Bonzai: Yeah, this is a tough one as there is so

much talent out there and you just keep nding

more and more

Right now Im really eeling Smug, Dead, Epok,Kak, Lovepusher, Aroe and HA Crew, Aryz, Soes,

Askew, MSK, Solo One, Sobekcis, LoveLetters,

DMV. This list could go on or ages, but I really

think the ones to watch out or and are at the

top o my list right now are the Ghetto Farceur

guys.

BombingScience: Are there any particular

goals youd like to achieve in your grati

career?

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Bonzai: Over the past ew years I have set

mysel goals at the beginning o each year,

last year was to paint a new style and do as

much as possible. This year I want to try and

paint in as many cities in the UK as I can.

But my main goal is to push mysel as ar as I

can. For me, especially over the past couple

o years I have just wanted to challenge

mysel. Im never 100% happy with my work

once its nished and I can always see major

aults in it. As soon as Ive nished a piece and

look at the photos I always want to go straight

back out and better it.

BombingScience: What is your opinion on

the current state o grati, both locally and

internationally?

Bonzai: I think Grati is in a good place right

now, best it has been in some time. There are

always going to be good things and bad

things in the scene. I try and ignore all the

bullshit that goes on and concentrate on

where Im at.

BombingScience: Do you preer to paint

letters or characters?

Bonzai: Im really enjoying painting letters

right now, but I do like to sneak the odd

character into my pieces rom time to time.

I enjoy painting characters but there are so

many great character writers out there and

that is why I wouldnt try and make characters

my main thing.

BombingScience: Do you inject any narrative

into your work? For example, the way thatLovepusher or Solo One implement thematic

ideas into their work that they eel are

important...

Bonzai: Not really, but I think its great what

they do, I also think its really important to be

yoursel when you paint and i that means

sending out a message that you strongly

believe in, then go or i t. Also, dont be

deterred by what others think because the

moment you start to worry about that and not

do what is in your heart it will aect your work.

Me, I just try and give my work as much visual

impact as I can.

BombingScience: What are your strongest

inuences outside o grati and do they in

turn inuence your work? I mean stu like

this is amazing- http://vimeo.com/17943433 ,

really inspiring, and the Ghetto Farceur stu,

which Id never seen beore... Any other gems

such as this?

Bonzai: I get inuences or lls rom loadso things, nature plays a big part, whether it

be the bark o a tree, a pattern on a stone

ect,ect. I try and photograph as many things

I see as possible these days and document

the photos so I can reer back to them when

Im painting. Also the internet is a great place

to nd inuence/reerence, say or instance

I want to paint a strange pattern, you dont

have to be a proessional photographer to

get it, you just type in what you want and

there it is. But yeah, the Paradox video is

antastic and I still want to do another piece

inuenced by itwhen the weather gets better

and I can put in the hours, as I dont eel I did

it justice last time.

BombingScience: You seem to have travelled

to and painted in many places- is there

anywhere in particular whose scene has

blown you away? Any particularly memorable

incidents?

Bonzai: Im lucky to be able to get about a bit,

last year was about developing a style, so Ididnt get out o London to much, but this year

Im planning to get out and do as much as

possible in dierent places. Amsterdam in 91

was pretty dope but or me the French scene

has to be the one that really stands out. I rst

went to Paris in 1990 and the scene there was

crazy. I think the French have a natural artistic

are, and it seems to be encouraged. It was

people like Skki and Lokiss that really caught

my attention in the way they were not scared

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me like it was rom the uture. Also the Mode2

walls out there were crazy.

BombingScience: Any upcoming gallery

shows? How do you eel about painting

canvas as opposed to concrete? Also, where

can we see some gallery work?

Bonzai: I used to nd canvases hard in terms

o not really knowing what to put on them;

I was struggling to squash everything into asmall space. Recently I have become more

relaxed painting them and just treat it as I

would when I paint a wall. Im working on

a ew at the moment and will continue to

produce them throughout the year; they will

be available on my site (www.bonzaione.

com) soon. As or up coming shows, I am

working on getting a show together in Ireland

towards the end o the year.

BombingScience: Have you worked any

particularly rewarding commissions?

Bonzai: I guess the most rewarding

commission or me was spending a week

painting the Breaking Convention at Sadlers

Wells a ew years back with Nash and Tumki

(LoveLetters) and Blade. Painting a wall with

Blade was pretty big! But main thing rom that

week was the chance to paint with and learn

rom Nash, it was a really big turning point or

me.

BombingScience: What uture plans do youhave or your work?

Bonzai: Push mysel as ar as I can.

