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True art is never where it is expected to be: in places where no one considers it, nor names it.Monsieur Art hates to be recognized and greeted by his name.

He walks around everywhere: everyone has already met him, jostles him at every junction ten times a day;but no one would ever think it could be him Monsieur Art himself, of whom so much good has been said.

Thats because he doesnt look like Monsieur Art. The false Monsieur Art pretends to be the true;

but in fact the true doesnt pretend at all. Thus people tend to err. Many people err. Jean Dubuffet.Lart brut prfr auxartsculturels.

Art brut collection at Ren Drouin Gallery.Paris,FR. 1949

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01 George OrwellsVision.Artists: G,LAtlas.Paris, FR.200402 Page 006 - 007: UnderControl. Artist: LAtlas.Paris, FR.2004

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INTRO ASSORTED CITY FEATUREINDIVIDUAL EABOVES EUROARTISTS PROFEXHIBITIONS, INPUT

Disclaimer: Thisbook isa documI dont ask,incite orsupport anythe content of the photosnor any

2006: BE CAREFUL BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU, BUT...

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A lot happened since the my rst book The Art of Rebellion came out in 2003. Starting withthe amazing book release party, where artists from London, New York, Amsterdam, Milan, etc.didnt hesitate to come over to Munich and turned something actually planned as just a littlebook release party into the Wild Style party of street art ( Dom from Stickernation.net) bypainting the whole area including the toilets, skate decks and cardboards during the day andmarker-tattooing numerous girls later that night.

I remember the day after, where we all painted at Munichs hall of fame. I rememberall the other artists that slept on my couch since then when they passed Munich on their trips.I remember the couches I slept on in various cities. I remember hanging out with the FK crewand a bunch of other guys on the beach of Barcelona, after enjoying a really amazing artfor free show the day before. I remember many other great art shows and exhibitions beingheld all over the world like the Urban Edge in Milan, the Vinyl Killers in San Francisco or theHollywood remix show the New Yorker Wooster Collective organised. Not to forget the greatAsbestos Secret Santa Swap for christmas and I also remember my wonderful christmas giftfrom G*! I remember cycling around Amsterdam at four in the morning with my geezer Galoat Chazs birthday when Galo didnt nd our way home after a bombing session with JustinKees. Skin up, Galo! I also remember meeting unexpectedly the New Yorker Faile crew paintinga big wall in the red light district. I remember cycling around Stockholm with Akay, helpinghim and Klisterpete carrying around material from abandonded houses to build a new houseon a very steep rock next to the sea. I remember meeting many artists on various occasions inBarcelona, Milan or London and having a great time with them. And I remember receivinggigabytes of emails from artists from all over the world though its very difficult to managereplying everyone its still great to keep in contact!

So many impressions, so many great memories I could easily ll this page witheven more anecdotes but I dont want to bore you with that any longer. What I noticed since Igot into street art is, that even if we all live in different countries the worldwide street art scenesteady achieves something very special: growing together and exchanging information, whichlead to an impressive progression of the whole movement. Thanks to our CNN-like websitesEkosystem.org and Woostercollective.com for keeping everyone updated on a daily basis.

So, welcome to the next level no worries! Everythings UNDER CONTROL likeLAtlas pasted on a billboard in Paris last year. Street art stepped one step further from juststicker art for cheap fame to more conceptual art that is performed in a perfect technical waynowadays. Its amazing to notice a lot of artists starting to actually rethink about what theyrecreating instead of doing the same thing done a thousand times before. This is what kept mestoked while spending numerous hours of work on this book-project again.

