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Daily Sight

2012-01-29T13:08:00.001+11:00

I've seen up to 6 on a bike with pets and bags of shopping.

Costa Rica

2012-01-23T11:18:00.002+11:00

I'm in the process of traveling through Costa Rica as fast as possible. It's really expensive and full of American Tourists but very beautiful at the same time.

Panama

2012-01-12T05:12:00.004+11:00

I finally made it to Central America. Panama has a lot more of an American feel to it compared to the places I've been in South America. Even the crack heads here harass you in English. I was really happy to see that they sell lots of paint in the supermarkets. They even have Rustolium.

The buses in Panama City are crazy. They are jazzed up old American school buses

After a couple of days I left Panama City and went the the second largest city in Panama, David. It's a bit of a hole but I managed to find a run down petrol station on a main road to paint. I was about to start when this old guy came out of nowhere. He told me that it was his house and he'd lived there for the last 6 years. He was cool with me painting it so I got us a couple of beers and had a good chat.

He started a fire and was cooking some strange stuff in some old paint tins. He told me that is was traditional food from Panama and he wanted me to dine with him. I've been crook so many times on this trip that I know when to turn down a dodgy meal. His hygiene levels had a bit to be desired. After a while a couple of his mates showed up and we all hang out and had some beers in the heat.

Darien Gap

2012-01-11T06:46:00.004+11:00

I've had a very interesting start to 2012 by being stuck in the Darian Gap which is the jungle that joins Columbia and Panama. There are no roads, a bunch of guys with machine guns, a few small towns and no banks which means no cash. I caught the worst boat trip of my life where I was stuck at the front of a speed boat where the driver tried to catch air off every wave. It was awesome for the forts 10 minutes but after 3 1/2 hours of jolting it gets a bit much. The boat ride ended at a little town called Capugana. There are no cars or motorbikes in any of the towns in the Darian Gap this one has a local cab which is a horse and cart.

For some reason almost every house had a sound system like this and they always had it cranked up to 10.

I moved to the next town called Sapzurro for new years. This place is even more isolated and even smaller. There are no banks for about 90km and after about a week the cash was getting low so I decided to move on to Panama. Just before I set off a really powerful Paramilitary guy got killed right near we were staying and the whole area was locked down. The streets were filled with Paramilitaries armed to the teeth. No one was aloud to open their shops or set off in a boat. So I ended up having to trek up a mountain to sneak across the border into Panama with a couple from Copenhagen and then we tried to bribe our way on to a plane, which didn't work so we got stranded in a really hostile town for 2 days with next to no cash. We even made fishing reels and tried to fish for our dinner. The people who lived there were a bunch of pricks. They hated us for being white and kept trying to screw us over. Out of nowhere a French guy lent us $200 before he jumped on a plane. It saved our asses. Without him we had no way of getting out of there.

Every time we tried to walk more than 3 blocks from in any direction, a Military guy would stop us holding his big gun with his finger on the trigger and tell us that we can't go any further because we might get kidnapped.

These missing person posters were everywhere.

This was the Air Panama office. They didn't want to help us at all, but I managed to score a whole lot of confiscated gas for my little stove. We used it to cook all our meals.

After being stuck there for a couple of days a couple from Argentina and a girl from Amsterdam showed up in the same situation. After asking almost everyone in town we managed to all get a boat to Panama City the next day. It was great to cruise past the San Blas Islands. There are over 400 islands. Some only have one palm tree going out of mound of sand.

Today I read about the Paramilitaries online and found out that they are pretty much the new drug cartels in Columbia. They are responsible for thousands of deaths where they almost wipe out whole towns using guns, machetes and chainsaws. If you're interested there is a lot more info on them here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramilitarism_in_Colombia

Cartagena, Columbia

2011-12-29T08:02:00.003+11:00

I spent Christmas in Cartagena this year. It's an awesome city with a lot of history, cool architecture, good eating and hot weather. I'm yet to see any graff here but there are a few bits of streetart and a lot of cool sign writing.

