DAIM

{{Infobox artist

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| image = Mirko Reisser (DAIM).jpg

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| alt = Mirko Reisser wearing a dark long-sleeved t-shirt and dark green striped pants, standing next to a ladder in front of his artwork walltaping, looking right, with several small items in his hands, camera crew in the foreground

| caption = Reisser in front of his walltaping, 2011

| birth_name = Mirko Reisser

| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1971}}

| birth_place = Lüneburg, West Germany

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| field = {{hlist|Public art|graffiti|painting|street art}}

| training = Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Switzerland

| movement = Hip hop culture

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| website = {{URL|daim.org}}

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DAIM ({{IPA|de|daːiːm}}, like the coin dime; born 1971 as Mirko Reisser) is a German graffiti artist who lives and works in Hamburg. He is particularly known for his large-size, 3D-style graffiti works. This has become known as his trademark.{{cite journal |last=Danek |first=Sabine |year=2010 |title=Raumerobernd: DAIM - Namedropping|language=de |journal=Altonaer Magazin. Reportagen aus Hamburgs Westen|location=Hamburg (Germany) |publisher=Hamburger Stadtillustrierten Verlagsgesellschaft mbH |page=81}}. For his technically sophisticated style he obtained the reputation of being one of the best graffiti artists in the world.{{Cite book|first=Bernhard|last=van Treeck|author-link=Bernhard van Treeck|title=Das grosse Graffiti-Lexikon|edition=1st|language=de|publisher=Lexikon-Imprint-Verlag|location=Berlin (Germany)|year=2001|isbn=3-89602-292-X|page=81}}

Works

In 1989, Reisser created his first works, still under the name CAZA in those days, which he kept until 1992. He began doing commissioned pieces in 1990.{{cite journal |last=Rautenberg |first=Arne |date=30 June 2007 |title=Macht der Graffiti: Er sprüht seit 17 Jahren, hat mit den bekanntesten Graffiti-Größen zusammengearbeitet und mit seiner Kunst Rekorde gebrochen|language=de |journal=Kieler Nachrichten|issue=150 |location=Kiel (Germany)|publisher=Kieler Nachrichten |page=2}} In 1991, right after he graduated from secondary school, Reisser began to work as a freelance artist and renamed himself DAIM. In 1996, he began taking the fine arts program at Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts in Switzerland.{{Cite web | url=http://www.hslu.ch/design-kunst.htm | title=Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts | publisher=Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts | year=2009 | access-date=15 May 2013}}{{Cite book|first1=Pius|last1=Portmann|first2=Mirko|last2=Reisser|title=DAIMMATE: Die Entwicklung des Graffiti|language=de|publisher=Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts|location=Lucerne (Switzerland)|year=1997|url={{Google books|rJ5CcgAACAAJ|DAIMMATE: Die Entwicklung des Graffiti|page=|plainurl=yes}}}} In 1999, Reisser founded the studio collaboration getting-up in Hamburg together with artists Gerrit Peters and Heiko Zahlmann. The artist collective has been realizing internationally noticed projects together for more than fifteen years.{{Cite book|first1=Magda|last1=Danysz|first2=Mary-Noelle|last2=Dana|title=From Style Writing to Art: A Street Art Anthology|edition=1st|publisher=Drago|location=Rom (Italy)|year=2009|isbn=978-88-88493-52-7|page=225}}{{cite journal |date=11 April 2001 |title=Dock 10, Zweiter Teil des Weltrekord-Gemäldes |url=http://www.abendblatt.de/archiv/article.php?xmlurl=http%3A%2F%2Farchiv.abendblatt.de%2Fha%2F2001%2Fxml%2F20010411xml%2Fhabxml010406_3242.xml&pdfurl=http%3A%2F%2Farchiv.abendblatt.de%2Fha%2F2001%2Fpdf%2F20010411.pdf |language=de |journal=Hamburger Abendblatt |location=Hamburg (Germany) |publisher=Springer AG |issue=86 |page=15 |access-date=22 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230232029/http://www.abendblatt.de/archiv/article.php?xmlurl=http%3A%2F%2Farchiv.abendblatt.de%2Fha%2F2001%2Fxml%2F20010411xml%2Fhabxml010406_3242.xml&pdfurl=http%3A%2F%2Farchiv.abendblatt.de%2Fha%2F2001%2Fpdf%2F20010411.pdf |archive-date=30 December 2013 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://getting-up.org/|title=getting-up - the studio community|language=en, de|website=getting-up.org|publisher=getting-up|access-date=19 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130603172009/http://getting-up.org/|archive-date=3 June 2013|url-status=dead}}{{cite web |url=http://www.kulturkarte.de/hamburg/MiGraffit|title=Graffiti in Hamburg - Kunst im öffentlichen Raum|website=kulturkarte.de|publisher=Schirmer Medienservice|access-date=28 April 2013}} During his artistic career, Reisser has travelled to many parts of the world and taken part in a multitude of museum and gallery exhibitions.{{cite web |url=http://www.rheinische-art.de/cms/topics/street-art-im-museum.-die-von-der-heydt-kunsthalle-hat-vollblutkuenstler-eingeladen.php|title=Street Art: In der Kunsthalle Barmen|last=Ruhs-Woitschützke|first=Irmgard |language=de |date=November 2011 |publisher=rheinische ART. KulturMagazin-online |access-date=18 January 2014 |quote=German: Der Kurator Rik Reinking hat mit viel Kenntnisreichtum die Auswahl der Künstler vorgenommen. Es nehmen teil: Ash, Herbert Bablione, Boxi, Brad Downey, Ben Eine, Faith47, Boris Hoppek, Mark Jenkins, JR, Os Gemeos, Mirko Reisser (DAIM), Swoon, Zezao.}}{{cite web|url=http://streetart-wuppertal.com/artists/|title=Street Art - Artists|language=en, de|website=streetart-wuppertal.com|access-date=23 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130709030851/http://streetart-wuppertal.com/artists/|archive-date=9 July 2013|url-status=dead}}{{cite web |url=http://maxwebersixfriedrich.com/exhibition/past-exhibitions/mirko-reisser-daim-coming-out/|title=Mirko Reisser: DAIM|language=en, de |website=maxwebersixfriedrich.com|publisher=MaxWeberSixFriedrich Gallery|access-date=13 July 2013}}{{cite web |url=http://www.weserburg.de/index.php?id=358&L=0|title=Urban Art: Works from the Collection Reinking|language=de, en |year=2009|website=weserburg.de|publisher=Stiftung Neues Museum Weserburg Bremen|access-date=25 June 2013|quote=Participating artists: Akim, Ash, Herbert Baglione, Banksy, Blu, Boxi, Bronco, Dave the Chimp, Brad Downey, Ben Eine, Shepard Fairey, Mark Jenkins, Kaws, Daniel Man, Miss Van, Mode 2, Os Gêmeos, Mirko Reisser [DAIM], Space Invader, Swoon, DTagno, Tilt, Vitché, Heiko Zahlmann, Zevs, Zezão}}{{Cite book|first1=Ingo|last1=Clauß|first2=Stephen|last2=Riolo|first3=Sotirios|last3=Bahtsetzis|title=Urban Art:orks from the Collection Reinking|edition=1st|language=en, de|publisher=Hatje Cantz|location=Ostfildern (Germany)|year=2009|isbn=978-3-7757-2503-3|pages=26, 142–145}}{{Cite book|first1=André|last1=Lindhorst|first2=Rik|last2=Reinking|title=Fresh Air Smells Funny: an exhibition with selected urban artists|edition=1st|language=en, de|publisher=Kehrer Verlag|location=Heidelberg (Germany)|year=2009|isbn=978-3-939583-94-3|pages=31, 98–103}} He has also given birth to many art projects, several of them as an initiator and co-organizer.{{Cite book|first=Julia|last=Reinecke|title=Street-Art: Eine Subkultur zwischen Kunst und Kommerz|edition=1st|language=de|publisher=Transcript Verlag|location=Bielefeld (Germany)|year=2007|isbn=978-3-89942-759-2|url={{Google books|ZRcoKqzsQUsC|Street-Art: Eine Subkultur zwischen Kunst und Kommerz|plainurl=yes}}|page=35}}{{cite web|url=http://www.leuphana.de/artotale/urbanart/kuenstler/liste/mirko-reisser.html|title=Leuphana Universität Lüneburg: mirko_reisser|work=leuphana.de|access-date=17 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230231920/http://www.leuphana.de/artotale/urbanart/kuenstler/liste/mirko-reisser.html|archive-date=30 December 2013|url-status=dead}}{{cite web |url=http://www.focus.de/kultur/kunst/streetart-spraydosen-fuer-studenten_aid_442633.html|title=Streetart: Spraydosen für Studenten|language=de|date=7 October 2009 |website=focus.de|publisher=Focus Online|access-date=7 October 2013 |quote=German: Mit seinem dreidimensionalen Stil, durch den seine Bilder beinahe greifbar werden, hat DAIM die Graffiti-Kunst revolutioniert.}}{{cite web|url=http://www.sculpture-citynord.de/kue_mirko_reisser.htm|title=sculpture@CityNord: Hamburg 2006|language=de|date=August 2006|website=sculpture-citynord.de|publisher=Grundeigentümer-Interessengemeinschaft City Nord GmbH|access-date=10 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415202123/http://www.sculpture-citynord.de/kue_mirko_reisser.htm|archive-date=15 April 2012|url-status=dead}}{{Cite book|first1=Eva|last1=Martens|first2=Petra|last2=Nietzky|first3=Hajo|last3=Schiff|first4=Anne|last4=Vieth|first5=Robin|last5=Hemmer|first6=Thomas|last6=Schönberger|editor1-first=Peter|editor1-last=Borchardt|editor2-first=Rik|editor2-last=Reinking|title=sculpture@CityNord: Das temporäre Skulpturenprojekt 2006|edition=1st|language=de, en|publisher=Modo Verlag|location=Germany|year=2007|isbn=978-3-937014-53-1|pages=[https://archive.org/details/sculpturecitynor0000unse/page/94 94–97]|url=https://archive.org/details/sculpturecitynor0000unse/page/94}}