For Art of Rebelliowould be: Many feared that it bfore. Luckily the expected boomstarting almost everyday. Still, nally recognised the signs of tartists are very conscious of whclever enough to handle this and

There are projects lipainted a hotel which proofs thaThere are artists nally getting pworking hard on their skills for

On the other hand incity councils it got more difficubook shows. Nowadays street aday time. Its not little kids whoand the refuse to be limited by aThe same goes for projects likefor free, without paying any renview. Doing your own thing witmaking people smile and think,reaction and stopped them from

I know there are peolike me or maybe you this boyou see something that maybe twice maybe you are the spectatWelcome! C100. January, 2006

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01 Intervention_F1.Artist: Hietzing station,Vienna, AT.200502 Public urinal.Artist: Inuenza.Rotterdam,NL. 200503 The pointlessoneliner.Artist: Inuenza.Hamburg,GER .2005

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02Artist: Dan WitzLocation: Brooklyn,New York,USA. 2005Comment: Thishouse front was transformed intoa face with the simplyadd of a red ballon.

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01Artist: The London PoliceLocation: Berlin,GER.2005Comment: Some of myfavourite artistslive and workin Berlin.Its one of the best placesto see graffitiand art in

the street.So in August 2005when the good looking BACKJUMPS teamof Adrian,Suze,H ae-lin and Tominvited me topaint the side of 62 Wrangelstrae (Kreuzberg,Berlin)I was happyas larry.My young andenthusiastic volunteerhelpersKatherine, Vincent and Erin did basicallyall the workwhilst I skun up a lotin the childrensplayground below watching groupsof gnarlylooking geezersget annihilated by middayon big bottlesof German beer.Just a couple of streetsaway are alsoincredible must-see wallsfromHuskmithavn and OsGemeos(also part of the Backjumpsproject). Togetherwith the ubiquitousBerlintagsand throw ups the neighbourhood isalive and welland Imjust honoured tobe in there somewhere.

Comment byChaz,The London Police.January,2006

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02Artist: AnonymousLocation: Munich,GER.2004Comment: These rollsof hay have been a great invitation todosome mischef with them.What about

transforming theminto a huge cigarette? Caused great confusion among passers-by.

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01Artist: The PlugLocation: Arlon,BE.2005Comment: Thisdeer isthe symbol of myhometown Arlon.I was stunned that people love a vulgar piece of

meat instead of honoring people whohelp oursociety progresslike e.g.doctors. SoI had totransformthissymbol intoa vulgar packof meal including label(with the accomplice of Mlle Jeanne).You are themeat of society...unplug the system! The deerstayed 5days like that.

Comment byThe Plug.October,2005

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01 Posteron billboard.Bordeaux,FR.200402 Posteron billboard.Bordeaux,FR.200403 Posteron billboard.Bordeaux,FR.200404 Posteron billboard.Bordeaux,FR.200405 Posteron billboard.Bordeaux,FR.2004

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Urban Blooz is an art project which started in 2003. It is a reaction to thecolonization of public spaces by advertisement. The content of the billboards is getting erasedand replaced by a poster showing the frame of the enviroment, that is covered by the billboarditself. This creates a game/play between the pedestrians and the urban enviroment. It is alsoabout a reection of the usage and function of graphism.

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01 Skateboarderin half pipe.Rotterdam, NL.200502 Construction worker.Rotterdam,NL. 200503 Cat.Rotterdam,NL.200504 Snail.Rotterdam,NL.200505 Drunkguy.Rotterdam,NL.2005

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Rotterdam-based artist ElPussycat takes street art to a new level by using thesimple technique of a cameras time exposure and a blazing ashlight. His motives are mostlycats, snails and characters well-integrated into the ambience. ElPussycat exhibited his work inin New York in 2005.

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01 Zipper.Montreal,CAN. 200402 Shoeprint.Montreal, CAN.200403 Speakers.Montreal, CAN.200404 Birthdaycandles. Montreal,CAN. 2004

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Roadsworth started stenciling images onto Montreal streets shortly after 9/11.His rst symbol was the cyclists symbol painted on the street placing it at various points in thecity, so it seemed as a visual proposal for more bike paths. Since almost 90% of concrete incities is only allowed for cars, which produce traffic and congestion, that continues unchecked,and relentlessly cause pollution, cyclists and pedestrians are not given much of a share in thepublic space he says. His work can be seen as a logical reaction to this fact.

