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I think the reason why the swedish guys has won the competition in
2004 are the scandinavian originality they show us at this day. I think
the dutch OD Wall is nice but didnt stand for original dutch graffiti, they are really good but its not enough to get the title at this final
day. No doubt about the french guys, theyre wall is nice too, but i cant
find a nice conversation of the them masters of style. Check the con-
versation of the swedish walls, with kings and toy graphics, good idea.
In my opinion the mce guys has done in 2004 a good wall which is
worth to get the title, but in 2005 the wall not reach the level of the
2004 final wall.
Im, personally like the hungarian, german and italian wall a lot
Hungarian Wall W4G 2005 Final
German Wall W4G 2005 Final
Italian Wall W4G 2005 Final
However,
next year we put some new at the final,
the KO Qualifyingsfor the european crews, to qualify for the next days
worldwide competition.
4th august 2006 Pre-Elimination Europe (Group A,B and C)
5th august 2006 Worldwide Final (Group D)
The 2006 runners-up were drawn in group A,B,C and the final Group D.The European Groups A,B and C run as KO Groups. 2 Crews of each Group can qualify to the Final Group D.
The Winner Crews of the Groups A,B and C expect special Winner Prizes and the qualification to the World Final Group D. Soon you get informations here.
While the current title holder France have been placed in Group D along with the Winners of the Write4Gold South Africa, New Zealand,USA and Japan, because they are automatically qualified to the worldwide final.
The Groups are divided in geographical basis.
European Elimination
Group A Eastern Europe/South-East Europe 4th August 2006 (splash!)
Group B Middle-Europe/South Europe 4th August 2006 (splash!)
Group C Northern Europe/North-West Europe 4th August 200 (splash!)
Group D Worldwide Final Group 5th August 2006 (splash!)
Check more about it,here
Furthermore, next judges confirmed,
OPAK and ZEBSTER!
Opak in Action...
Other Judges,here
TWISTER
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Originally posted by MrJackDaniels@Nov 30 2005, 07:29 PM
so where abouts in surrey uk would this take place?
any ideas for venues?
The exact Venue will be published by AEROSOLICs in January.
Check our Website...
Regarding the USA Venue, sounds funny.
I didnt think that american Writers from US are much more
skilled like you said. It can be interesting to see how it works.
Actually we work on US Venue, check Write4Gold.info for upcoming
Venues in 2006
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Originally posted by diggity@Nov 29 2005, 09:55 AM
seems lie creativity and originality are pretty close to being the same thing. i also think that tags and throwups should be valued a little more.
i have a hard time understanding what you mean by swing, maybe cause its 3am. could you elaborate on what you mean?
Creativity looking for innovation, whats new..
Originality is like the winner wall of 2004, the swedish wall, many points according originality, because swedish guys rockin original swedish
stuff, stuff what they paint in daily writing business. Its hard to be
original at Write4gold, thats my impression.
The Swedish Wall
Swing its hard to judge because if compete walls like this:
IIG/CMR/TOP Crew Prague
Write4Gold Czech 2005
Topic: Break the Rules
or this wall:
USH/OSC/DOA Crew Gdansk (PL)
Write4Gold Poland 2005
Topic: Dream Theatre
we choose two guidelines, to mess this both walls,
Swing (weight 13%)
and
Statics (weight 17%)
I dont know if you understand now, i hope its not 3am ;)
TWISTER
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Originally posted by alongheroicstory@Nov 28 2005, 08:19 PM
well i dont intend to be your average hater, but i did give u honest feedback. the productions do look great(not my favorite style) but its all good on that end. I will say that the work it takes to set something that big up is gotta be hard so your efforts should be commended. But like i said above graff should be more pure. and tags and throws are alot more important when it comes to graff, thats wat graff came from but anyway, good luck for real, wont make it to any of the shows but id like to see some pics... and is it going to be a free event?
Yes. mostly its free. In some venues Write4Gold are involved
as a side event, than its not free, but its not often.
Write4Gold didnt stay in competition with the graffiti from the
street, pure graff in such kind of writing you mean is still present
at Write4Gold, in kind of the skills of the participants... Dont
mess Write4Gold with Graffiti from the street, its an graffiti jam,
not more not less. Have fun, visit and than decide..
