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enjoy!

 

there was a panel running on thursday on the st albans line past nth melb station on its way to footscary station about mid-day. It was pink fill and dark pink/red outline. I think it was a 'Lush' cat charo. any pics???

 

There also was alot of insides done during the school holidays. eg. polser. very entertaining ladies and gentlemen. thankyou for the reading material. :P

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This is an every man for themselves, winner take all battle for $20,000! No bullshit themes, sideways rules, or collaborating on this one. Just solid style and an attempt to prove who wants it the most! Expect a lot!!

 

A legit roster of artists chosen by REVOK will be competing, including:

 

 

AROE (UK),

 

ASKEW (NEW ZEALAND),

 

CES (USA),

 

DEMS (SPAIN),

 

DMOTE (AUSTRALIA),

 

EWOK, (USA),

 

POSE (USA),

 

RIME (USA),

 

SOFLES, (AUSTRALIA),

 

VANS (AUSTRALIA)

 

 

WHO DO YOU THINK WILL WIN THE GRAFFITI BATTLE?

 

VOTE FOR YOUR FAVORITE TO WIN THE "CLASH OF THE TITANS" BATTLE HERE

 

12ozprophet.com/forum/showthread.php?t=131921

 

Most of the americans are still smashing it illegally, two of the aussies were apart of shaping the "scene" here, and another just got a six year suspended sentence. I don't understand people disputing the realness of these writers.

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THE WHOLE COMPETITION THING IS REALLY A BIT OF A DOUBLE EDGED SWORD. DEPENDING OF COURSE WHICH STANCE YOU TAKE ON THE WHOLE GRAFF THING

 

FIRSTLY THE COMPETITION IS ABSOLUTELY SOUL-LESS. ITS MISSING WHAT GRAFF IS REALLY ABOUT. NO ONE STARTS GRAFF TO MAKE 20THOUSAND DOLLARS BY PAINTING A PIECE WITH 75 COLOURS AND EFFECTS. GRAFF AINT A COMPETITION IN A STADIUM! THAT SHITS WACK! ITS A COMPETITION IN THE STREET.. TO SEE WHO CAN GET UP WITH STYLE.

 

ITS NOT A RACE YOU CAN EVER REALLY WIN EITHER CONSIDERING ITS COMPLETELY OBJECTIVE AND EVERYONES OPINIONS ARE DIFFERENT.... (THEREFORE YOU CANT REALLY GO AROUND ABSOLUTELY SAYING ONE PIECE IS BETTER THAN ANOTHER.. OF COURSE YOU CAN FOLLOW FUNDAMENTALS AND FORMULAS BUT WHATEVER... ITS ALL ABOUT OPINION AND THERES SO MANY DIFFERENT STYLES YOU CANT DEFINITIVELY SAY THAT ONE IS BETTER THAN THE OTHER) .. ALSO PEOPLE DO MORE THAN OTHERS. SOME ARE MORE STYLISH THAN OTHERS.. EVERYONE HAS THEIR OWN GOAL IN GRAFF.. WHOS TO SAY A PEICE IN A COMP IS WORTH MORE THAN SOMEONE WHO HAS DEVELOPED A DOPE HANDSTYLE OVER TIME AND IS A HARDCORE BOMBER. ..

 

ON THE OTHER HAND.. GRAFFITI STRUGGLES TO BE RECOGNIZED AS A LEGITIMATE ART-FORM. I GUESS THIS IS BECAUSE OF ITS ILLEGALITY AND PRE-CONCEPTIONS AND ASSOCIATION WITH CRIME. VIOLENCE EVEN DRUGS ETC.. BUT WITHOUT EVENTS LIKE THIS HOW WILL GRAFF EVER BE RECOGNISED AS AN ART? THIS WILL GIVE IT THE MAINSTREAM RECOGNITION THAT MAY ACTUALLY CHANGE PUBLIC OPINION!