DAIM has been represented by the gallery ReinkingProjekte{{cite web |url=http://www.reinkingprojekte.com/de/|title=REINKINGPROJEKTE|year=2008 |website=reinkingprojekte.com|publisher=Rik Reinking|access-date=8 June 2013 }} in Hamburg, Germany since 2005. As of 2010, he is also represented by the gallery MaxWeberSixFriedrich in Munich, Germany.

=Style and technique=

At the beginning of the 1990s, DAIM developed his 3D-style:{{cite journal |last=Maeck |first=Stefanie |date=23 June 2011 |title=Street Art: Kunst auf der Straße von Mirko Reisser|url=http://www.abendblatt.de/hamburg/harburg/article1933372/Street-Art-Kunst-auf-der-Strasse-von-Mirko-Reisser.html|journal=Hamburger Abendblatt|location=Hamburg (Germany) |publisher=Springer AG |page=3 |access-date=23 June 2011}} The artist gained publicity with his trademark of creating the four letters of his name in three-dimensional style. Outlines that are commonly used in graffiti cannot be seen in this style. In fact, by applying light and shadow effects, the colours are placed in such a way that one gets the impression the letters are floating in the air and are tangible. DAIM had been making photorealistic drawings also before his career in graffiti and was influenced by artists like Salvador Dalí and Vincent van Gogh to not place outlines, but rather create forms with shadings{{cite magazine |last=Kraus |first=Dennis |date=July–August 2008 |title=DAIM - der Profi|language=de |magazine=Backspin Magazine|location=Hamburg (Germany) |publisher=Falk/Petering OHG |issue=95 |page=4 }} and thus present them three-dimensionally.

Reduction is initially the last word that one would attribute to the works of the artist. But, relating to the choice of his motive, this expression is definitely appropriate. Reisser depicts in his works the four letters of his writer's name – DAIM.

{{blockquote|"DAIM lets his letters collapse, disrupt, be torn to tatters, yes downright despatter, as if their sight was only possible in a precious millisecond. Then again, it seems the other way round, as if the letter arrangement of hardly obvious, complex structures is in a condition of formation, shortly before being finished to add up to a whole. The programme of DAIM comprises both: the construction and the deconstruction of a word – somewhere in the pulse beat between erasure and remaining it emerges in a synaesthetic sphere, the WORD: It arises from nothing and threatens to vanish there again; but in the moment, in which it constitutes itself, it seems as if it would act independently, free and detached from the burden of content, that it actually should transport…"| Arne Rautenberg: Pimp My Word. In: Volltext Magazine. No. 4, 2007, pg 6.}}

The artist succeeds in constructing letters as an architect constructs form:

{{blockquote|"By deconstructing typography and lettering, today's tech-savy writers such as JOKER, DELTA and DAIM are in an exciting position. They straddle the deconstructive world of Derrida, who questioned meaning, and that of architects like Lebbeus Woods, Thom Mayne and Zaha Hadid, who question form. The result is a hybrid "typogritecture", where letters are organized, reorganized, and sculpted in three-dimensional space without the surface constraints forced upon writers who rely on the city and street. This isn’t to say that writers are no longer dependent on traditional letterforms – they are. By revealing the elemental core of letter formation, artists obsessed with breaking them apart pay reverence to time-tested forms while simultaneously keeping them fresh and lively."| Ian Lynam: Traveling the Paths of Urban Pioneers. In: Font Magazine. No. 005, 2006, p. 14.}}

Reisser's works try to put the beholder under a spell and meanwhile, following the creative, dionysian body of thought, search for the transgression of limits. On the contrary, the works are full of clarity, orderliness, and structure. The transgression of limits that is reached through the works becomes a self-discovery and the works ultimately become self-portraits.

