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Mirko „DAIM“ Reisser
Born 1971 in Lüneburg, Germany.
In 1989 Mirko Reisser sprayed his first works. The character of the letters remains variable, abstruse, in short: ambivalent (and, thus, subversive).
In between construction and de-construction, two- and three-dimensions, complexity of shape and simplification of content, between seclusion and an invitation to communicate, Mirko Reisser’s works reveal the unfathomable rift of the world – at the crossing of which the beholder increasingly struggles.”
Arne Rautenberg
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For more than three decades, Reisser has challenged his audience with letters that defy traditionally held notions of readability in favour of a state of constant ambiguity and destabilization.In addition to his work as a graffiti artist, Mirko Reisser has also taken up the mantle of an avid archivist of Hamburg’s graffiti history, safeguarding a treasure trove of original publications, images, and documents accessible only to somebody deeply rooted in the scene.
DAIM-graffitis can be seen as fixed images of a word-formation that is constantly threatening to reassemble, denying access, escaping the demands of tangibility and, thereby, remain free and sovereign.
With every new DAIM-piece, Mirko Reisser takes possession of another piece of the world; and with every new DAIM-piece, the world takes possession of another piece of Mirko Reisser.
DAIM-graffitis can be seen as fixed images of a word-formation that is constantly threatening to reassemble, denying access, escaping the demands of tangibility and, thereby, remain free and sovereign.“ Arne Rautenberg
„Shaping the character of letters and at the same time, discovering one’s own“ is his dictum.
ABOUT
“DAIM’s program comprises the construction, as well as de-construction of a word (at some point, in between the processes of annealing and erasure, it emerges out of a synaesthetic sphere!
He already realized his first commissioned pieces in 1990.
1991, right after his graduation from secondary school, he began to work as a freelance artist and called himself DAIM.
Studied fine arts at Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts.
1999, he founded the studio collaboration getting-up in Hamburg together with the artists Gerrit Peters and Heiko Zahlmann.
“DAIM’s programme comprises the construction, as well as de-construction of a word (at some point, in between the processes of annealing and erasure, it emerges out of a synaesthetic sphere) and reveals that it came into being out of nothingness and is always on the verge of disappearing into it again.
Born in the northern German town of Lüneburg in 1971, Reisser has been a part of Hamburg’s graffiti scene from its tentative beginnings in the 1980s, when graffiti writing was still surrounded by a slightly illicit and disreputable aura, to the present day and its wide acceptance of graffiti in its many shapes as a legitimate art form.
Since his first piece in 1989 and commissioned work in 1990, Mirko Reisser’s art has appeared in various settings and forms all over the globe, from a canvas to a house façade of several hundred square meters, from illegal pieces on the streets of Hamburg to commissioned works and gallery exhibitions across the world.
Through the years, however, the content of Reisser’s pieces has always remained the same: the four letters of his adopted artist’s name: DAIM (less frequently: DEIM).
And reveals: that it came into being out of nothingness and is always on the verge of disappearing into it again. While these four letters are the stable basis of his artistic work, their form has remained a constant area of exploration and change. At the Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures, this archive is now the object of a doctoral dissertation titled Graffiti: Ephemeral Inscriptions in Urban Space - Style Writing in Hamburg in the 1980s and 1990s.
To allow those who did not enjoy the good fortune of witnessing the fascinating history of Hamburg’s graffiti scene of the 1980’s and 1990’s first-hand, Reisser has joined forces with fellow scene veterans Oliver Nebel, Frank Petering, and Andreas Timm to publish Eine Stadt wird bunt (A city becomes colourful).
“Shaping the character of letters and at the same time, discovering one’s own” is his dictum.
Mirko Reisser (DAIM)
Mirko ‘DAIM’ Reisser is a German graffiti artist. The book includes a unique collection of photos and statements from graffiti writers who were active at the time as well as academic essays by renowned authors, presenting graffiti as a well-connected, subcultural phenomenon and offering information about the practice of appropriating public spaces.