Surprisingly many people who see his art in public think it has been done by thecity. Unfortunately, still there is a criminal attitude against his art: In November 2004 he wascaught by the police and is currently facing criminal charges and a possible ne of 265.000Canadian dollars for breach of public security.

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05Location: Madrid,ES.2005Comment: The Politonogot stolen and I recorded the whole action,

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Commentsby Eltono.October, 2005Photographsby Jorge Dominguez

WWW.ELTONO.COM

Eltono started with traditional graffiti in 1989, he got into urban experiments in1997 and began his famous tuning forks in 1999. First the material he used was mostly acrylicpaint, a brush and masking tape. In 2005 Eltono took his art one step further by starting sculp-tures work, called Politonos. The rst actions have been carried out in downtown Madrid.After years of painting and noticing, that there was a special response to his work, he decidedto push the interaction level. So he acted exactly the same way as when painting but with asculpture. He chose an adequate place and decided to install the sculpture on it. Then he hidand observed the scene and peoples reactions. He also worked with a video camera anda photographer so everything is getting documented from the beginning to the end.

The meaning of the artwork is open your eyes and observe, love yourneighbor-hood. He tries to bring art to places where people are not used to seeing it. He offers his art tothe people who want to see it, he doesnt want to impose anything. Thats the reason why hispieces are quite discreet. On the other side, when working in galleries, Eltono tries to get aninversed result as he tries to bring together gallery spectators and the streets.

Regarding the future of street art, Eltono sees future for people, who work in thestreet in an artistic and conceptual way. Its not about graphic design street promotion, itsabout art out of the canvas boundaries, using the city as an urban background.

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01Location: LasVegas,USA.2003Comment: Thistrip was ourrst large-scale wheat-pasting trip in

midwest USA.We enlarged the imagesandhand-painted at parentsgarage in PhoenixAZ.Driving fromAZ toLA and spent for3daysand nights,we found perfect spotssuch as an old gasstation inthe middle of Nevada desert and nicelybig, old casinosign in LasVegas. That daywe rememberit wasmadwindyand sodifficult toput the papersup.In thestrong gale it tookall of usto hold it up sothat the giantbunnyboy wouldnt get blown away.

Medium: House paint,Paper,Wheat paste glue

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FAILE is a group of three artists from Canada, USA and Japan. We exchange sketchbooks and mix ideas together to create something which otherwise might not have been born.We work like a band... or like a DJ does: mix one song with other songs, like hip hop musicmade from sampled tracks, this is what we think is interesting about our style. We just lovestreet art, traveling with friends and bombing... FAILE. November, 2005

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01Location: East Village,New York,USA. 2005Comment: Upon discovering a crosswalksign installed upside down,

Thundercut knew exactlywhat needed tobe done.The sign wasquickly turned intoa skilledhead-spinning breakdancer.

02Location: Thundercut Studio,Brooklyn, New York,USA. 2005Comment: With nograff skillsbut some obvious wood cutting skills,

Thundercut payshomage tostreet artsgraffiti roots.In theirstudiothey prepare wood tagsforlate nightmissions.

03Location: Brooklyn,New York,USA. 2005Comment: ThisTrane is part of gang of conversion ehiclesthat cruise

around the city.Keep an eye out,sometimes theytravel inpacks.

04Location: Yankee Stadium,Bronx, New YComment: The 2nd dayof the InfamousSu

Queensbased NYMets playthebrought fansfromboth teams pfromall sides.Those arriving apre-game rivalry,the crosswalkentrance were dressed forthe occompeting teams.Although thea victorythat day,the SubwaySCompetition wasdecided bythThe MetsWalkerwas left with while the Yankee Walkerremain

05Location: Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania, USAComment: The sea horse that coupled with

girlish delight and can be foundswimming through manycitiescamouagesitself among the wdecay.