{{blockquote|"My writings are self portraits"| Mirko Reisser: DAIM - Creative from time to time. In: Stylefile Magazin. No. 17, March 2005.}}

Besides using the classic spray can, in 2007 DAIM also began taping his works with adhesive tape,

creating sculptures, 3D objects, works on paper, digital works, and giclée fine art prints.{{Cite book|first1=Mirko|last1=Reisser|first2=Lena|last2=Mwinkand|first3=Sarah|last3=Behrend|title=DAIM: daring to push the boundaries|edition=1st|language=en, de|publisher=getting-up|location=Hamburg (Germany)|year=2004|isbn=3-00-014155-3|url={{Google books|Kv6zGfMIIP8C|DAIM: daring to push the boundaries|page=|plainurl=yes}}}}

Early career

Reisser was born in Lüneburg. he created his first piece together with Björn Warns – nowadays known as Schiffmeister from the German hip-hop group Fettes Brot – on a feeder pillar behind the yard of his parents’ house.{{cite magazine |last=Werner |first=Markus |date=May 1999 |title=DAIM - Maläontologie, die Lehre von der Evolution des Writings|language=de |magazine=Juice Magazine |location=Munich (Germany) |publisher=Piranja Verlag |issue=5 |page=70 }}{{Cite book|first1=Sebastian|last1=Krekow|first2=Jens|last2=Steiner|title=Bei uns geht einiges: Die deutsche HipHop-Szene|edition=1st|language=de|publisher=Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf|location=Berlin (Germany)|year=2000|isbn=3-89602-329-2|page=[https://archive.org/details/beiunsgehteinige0000krek/page/155 155]|url=https://archive.org/details/beiunsgehteinige0000krek/page/155}} DAIM, in those days still working under his writer's name CAZA, sprayed his first, still illegal graffiti works during a time when, after a few arrests in Hamburg, a low phase dominated the scene. Therefore, he knew only very few other taggers at first and would absorb every trick he could pick up. American influences played a role, especially after a few trips to the US, but the artist's first book about graffiti was Graffiti Live – Die Züge gehören uns.{{Cite book|title=Graffiti Live – Die Züge gehören uns|edition=1st|language=de|publisher=Heyne Verlag|location=Munich (Germany)|year=1987|isbn=3-453-00104-4}} Reisser's style was thus also very much influenced by European and German taggers. He was fascinated by the styles of Loomit, Skena, and Zebster, which could be seen in an article about the flea markets of Munich in Stern magazine.{{cite journal |date=14 September 1989 |title=Graffiti. Kunst aus der Dose|language=de |journal=Stern Magazin|location=Hamburg (Germany) |publisher=Gruner&Jahr |issue=38 }} During the first two years of his career, he first got to know Hesh and Loomit. Hesh became his partner for several years.

=Legal issues=

DAIM did his first wall paintings illegally; he got caught once as a 17-year-old in Hamburg and later in New York City.{{cite journal |last=Ulrich |first=Fredrike |date=8 January 2008 |title=Mirko Reissers Kunst aus der Dose|url=http://www.abendblatt.de/hamburg/article896885/Mirko-Reissers-Kunst-aus-der-Dose.html |language=de |journal=Hamburger Abendblatt|location=Hamburg (Germany) |publisher=Springer AG |page=16|access-date=21 February 2013}}{{cite journal |last=Kappstatter |first=Bob |date=5 June 1996 |title=Art will cost 2 German markers|journal=Daily News}}{{cite journal |date=3 June 1995 |title=Wg. Graffiti - Hamburger in New York festgenommen|language=de |journal=Bild Hamburg|location=Hamburg (Germany) |publisher=Springer AG }}{{cite journal |date=3 June 1995 |title=Graffiti-Künstler in N.Y. verhaftet|language=de |journal=Hamburger Morgenpost|location=Hamburg (Germany) |page=8 }} In 1995, DAIM, Hesh, and New York graffiti artist Per One got caught while spraying on a wall of the basketball court of elementary school 107 in the Bronx.{{cite news |last=Sudetic|date=2 June 1995 |title=Two Whose Art Wasn´t Appreciated: From Hamburg to a jail cell in the Bronx|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/06/02/nyregion/two-whose-art-wasn-t-appreciated.html|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=18 January 2014}} The artists had to face charges for property damage, trespassing, and possession of graffiti material. Possible sentences varied from community service to one year in jail, as reported by the spokesperson of the prosecution, Charisse Campbell.{{cite journal |date=3 June 1995 |title=Hamburger in USA angeklagt |url=http://www.abendblatt.de/archiv/article.php?xmlurl=http%3A%2F%2Farchiv.abendblatt.de%2Fha%2F1995%2Fxml%2F19950603xml%2Fhabxml950406_11695.xml&pdfurl=http%3A%2F%2Farchiv.abendblatt.de%2Fha%2F1995%2Fpdf%2F19950603.pdf%2FASV_HAB_19950603_HA_011.pdf |language=de |journal=Hamburger Abendblatt |location=Hamburg (Germany) |publisher=Springer AG |issue=128 |page=11 |access-date=2 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140103003856/http://www.abendblatt.de/archiv/article.php?xmlurl=http%3A%2F%2Farchiv.abendblatt.de%2Fha%2F1995%2Fxml%2F19950603xml%2Fhabxml950406_11695.xml&pdfurl=http%3A%2F%2Farchiv.abendblatt.de%2Fha%2F1995%2Fpdf%2F19950603.pdf%2FASV_HAB_19950603_HA_011.pdf |archive-date=3 January 2014 |url-status=dead }} They got released after the hearing, however, as authorization for the installation had been requested by an art teacher in the run-up to the spraying.{{cite journal |date=6 June 1995 |title=Spray-Künstler wieder frei |url=http://www.abendblatt.de/archiv/article.php?xmlurl=http%3A%2F%2Farchiv.abendblatt.de%2Fha%2F1995%2Fxml%2F19950606xml%2Fhabxml950406_11948.xml&pdfurl=http%3A%2F%2Farchiv.abendblatt.de%2Fha%2F1995%2Fpdf%2F19950606.pdf%2FASV_HAB_19950606_HA_009.pdf |language=de |journal=Hamburger Abendblatt |location=Hamburg (Germany) |publisher=Springer AG |issue=129 |page=9 |access-date=2 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140103004629/http://www.abendblatt.de/archiv/article.php?xmlurl=http%3A%2F%2Farchiv.abendblatt.de%2Fha%2F1995%2Fxml%2F19950606xml%2Fhabxml950406_11948.xml&pdfurl=http%3A%2F%2Farchiv.abendblatt.de%2Fha%2F1995%2Fpdf%2F19950606.pdf%2FASV_HAB_19950606_HA_009.pdf |archive-date=3 January 2014 |url-status=dead }}

