February 14, 2004
London Police Poster and Patch Set
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| Happy Valentine's Day From Gloom
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Wooster Arrives In London
Barely a few hours after touching down at Heathrow, we made our may to London's East End for some amazing curry on Brick Lane and then a night of heavy drinking at the Dragon Bar with some of London's finest. It was great to see PMH, Mysterious Al, Dface, Eve, Chimp, Ichi Bunny, Gomez, Aiko, Saru, Sunil and Jane, Mjar, Flying Fortress, Jake, Kabe.... (we know that we've forgotton a lot of names but between the pints of lager and the jet lag it's hard to remember much of last ngiht) Pics soon.... Here's a few pics we took yesterday in Shoreditch
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Happy Valentine's Day From SlowPoke
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Happy Valentines Day From Caliper Boy
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Profile: Create
Create - The Vitals
Age: twenty years old
Hometown: Winnipeg, Canada
Where do you now live?: Winnipeg
How long have you been creating street art?: i've been bombing since 2001, but started more of a "street art" focus about a year, year and a half ago.
What did you do last night?: schoolwork, put up some sticks and posts, painted a little bit.
What is your favorite thing to eat for dinner?: i do enjoy a good pizza from time to time.
Who is your favorite fictional character?: american democracy. oh wait, that's a fictional concept. um, probably batman. so badass.
What do you currently have in your pockets?: organizer, stickers, marker, keys, bus pass.
If you were given "more time," what would you do with it?: make more art!
Who do you love?: painting and my lady.
Create - The A's to Our Q's:
Wooster: How did you get started in creating art for the street?
Create: I live in Winnipeg. Period. If you want to know exactly how many different shades of grey there are, Winnipeg would be a good place to find out. The streets here are so boring, and there's little to look at. I wanted to do something that would break up the monotony of walking around this place.
Wooster: How would you describe your style?:
Create: bold and bright. sexy and violent. slightly sinister....
Wooster: Why sticks?
Create: I have a bit of an obsessive personality, and I like being able to take the time to perfect the post or sticker before going out. Also, visually, it allows you more room to express certain things. Not to mention it takes about two seconds to put up!
Wooster: What other street artists do you most admire and why?
Create: It's tough to make a list that doesn't go on too long. I like sumo, alexone, abstract, tt crew, daub, maciek, crucho, shepard fairey, twist, futura, nyebye, your, ufo - the list is endless. I admire anyone who works hard at their art and tries to keep pushing forward.
Wooster: What's your favorite city, neighborhood, or block, to post and/or to see street art?
Create: In Winnipeg, it has to be the exchange district, so much fresh stuff right now. I'm going to France and Spain in the summer, and I'm really stoked to check the scenes in those countries. I've seen a lot of photos on the internet, and it looks pretty dope.
Wooster: What inspires you now?
Create: I must admit, the city that I hate is also one of my largest inspirations. The cult of celebrity, the darker side of things. My girlfriend, of course.
Wooster: What are you currently working on? Can you give us a sneak peek?
Create: I'm thinking about doing some pieces in a classical narrative style like Reubens or Raphael, but with flat, bright colours and highly detailed stencils for definition. Lots of symbolism.
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Seen On The Streets of New York
"Hi guys, I saw this at Lafayette and Bond in the Village on February 12th. It is signed "REL." - Judith
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February 13, 2004
Checkin' In With 108
It's been a while since we last heard from 108 in Alessandria, Italy. So we thought we'd check in and see how he was doing:
So what have you been doing for the last few months? Any new projects?
Yeah... I was very busy with some projects. Beside 108... I've some "audio" projects, I did some grafics, CD cover artworks for black metal band and for a post rock band. I don't have any true job, and I don't have money. I'm doing some comics and some canvas..... YES, I'm still doing my things averywhere, I did some little changes to my shapes, they are growing and changing... Some times I try to do somethings totally different but I'm not really satisfied. I had some little problems with police too. It stop me for a few. In the end I like to do everything... but I don't like to do anything for money, and it's big a problem.
What's coming up for you in 2004?
