JERM IX - Canada

Artist: jerm IX

blog:http://jermalism.blogspot.com/
flickr:http://www.flickr.com/photos/jerm9ine/

jerm IX is a street artist, poet, emcee, and activist. he is also the CEO of Jerm Inc., a fake, non-existent company that specializes in urban thought provocation and public space reclamation. “jerm is micromanaging disturbing hyped up fantasies, he’s a man of kin, a mannequin, he’s manic and he’s panicking...” he whispered over my shoulder as I sat down to write this bio. in the last 4 years, along with his wife ninja IX, he has pasted thousands of his annotated 'jermalism' messages, direct quotes, and scrolls around the city of Vancouver, Canada. inspired by unknown forces, jerm IX spits raps and decorates the city with the same sense of urgency and manic-depression that plague his everyday life, with recurring themes of suicidal thoughts, mental-health, and addiction issues strewn about amongst a plethora of other topics. His work ranges from acutely personal to critiquing larger social structures and processes, often in site-specific locations. Armed with only paper, stencil letters and permanent markers, jerm leaves no stone unturned, commenting on the here and the now. That’s all you need to know, everything else is in the songs and on the street. -jerm IX