=Crews=

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DAIM is a cofounder of tcd (trash-can design), the first crew that the artist was a part of.{{Cite book|first1=Sebastian|last1=Krekow|first2=Jens|last2=Steiner|title=Bei uns geht einiges: Die deutsche HipHop-Szene|edition=1st|language=de|publisher=Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf|location=Berlin (Germany)|year=2000|isbn=3-89602-329-2|url={{Google books|pp6fAAAAMAAJ|Bei uns geht einiges: Die deutsche HipHop-Szene|plainurl=yes|page=155}}}} One of the most renowned crews that DAIM is a member of is the American FX crew. In 1996, DAIM got invited to New York and was accepted into the crew.Philip Thorne: FX – The Video. Produced by Abstract Video Inc., Seaford, NY, USA, 1998, run time: 90 min., VHS.{{Cite book|first=Kiriakos|last=Iosifidis|title=Mural Art, Vol. 3: Murals on Huge Public Surfaces Around the World from Graffiti to Trompe L'Oeil|series=Mural Art |volume=3|edition=1st|publisher=Publikat Verlag|location=Mainaschaff (Germany)|year=2010|isbn=978-3-939566-28-1|page=78}}{{Cite book|first1=Roger|last1=Gastman|first2=Caleb |last2=Neelon |title=The History of American Graffiti|edition=1st|publisher=Harper Design|location=USA|year=2011|isbn=978-0-06-169878-1|page=258}}{{cite web |url=http://www.at149st.com/fx.html|title=@149st: The Cyber Bench: Documenting New York Graffiti|year=2009 |website=at149st.com|publisher=@149st|access-date=17 June 2013 |quote=In the summer of 1995 DAIM, and HESH came to New York. They were introduced to the other members of FX by POEM and where asked to be down.}} He is also a member of fbi (Fabulous Bomb Inability), suk (Stick-Up Kids), es (Evil Sons), and gbf (Gummibärchenfront).{{cite web|url=http://www.bomber-graffiti.com/blog/2008/09/gbf-sterne/|title=GBF Sterne « B O M B E R - contemporary authentic fine urban art, illustration, premium design & communication|work=bomber-graffiti.com}}

Projects

In 2006, DAIM was one of the artists invited to the sculpture project sculpture@CityNord in Hamburg. One of the curators of this exhibition was Rik Reinking.

In 2009, he participated in ARTotale of the Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, where 36 international street artists were invited to the city.

Furthermore, DAIM has realised projects for Opel (with Lena Meyer-Landrut){{cite web |url=http://daim.org/site/de/2011/01/opel-corsa-website-featuring-daim-loomit/ |title=Opel Corsa featuring DAIM & Loomit |publisher=getting-up, Reisser Mirko |date=18 May 2001 |access-date=28 January 2011 |quote=Daim und Loomit – zwei Namen, die weit über die Graffiti-Szene hinaus bekannt sind. Für den neuen Opel Corsa haben die Künstler mehrere Motive gestaltet, auf denen es einiges zu entdecken gibt. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110205160556/http://daim.org/site/de/2011/01/opel-corsa-website-featuring-daim-loomit/ |archive-date=5 February 2011 |url-status=dead }} and Volvo (Volvo Art Session 2011 and 2013).{{cite web | url=http://ilovegraffiti.de/blog/2011/02/14/volvo-art-session-zurich/ |title=Volvo Art Session Zürich |publisher=Kirchner, Marc |date=14 February 2011 |access-date=1 July 2013 |quote=Vergangenes Wochenende (9. Februar bis 13. Februar 2011) gestalteten 10 Künstler im Züricher Hauptbahnhof im Namen der Volvo Art Session einen neuen VOLVO S60. Jeder Künstler durfte einen halben Tag seiner Fantasie freien Lauf lassen. Mit dabei: C-Cline, Yummy Industries, Daim, Pius Portmann, Donovan & Onur, Blackyard, Nevercrew, Lowrider, Sukibamboo und Wes21. Ein erstes Zeitraffer Video nach dem Jump, mehr Fotos folgen.}}{{Cite book|first=Anouk|last=Poelmann|title=Volvo Art Session 2011|series=Volvo Art Session |volume=1 |edition=Limited|language=en, de, fr|publisher=Edition A&Z|location=Zurich (Switzerland)|year=2011|isbn=978-3-9523913-0-3|pages=12, 48–57, 134}} He is also one of the initiators of the Urban Discipline exhibitions.

=Urban Discipline exhibitions=

The Urban Discipline exhibitions, held from 2000 to 2002 in Hamburg, are among the most important graffiti exhibitions worldwide.{{Cite book|first=Julia|last=Reinecke|title=Street-Art: Eine Subkultur zwischen Kunst und Kommerz|edition=1st|language=de|publisher=Transcript Verlag|location=Bielefeld (Germany)|year=2007|isbn=978-3-89942-759-2|url={{Google books|ZRcoKqzsQUsC|Street-Art: Eine Subkultur zwischen Kunst und Kommerz|page=38|plainurl=yes}}|page=38}} In 2000, Mirko Reisser, in cooperation with Gerrit Peters and Heiko Zahlmann, planned and organized the first one of these exhibitions.{{cite journal |date=15 June 2000 |title=Lustiger Sprühen: Die Internationale Graffiti-Elite trifft sich bei der Urban Discipline am 15.6. in der Thomas-I-Punkt-Halle|language=de |journal=Hamburger Abendblatt (Live)|location=Hamburg (Germany) |publisher=Springer AG }} In an interview, Os Gêmeos, famous twin-brother graffiti artists from Brazil, called it a great project. Urban Discipline had been one of the first and still remains one of the biggest graffiti exhibitions that had ever been arranged. It also helped artists like Daniel Man and Banksy to take the next step in their career.{{cite journal|url=http://ilovegraffiti.de/eng/2010/04/09/osgemeos-interview-2/ |title=Os Gemeos Interview (Archive) |publisher=Kirchner, Marc |date=9 April 2010 |access-date=1 July 2013 |quote=It was a very important show for us. One of the biggest opportunities. We met amazing writers from Germany and all over Europe. Everyone brought their own history to Urban Discipline. It was such a great thing to bring a little piece of Os Gemeos from Brazil and show what we believe in and how we live down here. We remember that some people didn’t understand what we did there in this exhibition, some of them even didn’t know that graffiti had become a big thing in Brazil too. The organizers Daim, Tasek, Daddy Cool, Stohead and the others, we remember how hard they worked on that show and we know how hard it was to make it happen. The whole process was a good thing, everyone helped each other, no competition, all harmony gathered in one place. We still got a lot of love and respect for thit great project. We think it was one of the first exhibitions combining graffiti from the streets and bringing it to a gallery space, with style and professional presentation. This show was one of the biggest shows in Europe and many artists did some first important steps there, Daniel Man, Daim, Banksy and so many more. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100414154339/http://ilovegraffiti.de/eng/2010/04/09/osgemeos-interview-2/ |archive-date=14 April 2010 }} At a time when graffiti was not merely scribbling anymore but also not taken seriously yet, to those organizing the event it was important to establish it as an actual art form.{{cite journal|date=19 July 2002|title=Graffiti Ausstellung HH: Längst versteht man unter Graffiti nicht mehr bloß an Häuserwände geschmierte Zeichen.|url=http://de-bug.de/mag/2461.html|language=de|journal=DE:BUG Magazin für Elektronische Lebensaspekte|location=Germany|publisher=DE:BUG|access-date=2 February 2013|quote=Richtig ernstgenommen wird Graffiti aber weiterhin nicht. Die Organisatoren der Hamburger Ausstellung Urban Discipline kämpfen für die Anerkennung von Graffiti als Kunstform. Das ist zwar nicht neu, verlangt aber ständige Neubetrachtung und Diskussion|archive-date=2 January 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140102204819/de-bug.de/mag/2461.html|url-status=dead}} The first exhibition brought international stars of the graffiti scene to Hamburg.{{cite journal |last=von Villiez |first=Anna |date=14 June 2000 |title=Hallo, hier bin ich: Maximum HipHop: die bekanntesten Graffiti-Künstler der Welt kommen nach Hamburg|language=de |journal=Die Tageszeitung|location=Hamburg (Germany)| publisher=TAZ }} The most important representatives of the international graffiti and street art scene returned to Hamburg for the next two years. In 2001, next to Os Gêmeos from Brazil and Martha Cooper from New York, artists from all over Germany as well as Brazil, Austria, France, America, and Switzerland exhibited their works in the Alte Postsortierhalle in Hamburg.{{cite journal |last=von Villiez |first=Anna |date=14 June 2001 |title=Gesprühte Utopien: Plastische Bildhaftigkeit aus Sao Paulo: Os Gemeos bei der Graffiti-Ausstellung am Stephansplatz|language=de |journal=Die Tageszeitung |location=Hamburg (Germany) | publisher=TAZ }}{{cite journal |last=Krulle |first=Stefan |date=12 June 2001 |title=Feine Dosengemälde. Haltbar bis: 18. Juni: Sprühwarm weitererzählt: Internationale Graffiti-Kunst in der Alten Postsortierhalle am Stephansplatz|language=de |journal=Die Welt |location=Hamburg (Germany) |publisher=Springer AG }} In 2002, 34 international artists came together to exhibit in the Astra-Hallen in St. Pauli.{{cite journal |date=20 June 2002 |title=Bilder, vom Gefühl bestimmt: Jeder Strich zählt bei der Urban Discipline 2002 Graffiti-Art|language=de |journal=Hamburger Abendblatt (Live) |location=Hamburg (Germany) |publisher=Springer AG }}