Any shouts Thanks to you guys at

bombingScience or interviewing me. Shouts

to everyone I know, you all know who you are.

Peace. For updates on Bonzai please check

www.bonzaione.com


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Bombing Science: So a quick introduction

What do you write and what crew(s) do you

rep?

Cast: Hey, I write cast and soweto. Crews I

represent are Pirates and CPK.

Bombing Science: Where are you rom and

whats the scene like where you live?

Cast: I was born and raised in South Arica but

Ive been living in Wellington New Zealand

or almost 3 years now. In my opinion - NZ has

some o the best writers in the world, but theWellington scene is total horse shit. Everybody

hates on every body. You get hated on or

having a dierent style. You get hated on

or succeeding and thereor progression is

very slow. I think its because o the small city

everybody is ghting or space but nobody

is pushing themselves to progress. You see

assholes do the same shitty tags and throwies

or years.

Bombing Science: What other writers are

involved in Pirates and CPK?

Cast: editor, quews, pntr, yelz, bros, whi sky,

eeks, vinyl, nektar, drypnz... a rather diverse

group o people.

Bombing Science: What was your introduction

to Grati?

Cast: It started way back in high school when

me and some mates would skip school to

hang out in a little shed we called the keg.

We would smoke bongs and draw or hours...

dont reallly remember who started doin lettersand such but soon afer that i started taking

a can with on my morning newspaper run.

We used to uck around trying to do pieces

with local hardwarestore paint... no outside

inuences and no internet. Its only afer living

in NZ that i realised the possibilities.

Bombing Science: What does a typical days

painting involve?

Cast: This is how it usually pans out - wake up



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extremely hungover. Meet up with whoever

is keen and head into town searching or

background roller paint, which usually turns

out to be some poo brown. We then head

down to the trendy skateshop where we select

our three ironlaks out o a range o about 10

colours. Awesome, at this point, still searching

or a wall, you can start thinking about your

colour scheme or the day. Wall searching

takes about 3 hours and still ends in rustration

so we head to the only wall where we can

paint and drink beer in peace. Get drunk.

paint. Hit the town and do shit u regret the nextday....oh yea...then upload on i ckr.

Bombing Science: Favourite artists?

Cast: My brother - Editor, RTR crew, kem5 & ges,

40HK crew, disk and sure... and heaps more

including DEVO

Bombing Science: Do you preer to paint

letters or characters?

Cast: I get bored o letters then i paint

characters. I usually dont have enough cans

to do characters... or pieces.

Bombing Science: What is your opinion on

the current state o grati, both locally and

internationally?

Cast: In NZ- Wellington is shit, every kid with

a sharpie thinks hes cope2. Auckland and

Christchurch is awesome, so many good

diverse writers. Internationally? alot o weird

shit happening...people getn sponsored,

signature cans, inter net boom, trendy, trendy.

Bombing Science: Speaking o sponsorship,

signature cans etc... What is your opinion on

gra as a proession? A lot o people hate

on that, and I can understand to a degree,

but equally any opportunity to make money

doing what you love, or me, itd be a waste

not to pounce on that...

Cast: I dont mind aye, making money while

doing what you love cant be hated on. Give

credit where credit is due and too each his

own.

Bombing Science: How would you compare

the scene in SA as opposed to NZ? (it surprises

me that the wellington scene is weak, I guess I

just base that rom meeting quite a ew great

dudes rom there, doesnt translate to a strong

scene though)

Cast: I havnt been to SA in about 4 years but

what ive seen on the net its getting pretty

intense, heaps o awesome styles. Guys likeToe, Disk, Cros, Sure and heaps more...really

killing it at the moment. Its way bigger though,

way more room to play in. But with the new

by-law (making legal walls dicult to paint)

people are surely just gonna bomb more

i suppose.. Bigger train system, but always

bigger risk o getting shot at or something

dumb like that... A good ew years ago the

classic style in cape town was way more wild-

style orientated, but these days the styles have

simplied and become way more bold. Dare i

say ... unky.

I dislike the current scene in wellington but

the scene constantly changes with people

coming and going. No doubt heaps o good

dudes - BML!

Bombing Science: You mention strong scenes

in Auckland and Christchurch- any writers in

particular that stand out or you?

Cast: I always been a an o 2tone, Dues, Exist

rom Auckland. All o DTR rom Christchurch or

their awesome productions and denitely Zesor all the reights he smashes.

Bombing Science: Do the NZ authorities take a

hard-line approach to gra?

Cast: Yeah i think its getting tougher

everywhere. vandals are more hated on

than parkingmeter attedants.

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