Borf is creeping into our collective consciousness on signposts, phonebooths, and alley walls that catch the corner of your eye. The name has been appearing next to enigmatic stencils for some time in DC and recently there have been a number of sightings in NYC as well. Now Visual Resistance has an interview. Borf on his technique:
As Bruce Lee once said: “Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup… Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be water my friend.” I just try to go with the flow. I usually feel like I can pull off anything. As long as you?re driven by impulse, the country, city, or neighborhood you do it in doesn?t matter. The environments and risk levels change, but the act itself remains constant.
Any artist who quotes Bruce Lee is good by me. One has to wonder, though, how long it will be before Borf’s identity is polluted by haters Shakespeare styles. It’s already beginning.
For more on Borf, see the rest of the interview on visualresistance.org and a gallery at stencilrevolution.com
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