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Thundercut is the creative outlet of two people who cant stop making things.From street based installations to pieces for gallery shows these two are never bored andrarely sleep. Their street work is intended to make people smile and is often times locationspecic. Utilizing a variety of materials and techniques these two are always coming up withclever ways to enhance the architecture of the city. They both like avocados, and despisecanned peas.

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01 Bird.Stockholm,SE.200402 Girl.Stockholm,SE.200403 Factory.Stockholm, SE.200404 Copy(check the house in the background).Stockholm, SE.200405 Traffic sign.Stockholm, SE.200406 Village.Stockholm, SE.200407 Traffic light.Stockholm, SE.2004

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Theres a pole at the base of the houses which ts into the top of the traffic signs,sometimes glue is used for added stability. The houses are usually installed during daytime.Passers-by witness in wonder a 30-year-old man climbing up a traffic light.Nevertheless numerous birds probably thank him for his mission. Kid Pele. January, 2006

KLISTERPETEStockholm, SE

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01 Akay.Stockholm,SE.200502 Akay.Stockholm,SE.200503 Akay.Stockholm,SE.200504 Akay.Stockholm,SE.200505 Barsky.Stockholm,SE.200406 Barsky.Stockholm,SE.200407 Barsky.Stockholm,SE.2004*Barsky ist he collaboration between Klisterpete and Akay,twofriendsgetting thingsdone in Stockholmsstreets.WordsbyKidpele.January2006.

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Swing from bridges. Swing fromSwing after you crossed the streBackwards. Forwards. Look aroBarsky has been to your part of

Take a bit of rope. Abandoned tAnything you can nd.Hang your junk up from bridgesTie them tight to traffic signs.

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Ridiculous sums of money are spent producing bronze sculptures.Honoring heroes and artists on Stockholms street corners. Akays concrete sculpturesgive tribute to the invisible citizens, they offer a reminder of more affordable solutions toa problem. People approach the sculptures with caution, so life like. Is it real? Its not real.Some gather around to kick a man when hes down.This is real. Kid Pele. January, 2006

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01Location: Hackney,East London,UK. 2004Comment: When I started painting in the streetsin 1998 mywork was

mostlysite specic, each piece created forthe specic siteit wasbeing painted at,and thisremains the same today.The piece above,Hackney Harbour,perfectly illustrateswhat I mean bysite specic.As soon asI saw thisspot onHackneyRoad, East London,I noticed the brickstairsandimagined a harbour,and knew immediatelythat I had topaint a pirate and an octopus.With much of mystreet workthere isa meaning oramessage hidden behind the cutenessand humour.This piecewaspainted while the girlI loved wasaway in Mexicoforthree months,and the message wasto keep an eye on whatsimportant toyou, and not get distracted byfalse beautyanddesire.Ironically,at the time I waspainting this, mygirlfriend wasspreading herlegsfor a crackaddict surfer.Such isthe life of a pirate!

01Location: BethnalGreen Road,East London,UK. 2005Comment: I wasnishing the outline on this piece at 4:30 on a Monday

morning when a Police carpulled up behind me (there was abig NYstyle crack down on graffitiat that time in London).

Doyou have permission tod othat? the male cop asked me.Yes I replied,suddenlybecoming the worldsgreatest liar.I workforan advertising company,and thisis one of thenew charactersweve created forMcDonaldsto replaceRonald McDonald and Hamburgular.Weve paid the shopownersowe can paint on hiswall.Itsallpart of anew street promotion.Isit a banana? PCEinstein asks.Imnot sure what it is, I dont workon the characterdevelopment side,I just paint it on the wall.Whatsits name then?Like I said,I dont workon characterdevelopment,Imnot sure if anyof themhave namesyet.So,if you have permission,why are you painting at night?Thatsthe whole point.If I painted thisduring the daypeople would see me,and the idea isthat these newcharactersjust appearover night.Bythis time the female copsin the backseat are gigglingaway,but theybough t the story,and decided toleaveme toit. I nished myoutlines,a little shakey,then laughedallthe wayhome. Suckers!

