May 8, 2004

Catchin' Up With... Skewville

"After Tossing up in L.A. over a month ago, We got a Fan-Email from Conveyor, a swanky sneaker store at Fred Siegal. They asked us back to do an installation for the opening of their Art Gallery. SO we built a Skewville Store within their store. We sported customized photos of our East & West coast Tosses as well as wood Posters of our 5 year mission. We also made a limited run of 100 pairs of "coast to coast" editions. The first 50 were donated to the streets of L.A. and the next 50 were sold in their sneaker store. These signed Editions come with tissue paper and are mint in a box, which reads "Coast to Coast, who gives a shit what's in between."... Ad & Droo of Skewville





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Sunday, May 16 - Street Art Walking Tour

We'll be leading our annual Street Art Walking Tour next Sunday, May 16th, at 4:00pm in New York's Lower East Side as part of psy.geo.CONFLUX 2004. If you'd like to put up your stuff along the route, we've posted the map of the route below.

If you're planning on coming to the walk, let us know at woostercollective@hotmail.com so we can make sure to say hello. Last year was amazing and this year we have some new surprises in store.

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May 7, 2004

Shit We're Diggin... Chickenboy by

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Profile: Poch



Age: 31
Hometown: paris
Where do you now live?: rennes
Where would you most like to live?: la ferte sous jouarre
Who was your first "hero" in life?: no more heroes
What is your favorite thing to do on your day off from work?: go to the swimming pool
What is your favorite color?: blue RV8 & black
Who (or what) do you love?: josephine



Who and/or what are some of your influences?

many different things inspire me : painting, punk rock music, comics, and the 50's until the 80's

What other artists do you most admire?

Blek, Marie Rouffet, Mark Ryden, Bazooka, Winshluss & Cizo, Margerin, HNT, Shun, RCF1, Rock, Chintz, Bando, Reas...How would you describe your art to someone who could not see it?

Black & white and punk rock

What other talent would most like to have?

playing guitar, bass or drums

What do you fear the most?

war and fascism

What is your greatest ambition?

to live with my passion

For More, check out Poch's website.


Miss Van and Poch

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May 6, 2004

Give 'Em Props... VASKO by c.u.e. PURE EVIL

"VASKO !!!!! is the DON"... c.u.e

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New Work From... Dave in San

"After a month of painting and a 12 hour long session yesterday...i'm finally finished work on my Heart. It's 700 pounds of fiberglass and steel. It's for the 'Hearts in San Francisco' project. Find out more at: http://www.heartsinsf.com/ Have a beautiful day!!!".... DAve

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Los Angeles | May 20 | NEATO


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Profile: Zoltron



Age: 32
Hometown: SF, CA.
Where do you now live?: San Geronimo, CA.
Where would you most like to live?: A ruined castle in Normandy.
Who was your first "hero" in life?: Bruce Sanchez
What is your favorite thing to do on your day off from work?: Kick it with my bambino. go to the beach. dig holes. work.
What is your favorite color?: Black
Who (or what) do you love?: My wife, my son, my mustache.
Who and/or what are some of your influences? Urban blight, old photos, copper patina, rust, an antiquated abacus, good design.



What other artists do you most admire?

Conclavi Obscuri, Mario Martinez, Judy North, Ali G, Filthy Ape, Sandow Birk, David Hasselhoff.

How would you describe your art to someone who could not see it?

That's tough. How about; "Interlaced, multi layered humanistic portraits characterized by imperceptibly distressed imagery and incongruous juxtapositions and stuff."

What other talent would most like to have?

I would like to be able to slam dunk on Yao Ming.

What do you fear the most?

Mayonnaise.

What is your greatest ambition?

I would like to wheat paste the white house with giant evil cheney posters.

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Shit We're Diggin'... The collage work of Russell Manning





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May 5, 2004

Profile: Chris Uphues



Age: 32
Hometown: Berwyn, Illinois
Where do you now live?: South Side- Chicago
Where would you most like to live?: Tokyo, Japan
Who was your first "hero" in life?: General Patton
What is your favorite thing to do on your day off from work?: Buy Records, eat tacos,or ride my bike by the lake.
What is your favorite color?: clear
Who (or what) do you love?: Pretty much everyone and everything.



Who and/or what are some of your influences?

stupid old comics, Graffiti, Voltron, Ultra 7, junk, Donald Trump, Specter Man, Native American Totem Poles, Chinese Opera, toys, Persian calligraphy, celestial maps. U.F.O's.