Hehehe... I don't know. I'll try to finish university (designing a museum for the old Tram* system of my town), I have too many projects.... I hope to do a webzine about "street art" and more... I HOPE TO LIVE AS AN ARTIST!!! (but I have no hope).
What are the things that have been inspiring you lately?
This winter inspired me a lot. I like snow and the fog... I have a true "cult" for trees in winter. I did a lot of pics. After it, mmm.... in the last times I watched some new movies, some old movies (the best ones: Noi Albinoi, Nosferatu....), and I falled again in to Art Nouveau, expecially the "Secessionism of Wien" (it's right???), sometimes it happens.
*maybe in usa tram is called trolley, I think? .
I send you 2 108 pics... a preview of a comic that I'm drawing (at top), and a LadyBug pic, that I like... I hope you enjoy them! (scuse me again for my bad english...) thanx again for your support and keep in touch! bye, 108:::
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Happy Valentine's Day From... Ash
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Fresh Stuff From Ignorancia
A sneak peek into the series of Ignorancia designed qees presented to the Design-a-Qee Expo 04:
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February 12, 2004
Wooster Hits London
This afternoon WoosterCollective.com packs its bags for a week and heads across the pond to England. If we can get our internet access squared away, all of next week we'll be reporting on the U.K scene direct from London. So for the next few days expect that our posts may be a bit spottier then usual. We'll try to get things sorted as quickly as we can.
If you're in London, be sure to let us know. First round of beers is on us.
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Profile: G in Paris
Age: 29 years old
Hometown: Cannes, the town of the French Film Festival on the Riviera
Where do you now live?: Paris, since 3 years, after have taken my ass in a lot of others french cities.
Where would you most like to live?: Certainely in other big cities like Berlin or New-York but my goal is to have my last rest in Iceland, the country of ice and fire.
Who was your first "hero" in life?: Neil Amstrong, the first man on the moon. When i was a child i dreamed about to be an astronaut.
What is your favorite thing to do on your day off from work?: Sleeping late in the morning, playing with my son in a wild forest, eating a picnic in wet grass with a good red wine bootle.
What is your favorite color?: Black and White !! Like in the Ying & Yang symbol, black always works with white and white always needs black.
Who (or what) do you love?: My wife, my son, and all my human brothers even some of them are really brained sick ! And the Nature, like the serenity of the trees, the sound of the breaking waves on the shore or the nice touch of the wind.
Who and/or what are some of your influences?
All the life day events in the world, the black music (Jamaican Reggae, USA Jazz&Blues, Electronic Music from Detroit...),
What other artists do you most admire?
Christo, Andy Warhol and all his Factory Friends, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Doisneau. And for the young ones, i would say Alexone, Mambo, Dave Kinsey and all the 9th Concept activists.
How would you describe your art to someone who could not see it?
Just imagine your city's walls like the pages of a photographic book.
What other talent would most like to have?
I wish i would be able to play music, like piano, drums or any kind of instruments. And perhaps found the brave to write a book.
What do you fear the most?
The Death ! But as said a french humoristic guy called Pierre Desproges : "The Death is certainely the best moment of the life. That's the reason why we keep it for the end !"
What is your greatest ambition?
To feel my life full and not empty at the end of my days and to let something proud to my childrens.
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Tristan Manco's Street Logos Is A Great Book
If we had to choose only one art book to buy this year, our pick would be Tristan Manco's latest work for Thames and Hudson, Street Logos. We're absolutely blown away by how good it is. There are a lot of really good books out there on street art, but Tristan's book is the first really great one. With Street Logos, Tristan has evolved his thoughts on street art first developed in Stencil Graffiti. He presents a series of artists in five separate sections - Signs, Iconographics, Logos, Urban Characters, and Free-Forms. As he describes it in the intro:
The best thing about Street Logos is that Tristan has once again managed to discover a whole group of new artists. At the same time the book showcases some amazing work by many artists who you may already know. "Current graffiti art is more reflective of the world around it. Using new materials and techniques, its innovators are creating an original language of forms and images infused with contemporary graphic design and illustration. Fluent in branding and graphic imagery, they have been replacing tags with more personal logos and shifting from typographic to iconographic forms of communication. Subverted signs, spontaneous drawings, powerful symbols and curious characters represent an unstoppable worldwide outdoor gallery of free art."
