N.O.MADSKI For a long time, I had the vision that the lettering should come to life. More should happen than just good design. I was certainly inspired by digital animation as in movies or 3D animation. I tried a lot with various effect colors to achieve something like a metal effect, or flip-flop paint that appears to change depending where you look at it from. But the effect was barely visible. The idea of gluing plastic foil sheets was ultimately inspired by holographic stickers. Why not do something like that as a piece? As there are many different plastic effect foil sheets to stick around, I then tried different things. Such as mirror foil. Unfortunately, the pieces are always short-lived. Walls at Halls of Fame are destroyed if they are pasted and painted over.Therefore, I needed to remove the foil after documentation. From my point of view, it takes an artist a lifetime to put their rationality aside and put their emotions first when creating artwork. When it comes to Graffiti writing, I think it is the same situation. MC Do you approach your graffiti writing pragmatically and rationally, or does your emotional state feed your creative process and affect the artworks you make? N.O.MADSKI From my point of view, it takes an artist a lifetime to put their rationality aside and put their emotions first when creating artwork. When it comes to Graffiti writing, I think it is the same situation. In the beginning, most writers start with a completely rational attitude. Only after they have understood the letters and the aesthetics, can they develop their personality freely. When it comes to me: I’m somewhere in the middle of that! MC Which way do you prefer to go, Montana GOLD or Montana BLACK? Montana Cans SPOTLIGHT get to know: ↑ It’s easy to pack your bag when your pieces are in black and white. Resulting in more time for actual painting. → It only needs a soundtrack. This colorful burner takes us back to the glorious days of arcade games, joysticks, and buttons to press. N.O. MADSKI N.O.MADSKI Both – depends on what task I need to use them for. I have come to appreciate the Montana Black can as one of the best cans for filling in and I use Montana Gold for the detailed works, for example, my outlines. We look forward to seeing where the creative path of NOMAD leads. As one of the world’s great innovative writers, we are left with no other option than to say, “watch this space”. Where there is destruction, you will find cre - ation. For NOMAD, destroying classic graffiti confines is as rewarding as re-creating his own perception of what graffiti can be. Equally as at home in a delapitated building, or the clean white cube of the gallery, NOMAD can create or destroy at will. 112