Psychedelics.

What other artists do you most admire?

Daniel Johnston, Jack Kirby, Barry McGee, The Beach Boys, Mr. , Henry Darger, Donovan, Osamu Tezuka, Philip Guston, Karl Wirsum, Herman Melville, Robert Louis Stevenson.

How would you describe your art to someone who could not see it?

Friendly.

What other talent would most like to have?

I would like to be able to play the harp.

What do you fear the most?

When my girlfriend gives me a dutch-oven.

What is your greatest ambition?

To make the world a more magical place.

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Seen on the Streets of Chicago

From You Are Beautiful: "hello wooster! Drove by this, and almost completely missed it. So subtle, will probably last quite awhile. Pure Genius"

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Catchin' Up with the Finders Keepers Crew

"Finders Keepers Crew went to Brighton for the weekend for the launch party of Math Magazine. The mag looks dope and we had fun drinking chocolate vodka, and wreaking the dance floor of the local indie club (don't ask D*Face if you can borrow a marker - the bouncers still have them!!). The next day was spent stickering our way to the beach, and getting our tan on. Me and D*Face left Al and PMH to ride the ghost train, and came back to London to take advantage of the long weekend and get up some stuff (I got stopped by the police, and told the most convincing lies of my life!)"... CHIMP

Big up to the Brighton Massive - Matt Sewell, Muju, Leigh from 3012, Mish, Hugh and Boo, and big thanks to Vickie's mum for letting us trash her house




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Plea from the White Rabbit

"Dearest Woosters,

I understand that your organization is organizing an organized Art event in Detroit. In which I was was not invited. So there I sat in my graphics studio (that's right I gotta a whole seperate art studio) on the Eight floor of a Historic Local Downtown office Building, where i have fixed one end of a rope to the Largest Standard issue Computer Desk Chair in Plain Site, and tied the other, into a knoose. I had tightened the hang men's knot firmly around my neck, and was crouched in the window with warm upward draft drying my tears, when suddenly the phone rang. I was so startled, I slipped from my Perch, and began my descent into oblivion when I stopped abruptly. I found myself hanging upside down, my foot had become entangled in something. I hadn't realized, but when I had risen the Antique blinds, the cord spooled on the window and saved my life, almost. Thankfully, hours later, the office cleaning, had was making her nightly rounds when she discovered me, she managed to pull me to safety. Luckily, I knew enough spanish to explain to her that I was not suicidal, and that I just owed a vast amount of money to the wrong people, she agreed not to tell anyone. Later on that night I awoke under my desk, it had dawned on me that I had never showed you (the organization) any of gallery type artwork, only fresh street stuff, so I decided to send you a couple of Jpegs,

Sincerely,

The White Rabbit





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Cape Town, SA | May 7 | Public Space 0.1 Launch




NEWS | Public Space 0.1 launch - Friday 07 May 2004

Local clothing label & more, CircusNinja. Laboratories, will be launching their first publication "Public Space Vol. 0.1, Stencil Graffiti" this Friday in Cape Town (SA). The publication deals with the use of public space, specifically by stencil artists, and covers issues such as private & public space and the laws of graffiti, and exposes a few of the influential artists in the greater Cape Town scene. The event also double to launch our 2 winter ranges- Our Cupboard Originals and "The Spraycan Revolution"

The Spraycan Revolution is the begining of our year long tribute to the spraycan and its influence in our work Our Cupboard Originals is our personalized range, where we invite artists to alter garments as they see fit, add design and make a nice cut of the sales, in an attempt to allow artists the freedom to do what they want, while still making money, doing what they enjoy, rather then being locked in an office all day [somepeople enjoy that too maybe?]

If you would like to know anything more about CircusNinja. Laboratories please email blaise@circuslabs.co.za. Our Cupboard Originals international brief to be launched next Wedensday, for previewed interest email blaise.


Venue : The Valve, Parliament St, CT
Time : 9pm
Damage: R40 (includes a goodie bag with stickers, surprises and
Public Space 0.1)
Audio : Terry Shameli, Darscan Tyrell, FokofPolisieKar, The Spindle
Sect, Enzo, Humanizer and Plug Sac
Visual: Exhibition ft. exciting CT street and fine art talent [Ree&Mene, Mr. Senyol, PaintDripRisks, Carl Newby, u-turn....]
More : Foosball competition at 9pm

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Draw a Fecal Person Contest

Our friend Ash has entered one of his pieces in an online art contest on the always terrific fecalface.com. The challenge was to draw a stereotypical artist from San Francisco. Check out the contest page and vote for your favorite.

