WHAT'S UP! FROM PAGE 8


BOOGIE SDUN: Did you know what you


were going to paint beforehand or did you just go in blind?


Boogie: I just went into it.


That’s pretty much how I do every- thing. Paint is like improv, so I just flow with everything that I do from the heart.


SDUN: Are there aspects of


your art that you think make it stand out?


Boogie: I have my own beliefs and my own meanings for my artwork, which I con- sider color therapy. I think colors heal people—subconsciously or consciously—whether you like it or not. And I have an established meaning for my artwork and it’s totally different from the genre of this whole spray paint culture. Personally, I’m a traditionalist. It’s just me and the spray can. I say no additives, no preservatives. So I don’t use any type of tools to cre- ate the intricate, detailed designs that I do, and the details and the surrealistic aspects of what I do, and that’s what separates me from a lot of individuals when it comes to this culture and the style itself. The style is an original aspect of what I do, which stands alone. You see what I do on the street and you know it’s a Chor Boogie piece. You can’t call it graffiti, you can’t call it street art—it’s art, it’s all art, everything’s art.


SDUN: Why use spray paint as your main medium?


Boogie: I’ve been using spray paint for 20 years. Once I picked up that can there was just some- thing about it that was sort of dif- ferent from every other medium. It was more challenging. It was like a calling—I needed to paint with this medium over anything else. It’s not really a traditional medium and I just felt like it needed to be established that way. People need to respect the art side of it more.


SDUN: Why do you think tak- ing on an experience like this is so important?


Boogie: It’s like, why not? It was a once in a lifetime opportu- nity, my first time in Europe and I ended up painting on the Berlin Wall. I know there were a lot of phenomenal artists at that art fair, but to be the only one chosen was just an honor. I had to take it.


SDUN: As part of the graffiti


culture, one typically takes on a new name. How did you decide on the name Chor Boogie?


Boogie: The name came from many failed attempts of deciding an original name that fit within this spray paint culture. But when I heard the name Chor, I heard the angels singing, and as time went by I felt I needed a last name and Boogie it was. Chor Boogie, yeah, it just made sense to me. (...) My art is my Chor and I get Boogie with it.u


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