This means 'don't piss here or I'll shoot you'.

Melbourne Realestate.com

2011-12-29T07:57:00.002+11:00

A friend of mine was house hunting the other day and found this flick being used at the main photo for a house on Melbourne Realestate.com

The piece has been battered by the sun but it's good to know I've got a few around town that that toy Ruma hasn't got to yet.

Stuck in the Jungle

2011-12-26T04:09:00.005+11:00

I´ve been in various areas of the Columbian jungle for about the last month so I havn´t been getting up to much art wise apart from sketching in my book from time to time. I spent a couple of weeks working on a coffee farm with a really cool family in the middle of nowhere. They live really primitive out there with no electricity, a lot of the time no running water and no windows or doors on their house. It takes one hour in a 4 wheel drive to the nearest shop so they live off the land. It was the first time since I was about 17 that I went for 2 weeks without a beer.

Once I left the coffee farm I went up north to the Caribbean coast and trekked for 6 days to a lost city deep in the jungle. There have been kidnappings in the past on route to the lost city, people have died from being swept away while crossing the rivers and a few people have stumbled across cocaine factories tucked away deep in the jungle. We needed a tour guide to get us there. A few years ago another guy started taking people out there and undercutting the other tour guides. So they killed him. Now every guide charges the same amount.

It's also been good to get some beach time in too.

Popayan

2011-12-11T06:34:00.002+11:00

Just before Method and I parted ways we popped into Popayan in the south of Columbia. I was there about a month ago and stayed in the same place. This time the view from my window looked a bit different. Two days before we got there the bank across the plaza has been blown up because there was a secret military office inside there and the FARC were retaliating over the murder of their leader the week before.

While we were there we managed to paint a spot on a busy intersection. There isn't really any graff in Popayan. There are a bunch of stencils a few tags and some paint bombs from protests but these are the only pieces we saw.

San Agustin - Colombia

2011-11-29T01:26:00.003+11:00

We made our way to the small town of San Agustin in the mountains south of Colombia. The main attraction to this place is the tombs found in the mountains that date back to 1700 BC. While we were there we managed to do the first pieces ever to be done in the town. The paint was pretty expensive and really bad quality but we managed to get it done and draw a crowd in the process.

Bogota, Colombia part 2

2011-11-26T03:41:00.004+11:00

Stope took Method and I to a different area of Bogota to paint a wall. Unfortunately we only had an hour but we managed to get it done. In the cab back we went through a really seedy part of Bogota. It was filled with hookers, pimps, drug dealers and a lot of homeless people sleeping on the street. We saw a lot of Stope throwups around there (like the rest of Bogota) and I asked him if it was a dangerous place to paint. He replied "This place is pretty chill. The real dangerous part was where we were just painting." I'm glad he told me that after we left.

Colombia is a lot better than it was 20 years ago but it still has it's fair share of problems. There has recently been a lot of student protests across the country because of changes withing the universities. The Colombians take their protesting pretty seriously. A lot of the buildings across the city have been paint bombed and there is political graffiti everywhere. But it seems to have worked for them because they are not changing anything within the unis now.

Bogota, Colombia

2011-11-16T11:01:00.004+11:00

I've been in Bogota for the last few days. It's an awesome city, one of my favorites in South America. Unfortunately the weather has a bit to be desired but Bogota is a graffiti playground. The first night I got here Method and I caught up with Zombie and a few of the Kavs guys to watch the football and to go out bombing. No one in the city seemed to care about what we were doing. Back home we would have been tackled to the ground by a super citizen.

The next day we went to El Bronx (one of the dogyest neighborhoods in Bogota) to paint a wall. We got a lot of warnings to watch out for trouble but we managed to come out unscathed apart from a 10 year old kid trying to mug Method.

This is what can happen when you don't hand over your stuff when being mugged in Colombia.