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May 4, 2004

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Catchin' Up With... Oles

"Ha my Wooster friends! How's life on the other side of the sea? Just came back from a nice holiday in Lisbon wich was very good! These pictures, on the other side, are taken in your country, Las Vegas to be excact. As you can see birds love birds! Greetings from a hungover Holland!... " Oles

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Profile: Mr. Mule



Age: 33
Hometown: Unknown
Where do you now live?: Lincoln, NE, USA
Where would you most like to live?: New York, New York, USA
Who was your first "hero" in life?: John Wayne.
What is your favorite thing to do on your day off from work?: Go to the music store... and then go eat Mexican food...then stop by the bar for a Dixie beer.
What is your favorite color?: Naples Yellow.
Who (or what) do you love?: My wife, Melanie.



Who and/or what are some of your influences?

Old magazines, Jean Michael Basquait, Jean DuBuffet, Jordin Isip, Linda Zacks, Camille Rose Garcia, Margaret Kilgallen, Art Brut, Adolf Wolfli, Mexican Folk Art, Jackson Pollock, Max Ernst, Kachina Dolls, RIKCAT, found objects, Clayton Brothers, Christian Northeast, Ryan Wallace, cy twombly, Robert Rauschenberg, Henry Moore, Adolph Gottlieb, Joseph Cornell, outsider art, Pierre Soulages, Robert Motherwell, Joan Mitchell, Modigliani, De Kooning, kurt Switters, Rodchenko, Paul Klee, Melinda Beck, Juxtapoz magazine, music, old school books, african sculpture, ink blots, Melanie Pruitt, childrens art, Jacklamotta, Duudle, Sfaustina, old machinery, topographic maps, coffee, beat up chipped old stuff in general, .....plus more...more more...

What other artists do you most admire?

see above

How would you describe your art to someone who could not see it?

Raw, primitive, simple, collage and line drawings with a bounce of texture

What other talent would most like to have?

Play an instrument or sing...or be a world champion ping pong player

What do you fear the most?

Snakes.

What is your greatest ambition?

To be a great husband and keep growing as an artist...

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This Weekend: THE STREET CHANGES FOREVER EVERYWHERE

Pittsburgh will be the place to be this weekend, when THE STREET CHANGES FOREVER EVERYWHERE finally opening at the Skinny Building on Saturday night (May 8th) at 8pm. Seak and Girl Horsie have been working like mad on this show for over six months, so congratulations to them for getting this one off the ground. It looks like an amazing show.

For more information on the show, go to: http://www.seakmac.com/streetch anges.html

Here are two preview images of the show that the nicked from seak's website:





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May 3, 2004

Profile: charquipunk



Age: 29
Hometown: valparaiso. chile
Where do you now live?: valparaiso. chile
Where would you most like to live?: i'm so fine in valparaiso ....but brazil is very good....beachs, sun and garotas
Who was your first "hero" in life?: the poet antonin artaud
What is your favorite thing to do on your day off from work?: MY WORK IS TO PAINT GRAFITTI...AND TO BE DJ OF BLACK MUSIC. THEN MY FAVORITE THINGS TO DO ON MY DAY OFF FROM WORK ARE THE SAME THINGS THAN I DO FOR MY WORK....PAINTING AND MIXING .... ahhhhh.....another thing..the best...womans...especially one ....
What is your favorite color?: ....VIOLET
Who (or what) do you love?: MY LOVE CAROL AND MY brothers "LA CASA DE LOS RATONES" MY CREW "KIZIO" AND MY FAMILY



Who and/or what are some of your influences?

FROM THE ART IN GENERAL ...MY INFLUENCES ARE EGON SCHIELE ...KLIMT...klee....BEARDSLEY.... the XILOGRAVURA BRASILERA NORDESTINA AND OTHER KIND OF ARTIST LIKE writers ANTONIN ARTAUD, alejandro jodorowski, carlos castaneda,julio cortazar, ernesto sabato. MUSIC GUY LIKE TOM ZE,victor jara, SPINETTA ,positive hiphop like digable planets,de la soul, dj krush, reggae ..dub..drumnbass ;;.AND THE JAZZ FOOLMASTER ( BIRD.MILES .MINGUS.monk.sunra) LA COMPANIA DE TEATRO CHILENA " LA TROPPA" the circus lot of comics ( breccia...moebius...frank miller...etc etc) the tattoo and the tribal ancient body intervention and a lot of cine ...specially of mad directors like peter greenaway..wong karwaii..david lynch

