REVOLUTION DAILY

If you could be any animal, what would you be and why?
Probably one of those whacky, poo-juggling chimpanzees you see in viral videos. You can’t do that kind of thing and get away with it as a human. Plus it would be the only way I’d ever get 100000 hits on Youtube.

You are obviously quite experienced with screen printing. How and why did you get into this DIY printing technique?
I really liked the idea of producing editions of my art without digitally printing each piece. Screen-printing gig posters wasn’t really ever on the radar in Durban, so i tried it, trudged through cesspits of failure , and somehow came out on the other end totally in love with the whole process. I guess that the satisfaction of working my love for digital illustration and traditional means of printing was the real hook for me to peruse screen-printing.

I know that you are influenced by quite a few international artists. Who are some of your favorite artists? And do you have any commentary on the art scene in South Africa as compared with the international scene? How do you think we’re doing?
Yes that is true, lately I’ve been really inspired by a lot of american gig poster artists like Zach Hobbs, Kevin Tong and DKNG studio. The guys in the poster scenes overseas are really pushing though with events like Flatstock(US) and Poster Roasts(UK). I really respect that ous are really making things happen in their scenes. I wish we could have more of a unified art scene here in SA. I mean things are starting to happen slowly but surely, but I’d really like to see more inter-city interaction in the future.

You’re stranded on a desert island and you can only take 3 things. What would you take and why?
Lost Polar bear repellant, ’cause ya never know! (Who saw that shit coming?) Some SPF ∞. Some people brown like a well-sautéed scallop, I just burn and get skin cancer. An Ipod loaded with Dimmu Borgir for when my hair and goatee get reeealy long.

Were you an artistic child?
Uh, not too much hey. I just remember loving to rip appliances up and put them back together all f’d up… Is that being artistic? I did get into a bit of graffiti in my “Thug-Life” teen years, but other than that I had been restricted to replicating Hook-ups nurse graphics on my grip tape with my ballie’s tip-ex pen.

Favourite meal?
Yoh, there’s nothing better than an Avonmore Spar Boerie roll and a coke for lunch with the brahs.

What are you favorite and least favorite things about Durban?
I’m really digging the DIY ethic that’s rising up at the moment. There are so many guys just putting out clothing brands, busting art, making furniture etc. It’s really cool to see people being creative and doing locally-orientated shit that I wish I had thought of. It’s super inspiring. Something I’m not digging at the moment is the sudden demise of the local hardcore and punk scenes. HXC and punk in Durban is something that has always inspired my art as well as the way I live.

Any upcoming projects?
I do have a few things in the pipe-line. I might be thinking of doing a small sum-suming at the end of the year but for now I’m just really amped to carry making posters for any bands that are amped for me to do so.

What is the Doublecrossers?
Double crossers, Meddlers and Tiger blood crew. Just a few malicious bicycle gangs I’m involved with in the 031.

Last words/links?
Keep making stuff and support people who make stuff.

flickr.com/deholmes
rise.hxc.co.za

Artisan Screenprinting from Cardinal on Vimeo.