Interview to the French street artist Ludo
Three words to describe your work and your style?
Is there any of your works you
particularly love? Why, what does it mean, how was it born..?
something happening.
Sometimes I'm already laughing at my own things just thinking about it and at
the end it's crappy but at least I had a good time.
It means a lot of simple things, depends on the viewer. Sometimes it's inspired
by the new headlines or just a few words from a song, it depends....
Can you tell me something about
“Co-branding”, I find some similarities with the project Ad-
Buster, do you know it?
There is certainly something to do with ad-busting.
I like to use my own things and mix it with famous logo. I try to use the same visual
language as brands would do but telling something else, without anything to
sell. The beyond understanding overaesthetism of some adds today let me believe
that my works could mean something like that.
Add a new twist to these nicely lightened bus shelters.
What would you like to express through
your work?
The idea of respect, even if it's not maybe the appropriate way.... I hate
people feeling superior or crap intellectual politicians telling us how to
live.
But I'm not Zorro.
Where do you find inspiration for your
works and how do they born; do you have some
particular artistic sources or artists that inspire you?
Music, people, internet, news, ... like everybody I believe, there is everyday
something that interests me, in a bad or good way.
Which is the best thing to be an artist
and what does it mean to you to be a street artist?
How do you choose the place where to
paint?
First of all, the location. The nice thing about the street is that nice
walls and textures make your piece alive.
I like desert spots, to be alone in an old wall is the best.
It has to mean something.
Is there a particular place where you’d like to paint?
keeping that for me
What are the reactions of people in front of your works?
To be honest I never stay near my work or try to avoid openings. Hopefully it
makes them laugh or at least it creates a little reaction. Your future projects?
Travels.
French
sculptures
and insects evolved into technological hybrids to defend against people and
city’s aggression (“Nature’s revenge” and “Bugs”series), personal
interpretation of brands, transformed into different images, with similar
aesthetic canons of contemporary advertising but aggressive and inappropriate
(“Co-branding” series)
green colors, botanic and graphic details, style similar to advertising
Angeles, Chicago, Rome, Amsterdam