Colombian good times

2011-11-14T11:15:00.002+11:00

I've been cruising around Colombia with Method and we wound up in a little town called Solento. We found an awesome old mans pool hall that became our local. It has urinals next to the pool tables, the drinks are really cheap and it is impossible to get kicked out for being too drunk. Some of the locals were on the floor when we got there and 5 hours later they were still ordering drinks and falling all over the place. One guy was even throwing up in the urinal.

While we were there we caught the final of the Colombian X-Factor. This guy won.

We finally left there and got lured into another bar by some locals. One of the Colombian guys there stole my bag just before we left. Another guy we were drinking with told us that he knows where he lives but he is dangerous and we shouldn't go there. So we went across the road to the police station and and told them what happened. The corrupt bastards weren't going to do anything so my girlfriend stepped up and said "we were going in there anyway and if something happens to us you'll have gringo blood on your hands". The cops said ok and grabbed their machine guns and we all went around to this guys house. It was classic. Method and I were raiding this guys house with armed cops dressed like commandos at 2am with beers in our hands. I bullshitted the cops and told them that my passport was in the bag. I found all my stuff but the cops tore the bloke's place up looking for my passport. The house was full of stolen phones and all sorts of stuff. The Colombian guy got locked up and we carried on drinking.

Medellin, Colombia

2011-11-04T07:15:00.004+11:00

I've been in Colombia for the last few weeks cruising around the south. It's a great country that has had and still has lot of problems. I have been in Medellin for the last week. It was the home of Pablo Escobar and the murder capital of Colombia. The city is filled with gangsters and corrupt cops and there are about 5 murders a day committed. I caught up with my old mate Method who happened to also be passing through Colombia and we set off for a days painting.

The first spot was a quick street piece on a busy road. We painted pretty fast and the cops showed up just as we were taking the flicks. I'm not sure what would have happened if they got us because we had next to no money on us to pay them off.

The day before we caught the metro and did some sight seeing. While on the train we went past a massive slum that went for about 8 stations and climbed up a big hill. I noticed a section where a few houses had been swept into the river that ran between the metro and the slum. I thought we'd try our luck in the slum and paint a couple of the walls. There are no pieces along the metro so whatever we paint will really stand out.

All the people we met in the slum were really nice. A few of them asked us what we were doing and when we replied "we're painting our names really big so all the people on the metro could see them" they thought we were crazy. The next day I spoke to a local and told her what we did and she told us that we were really lucky that something didn't happen to us. The place is run by drug bosses and the people who live there need to ask for permission to have a friend visit them. Otherwise their friend risks the chance of being shot.

These are a few of Pablo Escobar's planes he used to use to smuggle coke to the USA.

Ciao Quito

2011-10-24T08:54:00.003+11:00

I left Quito the other day and I must admit, for a city a lot of people told me not to go to I had an absolute blast. I was warned that it was really dangerous and there was a high chance of getting mugged. Lucky for me I came out unscathed.

This street doesn't look like much but I was told that it is in fact the most dangerous street in South America. More muggings and attacks happen here than any other street. I was told this when I was walking down it at 3am with a mate. We picked up the pace a bit and made it home. Just after I took this pic I saw the cops putting a crack head into the back of a cop ute. They have hooks that they handcuff people to so they don't jump out.

I was invited by my mate Roman to paint at a festival in Quito. I thought it would be in a big park or something but it turned out to be in an outer suburb of Quito on a really busy road with big trucks and buses going by constantly.

For the first time in my life I painted on scaffolding. so I decided to go big. They also gave each everyone 30 cans of really bad paint to use. It was pretty funny because pretty much everyone used roller paint and kept the paint for themselves.

It was more of a street art thing than a writers day. I think the organizer wanted me to do something a bit more streetarty but whatever. I had a great day and met a bunch of cool guys from Colombia, Ecuador, Argentina and Peru.