What other artists do you most admire?

in grafitti: OS GEMEOS.....AND THE BRAZILIAN GUYS: VITCHE. NINA. ESPETO. ONESTO. TRAMPO. dinho, boleta, ciro, zezao from the world> ALEX ONE, BANKSY, chris silva, zeds, futura 2000

FROM CHILE " DVE CREW" ( ZECKIS.RIK.BSIDE.GRIN) Y VASKO and kizio crew: tombo and nat

in general: the ancient cultures of the world ....



How would you describe your art to someone who could not see it?

i paint a collection of characters in diferent styles .... each painting is a world ....a story...is a character make one action....is a tale and the people who seen complete the history.... with his imagination

What other talent would most like to have?

I'd like to play someone music instrument like bass or trumpet

What do you fear the most?

lost the love and couldnt to do the things than i like to do

What is your greatest ambition?

my greates ambition is to could survive with my art.... and dont work in other jobs.....to could pay the rent and the life of a family...( with wife and childrens) only with my art

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Catchin' Up With Senyol



"seems like the whole of capetown is gearing up for the launch of public space, a stencil art book series by circus ninja labs. myself included, working on some pieces for the launch party, friday 7may, at the valce, cape town. this party is going to be crazy, so if anybody is in cape town at this time, you must must come and check it out!!

so here is a little project im doing in my area to encourage streetart and graffiti, and the collection of us all.its entitled:senyol free graffiti, please take one. its self explanatory, we free graffiti, and if you see the posters, dont hesitate to take one home for the loved ones!

ok guys keep it real
thanks
peace through posting
senyol

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Seen On The Streets Of... Milan

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Give 'Em Props!... The London Police by C100

"ok here i my favorite piece i'd like to give props to: It's this house front painted by The London Police. I picked this photo because the impressive size & because i really like the positive vibe of the piece. i wish more houses 'd be painted like that. It's also a very nice photo with the trees and everything, isn't? Furthermore i had the chance to meet tlp presonally, they are very nice guys , too. Massive big up to TLP!"... C100

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May 2, 2004

Profile: Lennard from Fruhstuck



lennard and daan van der lelij are collectively known as fruhstuck

Age: 24
Hometown: rotterdam
Where do you now live?: rotterdam in the netherlands
Where would you most like to live?: at this moment i think tokyo or barcelona
Who was your first "hero" in life?: dono..., I think super ted
What is your favorite thing to do on your day off from work?: eat
What is your favorite color?: hmmmmm.... green?
Who (or what) do you love?: my family, food, poters, sneakers, drop, books and mags, sunshine, the ocean, wind in my back when i'm on my bike, comix, music, motorbikes, cars, candy, dancing on a nice beat, summer, robots, toys, plastic



Who and/or what are some of your influences?

Daan van der lelij (second half of fruhstuck), aphex twin, simon bisley, dave cooper, beck, erosie (sol crew), jeffrey warlich, wauter tulp, joppe rovers, nanna en geeske, jelle pelle, coos, dvirus, helicopter, beasty boys, buro destruct, mike fontanelli and john k.(spumco), alexone, flying fortress, garry basement, dexters lab, camelia rose, joe sorren, carlos nine, christian northeast, fonz tv, s.m.a.c., barn stormers, lobo, jef soto, stickers-graff-street-art, flogs, speto, gregol, jon burgerman, ezba, flotte, friends with you, nano, ncc, honet, rinzen, qrio(sony), bfree, ecobandada, psyop tv, vernon grant and all i forgot.

How would you describe your art to someone who could not see it?

Fresh and frutti

What other talent would most like to have?

I would like to be a band! And to write. So i could make my own comics. Now i need help. If u know someone who is realy funny, let me know!

What do you fear the most?

Not remembering anything at all....



What is your greatest ambition?

To work and travel at the same time. To have my own clothing company, work togheter with lots of artist, doing some amazing wallpaintings. Make a video clip/animation for aphex twin. Work for record companies like; mo wax, warp, bungalow records, etc. Make a comix, live a few years in japan, germany, france, italy and england. Make millions of posters and flyers, mass production of my toys,



For more of lennard's work check out www.fruhstuck.nl/lennard You can also find some work on here and here.

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Fresh Stuff From... Specio in France



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