02Location: CityRoad,London,UK.2004Comment: Where IsGod? Hand painted poster. 03Location: BethnalGreen,London,UK.2005Comment: Pierced EarPunk

04Location: Whitechapel,London. UK.2005Comment: ItsNot Where Youve Been,Its Where Youre Going

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01 Billboard.Gdynia,PL.200502 Bridge Pier.Gdynia, PL.200503 Billboard.Gdynia,PL.200504 Bridge Pier.Gdynia, PL.200505 Stone.Gdynia,PL.200506 Wall.Gdynia,PL.200507 Harbour.Gdynia,PL.2005

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27-year-old Marius Waras started cutting stencils 13 years ago. His project M-cityis about the right of people to create public space. The project criticizes the build up of citieswhich are created by architects, urbanists, corporations, and politicians. The inspiration to thearchitecture of M-city came mostly from the architecture of Threecity (Gdansk, Sopot, Gdynia,Baltic sea, north of Poland) and its surroundings, but theres no avoiding of motifs from otherregions of Poland. The architecture of the town is in a sense a promotion of groups of peoplewho work together for society. These include independent media, charities, non-governmentalorganisations, theatres etc. Most of the projects realisations are on specially chosen walls andmatch the historical or architectural context of the surroundings. The people on the stencilsare mostly the authors friends or persons involved in some local social activity.

The rst step of preparation is a sketch of a given building on A4 paper drawn inisometric perspective and inscribed into a couple of cubes one on top of the other. Due to thistechnique printing the stencil is much easier, moreover it allows printing a single fragment ofthe building. All of the buildings can be connected in multiple ways with the authorsimagination as the only limit. Its easy to customise the buildings by mixing the roofs andelevationsparts of different stencils. All of the objects have a brighter left face and a darkerright face, which adds depth and vividness. After the sketch is done its enlarged to A2 formatand laminated on both sides. This guarantees long-term resilience of the stencil, keeping itfrom absorption of the paint. As the layers of the paint get quite thick its easy to tear them

off and use the stencil again (some of the stencils were used hundreds of times). Finally thestencil is cut out.

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01 Leon Reid (DariusJones). ItsAll Right.Brooklyn, NYC,USA. 200502 Leon Reid (DariusJones).The Kiss.London,UK. 2004.

03 Leon Reid (DariusJones)at workin Brooklyn,NYC,USA. 200504 Leon Reid (DariusJones) at workin Bristol,UK. 200405 Brad Downey.A FathersDuty. London,UK. 200406 Leon Reid (DariusJones) and Brad Downey.Sit yourArse Down.London,UK. 200407 Leon Reid (DariusJones).Chainsnake.New York,USA. 2005

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Leon Reid (a.k.a. Darius Jones) and Brad Downey began working collaboratively inBrooklyn, NY at the turn of the 21st Century. Their work is characterized by the use of commonstreet objects as the basis for their art and the clever appropriation of reective work vests toserve as disguise for daytime installations.

Reids involvement in street art goes back to his adolescence while tagging VERBSin his native Cincinnati, OH. Downey studied classical drawing and painting in Atlanta, GA,before beginning his documentary lm on street art Public Discourse. The lm capturedReids transformation to Darius Jones and the beginning steps of the Darius and Downeycollaboration.

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01 Modied billboard of a fast food restaurant.London,UK.200502 Modied billboard of a TV channelLondon,UK.200503 Modied billboard of a sportsshoe manufacturer.London,UK.200504 Modied billboard of a bank.London,UK.2005Allphotographscopyright SeditionariesLimited 2005([email protected])

AninterviewwithDr.DName: Dr.D Hometown: London,UKAge: Neveraska woman herage,cheeky!Howdidyou start creatingstreet art?Started about 1999 to2000 with the SUDDENLYEVERYTHING SUCKSMicrosoft piecea bit of an accidental attempt at modication really.Turned out no-one else wasdoing stu ff quite like it.

