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December 25, 2004

Favorites Things of 2004 - Part 11

Favorite Event of 2004:

Elph: Dist-Elph show at Dazed Gallery, Stoke. Met some sound people, and had a bit of time to work also.

Galo: Barcelona...the illegal pacific street invasion organized by me and chaz...so many cool artists showed up and we had a lot of fun ...

Crasto: milano street madness

Doma: Pictoplasma Conference, Berlin.

Favorite Artist of 2004:

Elph: Dist, top big bearded bloke from Essex. Also a talented mellow man.



Galo: Jeremy Fish

Crasto: pao

Doma: FriendsWithYou

Favorite New Artist of 2004:

Elph: fruhstuck and mithra, amazing use of colour, cool characters too.



Galo: Reser from the TOT crew his deep dripping technique is caotic but so clear in the same time ...the results are dope!

Crasto: sim & miss nais

Doma: Flying Fortress

Favorite Single Piece of Art in 2004:

Elph: My mate Bernie did some mad artwork for 2 albums Void Engineers and Art Mechanics by a band called the Penpushers, they were pretty amazing drawings. You can see em at http://www.incorporeal.info/

Galo: The wall in De Buurvrouw, Amsterdam, the Netherlands...pure graphic black and white massive combo whit more than ten artists, one bar just for us and a lot of wibes...if you know what i'm talking about!!

Doma: Paul McCarthy's "Tomato Heads". We saw them in Berlin last november.

Favorite New Product of 2004:

Elph: Kronenbourg Blanc, Lemon flavored white beer, mmmmm. Only because I'd be a
geek to say a G5 power mac that I want for next year.

Galo: Rolling papers OCB slim premium...perfect for "skinning ubbing moments"

Crasto: "the art of rebellion" and "street logos" books

Doma: THX 1138 New Edition. Director Cut.

Favorite CD/Song of 2004:

Elph: 'Hurt' Johnny Cash, that's the jings

Galo: Velvet Revolver Contraband

Crasto: rocker - alter ego

Doma: Pornois, "Ilumina al Mundo"

Favorite "Moment" (memory) of 2004:

Elph: Visiting Achill Island, in County Mayo in Southern Ireland and going sea
fishing with my Uncle Michael, in a small boat catching mackeral, then going
and getting steamboats and listening to folk music.

Galo: Well it's too dirty and hot to try to describe in few words...sorry...

Crasto: some girls... I just can't tell to much

Doma: Doma trip to Europe.

Favorite Toy of 2004:

Elph: Overhead Projector



Galo: Robot Inc from Milan and his metallic super monster robots

Crasto: mr. incredible

Doma: Bigfoot by Bigfoot One

Favorite Website of 2004:

Elph: Wooster Collective, ah'm nae jakin either, the best all round site for
street painting, well run and informative. Also that newstoday for a quick
fix of design creativity.

Galo: Pete Fowler Monsterism...it's great!

Crasto: http://www.crasto.tk

Doma: WoosterCollective.com .... of course!!

What do you most want for Christmas?

Elph: Rest, time to do not much, a cat flap so my cat can go outside after being
locked in for ages whilst we were doing the house up.

Galo: A lot of snow!!!for a massive white Christmas!!!

Crasto: relax

Doma: A pizza.
What is your New Year's wish?

Elph: Try to travel a bit more in 2005 and do some expos hopefully.

Galo: To have again a rock and roll year and to smoke and drink a little bit less!

Crasto: find a good job

Doma: Health, Love, Fun and Money.
How will you be spending the Holidays this year? What will you be doing on New Years Eve?

Elph: Visiting friends and family, getting hamboed, drawing a lot. On New Years eve I'll be meeting up with some companeros, for a bevvy, a party and maybe doing some
bad drawings on the way home.

Galo: I'm going to work hard for a big installation in a Harley Davidson shop in Italy (Cycledelic Speed Point) and in the same time i will ski and stay with my family...after christmas i will came back in Amsterdam for the New Years Eve and for a show in Rotterdam...

Crasto: in sicily with the family - go painting in barcelona & madrid i hope

Doma: We'll celebrate with the people we love. Maybe at the beach.

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