BYRD Letters (pieces) 2000 - ongoing

“Graffiti Writing is often distinguished from Street Art by stating that Street Art aims to talk to as many people as possible, but Graffiti talks to itself.

Graffiti letters an ongoing and periodic research effort. Looking at contemporary trends in letter production and engaging them.

Often produced in collaboration with other ‘writers’.

Writers are often bound by rules, from the sublime to the ridiculous. I’m less interested in these rules as received, more with holding to something like their intent.

Useing your name> break each letter into a component, a part>build your composition from these parts>arrange and adjust these parts in relation to the space available and methods of your painting partners.”