No More Heroes, photoshop, acrylic, and Sharpie marker, art by Swamburger, art design by Chris Tobar Rodriguez
Well, it started off as a core three. Me, Tobar, and Tre Harris. Tobar The flip side of the coin?
and Tre came into Culture Mart, which was a downtown store that I Not just the flip side of the coin! I mean, yes, that’s the whole deal with
owned, at 225 N Magnolia. When they came in, Tobar was looking for the “B-side” thing, but…
a spot to be able to do his art show.
We dare to be true to ourselves. The B-side of the record is not how we
I guess nobody gave him the green light until I did. He brought like 150 really think of ourselves. We think of ourselves as the main single. The
people to the shop. The next week, I asked him, “What do you think B-side is just how we feel other folks perceive us to be. For most people,
about doing this full time?”
the B-side ends up being the best side anyway!
That’s when we started trying to gather all these artists. We had the
core, but we knew a couple other cats that were down. At the end of
the day there were about six folks. And I think there’s about 250 names
now. That’s not just in Orlando. Some are in France, some in Chicago,
some in New York.
It’s about saying, “This is who I am. This is what I do.” When everyone
is free to be themselves, you have inevitable change.
If you were to ask me my thoughts on it, to me, B-Side is the exact
movement of what it is that I was trying to implement when I first
got here. Just with the arts. I believe it’s a progressive movement that
basically dares to be…
We took the hustle from Chicago. We all had, ingrained in us, this
attitude to attack the world with our art. Tobar had found a spot that
ended up being one of the most iconic spots we had painted. That was
Urban Flats on Church Street.
Orlando’s Art Scene, v. 1.4
We’re all waiting for bigger opportunities to take it to the next level.
Our next level was the streets. Can it get any bigger than that?
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