Gustavo Fuentes aka Flekz is a young tape artist based in Los Angeles, California. In this episode we talk to him about his education and how he started his career as a tape artist. He tells us about his unique geometrical style and his connection to street art and graffiti as well as encounters with other tape artists, based in the United States. He also shares his thoughts on the topic of waste in tape art.

To learn more about Flekz

visit https://www.flekz.art

To learn more about the Tape Art Convention

visit www.tapeartconvention.com

or check @tapeartconvention on instagram/facebook

This Podcast is brought to you by the TAPE THAT Collective

r1. is a Johannesburg-based contemporary street artist. The essence of his work is to develop site-specific art pieces in public spaces, to create visual conversations with residents and the general public. 
In this episode he tells us about his artistic process involving the reuse and upcycling of various materials – including tape. We also learn about the social impact and the breaking of barriers that he wants to achieve with his art as well as his inspirations in the streets of Johannesburg.

To learn more about r1.

visit https://www.r1r1r1.net

To learn more about the Tape Art Convention

visit www.tapeartconvention.com

or check @tapeartconvention on instagram/facebook

This Podcast is brought to you by the TAPE THAT Collective

Jay Walker is a Texas based visual artist who graduated from the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. We talk to him about his way from art-school to tape- and street-art. He shares how he comes up with new ideas and tells us about his participation at the Tape Art Conventions in Berlin.

To learn more about Jay Walker

visit https://www.jaywalkerstudio.com

To learn more about the Tape Art Convention

visit www.tapeartconvention.com

or check @tapeartconvention on instagram/facebook

This Podcast is brought to you by the TAPE THAT Collective

t.w.five is an international artist duo based in San Francisco, California. They work with one material - adhesive backed vinyl - and focus largely on process. In this episode we talk to them about their career-paths, how they work together and combine their styles. They also tell us about their way to get big collaborations and question the influence of gender in the art-scene.

To learn more about t.w.five

visit https://www.twfive.net

To learn more about the Tape Art Convention

visit www.tapeartconvention.com

or check @tapeartconvention on instagram/facebook

This Podcast is brought to you by the TAPE THAT Collective

The Italian artist Carlo Galli tells us about his roots as a sculptural artist and his approach of playing with materials to create art worldwide. We learn about his moments of Inspiration his favourite topics in artworks and he tells us how he is adopting to the Covid-19 pandemic as an artist.

To learn more about Carlo Galli

visit https://www.carlogalli.it

To learn more about the Tape Art Convention

visit www.tapeartconvention.com

or check @tapeartconvention on instagram/facebook

This Podcast is brought to you by the TAPE THAT Collective

The Los Angeles based artist Darel Carey tells us about his drastic career-switch, his creative influences in the tattoo-scene and hip-hop culture and his affinity towards spatial perspectives and illusion.
In his Tape Art installations, he plays with the dimensions and evolution of shapes and challenges our visual understanding of the world around us.

To learn more about Darel Carey
visit https://www.instagram.com/darelcarey/

To learn more about the Tape Art Convention
visit www.tapeartconvention.com

or check @tapeartconvention on instagram/facebook

This Podcast is brought to you by the TAPE THAT Collective

In This episode we talk to Valeryia Losikava (Fabifa) – a Belarusian Tape Artist, living in Berlin. She talks with us about Tape Art as political protest, as an expression of her personal and sexual freedom and the female representation in the Tape Art scene. She sees most of her art as a tool of communication that is supposed to raise awareness to freedom, political justice, equality and self-expression.

To learn more about Fabifa
visit https://www.instagram.com/tape_fabifa

To learn more about the Tape Art Convention
visit www.tapeartconvention.com

or check @tapeartconvention on instagram/facebook

This Podcast is brought to you by the TAPE THAT Collective

In this episode of the Tape Art Convention Podcast Leah Smith and Michael Townsend from the Tape Art Crew tell us about the origins of Tape Art, their approach to educational and collaborative art and how they come up with new creative ideas.

The Tape Art movement originated in Providence, Rhode Island in 1989 in the form of large-scale, collaborative drawings created in public spaces. The original Tape Art Crew continues to pioneer and evolve this medium and over the last 30 years they have produced over 500 public works and thousands of smaller drawings in locations around the globe.

To learn more about the Tape Art Crew and the origins of Tape Art
visit www.tapeart.com

To learn more about the Tape Art Convention
visit www.tapeartconvention.com

or check @tapeartconvention on instagram/facebook

This Podcast is brought to you by the TAPE THAT Collective

Hello and welcome to the Tape Art Convention Podcast.
This is the first episode of a podcast series that's all about the art created out of adhesive tapes and foils. 

In this Podcast-series we will talk to artists from all around the globe, who have one thing in common – they create art out of adhesive tape and foils. This Podcast will create a platform for the creative exchange of artists and people who are interested in tape art and art in general. 

Enjoy listening to the #TACpodcast and get exclusive insights behind the scenes of Tape Art and learn about this young form of art.

About this Episode:
The Podcast-Hosts Milan and Adrian introduce themselves and Tape Art as a young artform that's becoming more popular worldwide.  You will hear about their connections to the international Tape Art scene and learn about the reasons why they even started this Podcast. Also you will understand the Name of this Podcast as the Tape Art Convention – an international group exhibition already exists since 2016.  An open and vivid  dialogue lets you dive into the world of Tape Art.

To learn more about the Tape Art Convention
visit www.tapeartconvention.com

or check @tapeartconvention on instagram/facebook

This Podcast is brought to you by the TAPE THAT Collective