“cose che” – dj skizo e dj gruff

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Here we are finally with this long interview to El Gato Chimney. Look at his stuff without prejudice and let us know what you think about it!

[we already talked about him here](http://www.fatbombers.com/?p=101) – [check his flickr](http://www.flickr.com/photos/elgatochimney/) – [and his website](http://www.steambiz.com/) – [and his fotolog](http://www.fotolog.com/elgatochimney) …

Street or sweet?
Ahhahahah! You know… I can’t decide if I should get the subtle provocation in your question or read it literally and tell you “this question makes no sense!!” hehe.
I’ll take my responsibilities and I’ll tell you that this question brings to my mind the name of the exhibition that is now open at the PAC museum, and I haven’t been invited to join it, like many others. I don’t want to criticize this, the only thing that lefts me distraught is that the people who has the power to organize an event like that giving the artists the right acknowledgement, positioning them in a precise context, getting streetart out from the vandalism or amateur art stereotype, doesn’t do any of the above. Everyone can see that street art is powerful, interesting and rich of talents but when an exhibition is set up, it seems to me that it’s done only to exploit the trend in its utmost moment, or maybe it’s done so they will be able to say, in the future, “I believe in them since years! I had them do an exhibition!” (If an acknowledgement will ever come). But, if you look at how the artists are treated in this kind of events, that’s enough to see the lack of esteem and respect. These people never take the responsibilities to promote the culture from which we came, they always try to find similarities and references with more classical and mainstream art forms. Like if, without these so-called credits, our work would be worth nothing! Someone is ok with this situation, because he feels more “noble”, being positioned into a “standard” or simply because he knows how things work and adapts to the requests, trying to find and have a correct position in a precise art movement in order to gain credibility in the art market. They’re more than free to do it and I respect them for the goals that many of them achieved, but there’s people, like me, bearing the utopic, crazy hope of being part of a totally new and independent art scene.
Eventually, one of the artist’ licenses is to dream, isn’t it? Hahahah… luckily, the hunger keeps my feet on the ground!
Therefore, I won’t stop going along my road hoping that we will recognize something to these shitty-organized exhibitions organized just to do it, to which, once in a while, we should say NO, even if they’re held in important places… it’s the how what accounts, not the where…

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check out this new graffiti\poster project, the video is worth a view and the website too: go to [properpropaganda.net](http://www.properpropaganda.net)

We just received this funky Gimme5 from Capo … 4 out of 5 are 2007 stuff. Visit his [website](http://www.mynameiscapo.it): in the blackbook section, some supercool old stuff.

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