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  • BRIGHT FUTURE – BUS126

    Although the title implicates it, BUS126s latest publication from July 2021 features works from the recent past. As part of the avant-garde DIAMONDS crew, BUS126 is one of the driving forces in constantly pushing the limits of writing in Berlin. While in some of the compiled artworks his name can easily be figured out, others leave behind the borders of…

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  • MASON – THE ESSENCE OF WRITING

    Dortmund is one of the few cities which has an untouchable status in the history of graffiti in Europe. Especially in the 90s a small group of writers managed to kill the system, having every running train covered with pieces. One of these guys was MASON. Active since 1986 and using pseudonyms like RIO or IOS, he contributed in shaping…

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  • GRAFEMI

    The most common graffiti to find are tags, the writers’ names. While some writers work on their tag to finally have a definite logo-like sign with minor changes here and there, others never stop evolving their signature and seem to try out new things with every tag.

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  • RUSH MAGAZIN LEIPZIG

    As passionate lovers, collectors and publishers of magazines and books on graffiti, we sometimes stumble across interesting little publications, which didn’t popped up on our radar while they were available. In some cases we luckily get the possibility to reprint these sold out gems and help reaching a bigger audience. The latest example is the Leipzig focused RUSH magazine from…

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  • THE LONDON LINE – Cities At Night

    As one of the most surveillanced cities in the world London is also a tough place for illegal graffiti. While CCTV cameras monitor the most public spaces, the city anyway has a strong bombing scene who took up the battle against the omnipresent repression from authorities. If caught and arrested writers have to face draconian penalties like months or years…

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  • Kool Killer oder Der Aufstand der Zeichen – Jean Baudrillard

    Although released for the first time as part of this anthology in 1978, “Kool Killer oder Der Aufstand der Zeichen” (“KOOL KILLER, or The Insurrection of Signs“) the essay was published first in French in the 3rd issue of Interférences in 1975. This makes the text one of the earliest scientific ones on New York graffiti and let us pay…

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  • AURI SACRA FAMES No.5

    Almost beating the fattest No.2 issue with 232 pages the fifth AURI SACRA FAMES volume was published in December 2016. Leaving out some of the usual chapters like tags, hall of fames or walls these sections have been replaced by artists which are predominantly active in the respective field: the IMK crew, BOAONE and CREAM.

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  • AURI SACRA FAMES No.4

    In June 2015 the fourth volume of the Berlin focused magazine was published. Just like in the previous issue the capital’s borders have been crossed only once, this time by featuring train experiences of the exile Berliner ZOUK in Southern Germany. Besides him the content is straight from the so called metropolis of graffiti and presented on 228 pages.

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  • AURI SACRA FAMES No.3

    Summer 2014 – time for the third volume of Berlin’s magazine book. With 188 pages still one of the fattest zines out there, this time the content is presented more focused, more thought-out and on point. With little changes in the photo selection and layout, there are also news concerning the content: for the first time a freight chapter is…

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  • AURI SACRA FAMES No.2

    In autumn of 2013 the second AURI SACRA FAMES issue was released. Once again the concept was not to wait until writers send in photos of their works, hopefully relevant stuff in good photo quality, but to go out and document by ourselves what is going on in Berlin. With 236 pages the volume was as twice as big as…

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