{{blockquote|"We’ve lead the discussion, if graffiti actually is art, very intensely at the latest in 2002 at the Urban Discipline exhibition. This was also a reason to organize this exhibition. We wanted to establish a forum and lead a discussion on the topic, how graffiti changes when canvas is used as a medium for it or when it is exhibited. In the end you can’t define this in general. But as a result it was pretty clear – and this has already been my opinion – that graffiti can’t be art automatically. […] Art has to be defined by something different than just by technique."| Mirko Reisser (DAIM) in: DAIM - der Profi. Backspin Magazin. Nr. 95, July–August 2008, p.5.}}

=Tagged in Motion & Nextwall=

Two other well-known projects by Reisser were developed in cooperation with the agency Jung von Matt/Next: Tagged in Motion and Nextwall. For Nextwall, DAIM and other graffiti artists created a mural. Later interactive elements such as QR Codes and object recognition were inserted, which allowed people to transfer information to mobile devices.{{cite journal |date=16 April 2007 |title=Next-wall - das virtuelle Graffiti-Projekt|language=de |journal=Hamburger Abendblatt |location=Hamburg (Germany) |publisher=Springer AG |page=16 }}{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTxlZKBFRR0|title=Nextwall |language=de |website=youtube.com |access-date=20 December 2013}} Tagged in Motion, meanwhile, was an experiment to connect augmented reality and graffiti. Using 3D-glasses, it was possible for Reisser to spray his works into space and watch them three-dimensionally. The video, posted on YouTube, received over 500,000 clicks within the first few days.{{cite web | url=http://ilovegraffiti.de/blog/2010/05/22/interview-mit-daim/ |title=Interview mit DAIM |publisher=Kirchner, Marc |date=22 May 2010 |access-date=1 July 2013 |quote=Im Rahmen der "nextwall" habe ich in Kooperation mit der Agentur Jung von Matt/next das Projekt "Tagged in Motion" realisiert. Wir haben dieses als ein erstes Experiment verstanden, Graffiti und Augmented reality zu kombinieren. Für mich eine völlig neue Erfahrung, etwas in den Raum "zu sprühen" und sich dabei um das entstandene Objekt herum bewegen und sogar hinein gehen zu können. Natürlich ist dies erst ein Anfang solche Techniken zu entwickeln und zu perfektionieren. Die riesige Resonanz (die YouTube Videos wurden über 1 Million mal angeschaut) zeigt, dass dieses Thema viele Leute interessiert. Ich glaube allerdings, dass dies zwar auch für Graffiti eine interessante neue Facette bedeutet, aber natürlich nie die Umsetzung eines real gesprühten Bildes ersetzen könnte.}}

=Dock-Art=

For two-and-a-half years, Mirko Reisser and Heiko Zahlmann worked in cooperation with Lothar Knode as artistic directors for the project Dock-Art. The piece, which measured 2,000 m², was revealed in 2001 vis-à-vis the Landungsbrücken in the Hamburg Harbour at the outside wall of the shipyard's Blohm + Voss Dock 10.{{Cite book|first1=Magda|last1=Danysz|first2=Mary-Noelle|last2=Dana|title=From Style Writing to Art: A Street Art Anthology|edition=1st|publisher=Drago|location=Rom (Italy)|year=2009|isbn=978-88-88493-52-7|pages=224–227}}{{cite journal |date=4 May 2001 |title=Hamburg und die Welt als Riesen-Gemälde im Hafen|language=de |journal=Die Welt|location=Hamburg (Germany)|publisher=Springer AG |page=48 }}{{cite journal |date=10 April 2001 |title=Dock 10 - Das neue Schmuckstück im Hafen |journal=Hamburger Abendblatt|location=Hamburg (Germany)|publisher=Springer AG|issue=85|page=13 }}{{cite journal |date=11 April 2001 |title=Dock 10, Zweiter Teil des Weltrekord-Gemäldes|journal=Hamburger Abendblatt|location=Hamburg (Germany)|publisher=Springer AG|issue=86|page=15 }}

=Mural Global=

In the context of Mural Global, a worldwide mural art project for Agenda 21, DAIM realized a 300 m² mural in São Paulo together with Brazilian graffiti artists Os Gêmeos, Vitché, Herbert Baglione, and Nina Pandolfo as well as the German graffiti artists Loomit, Codeak, and Tasek in 2001. The mural is located under a viaduct of the Beneficência-Portuguesa-hospital on Avenida 23 de Maio and comprises the topics of air, earth, water, and fire.