Do youhaveanystories relatingto street art?Itsallbeen quite uneventful...apart fromfalling off ladders,being chatted upbydrunksin the middle of the night,and once dropping mybrush andhaving it handed backtome by a cop whodidnt realise what I wasdoing...Howdo youprepareyourartwork?Each board isdifferent.Sometimesyou have twoboards,that are the same anduse letterscut out fromone and teased backto a thin layertore-stick(like theIMA BIT SHIT board).Sometimesyou have twodifferent boardswhere youthinkpart of one cut out and teased backso it re-stickwillput a totallydifferentslant on the other(like the STARTS WARS,Darth Blair). In case you are won-dering,the Blairface came froma politicalboard by the Conservative Party.Itwasduring an election,and it wasjust chance the boardswere up at the sametime.YOURE JUSTA GRASS WITHA BADGE wasmade verysimplywith won blacklettersdone on a home computerand photocopied (sothe ink wontrun when it is wet).The I AM WHATI AM............CRAP-Reebokconversion wasdo ne bytracking down the right typeface and having it cut outin vinylstickylettering bya sign makersshop.

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Dr.D spent much of the late twentieth century researching a vaccination techniquefor global corporations, so that they might survive the Y2K virus. After years spent closeted ina small and dusty laboratory she was shocked to nd, that in reality nothing happened otherthan share prices in information technology support companies rocketed and anti-viralsoftware houses experienced their very own gold rushes. Dr.D has spent the last ve yearstaking her revenge on the corporations, that led her down this ill fated path. Using cut andpaste style, Dr.D is now working for yo u.

If you have a problem with a corporation, if nobody else will help you, and if youcan nd her, maybe you can hire Dr.D.

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01-05BlingBling(chocolateandsweets)Location: Galerie Artazart.ParisComment: The termBling Bling c

it signiesa certain ap(ringsand necklaces)wthe time veryexpensivon the wallof the gallelifespan isli mited and onlyaslong as the timwall.Bling Bling isli

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tried tond a new meaning forthe brand name like I used todo it sometimesin the past with othercompanysnames.I like reinterpretating familiarimages.WASTED SPARETIME came tomy mind whenI wascutting vegetablesfordineror something and I started toredesign what somebodyinventedbackin 1883.I didnt even like the idea verymuch,but soon I thought,if I would reallyoverdowhatthe claimsuggests,allthat could turn into some kind of interesting project that willmake sensein the end because it absolutelymakesno sense.I spent my time printing,cutting,glueing andthinking of new productsthat would t into the product line and thingsbecame independent,themore extensive the assortment became,the more I wanted tokeep on.I got into advertising language,

fold smalland big boxesand remembered that stupid 80scommerialwhere it goesGUM-GUM-GUMwhile people were running around with big chewing gumcasesundertheirarm. I can feelwhat theyfelt.

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01 Collection.200502 Boxes.200503 Promotion material.20 0504 Opening night,window view.200505 Collection close up

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01-05 PoliticalMinded.Montreal(CAN),New York,LosAngeles(USA).2005

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The idea wasa collectthat struggle against itpresented in New Yorkart space in LosAngelHVW8 subject mattershowsand festivals,thand commentarythrouactivistsand statesmenforourtimes: GeneralRothers. The muralsshow

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Heavyweight (HVW8) are an art, illustration and painting collective withstudio based in Montreal and now more recently in Los Angeles. The collective is made up ofGene Pendon, Tyler Gibney and Dan Buller. The members come from backgrounds in comics,yers, graffiti, design, painting and illustration. As live painters, the trio has toured throughout Canada, the US as well as Europe, Puerto Rico and Japan, collaborating together tocreate live painting combined with DJ events, art installations and exhibitions. HVW8 hasalso released a music compilation, Music as my Art featuring collaborating musicproducers as well as the HVW8 t-shirt line.

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