TWISTER
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Thank you,
Of course there are criterias, guidelines and a jury. But what about
havin fun, chill with cool people and get the chance to join a world-
wide final with about 18 crews from 4 continents? No doubts, its a
kind of commercial because of sponsors, but if you know anything
about organisation of events than you know what it means, to
cover costs and fees of a project like Write4Gold.
i think its a opportunity to show skills, meet up with national and international
writers, to support the network and have fun. Not
more not less.
Take a look to the wall productions and you feel what it is...
But no more discussions about at all, its more interesting to talk
about the categories and the guidelines, what do you think about
the reglements and the regulations. Do you think we should add
something else? Let me know, we are interested in every kind of
critical feedbacks.
Thanks,
TWISTER
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Originally posted by Europe@Nov 28 2005, 03:27 PM
We need some flicks in this thread to keep it in this forum.
Here is the concept wall from the winner crew of the 2005 international finals at Splash Festival in Chemnitz, Germany.
OCT Crew from France
Thats not really right, not these wall has won the whole final, because the french OCT was the strongest in all 4 categories (throwup, sketching, tagging).
Winner of the Concept Painting (main categorie) , the hungarian crew PNC from budapest,
TWISTER
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Hey,
i want to explain in this thread the Project Write4Gold, established as competition and graff meeting/jam since 2003 in europe, going to prepared worldwide this year for 2006.
Write4Gold is a competition in categories, a jury stay beside to decide with guidelines given by the organizers whos the most creativ and skilled especially on this day (we know isnt possible to judge in general the graffiti skills of a crew).
Write4Gold Venues in 2006:
Capetown, South Africa AFRICAN Qualifying
Tokyo, Japan ASIAN Qualifying
Auckland, New Zealand OCEANIA Qualifying
Surrey, UK UK Qualifying
Norrkoping, Sweden SCANDINAVIAN Qualifying
Moscow, Russia RUSSIAN Qualifying
Bratislava, Slovakia EAST EUROPE Qualifying
Budapest, Hungary SOUTH EAST EUROPE Qualifying
Vienna, Austria ALPS Qualifying
Rome, Italy ITALIAN Qualifying
Sofia, Bulgaria BALCAN Qualifying
Madrid, Spain IBERICAN Qualifying
Strassebourg, France FRENCH Qualifying
tbc, North America AMERICAN Qualifying
Haaksbergen, Netherlands BENELUX Qualifying
Stuttgart, Germany GERMAN Qualifying
World Final, splash! Festival Germany FINAL
To check the venues click on http://www.write4gold.info the official Website
The 5 different categories are:
Style 50% (priority)
Conception 20% (priority)
Sketching 15% (priority)
Throw Ups 10 % (priority)
Tagging 5 % (priority)
For most of the worldwide aerosol artist community the Write4Gold is a unique and very important event. The judges have a big responsibility. Thats why were looking for equal rules of judging for every Write4Gold Battle, to make the system of judging more transparent and understandable for everyody. The following explanations will give you as an organiser,a judge or a participant a guideline how to decide or participate at Write4Gold Events.
First of all a jury member has to be in a position to estimate a lot of different criteria. Of course not every jury member knows everything, but we claim to be open minded and willing to learn new things without forgetting the foundations. Open your eyes for developements and innovations in Writing.
There are different criteria which will be voted from the judges For each criterio each judge has to give points from 1 to 10. As morepoints the judges are giving to a crew as better the crew will stand in the ranling list. As usual the best crew in the rankings will go for the final battle in germany.
New ranking in 2006 is the place for "best conception". We will provide therefore special prize, winner certificate and the opportunity to participate in the jury of Write4Gold 2007.
The evaluation will be summarized according to priorities. Every single category has a separate evaluation system and rules.
CATEGORIES:
Style:
The complete crew is painting a style (letter combination (like hot spot or knowledge is king) and has to follow the guideline of the jury. Its most important thing to paint the letters of the guideline to be a part of the competition.
Guidelines: Swing (13%),Statics (17%), Originality (20%), Composition (15%), Creativity (20%), Readability (15%)
Weight for total evaluation: 50% (priority)
Time frame: 8 h
Board length: ca 20 m
Board height: ca 2.10 m
Available aerosol cans: 50 Molotow Premium for every crew
Writers/Crew: min. 3 writers max. 8 writers
Time: during the day event
Conception:
The jury rate the whole conception of the 20m wall of the style battle board. There is no guideline regarding special topic, but still the reference to the letters of the style competition.
