Hey Beni’z, Thanks for agreeing to speak with us here at BeBad.UK Can you start by telling our audience a bit about yourself ??
Hey, sure!
Where do you live ??
I live in north Italy, in a small town not far away from Turin.
How old are you ??
25 years old.
How long have you been doing Street Art / Graffiti Writing ??
It’s been 11 years now since I started.
Can you tell us how you came up with the Name Beni’z ??
I started by writing Benji’s cause of my second name is Benjamin, but with the time I felt the need to change the name from 6 to 5 letters cause of the structure of my pieces. So I took away the letter “j” and I placed the “Z” at the end cause it’s a letter that I really like.
It’s been a crazy 12 months! How are things in your country now ??
Yeah you are right! Actually things aren’t going really well cause we are in a kind of quarantine from a while and the possibility to get back to a kind of normal situation looks still far, but I guess it’s kinda the same in many places unfortunately.
How has the pandemic affected Street Art / Graffiti Crews in Italy ??
I guess that there are positive and negative things , sure the fact that we aren’t really free to move to bigger cities for graffiti jams and to meet other writers it’s a negative one.But probably the positive one is that there ain’t that many people around and writer can easily paint spots where usually there’s a lot people passing.
We love your style and the uniqueness of your work – can you share some of your fav pics and tell us a bit more about the images and how you made them ??
Thank you so much! Ok then, pic number one is my first abc I did on a wall and I’m really happy about it cause it was a while I wanted to do one but I never found the right spot and the right wall.
Pic number two is a piece I did in an abandoned spot ( like I usually do ) and I was happy about it cause at the end looked like an old school graff in a sort of a frame.
Pic number 3 is a really lil’ piece I did on a wall that was half broken and I had so much fun by trying to use the space making the letters fitting there.
Who do you admire ??
There so many writers and artists I admire that is impossible to make a list.
Where do you get inspiration from ??
Streets 😉
What music do you listen to – favourite artists ??
I usually listen to old school Hiphop and Rap and I like almost all the artists of this genre . Biggie , Gangstarr and A Tribe Called Quest are my daily bread.
We are a new start up fashion brand here in the UK, what fashion brands do you wear ??
I like all the street clothes brand!
Nike or Adidas. ??
Both.
Spray Can or Gel Pens ??
Spray Cans!
Thanks so much for working with us on The BeBad Graffiti Collaboration – we absolutely love your design.If you have anything else to say or want to share just put it below.
“Grazie Mille”
Grazie mille a te!