80 murals were created within the scope of Mural Global, an initiative of Farbfieber e.V. Düsseldorf, under the patronage of UNESCO. The project was awarded with the Innovationspreis Soziokultur 2002 of Fonds Soziokultur.{{Cite book|editor1-last=Farbfieber e.V.|title=Wem gehört die Welt? Mural-Global: Weltweites Wandmalprojekt zur Agenda 21|language=de, en |publisher=Klartext Verlag|location=Essen (Germany)|year=2002|isbn=978-3-89861-111-4|page=156}}{{cite web |url=http://mural-global.org/L2/dir2A_doc186B.html |title=Mural Global, Sao Paulo - Hildesheim Hospital Beneficencia Portuguesa |date=4 February 2014 |website=mural-global.org |publisher=Farbfieber e.V. |access-date=4 February 2014 }}

=''Sign of the Times''=

File:Zeichen der Zeit Hochhaus-Graffiti.jpg, Loomit, and others in Hamburg-Lohbrügge Germany, 1995]]

Mirko Reisser also acted as the artistic director for Sign of the Times. The work got an entry in the Guinness World Records for the highest graffiti in the world. Together with Darco, Loomit, and others, and under the organisational lead of Lothar Knode, the piece, with an overall wall-space of 300 m², was realised on a skyscraper in Hamburg-Lohbrügge in December 1995.{{cite journal |date=11 October 1996 |title=Zeichen der Zeit |language=de |journal=Hamburger Abendblatt|location=Hamburg (Germany) |publisher=Springer AG |issue=238 |page=18 }} The artists working on the 30-meter high and 11-meter wide artwork used 1,000 spray cans.{{cite journal |date=15 December 1995 |title=330 Quadratmeter sprühende Kunst|language=de |journal=Hamburger Morgenpost |location=Hamburg (Germany)}} Besides its impressive height, the work also inspired awe with its exciting composition of script and pictorial elements, as well as citations from other art masterpieces.

Works in collections

DAIM is represented in the following art collections (selection):

Collection Arsenale Novissimo, Venice, Italy.{{cite web | url=http://www.kunstaspekte.de/index.php?action=webkst&kst_id=6385 |title=ARSENALE NOVISSIMO | Spazio Thetis, Venedig |publisher=kunstaspekte internationale kunstinformationen |access-date=3 August 2013 |quote=künstler / sammlung Mirko Reisser (DAIM), Ingeborg Lüscher, Beverly Pepper ...}}{{cite web|url=http://www.thetis.it/wp/?page_id=673&lang=en|title=THETIS. all made in arsenale: Spazio Thetis|language=en, it|website=thetis.it|publisher=Thetis SpA|access-date=2 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131231001257/http://www.thetis.it/wp/?page_id=673&lang=en|archive-date=31 December 2013|url-status=dead}}
Collection MuCEM , Marseille, France.{{cite web|url=http://www.mucem.org/objet?uri=http://data.mucem.org/c/85541|title=MuCEM: Musée des civilisations de l'Europe et de la Méditerranée|language=fr|website=mucem.org|publisher=MuCEM|access-date=18 January 2014|quote=Accueil » Collections » Rechercher dans les collections » sculpture. Sculpture en béton représentant un graffiti sur une flêche pointant à gauche. en bleu, jaune, orange et turquoise. Elle représente la signature de l'auteur: Daim|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131231001238/http://www.mucem.org/objet?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fdata.mucem.org%2Fc%2F85541|archive-date=31 December 2013|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.mucem.org/objet?uri=http://data.mucem.org/c/144655|title=MuCEM: Musée des civilisations de l'Europe et de la Méditerranée|language=fr|website=mucem.org|publisher=MuCEM|access-date=18 January 2014|quote=Accueil » Collections » Rechercher dans les collections » affiche. Darco, Daim et Hesh ont participé à l'oeuvre|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131231003616/http://www.mucem.org/objet?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fdata.mucem.org%2Fc%2F144655|archive-date=31 December 2013|url-status=dead}}
Collection ArtFonds21, Frankfurt, Germany.{{cite web |url=http://www.artfonds-21.de/english/e_portfolio.html|title=Artfonds 21|website=artfonds-21.de|publisher=Artfonds 21 AG|access-date=18 January 2014 }}
Collection Reinking, Hamburg, Germany.{{cite web|url=http://www.sammlungreinking.de/de/2008/06/knstlerliste.html|title=Sammlung Reinking: Künstlerliste|author=Sammlung Reinking|work=sammlungreinking.de}}{{cite web |url=http://www.halle14.org/fileadmin/files/documents/allgemein/H14_nr4.pdf|title=vierzehn: Sammlung Reinking|year=2005|website=halle14.org|publisher=Stiftung Federkiel|access-date=4 August 2013 }}
Collection Klingspor-Museum, Offenbach am Main, Germany.{{cite web | url=http://www.klingspor-museum.de/KlingsporKuenstler/Schriftdesigner/Reisser/MReisser_DAIM.pdf |title=Mirko Reisser (DAIM) |publisher=Vereinigung »Freunde des Klingspor Museums« e.V. |access-date=20 July 2013}}

Exhibitions (selected)