Afterwards I painted a quick piece with some guys from Peru to use up some of the cans. Unfortunately I left before they finished so I don't have any flicks. This guy started picking up cans and doing a piece too. He was having a laugh but taking it really seriously. I also saw a guy grab a can of paint and start toughing up his car. It was totally the wrong colour but he didn't seem to mind.

Quickies in Quito

2011-10-14T07:17:00.003+11:00

Caught up with Roman again the other day. He took me to a cool suburb in Quito and we punched out a few quick pieces. It seems to rain every afternoon over here and I have been using the shittest spraypaint I have ever used, but I'm having a great time.

Quito, Ecuador

2011-10-12T13:38:00.002+11:00

Found this pic on the net of a quick one in Quito from the other day with Roman and Wonse.

SDM exhibition

2011-10-12T13:24:00.002+11:00

I've got a few pieces in this. If you're in Melbourne pop in next Sunday.

Naranja

2011-10-06T08:40:00.002+11:00

The bucket of orange paint keeps on going. I just wish the blacks would work.

Banos, Ecuador

2011-10-03T08:19:00.004+11:00

After a bit over a month in Spain and England I'm back in South America in a town called Banos in Ecuador. It's a pretty small place surrounded by massive mountains and a big volcano and located right on the edge of the Amazon. I managed to find a couple of spots to paint. One wall was located right next to a big bridge with tourists bungee jumping off it all day. The only problem was I had to paint fast because the wall was covered in large tropical spiders and also had about 10 piles of human shit in front of it. It bloody stank.

I set off with my trusty bucket of paint and found this other spot that has a lot of potential. There are a lot of walls but I got a bit of lip off the locals before I even started so I'll have to come back and have a chat to them and try to do something decent.

2011-09-27T08:23:00.001+10:00

a couple of flicks found on the net

I think this one is from 2005

Ciao London

2011-09-23T19:29:00.002+10:00

Caught up with Snoe, Dscreet and Rone just before I left London and for once painted a spot that had never been done.

London Part 2

2011-09-14T00:44:00.002+10:00

Velvet Liga interview

2011-09-10T22:45:00.003+10:00

I have just done an interview for the Spanish site Velvet Liga. It's in Spanish and English (so don't let google do the auto translate thing or it will make no sence).

http://www.velvetliga.com/2011/09/interview-aeon-fly.html

Rio Fevelas, Brazil.
http://www.velvetliga.com/

London Part 1

2011-09-02T06:16:00.002+10:00

I popped into London the other day for a quick visit. It's changed quite a bit in the 3 years since I was last there. I was lucky to make it to the Notting Hill Carnival. I love that carnival. It's also been great to have a bit of time to catch up with some old mates and have a paint.

I went to Brixton for a paint and was blown away to see that the Tats Crew and TC5 had been down there. I really hope their pieces last a bit longer than most of the stuff down there.

Barcelona

2011-08-25T09:35:00.002+10:00

I've been blown off course from South America and found myself in Spain for the first time in 9 years. I forgot how much I love Madrid and Barcelona. I only had 2 days in Madrid and didn't have a chance to paint. The Pope was in town and the city was on lock down. I have been flat out with life stuff the whole time I've been here, but managed to find a spot to paint in Barcelona and snuck away for a couple of hours. It was great to use good paint for the first time in 6 months.

Barcelona is no where near as bombed as the last time I was here. All the legal walls have been knocked down and all the walls in the city have been buffed except for a few spots here and there.

Pretty much every roller door in the city is bombed by the who's who of world wide graffiti. It's great to see. Here is just a sample.

Huanchaco, Peru

2011-08-11T08:38:00.004+10:00

I arrived in Huanchaco, a small surfing town outside the city of Trujillo in Peru a few mornings ago. It's a chilled out town with not a lot to do except surf and drink beer. After a couple of days the weather turned grey and I got off the beach and found a little hardware store. It was a dusty room with dogs living in there and junk everywhere. The guy managed to dig up a bucket of booger green paint a can of blue spray paint and a bunch of blacks. I was pretty happy he had that much.