The best thing about Street Logos is that once again Tristan has managed to discover a whole group of new artists.
What artists are in the book?
Naw, that would be no fun if we were to tell you. Get a copy when you can and find out.
Street Logos is a book we can't stop talking about it.
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February 11, 2004
New York | February 17 | Upload
When: Tuesday 17th February, 7.30pm
Where:Freight 410, 410 West 16th Street, Btw 9th and 10th
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URLs:
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CUM Lauches Their Website
Congratulations to our friends CUM in Ghent, Belgium who recently launched their website of street actions. What amazes us the most about CUM is that they're able to get these massive porn paste-ups into the center of urban cities. We can only imagine people's reactions when they first come upon them. Check out their website at www.cuminthestreets.com but be prepared, it may not be suitable for everyone, and if you're at work... be careful.
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New York | February 19 | Book Release Party for Lavender, the Fourth Collaborative Book From Faile
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Manchester | February 28 | Objectivity
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Profile: Milkcrate
Age: 26
Hometown: Gulfport, MS
Where do you now live?: Long Beach, MS
Where would you most like to live?: Long Beach, MS
Who was your first "hero" in life?: myself
What is your favorite thing to do on your day off from work?: Paint, play with my daughter
What is your favorite color?: green
Who (or what) do you love?: Madisyn (daughter) Amy (girlfriend/best friend)
Who and/or what are some of your influences?
I think that music has had a huge influence on my life and my work. Used to mainly be hip-hop, but now its just music in general. I started writing in '93 with a good friend of mine and graf has stayed a major influence on my art.
What other artists do you most admire?
Its got to be Twist, Doze Green, Tiffany Bozic, Ewok1 and Case2 from back in the day just cause he had one arm and still did his shit. All the guys on Stencilrevolution.com just because they are constantly pushing each other to do better. Klutch, Burn353, Ripper1331 and anyone else that supports my habit.
How would you describe your art to someone who could not see it?
Not very good. I don't really have the technical side of this down yet, so anyone who asks id say it's not very good.
What other talent would most like to have?
I'd most like the talent to pay all my bills on time, and the talent to clean up after myself when im done painting. But those talents are probably acquired at birth and I will likely never be that good at either of them
What do you fear the most?
Losing touch with the people I care about the most.
What is your greatest ambition?
To become successful enough that my girlfriend and my daughter don't have to work.
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Catchin' Up On Our Reading
In the last few weeks there's been a ton of new art related magazines and zines that have launched. Congratulations to both PEELZine and Day in the Lyfe who recently launched their first issues. Here's a quick overview:
PEELzine is a terrific little black-and-white zine that features work by many of the artists who you often see on the Wooster site. Issue 1 has art and from Geldz, TwentyFive, Evoker, Implied Regurgitation, Ash Shahparnia, BOMIT, wRemote, Visual Submission, Robots Will Kill, and Shepard Fairey.
PEELzine2 will feature new work by DAve Warnke, ARRRGH!, WOOD one, James Wolanin (Give Em Hell), MAGMO the Destroyer, ban comic sans, Mjar, and Abe Lincoln Jr.
DAY IN THE LYFE is a new graf art mag which looks at the scene from a global perspective. Issue No. 1 is out now and features some terrific work from cities all over the world. Most impressive is a two page spead of murals from Slovakia.
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Profile: Rhythmicru
Rhythmicru - The Profile
Age: from the year of the snake. you do the math
Hometown: T-dot
Where do you now live?: in a dream
Where would you most like to live?: on the warm seashore
Who was your first "hero" in life?: speedy gonzales/road runner
What is your favorite thing to do on your day off from work?: trip thru the city, seeing, listening, connecting...
