Write4Gold 2006

[EUROne]

YOU FIGHT FOR OIL :hatred: WE FIGHT FOR GOLD ;)

[prisma404]

WOW..is that a sorrry bunch of "graffiti".

masters..????? i dont think so.

thats a sad collection that was expelled from the asshole of the spraypaint world...yea i said it

waste of retnal function.

[T.T Boy]

that swedish wall is real dope.

the italian one is hot too.

this is a cool idea. if you dont like it, dont paint in it.

lots of euros dont give a shit about this event and not everyone will.

drips dont always make something bad.

bring an event to canada.

[TWISTER]

Originally posted by prisma404@Dec 12 2005, 05:22 AM

yea i said it

 

 

 

dope statement :clown2:

 

 

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

[TABOO BKLYN]

who got flix of the ohio event?

[Grouch]

you obviously dont know shit about swedish graffiti if your going on about drips its their style and its fucking fresh all the other walls look similar and have style yes, but the swedish have style and are original. also the writers on that wall have smashed it. if you dont know shit zip it

[GOB]

I agree the sweedish wall is dope Bingo and Fins are mean. The French wall "swc" looked like it came straight out of a graphic design magazine????????

[viperface]

I'm going the fuck insane

 

First there's overwhelming whineage over this event being legal, mainstream, european etc not real graff whatever... maybe it's many people and not just one opinion, sorry but I must say a few things here.

 

People bitch about drips. There are rules, no drips? who made this rule? In scandinavia and across the world there has developed a mindset that doesn't give a fuck about rules.

 

You are basically whining about breaking the laws of an illegal subculture which, in this case isn't even illegal and not part of the subculture, but a part of folk art. I can't fit my small brain, why an illegal artform/sport should have rules if it's illegal in the first place.

 

Then again, is this is only folk art if it's legal...? All participants are known writers, some are known to bomb like lunatics and write on subways.. also some have degrees in art/design etc: making it definately more than folk art by definition. According to some of you, in this case the only thing that apparently doesn't make it graffiti is the fact that it is legal.

 

I know what you mean by saying that true graffiti is rugged and illegal - I agree, I myself like tags over any production anywhere. but you can't in your right mind take this event out of the context of graffiti just because it has a legal permission to happen. the participants, the tools and the blurred stylistical "themes" are there. It's not 100% graffiti but it still has some persentage. not just 0%. maybe a 50% or so...

 

and I'm sure that this event is not an attempt to exploit graffiti culture and this does no harm to it in any way

 

..to be continued

[Lt.Bernum]

 

 

a couple of entries from the Strasbourg, France event held this year....which was alot of fun.

[Lt.Bernum]

sorry about the size of the flick eh

[maintaintherock]

that MASTER of STYLE wall def. the tippy top

[backwax]

lets see some personal flix. and drips are toy.

[GOB]

Your toy. The style of that wall is the "business", Super clean painting gets boring.

[Schnitzel]

The German wall up there is dope love it when pieces fill the entire space rather than leaving big gaps

[Shamus_O'tool]

Any flicks from the US qualifying competition, from 06?

[STYLEISKING]

write4gold jury roskilde festival

[The Hankee Pankster..]

FUEGOOOOOO!

[STYLEISKING]

[STYLEISKING]

write 4 gold will take a 1 year break next year 2007,me personally would like to see the event goes to more new places like:thailand,singapore(maylaysia),tunisia,island,turkey,brazil,mexico,canada...pretty much everything in europe is locked down,so its gotta be new places..so it can build the local scenes stronger,inspire and make it more international!

just my 5cent

[Guest Ginger Bread Man]

come out to mexico... i have the connections to make it happen

[freckles]

sir doodles holla

[ClueTwo]

Great concept...I could spend the whole day looking at all the pictures...

[FuckTheBeef]

Well Im glad to hear that the "winner" of this is picked on who the judges dont have beef with, and not whos production is actually the best. What a fucking joke.

 

 

"what are you retarded warfare?"

 

i don't tolerate the way you speak to me... because i didn'tdisrespected and i ain't a toy...

 

I think those swedish guys are good enough to quit them if they want, if you know a bit about this crew you would know they make it on purpose.

