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One of the Pioneers. Gone but not forgotten. more info

NEW WORK BY CAILAN BURNS IN HIS INAUGURAL SOLO SHOW.
OPENING RECEPTION JUNE 25, 6-9PM
EXHIBITION RUNS JUNE 26 - JULY 18

Along with some other great titles ACMI is screening Melbourne Ink on Saturday the 18th of July, which I think coincides with the launch of the amazing kings-way book.

The good people of Acmi have offered us 2 free Dbl passes to see Style wars (see deatails below)

If you would like a FREE Dbl pass to see style wars just email us the answer to this Question: Name 2 Everfresh artist that feature in Melbourne Ink

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Subject: stylewars tix

(sorry all gone- thanks to all that entered)

ACMI Cinemas Presents
Art and Street Culture in July at ACMI

First Look > Full $13, Conc $10
Thu 2 Jul 7pm, Fri 3 Jul 7pm, Sat 4 Jul 7pm, Sun 5 Jul 5.30pm
Beautiful Losers unclassified 18+
Aaron Rose and Joshua Land, 90 mins, USA, 2008, Digital Betacam. Courtesy: Madman Cinema
Beautiful Losers charts the rise and rise of a group of multi-disciplinary artists including influential street artist Shepard
Fairey (Obey) and filmmakers Harmony Korine and Mike Mills. All self-proclaimed ‘outsiders’ this loose-knit group drew
inspiration from the rich sub-cultural veins of skateboarding, graffiti, surfing, hip hop and punk, finding an outlet for their
creations in the early 1990s at Aaron Rose’s storefront gallery ‘Alleged’. Scored by Money Mark and imbued with a vibrant mix
of historical footage and contemporary interviews, Rose and Land’s documentary about these artists’ shared histories,
journeys from obscurity and energetic DIY ethos makes for inspirational cinema.

Curated by Kristy Matheson as part of the First Look program in collaboration with the State of Design Festival.

Thu 9 Jul 7pm, Fri 10 Jul 7pm, Sat 11 Jul 7pm, Sun 12 Jul 5.30pm
Style Wars unclassified 18+
Tony Silver, 70 mins, USA, 1983, Digital Betacam, Color/B&W. Courtesy: Wienerworld Ltd
“If you want to know what Hip Hop is really all about, check out a film called Style Wars” KRS-1
Shot in NYC in the early 1980s, Tony Silver’s groundbreaking film documented the new language of hip hop – graffiti, rap,
breakdance. Bringing subway battles between artists and civic guardians to the fore, Style Wars gives voice to some of New
York’s legendary writers including Kase 2, Skeme, Seen UA, Cap and Dondi. A precursor to both Wild Style and Beat Street,
Silver’s film is vivid, legendary and a rare big screen event.

Curated by Kristy Matheson as part of the First Look program in collaboration with the State of Design Festival.

Australian Persectives > All tickets $8
Sat 18 Jul 4pm
Melbourne Ink unclassified 15+
Romain Levrault and Julien Sena, Australia, 2009, DV Cam
Melbourne is home to some of the best graffiti artists in the world. Laneways across the city have been encrusted with street
art and they’ve become popular backdrops for wedding photographs, international backpackers, even tourism campaigns.
Furthering the debate are filmmakers Romain Levrault and Julien Sena and their recent snapshot of the current graffiti
landscape with interviews from some of the big names in graffiti and street art: Andrew Chew, Andy Mac, Miso, Ghost Patrol,
HaHa, Drew, Meggs, Reka, Vexta, Phibs and Rone. Presented as part of State of Design Festival, the screening will be
followed by a panel discussion with the filmmakers, street and graffiti artists, Gordon Harrison (City of Melbourne), Dr Lachlan
MacDowall (VCA) and other special guests. Then join us at 6pm for the book launch and signing of Kings Way: The Beginnings
of Australian Graffiti, Melbourne 1983 - 1993 in the ACMI Function Space.
Curated by James Nolen as part of Australian Perspectives in collaboration with the State of Design Festival.

It kind of crazy how much we take for granted when you read stuff like this:

As Taken from Huck Mag

Yesterday after coming back from street riots, the government banned all satellite TV and all the internet sites like YouTube, and Facebook. They reduced the internet speed from 128k to 12k and so when I tried to send you a video of what was happening on the streets I found that it was impossible.

They bit and hit people and the young on the streets. They fear our power. We trusted them but they abused our votes. We could never imagine such pig minds. I just sent you this and hoped you could spread this news in many blogs. Not just from me but from all Iranian freedom seekers. They are banning us and they make us fear and be silent. Even the person we vote for told us to ‘be silent because these government has no fear to tear your breasts and pour your blood into all Persia rivers…’ The person we vote even asked us to be silent and forget it. He said they are not Muslim and they are liars.”

Now the police is like a wolf here and Muslim people in neighbourhoods are trying to laugh and disrespect us as non-Iranians. The government made fires and robbed banks at night to say we (the people) had done this. But people did nothing dangerous or criminal, they just seek their votes. We elected someone else and they made someone else the winner. All the people say this but the government liars.”

He’s also done what he knows best and hit the streets with some of his following creations…

Some of his work from the streets of Melbourne:

Stay safe

Kings way now has a Flickr here.

Don’t sleep on this one…

A while back I uploaded info about Melbourne’s greatest graff book (to date) which is about to launch, ‘Kings Way.’ A blog has just been created by its author. For people who dont know, Kings Way focus’s on the beginnings of Melbourne Graffiti 1983-1993. Expect mad oldschool steel, rocked-out denim and shots of the lifestyle of that era. The blog has got a couple of layouts and sneak peaks of whats expected. You can even pre-order your copy, with 2 limited edition covers to select from too… Im already loosing sleep, waiting for this bad boy to drop. Peep> KINGSWAY

All of these are editions of 10 only, contact makatronix [at] gmail.com and cost $40

“Zebra Splash”  25 cm sq.

“Vestido”  24 x 30cm

“Park Life”  28 x 34cm

“Turned On” 40 x 30cm

The 3rd installment of WATIM’s 12×12 show opens in Sydney this Friday,
with a killer line-up of artists.
All info can be found on the official webpage: www.watim.com/12×12

Took this flick of one of Stabs stencils up in the street.

Good to see something new stencil-wise.