2002: getting-up im FREIRAUM, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg, Germany.{{cite journal |last=Schlichting |first=Silke |date=25 April 2002 |title=Legales Fassadendesign: Früher Sprüher, heute kommerzieller Künstler: eine Ateliergemeinschaft zeigt ihre Graffiti im Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe|language=de |journal=Die Tageszeitung |location=Hamburg (Germany) |publisher=TAZ }}
2003: Young primitives, Groeningemuseum, Brügge, Belgium.
2005: Schon vergeben – Sammlung Reinking, Art Cologne, Köln, Germany.
2005: Passion of collecting, Collection Federkiel, Collection Reinking, Alte Baumwollspinnerei Halle 14, Leipzig, Germany.
2006: Minimal Illusions – Arbeiten mit der Collection Rik Reinking, Villa Merkel, Esslingen, Germany.
2007: ID, Kunstverein Buchholz, Buchholz, Germany.{{Cite web |url=http://kunstverei.m61s11.vlinux.de/wordpress/?p=432 |title=41. Reisser, Mirko « Kunstverein Buchholz/Nordheide |access-date=17 January 2014 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140103044638/http://kunstverei.m61s11.vlinux.de/wordpress/?p=432 |archive-date=3 January 2014 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite book|first1=Sven|last1=Nommensen|first2=Christoph|last2=Selke|title=10 Jahre - 62 Ausstellungen|edition=1st|language=de|publisher=Kunstverein Buchholz|location=Buchholz i.d. Nordheide (Germany)|year=2011|page=44}}
2007: tapingDAIM, ReinkingProjekte, Hamburg, Germany.{{cite web|url=http://www.reinkingprojekte.com/de/2007/11/tapingdaim.html|title=REINKINGPROJEKTE (DE): tapingDAIM|author=reinkingprojekte|work=reinkingprojekte.com}}
2007: Walls – L’arte al Muro, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice, Italy.
2007: Wakin Up Nights, de Pury & Luxembourg, Zurich, Switzerland.
2007: Still on and non the wiser, Von der Heydt-Museum, Kunsthalle Barmen, Wuppertal, Germany.{{Cite book|first1=Gerhard|last1=Finckh|first2=Toke|last2=Lykeberg|editor1-first=Rik|editor1-last=Reinking|editor2=Von-der-Heydt Museum|title=still on and non the wiser: an exhibition with selected urban artists|edition=1st|language=en, de|publisher=Publikat|location=Mainaschaff (Germany)|year=2008|isbn=978-3-939566-20-5|pages=26, 76–83}}
2007: Active Constellation, The Brno House of Art, Brno, Czech Republic.
2008: fresh air smells funny, Kunsthalle Dominikanerkirche, Osnabrück.{{cite web|url=http://www.osnabrueck.de/27882.asp|title=Stadt Osnabrück|work=osnabrueck.de}}
2008: Call it what you like! Collection Rik Reinking, KunstCentret Silkeborg Bad, Denmark.{{cite web|year=2008|title=Call it what you like! Collection Rik Reinking|url=http://silkeborgbad.dk/en/exhibitions/tidligere-udstillinger/2008/call-it-what-you-like-collection-rik-reinking.html|url-status=live|access-date=27 June 2013|website=silkeborgbad.dk|publisher=KunstCentret Silkeborg Bad|quote=The exhibitions includes works of art by, among others: Till F. E. Haupt (DE), Mirko Reisser alias DAIM (DE), Rainer Splitt (DE), Banksy, (UK), ZEVS (FR), Otavio og Gustavo Pandolfo alias Os Gêmeos (BRA), Santiago Sierra (ESP), Katsuhiro Saiki (JP), Liam Gillick (GB), Barbara Kruger (USA), Toshiya Kobayashi (JP), Tony Ousler (USA) and Nan Goldin (USA)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150120124450/http://silkeborgbad.dk/en/exhibitions/tidligere-udstillinger/2008/call-it-what-you-like-collection-rik-reinking.html |archive-date=20 January 2015 }}{{Cite book|first1=Sven|last1=Nommensen|first2=Iben|last2=From|title=Call it what you like!: Collection Rik Reinking|edition=1st|publisher=KunstCentret Silkeborg Bad|location=Denmark|year=2008|isbn=978-87-91252-23-5|pages=22–25}}
2009: Urban-Art – Werke aus der Sammlung Reinking, Weserburg Museum für moderne Kunst, Bremen, Germany.
2010: DAIM – coming out, Galerie MaxWeberSixFriedrich, Munich, Germany.{{cite web|url=http://maxwebersixfriedrich.com/exhibition/past-exhibitions/mirko-reisser-daim-coming-out/|title=Mirko Reisser: DAIM – coming out|work=maxwebersixfriedrich.com}}
2011: Street Art – meanwhile in deepest east anglia, thunderbirds were go…, Von der Heydt-Museum, Kunsthalle Barmen, Wuppertal, Germany.
2012: Corner to Corner – Hinz&Kunzt StrassenKunztEdition, Kupferdiebe Galerie, Hamburg, Germany.{{cite web|url=http://www.hinzundkunzt.de/startschuss-fur-die-strassenkunzt-edition/|title=Street Art für Zuhause: Startschuss für die StrassenKunztEdition - Hinz&Kunzt|work=Hinz&Kunzt|date=13 August 2012}}
2013: Abstraction 21 | DAIM&LOKISS, Hélène Bailly Gallery, Paris, France.{{cite web|url=http://www.helenebailly.com/ABSTRACTION-DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=47&tabindex=46&eventid=30017|title=Abstraction 21|language=en, fr|website=helenebailly.com|publisher=Hélène Bailly Gallery|access-date=30 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140103030833/http://www.helenebailly.com/ABSTRACTION-DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=47&tabindex=46&eventid=30017|archive-date=3 January 2014|url-status=dead}}
2013: HANSEstreetartWORKS, MARTa Herford Museum, Herford, Germany.{{cite web|url=http://marta-herford.de/index.php/hansestreetartworks/|title=Marta Herford: HANSEstreetartWORKS|work=marta-herford.de|access-date=17 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131231053440/http://marta-herford.de/index.php/hansestreetartworks/|archive-date=31 December 2013|url-status=dead}}
2013: POESIA – Works from the Collection Reinking, Städtische Galerie Delmenhorst, Delmenhorst, Germany.{{Cite book|first1=Annett|last1=Reckert|first2=Rik|last2=Reinking|title=POESIA - Werke aus der Sammlung Reinking|edition=1st|language=de|publisher=Städtische Galerie Delmenhorst|location=Delmenhorst (Germany)|year=2013|isbn=978-3-944683-00-3|pages=174, 186}}

Journeys and influence on local scenes

In 2001, DAIM travelled to many countries worldwide as part of a graffiti world tour. Among the countries he visited were Brazil, Mexico, Thailand, Australia, and the USA. He has also travelled extensively on other occasions, which has led to international recognition; his works have left lasting impressions on various local scenes.

Although the USA is most commonly known as the cradle of graffiti, American artists have also been influenced by European styles. BG138 from Tats Crew confirmed in an interview that Europe was more advanced in some aspects, among those also being the 3D-style and a very cooperative working process – both of which have been shaped by DAIM and Loomit.{{Cite book|first=Michiko Rico|last=Nosé|title=New York City Graffiti|edition=1st|language=ja|publisher=Graphic-sha Publishing|location=Japan |year=2000|isbn=4-7661-1177-X}}{{Cite book|first=James & Karla|last=Murray|title=Broken Windows: Graffiti NYC|edition=1st|publisher=Gingko Press|location=USA|year=2002|isbn=1-58423-078-9}}{{Cite book|first1=Eric|last1=Felisbret|first2=Luke| last2=Felisbret |first3=James |last3=Prigoff |title=Graffiti New York|edition=1st|publisher=Harry N. Abrahms|location=New York|year=2009|isbn=978-0-8109-5146-4|url={{Google books|APo3AQAAIAAJ|Graffiti New York|page=238|plainurl=yes}}|page=238}} DAIM has realized works in Los Angeles{{Cite book|first=Steve|last=Grody|title=Graffiti L.A.: Street Styles and Art|edition=1st|publisher=Harry N. Abrahms|location=New York |year=2006|isbn=0-8109-9298-1|url={{Google books|hBvrAAAAMAAJ|Graffiti L.A.: Street Styles and Art|page=87|plainurl=yes}}|page=87}} and Miami, among other cities in the USA. Crome, an artist from Miami, has commented on getting to know DAIM and Loomit and being impressed by how much planning was involved in their working process. In this way, the graffiti could be finished on location at a much faster pace. After meeting these famous European artists, Crome also began to plan his works in advance. He also talked about the insights into proportions that he got from the Europeans. The artist Pest from Miami talks about DAIM and Loomit bringing the first Belton cans there, which changed the colour palette of local artists.