 

Another thing, in fact the french writers ( which are my friends) won the battle but had a beef with the organisation, that's why it's written fuck write for gold on their piece, so they didn't win because of the beef.

[PitbullOnPowder]

politics,go figure!

[STYLEISKING]

'Beer Is Not Just For Breakfast'

 

 

Write 4 Gold

 

This summer's climate shift toward global sizzling in Europe; the USA ; and

other Northern Hemisphereic locations is especially hot and whorehouse

humid. When a rainy deluge of 30 degree Celcius droplets refreshes the skin

and soul, you KNOW ...brother, it's bloody hot! The Write 4 Gold in Köln

was blazing, sticky and illy with it's funky warm embrace.

 

In America one names such a splendid W4G summer day a 'barn-burner', and in

Germany's Köln good vibes were catchin' and sparkin' like wildfire! The

W4G's inherrent excitement combined with an intoxicating revelry nearly

eclipsed the thrust of a Space Shuttle gone hideously wrong. The global

political air is afire as newspapers, armies and heads of state preserve

and drive on with 'scorch the earth's land/populace ' with bloody savage

abandoned. Nevermind the disagreeable cultural and religious units, they too

shall suffer the ill directed heat if not careful! A brutal demise to the

aesthetics of free living and beliefs may meet a excruciatingly painful

demise by blindly led war machines and double-speak theatrical

manifestations of death and destruction, as well as the crucifixtion of

public arts and the creators of such free expression. It's time to party,

yall! The aerosol culture's W4G is one way to let your hair down, shake that

groove thang money maker while enjoying great talents spray their asses off

for everyone's pure enjoyment.

 

 

Diz-zamn, was it hot Saturday the 22nd of July! I awoke waaay too early in

order to truck on down to the W4G West Germany competitions in culturally

compassionate Köln. I awoke bright and stinky breathed after a mere 2.5

hours of nervously excited slumber before embarking upon a stifling delay

racked train (DB) ordeal to 'judge' the finals. ( Bomb the DB!!!Yo!) Jesus,

Jimi Hendrix, that sucked! My 2nd tee shirt was soaked before the 9:00a.m.

train departed lush Bielefeld to transport myself and 667 Records personal

Presidential bodyguard. Indeed we were mighty thirsty for God (Serch: NES

Holland & Zulu Timski's ) gift of Veltins and Kölsch from heaven above.

 

Upon arrival we were greated cheerfully by a friendly, albeit exhausted

staff; and the W4G soon became one helluva party! Certainy a fine day was

enjoyed by all, except the unlucky receptive punter that collected a box

lunch knuckle-sandwich courtesy Köln's CN Crew caterers. The music was BMX

kickin': pumping hardcore rythymns maintained and punctuated through the air

pounding beats(downs) in the ultimate outdoor party sphere. The aerosols

stinking whilst the beers flowed like the brutal Rhine, and the freaks,

wives and freak-ettes provided stimulus for testosterone fueled bad boys and

jokes. Oh yeah, and the artwork was first class! Yo ! (* BURP!*)

 

 

Now gang, in my position I've always found it beyond difficult to cite one's

creativity in a judgemental manner. Damn, i was on the jury to 'critically

'examine artists' group efforts.... Oh Oh! In New York City I had conducted

and augemented classes for the SPECIAL NEEDS sector of the metropolis'

Department of Education throughout the urban jungles of Manhattan and the

South Bronx. Within the realm of education, competition is discouraged and

accomplishments duly rewarded with insightfully adequate praise highlighting

one's growth. For an old Oooold ass school graff dinosaur, it's quite odd to

'judge' gifted the talents of the new age aerosol dynamos. Such encounters

are tricky and brimming with complexities. At the W4G a jury must be

sensitive within a pure rigid structure like qualitative education;

objectivity is paramount.

 

Three years ago I had the dubious honorable invitation to judge the grand

W4G Chenmitz/SPLASH festival, and I found that an embarrassing awkward

situation. This season's experience in Boogie Down Köln was far better

organized and the competitive agenda dutifully clarified simply for the

jury. It is a difficult task, yet the BELTON folk have streamlined the

juried requirements precisely in measurable tune to the abundant talents

showcased.

