Eid Mubarak

From me at ILG, Eid Mubarak to all

Tic Tac Ho show

From the Per Square Meter Gallery in Melbourne, Australia, a little video about the Tic Tac Ho girls show, featuring artwork by Poise, Sear, Isis, Myla, Bbob and Deb.

Dface popping up cans

Streetartist Dface has put up a bunch of concrete cans around London, check out a little article here and get ready for his solo show later this week!

Grim City

Check out one awesome wall along the tramtracks from Dead and Shake, BadNews Crew bringing grimness to the city of Bruxelles!


This wall was part of a bigger event featuring 50 artists called Bruxelles Graffiti 2008, check alot of nice photos from this big event here!

Girls against graffiti

A bunch of crazy chicks from Bruxelles added me on Myspace. You know you wanna be their friend too, remember they dont hate graffiti, just YOUR graffiti :) Hahahaha...

Outline Magazine Preview

Since Writepower (2006) disappeared once in a while fnally a new graff magazine come up from slovakia, by the name of "Outline", check the preview below, november 2008 it should be available in stores

Blog Review 09/08

The ilovegraffiti september 2008 overview

Magazine and Book Previews September 2008
København Søges Buch (Kopenhagen/DK)
Stylefile #28 Armyfile (Aschaffenburg/GER) ilovegraffiti.de/de
Flying Fortress Buch (Aschaffenburg/GER) ilovegraffiti.de/de
Iron Georges Serval Buch (Lausanne/CH)
Zagreb Fever #2 (Zagreb/HR) ilovegraffiti.de/de
Blu 2004-2007 Buch (ES)
Graffiti Art Magazine #3 (Paris/F) ilovegraffiti.de/de
Stickerbomb Buch (London/UK)
PUA13 Magazin (Madrid/ES) ilovegraffiti.de/de
Xplicit Graffx #10 (Toulouse/F) ilovegraffiti.de/de
Mural Art (Athen/GR) ilovegraffiti.de/de
Code Red Magazine #5 (Moskau/RU) ilovegraffiti.de/de
Reptoid #4 Magazine (Salerno/ITA)

Online Magazines September 2008
L´Invasion Ephemere (Strasbourg/F) ilovegraffiti.de/de
Rude Magazine #6 (Moskau/RU) ilovegraffiti.de/de
Colortrip #1 -4 Download (Hamburg/GER) ilovegraffiti.de/de

DVD/Moview Previews September 2008
Painterz 2 Trailer (Paris/F)
Notorious - Francis White (New York/USA)
Qualitiy Control 4 Trailer (Prag/CZ)
Prokaza 2 Trailer (Moskau/RU) ilovegraffiti.de/de
Addicted 24/7 DVD (NRW/GER) Elbtunnel.com

Video Interviews September 2008
Martha Cooper (USA) ilovegraffiti.de/de
Delta (NL) ilovegraffiti.de/de
KR (USA) ilovegraffiti.de/de

10 Top Rated ILG Blogentries September 2008
1. Pixadores Sao Paulo
2. ZDF HipHop Oktober
3. AllCity Store Marseille
4. E-Nose Stockholm
5. Martin Andreasen
6. Graffiti Globalisierung
7. Bulldooza
8. Key to Success
10. A-Line Vandal online

All september 2008 entries on ilovegraffiti here (german blog) and here (englisch)

Moscow

a few impressions of our trip to moscow a while ago

Back in the day

Back in the days when I was young, Im not a kid anymore, but some days I sit and wish I was a kid again. Classic.

Downunder dope blog

Just a short message, check out the blog of Aeon from Australia. Loads of nice photos, including stuff from his recent euro tour.

Aeon and Ivo, rocking the secret, abandoned tunnels in New South Wales, Australia. These tunnels are found in the middle of the jungle, back in the days they were used for both freight and passenger trains, but the line have been out of service for a decade now. Shoutout to Ivo for showing ILG this amazing spot!

Jesus was a writer

or something...
From this site here.

Byens Puls flashback

My man Jezpar did a thing called Byens Puls (Pulse of the City) for many years. It started as an underground fanzine, made with scissors and glue and photocopied colourspreads back around 1999, only with brandnew burners. He did the fanzine for a few years, and then switched to an online version, still keeping the content quality high and interesting. You can still see most of the galleries, full of burners in the well known Copenhagen style, including a few years of Roskilde Festival galleries that Jezpar always got the inside scoop on... Enjoy!
P.S. In 2008 there has still not been any update from Byens Puls, but I keep my fingers crossed that Jezpar will bless us all one more time...