DAIM has also left his mark in Argentina: The Argentinian graffiti scene started to develop at the beginning of the 1990s. A big part of this development happened through the influence of travelling artists. Central figures were the Brazilian twin brothers Os Gêmeos, who are credited with bringing graffiti to Argentina during one of their stays in 1992. Furthermore, local artists were influenced by graffiti they saw on their journeys to Europe and brought back those impressions to their home country. In 2001, DAIM travelled to Buenos Aires. At this time there were a maximum of 20 acknowledged graffiti artists in the city, but with advanced access to the Internet and the launch of the first national graffiti homepage, it was expected that this number would soon rise.{{Cite book|first=Maximiliano|last=Ruiz|title=Graffiti Argentina|edition=1st|publisher=Thames & Hudson|location=London|year=2008|isbn=978-0500514412|page=8}}

DAIM's influence can also be seen in Europe, for example in Switzerland, where Reisser moved for his studies in 1996,{{Cite book|first1=Beat|last1=Suter |first2=Sigi |last2=von Koeding |title=Swiss Graffiti|edition=1st|language=de|publisher=Edition Aragon|location=Moers (Germany)|year=1998|isbn=3-89535-461-9|pages=82–85, 92}} as well as in Greece.{{Cite book|first1=Rafael|last1=Schacter |first2=John |last2=Fekner |title=The World Atlas of Street Art and Graffiti|edition=1st|publisher=Yale University Press|location=USA|year=2013|isbn=978-0300199420|url={{Google books|cWgYAAAAQBAJ|The World Atlas of Street Art and Graffiti|page=344|plainurl=yes}}|page=344}}

Film

A reporter from 1993's Die Sprayer by the German broadcaster NDR accompanies DAIM together with other artists from Hamburg and examines graffiti as a phenomenon between vandalism and art.Goldinger, Klaus: Die Sprayer. In: German broadcast station NDR, (in German) 4 November 1993, Length 45 min.
FX – The Video, a documentary about the FX-Crew directed by Philip Thorne and produced by Abstract Video Inc., Seaford, NY, USA (1998) Run time: 90 min., VHS.
The movie Urban Discipline – Graffiti-Art Documentation portrays graffiti artists from all over the world whom Mirko Reisser together with getting-up invited to Hamburg in 2002 for the exhibition Urban Discipline. The final DVD of this production has not been published yet.{{cite web |url=http://www.urbandiscipline.de/ |title=Home |website=urbandiscipline.de}}
The movie Bomb It is one of the most extensive and elaborate documentaries about the graffiti movement. Old and very rare original material shows some of the most well-known and best graffiti artists in the world.{{cite web |url=http://blog.bombit-themovie.com/bomb-it-about|title=Bomb It: The global graffiti documentary|website=blog.bombit-themovie.com|publisher=Jon Reiss|access-date=18 January 2014 |quote=Artists: Blek Le Rat, Chaz Bojorquez, Cope 2, Cornbread, DAIM...}}
AlterEgo portrays 17 different graffiti artists in nine cities from seven different countries. The protagonists talk about topics including the motivation to use public space for their personal expression and their view on the role of graffiti in the art world.{{cite web |url=http://www.alterego-themovie.com/|title=Alterego: A worldwide documentary about Graffiti Writing|year=2009 |website=alterego-themovie.com|publisher=ThouwMedia|access-date=18 January 2014 |quote=Cast: Askew, Caib, Caligula, Can2, DAIM...}}
The 90-minute documentary Still on and non the wiser, which accompanies the exhibition with the same name in the Kunsthalle Barmen of the Von der Heydt-Museum in Wuppertal draws vivid portraits of the artists by means of personal interviews, and also catches the creation process before the exhibition was opened.{{cite web|url=http://www.stillonandnonthewiser.de/|title=STILL ON AND NON THE WISER - Graffiti - Streetart - Wuppertal|work=stillonandnonthewiser.de}}{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-av67EUgaTM|title=Still on and non the wiser - DVD (Trailer)|date=30 June 2011|work=YouTube}}
The movie Alltag von DAIM (The everyday life of DAIM) by Christian Brodack shows the everyday life of the artist and his work during the development of the first charitable StrassenKunztEdition, that Mirko Reisser realized in cooperation with Hinz&Kunzt, Hamburg's magazine for the aid of the homeless.{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXVpYmrN9Bw&list=UUUU4P86BDy6TO9phFqi4UAg&feature=share&index=7 |title=In everyday life of DAIM (Alltag von DAIM) |website=YouTube |date=August 2012 |access-date=22 January 2014}}

Bibliography

Mirko Reisser, R. Reinking, J. Stahl, B. Grace Gardner, A. Rautenberg, [https://web.archive.org/web/20161116014913/https://www.dragolab.com/en/shop/mirko-reisser-daim-2/ Mirko Reiser [DAIM]: 1989-2014], (2014). Drago Publishing. {{ISBN|978-88-98565-01-6}}
{{Cite book|first1=Pius|last1=Portmann|first2=Mirko|last2=Reisser|title=DAIMMATE: Die Entwicklung des Graffiti|language=de|publisher=Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts|location=Lucerne (Switzerland)|year=1997|url={{Google books|rJ5CcgAACAAJ|DAIMMATE: Die Entwicklung des Graffiti|page=|plainurl=yes}}}}
{{Cite book|last=DAIM|editor-first=Adrian|editor-last=Nabi|title=Backjumps - Sketchbook|edition=3rd|language=en, de|publisher=Backjumps|location=Berlin (Germany)|year=1999|page=27|chapter=Sketches|isbn=3-9806846-0-1|url={{Google books|xchOQwAACAAJ|Backjumps -Sketchbook|plainurl=yes}}}}
{{Cite book|editor1-first=Mirko|editor1-last=Reisser|editor2-first=Gerrit|editor2-last=Peters|editor3-first=Heiko|editor3-last=Zahlmann|title=Urban Discipline 2000: Graffiti-Art|series=Urban Discipline: Graffiti-Art|volume=1|edition=1st|language=en, de|publisher=getting-up|location=Hamburg (Germany)|year=2000|isbn=3-00-006154-1|url={{Google books|kWlVtiQiVOAC|Urban Discipline 2000: Graffiti-Art|page=|plainurl=yes}}}}
{{Cite book|editor1-first=Mirko|editor1-last=Reisser|editor2-first=Gerrit|editor2-last=Peters|editor3-first=Heiko|editor3-last=Zahlmann|title=Urban Discipline 2001: Graffiti-Art|series=Urban Discipline: Graffiti-Art|volume=2|edition=1st|language=en, de|publisher=getting-up|location=Hamburg (Germany)|year=2001|isbn=3-00-007960-2|url={{Google books|vaxbrxdq2UEC|Urban Discipline 2001: Graffiti-Art|page=|plainurl=yes}}}}
{{Cite book|editor1-first=Mirko|editor1-last=Reisser|editor2-first=Gerrit|editor2-last=Peters|editor3-first=Heiko|editor3-last=Zahlmann|title=Urban Discipline 2002: Graffiti-Art|series=Urban Discipline: Graffiti-Art|volume=3|edition=1st|language=en, de|publisher=getting-up|location=Hamburg (Germany)|year=2002|isbn=3-00-009421-0|url={{Google books|lD5FpE5yX14C|Urban Discipline 2002: Graffiti-Art|page=|plainurl=yes}}}}
{{Cite book|first1=Mirko|last1=Reisser|first2=Lena|last2=Mwinkand|first3=Sarah|last3=Behrend|title=DAIM: daring to push the boundaries|edition=1st|language=en, de|publisher=getting-up|location=Hamburg (Germany)|year=2004|isbn=3-00-014155-3|url={{Google books|Kv6zGfMIIP8C|DAIM: daring to push the boundaries|page=|plainurl=yes}}}}

References

External links

{{Official website|daim.org}}
[http://maxwebersixfriedrich.com/artists/mirko-reisser Mirko Reisser (DAIM)] at MaxWeberSixFriedrich Gallery, Munich
[https://www.facebook.com/pages/DAIM/94372265872 DAIM] on Facebook
[https://www.youtube.com/daimorg DAIM] on YouTube
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