Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\nFirst off, how did you guys get started? <\/strong><\/p>\nUnga:<\/em> Back in 2001 \u2013 we started when we were in high school. Before then, there wasn\u2019t much graffiti in Israel. <\/p>\nTant:<\/em> Everything in Israel happens ten years later. <\/p>\nSo what\u2019s the scene like now? <\/strong><\/p>\nU:<\/em> It\u2019s all happened in the last two, three years \u2013 it\u2019s getting bigger. If you go to Tel Aviv, it\u2019s all over the place. The entire city has tags, throw-ups and street art. <\/p>\nT:<\/em> But where we stay in Haifa there\u2019s nothing there, really. Old people live there. There\u2019s nothing outside so you have nothing to do. So we just spend all our time in the studio.<\/p>\nHave Israelis become a bit more welcoming to street art since you started out? <\/strong><\/p>\nU:<\/em> It depends. We used to live in a poor neighbourhood and people appreciated it. When we painted outside, people would walk by and be positive about it because these areas are so neglected. But if you go to the wealthier neighbourhoods, people don\u2019t like it so much. Angry neighbours try to chase you. Once someone threw a bucket of paint on me.<\/p>\nIt sounds like Haifa still isn\u2019t that up to speed on graffiti, then… <\/strong><\/p>\nU:<\/em> There\u2019s no scene or industry in Haifa. If you want to see international artists or musicians you have to go to Tel Aviv. But we can\u2019t stay there for more than three days, we\u2019d want to go back to Haifa. We want Haifa people.<\/p>\nT:<\/em> Tel Aviv makes you angry \u2013 like all the time!<\/p>\nU:<\/em> It\u2019s hot, people are stressed, cars honk at you \u2013 Haifa\u2019s much more chilled. Everything\u2019s slower. If Israel\u2019s stuck ten years ago, Haifa\u2019s in the eighties.<\/p>\nWhat kind of inspirations do you have? <\/strong><\/p>\nT:<\/em> American comics from the 80s, anything from Marvel or DC. <\/p>\nU:<\/em> Robert Crumb, love him. A lot of our stuff is based on rock posters or psychedelia \u2013 anything that\u2019s colourful or poppy. <\/p>\nYou\u2019re regularly called Israel\u2019s first graffiti crew \u2013 do you feel like you\u2019re representing your homeland?<\/strong><\/p>\nU:<\/em> We never think of Israel as our audience. We don\u2019t label ourselves, not even as street artists or as Israelis. It\u2019s people outside who try to label you. We just do our stuff. <\/p>\nEven though this is your first European show, you\u2019ve travelled a lot for your shows. Do you have any crazy stories? <\/strong><\/p>\nT:<\/em> We did some projects in Beijing and then we went travelling in the villages \u2013 we said we were going to the top of the mountains. We walked eight hours, straight up. Then we arrived and saw a crazy, big black cloud. <\/p>\nU:<\/em> It started storming so all four of us got inside our two-man tent and didn\u2019t leave until the next night. In the morning, we woke up and realised we didn\u2019t have any food or water. We thought we were stuck.<\/p>\nT:<\/em> So we just started walking, sliding down the side of the mountain while it was still raining. <\/p>\nU:<\/em> For a moment we thought someone would have to rescue us and it would be one of those stories about stupid travellers, but it turned out okay. <\/p>\nCrazy Eye Hotel, an exhibition by Broken Fingaz Crew and sponsored by BI-ARTS Grant and Cass Art, is open to the public from 6.30pm tomorrow at Shop 13, Old Truman Brewery, London E1 6QR. It runs until 29th April. <\/p>\nWords: Zing Tsjeng<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Bold, brash and unashamedly pulpy, Broken Fingaz Crew is the first street art collective to come out of Israel. Unga and Tant from Broken Fingaz share an exclusive Wonderland look at their new work – open to the public at London’s Old Truman Brewery space from tomorrow and hosted by influential promoters NO WAY – […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":7112,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[305],"tags":[2106,2107,2046,2098,2022,1078,2047],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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