What is your favorite color?: haha other than 'green', maybe blue and yellow
Who (or what) do you love?: inspiration, stimulation, wisdom, gini, rhy... familia, gaia, ganja, community, the planet
Who and/or what are some of your influences?
sadowska & siwinski (a brilliant polish couple), mdrl, toye, deth (manhatman), assegg, lics, medium, mike parsons, thoughtcrimez, jamaica, surf-sk8-snow culture, tao te ching, ganja- mushrooms-lsd, thoreau, dharma bums, tom robbins, huxley, d.h. lawrence, public enemy, native tounges, do the right thing, carlos castaneda
What other artists do you most admire?
de la soul, fafi, picasso, krystyna sadowska, bob marley, jello biafra, tom robbins
How would you describe your art to someone who could not see it?
buzzing, vibrant, cosmic, communicationz. let them make up the rest
What other talent would most like to have?
balance! to be able to do it all with all sides; front back left right and everywhere in between!
What do you fear the most?
Being crippled and or stagnant from my own mind created fearz ("fear itself")
What is your greatest ambition?
To live and communicate my message of love and creative expression, travelling the world to do so. then returning to the undefined acreage/greenspace to share knowledge.
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Catchin Up With... Matt Sewell
"hope all is a splendeedo over the pond and the 2004 start has started. Just thought i'd let you know of a new lil venture makin a splash by the sea in brighton. The shop ThirtyTwelve has had a make over and has become an exclusive spot in brighton for all your Matt Sewell products, you know: tees, bags, books, canvases, prints and that. Items will be available to buy online very very soon but in the mean while get your ass down to the south laines cos not only is there just me (that would be just selfish) in the fantastic 3012 theres also pieces and clothes by muju, london police and some hairy old skool graffitti writer called sore. So come have a looksy and spread the love... peas matt"
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February 10, 2004
San Diego | February 16 | I Love Cassius King
When: February 13th 5:00pm till 11:00pm
Where:Cassius King Gallery 435 third ave (btwn. island and j) san diego ca, 92101
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URLs: Cassius King
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Call For Entries: God Bless Graffiti Coalition at MASS MOCA
"And Graffiti commanded man to paint all walls with bright and lively colors, do not fall prey to the evil of the buff, of dripping brown paint and sandblasted emptiness" Krylon 2:16-17
"Wherefore, as by one buff sin entered the world, and so buffing passedamong all walls." Painter's Touch 5:12
Call for Participation: We Want Your Street Art Deadline: April 15, 2004
The God Bless Graffiti Coalition (GBGC), a national graffiti advocacy group (see below description), is looking for artists around the world who use posters, stencils, stickers, sign installations, and anything else that sticks to walls to send us their work for an exhibition project entitled "On the 8th Day..." wall.
This project is part of a larger political art exhibition opening this coming May 2004 at Mass MOCA (the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art), one of the leading museums for contemporary art in North America. The show, called "The Interventionists," is a collection of work by artists who "intervene" in public space. Mass MOCA sees over 110,000 people come through its doors in the course of a year! "The Interventionists" will be on display for 10 months. The "On the 8th Day..." project will be installed on a 69' x 20' wall which is located in the opening room for the entire "The Interventionists" exhibition.
This is an open call and we are asking for MULTIPLE copies of poster, stencil, sticker and sign work (as well as actual cut stencils) of any size (we would love to receive large works). The GBGC will be using all this material to construct and compose a giant wall of street art, with the work pasted, stuck and painted directly on the wall. NOTE: Because we will be piling the work of hundreds of artists onto the wall, some work will only be partially visible on the final product (just like in the street). The work doesn't have content limitations, political and non-political street art are equally welcome.
Include the name you use for your art in with your work. If you are sending work for multiple people or your crew, tell us what is what. If you want us to confirm that we receive your work, or if you want to hear how the show goes, then include contact info in your package, either an email or a physical address. If you have any questions please let us know at graffiti@counterproductiveindustries.com and we will try to help. We look forward to hearing from you!
In Graffiti We Trust,
The God Bless Graffiti Coalition
www.counterproductiveindu stries.com/gbgc
December 2003
Mailing Information:
Send all work up to 24" x 36" in size to:
Josh/GBGC PO Box 476971 Chicago, IL 60647 usa
If possible, please send extra stickers, flyers and small posters, we will be dispensing them out of newspaper boxes in the museum. No work will be wasted, all will be distributed or put up. If anything is leftover, we will put it up on the street!
