For our third installment in our series for Living Walls Atlanta: The City Speaks 2012 we are proud to present the Ukranian team of AEC and WAONE most commonly known as Interesni Kazki. The guys as usual are praised for their excellent craftsmanship and work ethic and, may we add, discipline. It must be hard to stay out of the bars when your spot is in the night-time entertainment district but then again maybe Interesni Kazki are of the abstemious sort. Whatever the case, their work and talent is garnering more attention daily in the Street Art world and beyond.
Interesni Kazki
Text by Alexandra Parrish
Photos by Dustin Chambers
Video by Dustin Chambers
Our process with artists is, in essence, quite simple – we house and feed the artists, purchase their paint and materials, and ensure mural completion by offering assistants and steady schedules. In reality, this simple process is foiled by secondary factors, namely weather and compelling distractions. However, when Interesni Kazki arrived in Atlanta, everything fell perfectly into place. They came here to paint with an impeccable work ethic.
Interesni Kazki (photo © Dustin Chambers)
AEC and WAONE of Interesni Kazki finished their large mural situated in the bar-heavy neighborhood of East Atlanta Village in only five days. They woke up early, ate a modest meal and set off to their wall. From dawn to dusk they meticulously incorporated every finishing touch to their work.
The completed mural epitomizes their signature style, integrating science fiction and religion with obvious Escher influences. The meaning, however, is left for interpretation. AEC noted early on that their work personifies a multitude of meanings. Four days into the process, Monica and I came up with an intoxicated interpretation after a bar crawl – the Shepard (who remarkably looks like Atlanta’s own Evereman) opens Pandora’s box which harvests the “Big Bang,” creating the solar system and human kind. Interesni Kazki’s work truly incites a heap of explanations.
The Ukranian duo plans to return to Atlanta later in the year to complete a much larger mural in the heart of downtown, hopefully to cook the Living Walls team more borscht.
Neuzz, fellow Wynwood Walls artist, and Evereman are next to follow.
Interesni Kazki (photo © Dustin Chambers)
Interesni Kazki (photo © Dustin Chambers)
Interesni Kazki (photo © Dustin Chambers)
Interesni Kazki (photo © Dustin Chambers)
Interesni Kazki (photo © Dustin Chambers)
Interesni Kazki (photo © Dustin Chambers)
Interesni Kazki (photo © Dustin Chambers)
Interesni Kazki (photo © Dustin Chambers)
Interesni Kazki (photo © Dustin Chambers)
Interesni Kazki (photo © Dustin Chambers)
Interesni Kazki (photo © Dustin Chambers)
Interesni Kazki (photo © Dustin Chambers)
Interesni Kazki (photo © Dustin Chambers)
Interesni Kazki (photo © Dustin Chambers)
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