Quality Control 4 trailer

From the depth of the Prague subway comes this new video...

QUALITY CONTROL 4 video machine trailer from brvr on Vimeo.

Norweigan kid interviews Snoop Dogg

After a little norweigan talk and some graff action with a good old Quick can, the young gun gets busy with an interview in english with big Snoop Dogg.

Milano live

Little liveaction and a surprise ending from Milano, Italy.

Scarface cancel Europe tour

Due to "the aftermath of Hurrican Ike", Scarface has cancelled his european tour as earlier reported here at ILG, which means he wont be performing at AarhusTookIt after all. Oh well, didnt fancy a weekend in Aarhus anyway.
P.S. Raekwon cancelled too. Booooooh to cancelling rappers!!

Blog overdose

Check out TWISTER over the the german side of ILG, updating today about Kopenhagen, Prokaza 2, Rude Magazine #6, Code Red Magazine #5, graffiti, streetart and much much more...
All found right here!

Metabunker

My man Matthias runs the Metabunker with a bunch of dedicated friends. If you like quality articles, blog and information about such diverse topics as the history of art, hip hop music, film and especially all things about comics, most in perfect indepth english, but sometimes with a local danish twist to it, the Metabunker is always worth a visit!

News from the moon

While we wait for the full photo, here is a detail from todays Bates & Storm wall.

Abnormal Nature DVD clip

Danish steel, walls and action in this clip.
If someone knows anything about the official release of this DVD, give us a shout!

Miami documentary

Miami graffiti documentary. Run clip!

Videotrailer for new printed magazine

Nice to see all medias used in Sweden, here is the trailer for the new upcoming issue of Reptoid Magazine #4, featuring trains, steel, commuters, subs, cleantrains, whatever you call them.

Mural Art book

From Greece and the Carpe Diem team comes a new book about Mural Art. Details are few except the language will be german/english on 288 pages in A4 format, but the pdf-preview looks very nice. Found here.

Scarface comes to Europe

For the first time in raphistory, Scarface can be seen live in concert in Europe. Hailing from Houston and once part of the infamous Geto Boys, Scarface is by now a living legend in the rapgame. Check out him and lots of other hiphopacts, including Bun B, Raekwon of Wu-Tang, Black Milk, Bishop Lamont and Clipse in Aarhus, Denmark 9th-11th October at the 3-day concert-event called Aarhustookit.

TheMac in Europe

TheMac is making his way across Europe this month, leaving jawdropping portraits and burned walls behind. Check his blog with the latest stuff from Holland and watch out for whats gonna come out of his Milano adventures with Retna.

Skin and skills

Watch this chick do a wholebody on herself and strut around town afterwards...

I say we all chip in and get her a better videocamera for her next action

Big in Japan

Train graffiti hits the news in Japan once again. Check out the latest little story about a few hits in Tokyo here along with a bad, possible archive, photo and a few funny reader comments. Unlike last time, there is no videoclip yet...

Base23 / Dcide dopeness

On my recent trip to Berlin I was introduced to one of Germany's best kept secrets, character writer Base23 / Dcide from North Germany. Check out a few of his burners below, a nice interview here, his cool blog and his indepth website. Great stuff!!

Metrosexual DVD

You might have heard about this DVD already, but its surely still worth a mention here at ILG. Brought to you by one of the most notorious guys on the run, the Metrosexual DVD features so many subwaysystems and actions that Im not gonna list them all here, seeing is believing! Check it out at your local DVD dealer if you like steel, subways, actions and antisocial behaviour. See the trailer below and one special highlight...
Metrosexual DVD Trailer

German steel

Some guys never quit... Graffiti like only the Germans can do it, watch for the nice big one at the end!

Singapore burner

Jaba JNC doing it in Singapore! What?

Bad Meaning Good

Classic oldschool footage from the days of the 1-letter throwup and masteroutlines, here is the graffiti segment from the 1987 BBC Open Space documentary 'Bad Meaning Good'. Interviews with London Transport Authority and Pride of The Chrome Angelz.

The real Scarface

You probaly seen the Scarface movie featuring Al Pacino and his little friend. Well, here is a documentary about the real deal. No fancy Hollywood plotline, just the straight story of the Miami 1980's cocaine era.

