Aroe in collaboration with Odisy, 2008, in Brighton, UK.
Image courtesy of: FatCap
Bomb The Box! 6 Graffiti tours, 6 Countries, 6 artists starting from 1st of August until the 8th of September @Box Park, Shoreditch
Captivated by the concept of the “Bomb The World” documentary, bomb the box will be working closely with Aroe (affiliated with MSK & HA crews), one of the most legendary graffiti artists in the world, to invite 6 graffiti crews to East London. The series will be launched on Thursday 1st August from 6-9pm with a new exhibition on our upper deck featuring work from the crews that will be bombing the box. There’ll also be some sick DJ’s, free drinks, and a chance to chat with our collaborator Aroe, as well as director of Bomb The World, Josh Cole.
From Sunday 4th August, a massive 20 foot shipping container will drop on the cobbled area outside Shoreditch High Street Station, where each Sunday 2 graffiti artists will spray the box with complete creative freedom, live for public to watch them at their craft. The ‘box art’ will stay for the entire week, until the next 2 artists take over the installation to ‘Bomb The Box’ the following Sunday.
Crews have complete creative freedom, we have absolutely no idea what they’ll be spraying, so come down from 10am every Sunday and watch them do their thing for free! We’ll be putting on live DJs and beatboxing each Sunday to help you and the graff’ers get in the right frame of mind. The completed box will stay untouched for a whole week, until the next 2 artists spray over it the following Sunday – pop-up mall, pop-up graffiti.
Also, beginning Thursday 1st of August, the project will launch with work from the artists in a special exhibition that will span across the outdoor gallery space on the upper deck at BOXPARK. UK graffiti artist Aroe from MSK crew will be in attendance and available for interviews to discuss the project, why each of the artists were chosen and why they took on the project.
Aroe
Born in Africa in the early 70’s he began trying to fit in like most kids do. From fad to fad, Aroe looked to find his place, until the explosion of Hip Hop culture ripped through the UK in the early 80’s and changed everything.In mid-2000, he helped form one of the most notorious, loved/hated graffiti crews to come out of the UK. Their aim was to re-establish British graffiti in Europe. By 2006 the HEAVY ARTILLERY started to come together, an absolutely necessary change, as the focus of graffiti was shifting. In 2008, he was invited to become a member of the MSK.
GARY
A Uk Based artist, hailing from the creative hotspot of the South coast that is Brighton. Known for producing clean, type based pieces with an obvious nod to sign writing, he has been writing graffiti since 1998. Representing two of the worlds most influential crews MSK and HA, he has and continues to paint his way around the world
Kaos
Kaos, a graffiti writer from Stockholm, started in the 80’s painting together with his crew VIM. Creating letters and traditional graffiti, he has been painting together with ski since the start of the 90’s. Even today, the two are still hanging out and painting regularly on any areas possible in Stockholm.
Dizer
First and foremost, Dize is a writer. He paints fast with mechanical moves, based on his instinct! He ran the streets, train stations, tunnels, and urban areas of Paris for 22 years and is known today as one of the most creative and prolific french graffiti artists of his generation. In the last ten years he has began putting his work to canvas and continued to follow his authentic graffiti quest with a unique, modern and simple style. His canvases are pure expression of a whole life dedicated to graffiti. His work can now be seen from Tokyo to New York.
Yome
Beginning to draw at a very young age, Yome was inspired by his grandfather, a famous line engraver. In 1998 he met Dize and the VMD crew and hasn’t looked back since. He has recently become heavily involved with tattooing and now combines a mix of tattoo and traditional graffiti in his work.
Trun
Sasha Trun is a graffiti artist from St. Petersburg whom began his career back in 1998 after reading about the street art scene in Eastern Europe. Having dealt with the nuances of the technical side of drawing with spray paint, Trun quickly developed his own unique style of graffiti lettering that has become globally recognizable.
In 2008, Trun proposed the idea of creating the strongest Russian graffiti team. A week later, the team was established under the name TOPNDOPE, or better known as TAD crew.
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VC Maurer, is an aspiring art critic, columnist, and art journalist. With a dual degree in Art History and Religious Studies, she also obtains a masters degree in Curating Contemporary Design from London, UK. Currently she lives in Bedford-Stuyvesant, BK.
