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My encounter with urban art, graffiti,

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happened with the arrival of Hip-Hop, actually. 

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And it became a huge movement 

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to which I felt relatively close.

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In any case, in the themes addressed, the philosophies. 

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At the time, we talked about the Zulu Nation, 

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with its various pillars.

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Jasm One is my artist name.

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I was born in Geneva, 

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grew up in Valais,

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and have been living in Lausanne

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for over 15 years now.

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My main goal

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was to exist through art,

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and graffiti was the first impulse

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into the world of art in general.

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Thanks to graffiti, 

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I was able to enter the art world,

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which really opened my mind 

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and made me understand 

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what is an artwork?

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An artist, their journey,

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and how it brings

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a much broader interest.

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The peculiarity of my journey

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is that since around 2002,

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I have always 

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worked simultaneously on several projects

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and in various fields. 

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I have always been hyperactive

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in my activities,

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both professionally and artistically.

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This means that when I was

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at school preparing for university,

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I was also doing sports

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at a high level,

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organizing graffiti events,

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and engaging in a lot of 

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street painting activities.

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I'll give you an example

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of a project called Art Valais,

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the construction of the largest urban art museum

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in the world. 

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We worked on it for 7 years,

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and I asked the whole team

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of photographers and videographers not to publish anything.

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So, for 7 years, 

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you work, and even personally,

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I didn't show my works for 7 years. 

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And it's only now

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that we can release them.

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October 28, 2016

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that's when my life completely changed.

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In life, 

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we generally have two ways to learn:

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through observation,

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by seeing the experiences of others,

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or by living our own experiences. 

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You see someone touch a hot plate,

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and you understand that you won't touch it.

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When you ride a bike,

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you fall,

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and you learn.

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We grow,

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learn, and evolve

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almost exclusively through difficulty

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and obstacles. 

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And on October 28, 2016

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that was the beginning of many obstacles.

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From that moment on,

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it was as if my children 

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had been taken away from me.

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We often talk about 

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men who can create harm,

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but we never talk about the people, 

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the men, the fathers

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who are separated from their children

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because the laws remain

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in an archaic model. 

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That's what happened to me. 

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At that moment, I had nothing to lose.

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In such a situation, you have two choices: 

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either you sink, 

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or you turn lead into gold. 

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This means that from this difficulty, 

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this obstacle that will last a long time,

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you draw all your resources and

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do everything you want to do.

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I am inspired by what surrounds me: 

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nature, people, 

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and also cultures.

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History 

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and everything I can learn

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throughout my existence. 

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There is a whole series of projects

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 that I have had the chance to create.

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It started in 2002 

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with a first free wall,

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500 square meters

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in the city where I grew up,

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and it is still the most painted wall

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by graffiti artists 

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20 years later.

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From that wall, we moved on to a festival, 

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and from that festival, 

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we created the first legal graffiti network in Europe. 

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So, in 2008,

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I opened a network 

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of walls where people can graffiti freely,

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at least a portion of the walls,

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and it covers 3000 square meters, which is enormous.

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Today, we are opening 

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the largest urban art museum in the world. 

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This museum

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spans the entire territory of Valais, 

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the Swiss alpine canton that is 50 times the size of Paris.

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We created about fifty works, 

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all inspired by the local DNA

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and addressing the theme of water. 

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This means that each work 

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functions in the environment 

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where it was created.

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An artist from Berlin 

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who comes here and creates their work, 

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their work will function in the village

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because it will speak to the local culture 

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and issues.

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This is the strength of this project 

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and also what defines my identity.

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When I talked about the trace

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and connection,

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connection is the second point 

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that is extremely important in my work. 

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The idea is to connect people, 

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bring artists,

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engage with the population,

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and link people together. 

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Today, 

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I do this

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in my artistic work

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with a project called 

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The Lines of Soul.

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It emphasizes the line, 

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because what is a line, after all?

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It's a starting point 

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and an endpoint.

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A line connects two points,

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which can be two people,

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a beginning, an end.

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For me,

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it is the best symbol of our existence.

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With a single stroke,

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you can tell so many things. 

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The Lines of Soul 

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really focuses on the concept of lines

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 and connections.

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It's also about showing what we don't see,

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revealing the invisible. 

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The origin of this is obviously the tag,

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graffiti

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because each line is the skeleton

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of a letter,

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a movement. 

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Today, it has become a work 

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that can go as much into abstraction 

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and contemplation.

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It uses 

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only one tool 

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and one type of paint. 

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The particularity 

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is the use of metallic ink, 

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which, for me, has provided a solution.

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How do you capture the sun,

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capture the light?

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The theme of light

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is something that is found

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in the history of art, 

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in most techniques,

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 as well as the subjects

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of painters from all times. 

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Through The Lines of Soul, 

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it's a way of capturing light 

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using metallic ink

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the artwork changes

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with the reflection of the sun.

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If you are a child or an adult,

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you won't see it from the same angle. 

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If it's sunny,

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cloudy, or raining,

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the artwork will change.

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When you face the artwork

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or move to the side, 

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you will see new elements. 

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The artwork changes in color.

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 It's a chameleon artwork,

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as it can be gray

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or golden

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with the same ink. 

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The artwork relies

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on its surroundings.