Graffiti auction

London eventguide TimeOut has an article on graffiti vandalism turned into a pressumed big moneymaker at an upcoming auction at Bonhams auctionhouse in London February 5th. As a cool bonus feature, at the bottom of the article there is a step-by-step photoseries of The Chrome Angelz and The Bomb Squad painting in 1987, so oldschool that the photos are black and white!

New Secret Wars site & video

Check out the new Secret Wars website, check the upcoming worldwide tour dates and sign up for a battle if you think you got the skills to kill. And check the Grand Finale Video from 2007...

Notorious trailer

Short hiphop break in all the graffiti news.
You might have heard about the new movie coming about Christopher Wallace aka Biggie Smalls. Here is the trailer...

And while we wait, here is the very first apperance in a musicvideo by Biggie.
"Niggas is mad, I get more butt than ashtrays,
Fuck a fair one, I get mines the fast way,
Ski mask way!"

Aussie trainsurfing

In recent Australian news, a story about trainsurfing, graffiti, internetmovies and death.
Check out the article with video here and a photogallery from same videoclip here

The article mentions a video from the internet, you watch that below.

Graffiti Magazine TV

Little teaser for new online videos, coming soon from Graffiti Magazine. I love that name.

New Kacao77 canvas

Amazing artist Kacao 77 from Berlin has started a production of a series of new canvas, using the new Molotow one4all ink and markers. Check the burning result below and detailed shots and other canvas at his Myspace.

Boston Vandal Squad on the news

Want to know how the two most prolific Vandal Squad cops in Boston look like?
Well, you are in luck, as both donutlovers have gone on national TV shows and shown their faces.
Here we have the most active at the moment, Detective Bill KelleyAnd here we have old Nancy O'Loughlin

And here you can check out a recent Greater Boston TV show, featuring Kelley and anti-graffiti witch Anne Swanson talking on the case against Utah here.

M.C. Escher exhibition

Famous Dutch artist and art icon M.C. Escher has 80 original works exhibited at Gl.Holtegaard, outside Copenhagen right now. Expect an update from the show here at ILoveGraffiti in the next few months...

How it used to be

When I was younger, all I listened to was hiphop, all day, all night. As I grew older, my interest turned elsewhere , but I still remember hiphop, like an old love that will never go away. I recommend this new track called "How it used to be" from DJ ScratchMagic, it sums up my mood and feelings on this late Sunday night perfectly...

Dope photography

Real nice site from photographer Martin Andreasen, featuring, people, scapes, buildings, outside and journal... And graffiti related stuff too.

Yet another new brand

In the never ending line of new spraypaint, here comes Kobra spraypaint, straight out of Italy.

Blog mania

TWISTER over at the German side of ILoveGraffiti is back in business with a ton of new updates. The language might be in German, but the flicks and links speak for themselves.

North Korean Art update

As promised here at ILoveGraffiti earlier this month, I went to the Berlin Art Center to check out the exhibition on North Korean Art. Some real amazing artwork there, all walls full of canvases and even many pieces also lying on the floor in piles with 4 official North Koreans looking after everything. Below a few examples from the no-photo exhibiton.


Bonus: a big batch of new photography from North Korea right here.

Loose the hat

The Khallan releaseparty in Copenhagen this weekend turned into a big streetparty as expected. The fun topped when the Danish National TV decided to do an unrelated live interview with a policeofficer about the ongoing gunviolence in the city on the same spot.

After the live interview was ruined, pissed off policeofficers frisked about 150 people in the area without finding the hat...

Need new heels?

Here is your chance, three new designs of awesome, limited high heels by Insa. Perfect for that special someone...

A-line vandal online

Sek from the infamous A-line Vandals crew TAV in Copenhagen have been busy with the scanner, putting a big bunch of his historic blackbook online. Check out his stuff on the old red S-trains, trips to NYC and dig through his vinylcollection that is now on sale. All seen right here...

Don't ban the can!

Australian authorities are trying to get tough on graffiti, even considering a total ban on spraycans in some states. This upcoming Saturday there is a chance to show your opposition against this madness and see some great artwork at the same time at the Don't Ban the Can jam in Melbourne.

Fight the power in Finland!

27 persons arrested by confrontative police in Helsinki, Finland at a Pro-Graffiti demonstration. While the city hosts an anti-graffiti convention, closed off for the public and the press, its good to see more than 500 people demonstrating against this mad policy and figthing the power. More info here and here.