 

PEOPLE WHO ARENT IN THE SCENE MAY SEE IT AND SAY SOMETHING LIKE .. ! WOW! WHAT A PRETTY COLORFUL PIECE OF ART.. ETC ETC.. AND MAY EVEN SWAY THEIR OPINION FROM THINKING THAT ALL GRAFFITI WRITERS ARE CRIMINALS ETC ETC..

 

GRAFFITI LAWS GET TOUGHER ALL THE TIME.. AUSTRALIA AND THE WORLD BECOMES MORE AND MORE OVERGOVERNED EACH AND EVERY YEAR.. ITS HARDLY GOING TO REVERSE ITSELF BUT I GUESS EVENTS LIKE THIS COULD EASE SOME TENSION.. EITHER THAT OR PEOPLE WILL BE OUTRAGED THAT IT MAY ENCOURAGE MORE ILLEGAL GRAFFITI..

 

 

ANYWAY ENOUGH SCATTERED RAMBLINGS..

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Yer mate, and I hate people that have 50k first cars bought by Daddy, but I wouldn't knock it back if in the same shoes. I hear what you're saying but the streets will never be filled with quality work, everyone starts out as a complete toy - and toy shit looks bad - no matter what walk of life you're in.

 

Be in Melburn last week of this month and really looking forward to it. Fucking sucks I fly out on the 30th.

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THE WHOLE COMPETITION THING IS REALLY A BIT OF A DOUBLE EDGED SWORD. DEPENDING OF COURSE WHICH STANCE YOU TAKE ON THE WHOLE GRAFF THING

 

FIRSTLY THE COMPETITION IS ABSOLUTELY SOUL-LESS. ITS MISSING WHAT GRAFF IS REALLY ABOUT. NO ONE STARTS GRAFF TO MAKE 20THOUSAND DOLLARS BY PAINTING A PIECE WITH 75 COLOURS AND EFFECTS. GRAFF AINT A COMPETITION IN A STADIUM! THAT SHITS WACK! ITS A COMPETITION IN THE STREET.. TO SEE WHO CAN GET UP WITH STYLE.

 

ITS NOT A RACE YOU CAN EVER REALLY WIN EITHER CONSIDERING ITS COMPLETELY OBJECTIVE AND EVERYONES OPINIONS ARE DIFFERENT.... (THEREFORE YOU CANT REALLY GO AROUND ABSOLUTELY SAYING ONE PIECE IS BETTER THAN ANOTHER.. OF COURSE YOU CAN FOLLOW FUNDAMENTALS AND FORMULAS BUT WHATEVER... ITS ALL ABOUT OPINION AND THERES SO MANY DIFFERENT STYLES YOU CANT DEFINITIVELY SAY THAT ONE IS BETTER THAN THE OTHER) .. ALSO PEOPLE DO MORE THAN OTHERS. SOME ARE MORE STYLISH THAN OTHERS.. EVERYONE HAS THEIR OWN GOAL IN GRAFF.. WHOS TO SAY A PEICE IN A COMP IS WORTH MORE THAN SOMEONE WHO HAS DEVELOPED A DOPE HANDSTYLE OVER TIME AND IS A HARDCORE BOMBER. ..

 

ON THE OTHER HAND.. GRAFFITI STRUGGLES TO BE RECOGNIZED AS A LEGITIMATE ART-FORM. I GUESS THIS IS BECAUSE OF ITS ILLEGALITY AND PRE-CONCEPTIONS AND ASSOCIATION WITH CRIME. VIOLENCE EVEN DRUGS ETC.. BUT WITHOUT EVENTS LIKE THIS HOW WILL GRAFF EVER BE RECOGNISED AS AN ART? THIS WILL GIVE IT THE MAINSTREAM RECOGNITION THAT MAY ACTUALLY CHANGE PUBLIC OPINION!

 

PEOPLE WHO ARENT IN THE SCENE MAY SEE IT AND SAY SOMETHING LIKE .. ! WOW! WHAT A PRETTY COLORFUL PIECE OF ART.. ETC ETC.. AND MAY EVEN SWAY THEIR OPINION FROM THINKING THAT ALL GRAFFITI WRITERS ARE CRIMINALS ETC ETC..

