Pasting posters and stickers on the streets was my introduction to urban art. When I started, I wasn’t aware that I was becoming a pioneer of Paste Up in Barcelona, in the late nineties.
I liked photography and, influenced by the saturated black and white aesthetic of English hardcore bands’ album covers such as Discharge and Crass (among others), I began experimenting with infrared film and old photocopiers.
It was then that I realized what really interested me was “painting with the camera”, a kind of analog Photoshop.
After several experiments, I achieved something: the images I created had a strong visual impact, the kind of photo that doesn’t need much time to analyze. Just like a Discharge song, the message was delivered in a direct and raw way. Following the influences of Crass and all of Gee Vauchan’s militancy in her urban guerrilla art processes, I understood that the purpose of my works was the street, not the galleries, and I began pasting my photos around the streets of Barcelona.
The work was very well received and had an immediate impact. This whole process made me fall in love with creating art in public spaces. Soon I succumbed to spray paint and started developing my own style on walls.