Calligraffiti

Vector art and title piece for Meulman’s third exhibition of Calligraffiti pieces. It is held at the Rush Hour record store in Amsterdam. According to NSM the location plays a role in every exhibition. He explains: “Graffiti belongs outside, in the streets. The Calligraffiti pieces however, are framed to hang inside. But I still want the work to relate to its space and surroundings. Take for instance the Nosmo King exhibition in café De Duivel; that work dealt with the new ban on smoking. I’m now preparing an exhibition in Berlin, where I’m inspired by an old German handwriting that was forbidden in 1941. Or maybe it’s because I’m used to think in concepts, having worked for years in advertising. Anyway, I try to stay away from those clinical, elitist gallery spaces. Different Strokes shows a series of titles. Some of those titles are of existing tracks from the Rush Hour label, others ask the viewer to imagine their own complementary sound.”