 

GRAFFITI LAWS GET TOUGHER ALL THE TIME.. AUSTRALIA AND THE WORLD BECOMES MORE AND MORE OVERGOVERNED EACH AND EVERY YEAR.. ITS HARDLY GOING TO REVERSE ITSELF BUT I GUESS EVENTS LIKE THIS COULD EASE SOME TENSION.. EITHER THAT OR PEOPLE WILL BE OUTRAGED THAT IT MAY ENCOURAGE MORE ILLEGAL GRAFFITI..

 

 

ANYWAY ENOUGH SCATTERED RAMBLINGS..

 

 

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Yer mate, and I hate people that have 50k first cars bought by Daddy, but I wouldn't knock it back if in the same shoes. I hear what you're saying but the streets will never be filled with quality work, everyone starts out as a complete toy - and toy shit looks bad - no matter what walk of life you're in.

 

Be in Melburn last week of this month and really looking forward to it. Fucking sucks I fly out on the 30th.

 

WHAT I WROTE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH WHAT YOU JUST WROTE

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THE WHOLE COMPETITION THING IS REALLY A BIT OF A DOUBLE EDGED SWORD. DEPENDING OF COURSE WHICH STANCE YOU TAKE ON THE WHOLE GRAFF THING

 

FIRSTLY THE COMPETITION IS ABSOLUTELY SOUL-LESS. ITS MISSING WHAT GRAFF IS REALLY ABOUT. NO ONE STARTS GRAFF TO MAKE 20THOUSAND DOLLARS BY PAINTING A PIECE WITH 75 COLOURS AND EFFECTS. GRAFF AINT A COMPETITION IN A STADIUM! THAT SHITS WACK! ITS A COMPETITION IN THE STREET.. TO SEE WHO CAN GET UP WITH STYLE.

 

ITS NOT A RACE YOU CAN EVER REALLY WIN EITHER CONSIDERING ITS COMPLETELY OBJECTIVE AND EVERYONES OPINIONS ARE DIFFERENT.... (THEREFORE YOU CANT REALLY GO AROUND ABSOLUTELY SAYING ONE PIECE IS BETTER THAN ANOTHER.. OF COURSE YOU CAN FOLLOW FUNDAMENTALS AND FORMULAS BUT WHATEVER... ITS ALL ABOUT OPINION AND THERES SO MANY DIFFERENT STYLES YOU CANT DEFINITIVELY SAY THAT ONE IS BETTER THAN THE OTHER) .. ALSO PEOPLE DO MORE THAN OTHERS. SOME ARE MORE STYLISH THAN OTHERS.. EVERYONE HAS THEIR OWN GOAL IN GRAFF.. WHOS TO SAY A PEICE IN A COMP IS WORTH MORE THAN SOMEONE WHO HAS DEVELOPED A DOPE HANDSTYLE OVER TIME AND IS A HARDCORE BOMBER. ..

 

ON THE OTHER HAND.. GRAFFITI STRUGGLES TO BE RECOGNIZED AS A LEGITIMATE ART-FORM. I GUESS THIS IS BECAUSE OF ITS ILLEGALITY AND PRE-CONCEPTIONS AND ASSOCIATION WITH CRIME. VIOLENCE EVEN DRUGS ETC.. BUT WITHOUT EVENTS LIKE THIS HOW WILL GRAFF EVER BE RECOGNISED AS AN ART? THIS WILL GIVE IT THE MAINSTREAM RECOGNITION THAT MAY ACTUALLY CHANGE PUBLIC OPINION!

 

PEOPLE WHO ARENT IN THE SCENE MAY SEE IT AND SAY SOMETHING LIKE .. ! WOW! WHAT A PRETTY COLORFUL PIECE OF ART.. ETC ETC.. AND MAY EVEN SWAY THEIR OPINION FROM THINKING THAT ALL GRAFFITI WRITERS ARE CRIMINALS ETC ETC..

