sabato 5 marzo 2011

Interview with Diego Miedo





q)Who are you? Where are you from and where do you live now?

a)My name is DiegoMiedo,from Napoli where live still now.

q)What is it that you do? What media do you use?

a)I make mural paintings for the city and comics.

q)What do you think sets your work apart?

a)Painting in the streets allows you to show your work for free,without getting in touch witch galleries and gallerist,can say what you like,and try to stike the imagination of the people.Producer works thet will make think the sleepy mind of Neapolitan.
In comics i try represent the life,the city inspired by what I see and feel.

q)How long have you been showing your work for? Did you have a “big break?”

a)The "break",the first event that spurred me was to organize a festival of mural art in Bologna,with italian,spanish,french and german artists.was a wonderful experience thet open my eyes to what was happening also outside of my world.

q)What are some things that have inspired you?

a)Certainly travel,meet different people,working whit a cildren,read and talk a lot.

q)What have you been working on recently?

a)We are alway active for NAPOLIMONITOR,the monthly newspaper of articles,reportages,drawings and comics that tell our city and the world.Work at least once in the street and dream af a long comics book of 100-150 pag.

q)Do you listen to music while you create your work? If so, would you give some examples?

a)Rock and roll forever!

q)Do you do work in any other media? Other projects not necessarily related to your main body of work?

a)I'd like to continue working whit children whit a laboratory of drawings,paintings,colors.Kids bring a particular enery both in the life and in the work.We must help them,educate them,especially those most disedvantages.

q)What advice do you have for artists looking to show their work?

a)create a web and turn it.

q)Do you have any upcoming exhibitions of your work that you can mention?

a)An exhibition of original drawings of my new comics"giornata da cani" published by ILPUNTO LIBRARTERIA and NAPOLIMONITOR,and wait for the carnival parade with masks,costumes,creatures made with the childrens of neighborhood.

q)Where can people see more of your work on the internet?

a)More info: www.flickr.com/photos/diegomiedo
www.napolimonitor.it
www.librarteria.org

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