Guidelines: Technic(20%), General Picture(25%), Character(20%), Colouring(20%),Originality (15%)
Weight for total evaluation: 20% (priority)
Time frame: 8 h
Board length: ca 20 m
Board height: ca 2.10 m
Available aerosol cans: 50 Molotow Premium for every crew
Writers/Crew: min. 3 writers max. 8 writers
Time: during the day event
Sketching:
The crew nominate 1 writer for a sketch action. The best sketch of a topic given by the jury wins. Its most important thing to design the letters of the guideline to be a part of the competition.
Guidelines: Swing (5%),Statics (15%), Originality (10%), Composition (5%), Creativity (15%), Readability (10%), Technic(10%), General Picture(20%), Colouring(10%)
Weight for total evaluation: 15% (priority)
Time frame: 1 h
Available: 1 sheet of paper, format A4, one set of 12 touch markers
Time: during the day event
Action Throwups:
The crew nominates 1 Writer for a fast style performance.
The most attractive style without highlights or similar fancy stuff wins.
Weight for total evaluation: 10 % (priority)
Time frame: 90 seconds
Board length: ca 3 m
Board height: ca 2.10 m
Available aerosol cans: 1 Molotow Burner XXL, 1 Covers All Outline Black
Time: during the evening event
Tagging:
The crew nominates one writer. The most swinging, most creative and stylish tag wins.
Weight for total evaluation: 5 % (priority)
Time Frame: (of course) none
Material: PVC/wall
Available: various ON THE RUN Marker or molotow spraycan
1 Try / Crew
Time: during the day event
THE REGULATIONS:
- NEW it is recommended that the maximum number of crewmembers is 8 or even less, maximum number of crewmembers to represent at the final is 5!
- NEW Each crew got 8 hours to show their skills and styles
- A team has to design a wall of 20 meters in length and
2 meters in height (actual board height: 2,08m -
see SPLASH 2002, or Write4Gold 2003,2004,2005).
- 8-11 teams compete per battle (no single battles)
- NEW Furthermore the best conception will be awarded
- the individual writers are only allowed to join one national elimination
- Each team gets 50 molotow spray cans, which are necessary for the
adaptation of the topic.
- At the finals, SPLASH festival 2005, 20 meters per crew are
available.
- A member of one crew cannot simultaneously take part as a
member of another crew in any other battle. No mutliple
participation possible.
- The team which wins a qualifying has to compete in the final
with the same team members.
- The battles take place from 10.00 a.m. until 6.00 p.m.
(9 hours)
- The jury select the color combination (50 cans)
- The participants have to accept the rules, conditions and
the judgement.
- The provided brand of spray cans has to be accepted
(Everybody has to use the same tools)!
- NEW only real crews are allowed to participate in the competition, allstar teams or joined crews are no longer tolerated. Real crews means writing, practising and performing together beside the W4G
- NEW the jury should consist of 3 to 5 members, selected very carefully in close agreement with the W4G Headoffice/Germany
If you want to know more about the venues, regulations and categories check http://www.write4gold.info .
A Preview of the 2005 venuesclick here
To check the Trailers and more: click here
But now to my question, what you think about this whole project and the idea the have a official worldwide graffiti battle like the Bboys have in BOTY or DJ´s in ITF?
What you think about the judgements and the pictures there? As you know each crew get a topic to convert in 8 hours with 50 cans, choosen by the jury.
Tell me your opinion,
Thanks,
TWISTER
Write4Gold 2006
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To have an event in your area please contact contact@write4gold.info
Please introduce us with your ideas, and we will check the possibilities,
its not easy to find adequate venues for write4gold, we need space in
walls, a local promoter and some ideas to convert the categories.
And about the writers who dont wanna participate in the competition?
Who cares, its up to everyone, nobody ask, somebody register..
And how comes, that really active crews like THE from Rome, AODS
from copenhagen, BK from Hamburg, KGM from Moscow, PNC or
GLK from Budapest, SFN or LIFO´s from Athens, MUTANTS from
Bratislava, TOP from Prague, OCT or LE CREW from France, USH
from Poland or XTRA LARGOS from Spain participate, all of them
very skilled writers who have fun in the competition, thats all about!
TWISTER