Send all work larger than 24" x 36" to: MASS MoCA (Attn: Nato Thompson),1040 MASS MoCA Way, North Adams, MA 01247 usa
Absolute Deadline: April 15, 2004
A list of confirmed participants:
Abe Lincoln Jr. (NYC), Aerosolarts (La Jolla, CA), ANT (Vienna, Austria), APE7 (Sydney), Jason Archer & Paul Beck (Austin, TX), Arrrgh! (Hannover, Germany), Bask (Detroit), Brandon Bauer (Milwaukee), BOB215 (NJ), Buffmonster (LA), Alex Costa (Sao Paulo, Brazil), Dr. Blade (Atlanta), Dub Syndicate (Houston), Shepard Fairey (LA), Jerome G (Paris), Give Em Hell (NJ), Lord Hao (Paris), HECZ (Chicago), Height Lab (LA), Hubert One (Brooklyn), INK 76 (NYC), Jet-Pac (York, UK), JS04 (Chicago), Kempt (Boston), Klutch (Portland, OR), Nicolas Lampert (Milwaukee), Charlene Lau (Toronto), MAD One (Tempe, AZ), MAKE (LA), Markron103 (Phillipines), Minigraff (Sydney, Australia), Claude Moller (SF), Roger Peet (Tucson, AZ), POCH (France), RB827 (Brooklyn), REVISE CMW (Chicago), Erik Ruin (Detroit), Schhh (Barcelona), Scout (Albany, NY), Sevenist (Chicago), Shiro (LA), Skumskullz (Germany), Sunkist (Netherlands), Swoon (Brooklyn), TXMX (Hamburg), Nick Walker (UK), W/REMOTE (Minneapolis)
The God Bless Graffiti Coalition was founded in 2000 in Chicago in order to combat growing national and international anti-graffiti trends. We first published our Give Graffiti the Thumbs Up brochure to help educate the public about the truth of graffiti. This brochure has been distributed on the streets via newspaper boxes in Chicago, Columbus OH, San Francisco and Los Angeles. It has also been distributed in the magazine Faesthetic#3 and by hand via an underground network of street artists. The success of our initial brochure has led us to expand our activities, including subway ads and our latest endeavor, graffiti bible tracts. The "On the 8th Day..." wall will be our first museum installation and just another attempt tospread the gospel of graffiti to wider and wider audiences"
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Melbourne | February 26 | Blade, The Original King of NYC
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"The Capitulation Series" - An Explanation
From sman of zonenkinder in germany: "by painting these pictures i express one vision of mine. i want to visualize my hope for a peaceful future. although there is no gun or something which points at them they realize that war is not the answer and give up their fight. some of the guys are already wounded but: it is never too late to give up shooting and killing for bullshit or whatever they call it. peace!"
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New Stickers From Ruin
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Profile: Damion Silver
Age: Over the hill
Hometown: New Britain, CT
Where do you now live?: Philadelphia, PA
Where would you most like to live?: Tokyo or San Francisco
Who was your first "hero" in life?: My grandfather
What is your favorite thing to do on your day off from work?: Paint, sleep, eat and have a drink or 2 or 3 or 4
What is your favorite color?: anything earthtone
Who (or what) do you love?: My fiance jennifer.. my mom...
Who and/or what are some of your influences?
Robert Rauschenberg, Skateboarding, urban decay,
What other artists do you most admire?
Robert Rauschenberg, Bill Healy, Jest, Cost and Revs, Cycle, Adam Kerin, Andy Howell, Mike Giant, Rob Zinn, Oliver Vernon
How would you describe your art to someone who could not see it?
I would say its a mixture of urban influenced images, found objects, faceless monikers and pop culture.
What other talent would most like to have?
Thats a tuff one.. be a musician.. play the bass.. or a nascar driver.. yeah.. that would be fun!
What do you fear the most?
Going blind... Not being able to see anything. That would kill me. Hands down.. going blind.
What is your greatest ambition?
To travel the world.. see whats out there.. and maybe leave a little mark of my own along the way.
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