 

GRAFFITI LAWS GET TOUGHER ALL THE TIME.. AUSTRALIA AND THE WORLD BECOMES MORE AND MORE OVERGOVERNED EACH AND EVERY YEAR.. ITS HARDLY GOING TO REVERSE ITSELF BUT I GUESS EVENTS LIKE THIS COULD EASE SOME TENSION.. EITHER THAT OR PEOPLE WILL BE OUTRAGED THAT IT MAY ENCOURAGE MORE ILLEGAL GRAFFITI..

 

 

ANYWAY ENOUGH SCATTERED RAMBLINGS..

 

I don't post often, but those are words of wisdom. I agree 100%

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THE WHOLE COMPETITION THING IS REALLY A BIT OF A DOUBLE EDGED SWORD. DEPENDING OF COURSE WHICH STANCE YOU TAKE ON THE WHOLE GRAFF THING

 

FIRSTLY THE COMPETITION IS ABSOLUTELY SOUL-LESS. ITS MISSING WHAT GRAFF IS REALLY ABOUT. NO ONE STARTS GRAFF TO MAKE 20THOUSAND DOLLARS BY PAINTING A PIECE WITH 75 COLOURS AND EFFECTS. GRAFF AINT A COMPETITION IN A STADIUM! THAT SHITS WACK! ITS A COMPETITION IN THE STREET.. TO SEE WHO CAN GET UP WITH STYLE.

 

ITS NOT A RACE YOU CAN EVER REALLY WIN EITHER CONSIDERING ITS COMPLETELY OBJECTIVE AND EVERYONES OPINIONS ARE DIFFERENT.... (THEREFORE YOU CANT REALLY GO AROUND ABSOLUTELY SAYING ONE PIECE IS BETTER THAN ANOTHER.. OF COURSE YOU CAN FOLLOW FUNDAMENTALS AND FORMULAS BUT WHATEVER... ITS ALL ABOUT OPINION AND THERES SO MANY DIFFERENT STYLES YOU CANT DEFINITIVELY SAY THAT ONE IS BETTER THAN THE OTHER) .. ALSO PEOPLE DO MORE THAN OTHERS. SOME ARE MORE STYLISH THAN OTHERS.. EVERYONE HAS THEIR OWN GOAL IN GRAFF.. WHOS TO SAY A PEICE IN A COMP IS WORTH MORE THAN SOMEONE WHO HAS DEVELOPED A DOPE HANDSTYLE OVER TIME AND IS A HARDCORE BOMBER. ..

 

ON THE OTHER HAND.. GRAFFITI STRUGGLES TO BE RECOGNIZED AS A LEGITIMATE ART-FORM. I GUESS THIS IS BECAUSE OF ITS ILLEGALITY AND PRE-CONCEPTIONS AND ASSOCIATION WITH CRIME. VIOLENCE EVEN DRUGS ETC.. BUT WITHOUT EVENTS LIKE THIS HOW WILL GRAFF EVER BE RECOGNISED AS AN ART? THIS WILL GIVE IT THE MAINSTREAM RECOGNITION THAT MAY ACTUALLY CHANGE PUBLIC OPINION!

 

PEOPLE WHO ARENT IN THE SCENE MAY SEE IT AND SAY SOMETHING LIKE .. ! WOW! WHAT A PRETTY COLORFUL PIECE OF ART.. ETC ETC.. AND MAY EVEN SWAY THEIR OPINION FROM THINKING THAT ALL GRAFFITI WRITERS ARE CRIMINALS ETC ETC..

 

GRAFFITI LAWS GET TOUGHER ALL THE TIME.. AUSTRALIA AND THE WORLD BECOMES MORE AND MORE OVERGOVERNED EACH AND EVERY YEAR.. ITS HARDLY GOING TO REVERSE ITSELF BUT I GUESS EVENTS LIKE THIS COULD EASE SOME TENSION.. EITHER THAT OR PEOPLE WILL BE OUTRAGED THAT IT MAY ENCOURAGE MORE ILLEGAL GRAFFITI..

 

 

ANYWAY ENOUGH SCATTERED RAMBLINGS..

 

he's got a point we should be helping each other out toy or an exprienced writer its not a race, comp or any thing like that we should be fighting the law not other writers. NOW POST SOME FLICKS!!

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