had a really good time at Glastonbury this year…BONKERZ>>> here is a very quick bit i did round the back of the queens head i went for a watership down theme but was asked not to make it too upsetting as the tent next to it wasnt that kind of vibe….ok, maybe next time bright eyes
End of the line and Meeting of Styles
Friday 5th and Saturday 6th June 2009.
60 of the best aerosol artists from across the UK and Europe have been handpicked to represent
the diversity and immense talent that graffiti art has to offer.
Taking over East London’s Bacon, Cygnet and Sclater street in the heart of Brick lane this groundbreaking event
gives passersby the rare and exciting opportunity to take a glimpse at this skilled underground art scene live in action.
For your musical pleasure ‘EndOfTheLine’ present a mixed array of dj’s and live performances pumping out
hiphop, beats, ska, dubstep and roots. On Saturday UK Hiphop veterans Rodney P and Skitz
will be taking to the stage alongside Lazy Habits and ska afficionados No 1 Station plus a whole host of London’s finest.
This free London street festival is bought to you by ‘EndOfTheLine’ in partnership with Nizim
and supported by Red Bull, G-shock, Montana, Carhartt, Last fm and Graphotism.
THE LINE-UP
RODNEY P & SKITZ / NO1 STATION / LAZY HABITS / PHUTURESONIC (LIVE)
JOHN HENDICOTT / DISRAELI / SHANKS
CAPTAIN CRUNCH / MASTER OF CEREMONIES - CHU-I
PEE BREAK / FAKE FIVER / DOG SELEKTA
ARTISTS
NASH, DOES, BISER, WANY, ARYZ, HEAT, NYCHOS, PROBS, ZOMBY, TIZER, ZADOK, BLEACH, BONZAI, INSA,
SOLO, BUSK, TWESH, ODISIE, ROID, SNUG, SKORE, AZTEK, EKTO, SUNE, XENZ, IZER, ARE, STIKA, TECK,
RABODIGA, VIBES, TOWN, CHROME, INTRO, REPLETE, CHEO, SOKER, CASM, WISHER, JIVE, KEEN, SORN, NOIR, URGE,
PRYME, MAC1, KRAH, SICK IR, SARES, COSH, JASIK, ALFA, RELAY, PREF, MAU MAU, SHOK, SKIRE, EBZKE, AMUK.
For further press enquiries and image requests please contact:
suki@theendoftheline.net / mos@theendoftheline.net
4 highly trained graffiti artists worked a 150 meter wall with pupils from 4 infant schools around the local area, the results surpassed our imagination a combination of the naive and the super detailed creating an enchanted wood populated by characters drawn by people under the age of 10yrs old.
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inspired by the film metropolis by Fritz Lang my concept was to paint a hole in the roof of these tunnels underneath waterloo station as if a utopian pleasure garden has caved into this dark space where workers toil for the aristocracy above them. I knew the rest of this show was going to be very dark and scary so it was important that i kept my work light and airy i wanted to reveal golden bricks beneath the layers of dust and dirt on the walls. I liked the rusty corrugated iron that had been put onto the roof i wanted to keep that to make it seem as if they were trying g to block out the light making the mural a site specific ultra advanced cave painting. I suggested putting bricks on the floor and real turf around the sculptures below the mural to emphasize the idea that the sculptures were once part of the utopian dream but now they are the property of the working class.
I began work on this along with my friend BUSK two days after returning from the bright sunshine of Mexico, my suntan quickly faded while i spent many hours in the darkness under ground painting the roof above me as it crumbled , at one point i actually felt the wall wobbling i then realised i was only 5 feet away from the railway tracks directly above my head that was terrifying painting underneath a train, i was also inhaling all the dust that had gathered over the past 100 years on these crumbling bricks and whilst i was doing all this a new strain of flu from swine in Mexico where i was only the week before was about to wipe out the whole human race i was inundated with calls from worried friends and family and then i learned that these tunnels were i had been working were once used as a mortuary for the last flu pandemic after ww2.
i have never felt better . well i have a hang over .
“Id rather be in tescos at rush hour when there is a flu pandemic iminent” is one of those things id say when offered eggs benedict for breakfast . i wish id ate that plate of eggs benedict as im now about to go to tescos in London at rush hour when theres a flu pandemic iminent……
Today a few friends and i will be priming a wall over 150 meters long and 6 foot high made of post war concrete slabs we plan to paint a mural that shows life from under ground up to the tree tops the wall surrounds a grave yard in the middle of some woods the project unites four different communities and should enrich the lives of the youngsters while giving everyone a nice place to walk. Happy St Georges day.
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