 

Oh Thit! Now the ex-judge, QUIK is writing a review....Damn! Someone should

be bribing my ass....or am I doing it all because I actually LOVE and

support the culture?!?! Hey, yo! I'm open for bribes! (*Burp!*)

 

The W4G management team performed superbly, handling our individual needs

while busting their humps in the excruciating heat and wind driven molten

thunder showers. It was an overall well executed professionally produced

manifestation. Give these people props! ( And, I can forgive them for NOT

supplying me with the silicone bloated hostesses I'd dreamed of to carry my

paint: maybe next time!) To organize such international events weekend after

another under the constraints of travelling; climate fluctuations; artistic

egos (me be GUILTYas Charged!); equipment and manpower frailties, etc. is is

a grueling task... nevermind the knucklehead audiences at various venues

whether sober, stoned or indifferent. Hmmmm, speaking of kids with Special

needs..... (*Burp!*)

 

Ok, now you may want insider detailsß? Uh-Oh, I gotta be super careful

treading here on volitile Mt. Vesuvius grounds. (Damn my editor, FUME! he

thinks he's f%$/§?kin' slick passing THIS assignment to me!)

 

 

 

Alright... the STUGGIS/Stüttgart cleaned up shop sweeping juried points

hard. This productive masterful team dominated the overall spread, and won

the Köln finale specifically on points. The STÜGGIS fine character rendering

and illustrative graff atmospheric painted visual was superb, Yet , I for

one had given other crews a much higher tally (you know who you are!). No

matter... Then, Glory Lordy Be, the W4G staff became a wee wee tinkle tinkle

bit nervous in the communal backstage Pow-Wow regarding the STUGGIS triumph,

and we were not quite on Home turf=get the picture! The W4G Illuminati were

subconsciously praying that fall-(tough) guy QUIK had made a scoring

error....T'was not to be. Sir QUIKster had not boffed, and made at a scoring

error even after 24 Dutch ZULUed supplied beers! Nevertheless, fair is fair,

and the STUGGIS now trudge off to SPLASH matching up with the cream of the

crop.

 

The Köln W4G's combined talents were on a much higher level than witnessed

at recent qualifying tournaments, including other aerosol sponsored

competing paint brands. This W4G was truly spirited, enriched by a spirited

well behaved humorous gathering of Funmeisters in attendance. It t'was a

goooood paarty! C'mon, it even had senior citizens ZEBSTER, QUIK and GAWKY

in their wheelchairs painting! Even the female cheerleaders were hotter than

Madonna's lingerie cabinet room! (Strangely enough, there were NO female

participant artists suppoting the West German troops....hopefully next year

we shall break That boundary).

 

Throughout New York City's earliest graff period, the masterpieces of yor

consisted primarily of 3 colors at most. These awkward limitations yielded a

vibrant subculture hell-bent on creating a new visual excitement we now

celebrate nearly 40 years after it's subterranean birth. Graffiti art's

nearly unified international scene supports street artists of various

disciplines: dancers, DJs, MCs, and festivities augmented by commercial

thirst parallel to a genuine passion exploring new avenues of creative

expression via new found tools and techniques. The blue-printed contemporary

dynamics of the scene are a long cry from the seemingly crude urban

vandalism of the original subway art pioneers. Write 4 Gold sustains the

vitality of the aerosol culture, regardless where it's tournaments are held

or the actual brands of paint used over the years. Ok... KRYLON and

RUSTOLEUM would be wack!

 

Respect to the art. See ya soon......*BURP!*

 

Quiknyc.com

[STYLEISKING]

[itsallafarce]

those tits on the middle wall look like a fuckin picture....damn...and that last wall is fuckin bannanas!

[r2dee]

uk comp

 

 

 

 

 

[STYLEISKING]

final this weekend!

wish to be there....

[Whore fest]

That wall rules, who the fuck cares if there are drips.

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i do like the wall but come on " who cares about the drips?" :)

i think if they are going to winn all them cans they should be able to use them proper.

 

shit how can a wall with fucking drips win? you tell me. like i said the french team was robbed.

 

 

true that shit is dope , you euro guys have made that strong popart graffiti style a train style of graffiti , it should stay there ! wfg should be all about how much fire you can bring to the wall full burners and since its legal make it clean as hell.

 

Go TMD crew burn some shit !

NewZealand