Walkin' back to Reka One

I needed to go for a stroll, as I had read a Fb rumour that the latest Reka had been tagged.  I took Kaff along to make it more interesting.  Now a strange thing happens when a blogger takes an artist for a walk.  The mood shifts, it becomes less about the discovery and more about the opportunity...

So yes, in the discovery stakes we found the Reka, and at the same time found some awesome new Vandal, to remind me how ridiculously good he is...(with a quick opportunity for some Kaff-eine TV)

I also found some interesting messages from the worlds first street artists, which nearly made me wet my pants...you have to spend a moment on the corner of Smith and Gertrude, this art reminds you that there is a history here older than we can ever imagine, so just respect it...

Then we meandered around the Silo's, and feeling completely unprepared for anything remotely resembling a spontaneous Urbex, I swiftly guided the good Kaff to an old Fav that was screaming out for some Kaff-eine.  Guess what, a huge Aieks, with an instant nod to Arti Graffarti's recent article... 

 But snap back from nerd blogger land, suddenly it was on.  Right place, right artist, right time for a throwie...

 And a few more opportune moments arose (I might need to do a drive by in daylight and Nab this wee piece before anyone works out where it is)

  Oh yeah and there was a heap of other stuff. Hats off to Dick Nose, and some cool new Doctor made me need a plan to revisit in the daylight

Throw Ups

Arty Graffarti did a great post on Y-aieks and reminded me to think about Throw ups and take them seriously.  They really are the woven fabric of the street.  They have the ability to set the mood of a lane like no other.  Walk past them, and you are walking past walls that talk.  Throw ups contain mystery and history.  One crew over another. Codes of ethics.  Tags and territory.  The origins of graffiti, locally grown.  

If you want to get more 'High Brow' and analyse this with an Art narrative have a look at 'How to Read Graffiti' or of course, Google anything you want.  But this is a good read.

TV Crew

So when you are out next, go search out a throw up, look at it, imagine the can, the hand, the hoody.  Throw ups speak the politics of what graffiti is and does.  And graffiti is the Godfather of the street.  

 

Zac - TV Crew

Visible from Brunswick Street, and probably not a crowd pleaser...then again, why not?

FYG

Sadly this wall is gone now, but I would argue that the Lush Sold Out wall was for a long time, the greatest showcase for throw ups in Fitzroy

Uber Scrawl

What a totally fun opening, what a genius bunch of people, how well  hung!
 

 

Babygrrrl Style

Hot.  One word.

Nothing but love

The Sutton Gallery project space ''cleaned up" some pretty ancient Art....and left one word, Love

When Snez came to town

Scrawl This

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The Sprawl

The Urban Scrawl crew TigTab, Blacklodge, Kaff-Eine and Precious have mastered the art of anticipation.  The Blacklodge teasers have been too good!!! I cannot WAIT for this exhibition (check the Fb link if you still don't know what I am talking about).  So I am not sure I can articulate the thrill I received yesterday when I followed the Claw and along the way, found a trail of Urban Scrawl magnets.  I stopped myself from collecting them, because I wanted to write this post, so that others may discover.  I found about 20 of these, I am sure there are more. I do have a few on my fridge though. I have photographed each find but I will just give you a few.  My suggestion is s look for anything metal down the lanes, maybe a couple near previous Kaff-Eine and Precious collab, the rest scattered.  As tempting as it is to say more, I refrain...