From traveling so much these past few years I’ve started to become familiar with the layout and routines in a few international terminals. Walking through Heathrow the other day, felt like transferring trains at 42nd.
Tonight I felt relieved that I was born an American (interpret that however you want).
After a day of painting we hung around for a bit and listened to Mustafa jam on his Flute…
Here is a recent wall I painted in Los Angeles with Ewok & Pose. For this wall we decided to take The Exchange project in a slightly different direction. We showed up to the wall all late and with no sketches, our plan was to bounce around and contribute a bit to each piece on the wall.
We decided that each of us will sketch two letters of each others name. What I mean is:
For EWOK – I painted the initial sketch of th E & W, then POSE sketched his O & K
For POSE – EWOK sketched the P & O. Afterward, I stepped in fucking around with my left hand (bad hand), setting out to do the goofiest sketch possible.
It ended up looking really cool in my opinion, but wasn’t right for the wall. So I buffed it our and resketched the S & E
For RIME – POSE sketched the R & I, followed by EWOK’s rough sketch of the M & E
Overall this was an interesting experience. It’s been a while since I tried painting a capital “I”. If you look close you can see how each of us changed what we were given and in that process, making it our own… Word-
As many of you may know by now, the upcoming graffiti battle “Clash Of The Titans” has been cancelled. I know that many of us were excited and looking forward to seeing this happen. Unfortunately the financial backers based in Melbourne did not have their shit together and pulled out less than a week before the start of the event. People should appreciate what Revok has attempted to do. He did everything in his power to keep this event afloat.
I feel that this event would have been good for Graffiti, and a step in the right direction. This shit is bounds to happen, whether you like it or not. The goal is to bring this event to where it belongs; in Los Angeles. Check back in the future for more details.
Here is a video with me talking about how I felt about competing in a Graffiti competition. As I said, I feel that letters come first before any fancy technique or ornament surrounding your piece. It’s kind of weird trying to get comfortable in saying how you feel when a camera is right up in your face. I notice that my NY accent pretty much disappears when being interviewed on camera…
ONE ON ONE WITH RIME -CLASH OF THE TITANS from WWW.REVOK1.COM on Vimeo.
Another hit from the Danish masters Great & Bates
For more on Great & Bates check out www.GreatBates.com
For more on SABER check out – SaberOne.com
Just watched this movie. It was a very honest, unbiased portrayal of a very simple but complicated man. Worth checking out!
Rock Steady, Homeless, Graffiti, Hermit in Skid Row, Paint Brush, Extra Dimensional, Big Balls, Darling of the Art World…
You know you’ve done some big shit when the army gets called out, and they hold a press conference in front of your work!
County, City and Army Gang Up on “MTA” Tag from blogdowntown on Vimeo.
