- 24. February 2018
Antny Kreeg 47 – Kilroy’s Conformity
Read more„This book is a mix between thoughts I had for a doctoral thesis, writing out my psychotic episodes and a spiritual awakening.” states Nov York as Antny Kreeg 47, author of ‘Kilroy’s Conformity’. On the following 62 pages ‘AK47’ creates a theory on the origins of the world-famous “KILROY WAS HERE” writing.
- 22. February 2018
Tramp Directories, Noms-de-Road, and Unwritten Codes. A souvenir of hobo graffiti.
Read moreThis 2017 publication gives authentic first insights into a subculture which got more in common with nowadays graffiti as one would expect: the connections to railroad systems, the stylistic shaping of letters, the competition between the taggers and their signs and meanings. All the similarities might hint, that modern graffiti writing is just the continuation of an ancient cultural habit.
- 21. February 2018
Art Inconsequence – Advanced Vandalism
Read moreThe “art inconsequence”-movie, which was published in 2007 is a milestone concerning the avantgardistic approach of the featured material. Although the movie shows classic graffiti actions mostly on trains, the artworks themselves do not follow typical writing-traditions. Whether it’s the massive throw-up bombing of NEU or the abstract shaped trainpieces by OVER. Every participant did break and overcame self set…
- 26. December 2017
Der Edelstein – Rauschen
Read more“Rauschen” takes the reader on a stroll through Berlin, stopping at writings which stand out from the perpetual flow of tags you go on with as you walk the city. Emmett E. picked out his personal selection of interesting writers and places in which their work appears. His unique photographs capture tags on walls, doors, shutters, in backyards, hallways, etc.…
- 26. December 2017
32 Notes on Graffiti
Read moreThe concept behind “32 Notes of Graffiti” couldn’t be more simple. Besides the two pages every participant has been given there’s no other content. The result is one of the most interesting and entertaining magazines of the last years. Reduced to a minimum of space every special had to be broken down to a quint essence.
- 11. December 2017
Forms of Rockin’
Read moreTracing back the origins of letterforms in graffiti, you’ll find major figures who influenced hundreds of young people in the 1980s. Names like BANDO, SHOE, DELTA, etc. are often mentioned when it comes to the main influential leaders to the European graffiti scene. Digging deeper, New York as the city in which stylewriting was born shows up on the map…
- 15. November 2017
Das Gedächtnis der Stadt schreiben / Writing the Memory of the City
Read moreIn 2007 Markus Mai and Thomas Wiczak invited 18 other artists with a background in graffitiwriting to join their concept book “Das Gedächtnis der Stadt schreiben” / ”Writing the Memory of the City”. Every participant presents own, individual ways of letting their past of writing graffiti (for often more than 15 or even 20 years) influence their works nowadays.
- 31. October 2017
Guide 03
Read moreGuide 03 is about tags by four Prague based writers. This edition consists of four individual zines put together in a cardboard box. Each zine is focused exclusively on one of the authors showing their tags and short interviews about their tagging practice, relation between graffiti and private life, attitude to the presentation of graffs on internet, style inspirations and…
- 30. October 2017
Jürgen Große – Urban Art Photography
Read moreIn the 2000s Berlin developed from a European large city with roots in a traditional writing history, dating back into the early eighties, to a global metropolis of graffiti. Local writers like Akim, Bus126, Idee, Zast, Kripoe, Roger, Spair and others left conventional stylewriting behind and experimented on new interpretations of graffiti and on new materials to leave their mark.
- 29. October 2017
Over and Over #1
Read moreThe guys behind the Masters of Reitsport focussed on tags in the first issue of their Over and Over magazine. On 44 pages they present tags on electric boxes, inside trains, on doors and other objects the writers did chose to put their mark on.
