This is an interview with ABOVE for Walrus TV taken from the DVD The Run Up, a collection of intimate one-on-one interviews with some of today’s most influential photographers, artists, and designers.
Watch it. Get inspired. Go do something productive and meaningful with your life.
Press release from Walrus TV
Walrus TV Artist Feature: Above Interview from “The Run Up”
Eventually you’re going to get there. It might take a day, it might take a lifetime, but through that persistence, and through that determination and drive, I think there’s definitely a lot of beauty in that. And a lot of power. That’s what I want to tap into.
-AboveOften found hanging from power lines or melding with urban architecture, Above’s site specific stencils, paintings, and installations push past the traditional expectations of graffiti. The evolution of his name from text to a symbol inspired him to explore less conventional media, leading to his trademark wooden mobiles. Whether subtle or massive, his pieces retain an innate sense of beauty through their dialogue with the surrounding environment. Refusing to show his work in galleries, Above has instead “toured” through Europe and North and South America to get his work up. Watch the interview from “The Run Up,” available for the first time to the public for free, on Walrus TV.
For more ABOVE, check out the Daily Graffiti Archives and goabove.com.





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