I was lucky to catch the Miss Peru finalists hanging out down the beach.

The town is small and I was running out of spots pretty fast. I saw a big wall on top of a hill with a set of steps leading up to it. I went up to check it out and found myself in a slum. I heard that there is a lot of dodgy stuff that goes on around Trujillo, but Huanchaco seemed pretty chill so I thought I'd hang out and paint up there. The locals were all pretty nice. I played soccer with some of the kids up there. They were really dirty and poor and the soccer ball had no air in it.

Postcards from home

2011-08-09T08:39:00.003+10:00

I've been getting a few flicks sent through from the boys back home. It makes me a bit homesick... but I know what Melbourne winters can be like and I'm sitting on a beech in the sunshine at the moment. So I'll get over it.

Ikool is the man for redoing this wall. Really appreciate it mate!

Back in La Paz

2011-07-30T10:52:00.004+10:00

I spent a few more days in La Paz last week. It's a strange city. I flew up 4km from the Amazon and then landed on top of a mountain where La Paz is located. The plane flew above the clouds and didn't come down. It was a very strange experience. I found a street that was full of paint shops. Unfortunately all the spraypaint was shit and they kept upping the price on me because I'm a gringo. I could see through their shit and managed to find an old lady selling paint from a room covered with topless centerfold posters. She didn't try to rip me off but half the cans didn't work. I think they might have been there for a few years.

I managed to find a lot more stuff by Luser. He is easily the freshest and most active writer in town. I think he knows it too. Some of the best stuff I saw by him was road side and unflickable from a bus.

La Paz, Bolivia

2011-07-23T02:51:00.004+10:00

I spent a day in La Paz on my way to the amazon last week. It's a really cool city that's shaped like a giant bowl with buildings built up the sides. I had an hour to kill in the afternoon and I managed to find a hardware store with a bunch of really shit cans with chisel tips. I walked around for about an hour painting quick pieces. It was good fun.

I met this guy who was living on the streets and he looked out for me a bit. He was a gang banger from LA who got deported back to Bolivia due to gang related activity. He's gang name is Shadow and he's in the DPG gangstas. He had some pretty cool gang tats. We got talking because there was a cop looking at me while I was painting this spot. I wrapped it up pretty fast and Shadow took me to another couple of spots.

La Paz is probably the dodgiest city I've been to in Bolivia. I had to fight off a mugger on the way back from the bottle shop in the afternoon. Lucky he was unarmed. It would have been good to have Shadow with me. He was a pretty mean looking guy.

I haven't noticed much of a graff scene in La Paz, but like Buenos Aires, Lucer and Jers from 031 and Blow are up a lot and there are a few pieces from tourists who were passing through. I'll try to hunt down some more of their spots now I'm back in town.

Un Poco Mas

2011-07-13T23:05:00.006+10:00

I was eyeing this wall off on my way to Spanish classes and every time I went past it the door was shut due to siesta. It's located on a busy intersection in Sucre and I really wanted to paint it. One day I set out a bit earlier and the door was open. I went up the stairs and found myself standing in a dingy dentist's surgery with a bag of paint while some poor Bolivian guy was getting his teeth drilled. I didn't bother interrupting him and I walked straight out. I had my daily chat to the lady on the corner and told her that I wanted to paint the wall. She told me to go for it and she'd back me up if there was any problems. I slapped it up pretty quickly and headed off to class.

After class I did a quick one on the way home. I found out later that it's on the side of a university. My mate Pato brought me a beer for my efforts.

Some people at the local market lock their crutches up for the day and pick them up after work. I guess they're sitting down all day.

Azul

2011-07-12T05:28:00.003+10:00

I mixed up some blue paint the other day and walked around Sucre for a few hours.

Omar's place

2011-07-07T13:10:00.004+10:00

Painted this guy Omar's front fence the other day. He was a classic. I've got a feeling it was his Mum's place. It was pretty big and looked like it was decked out by Franco Cozzo. He wanted me to do a piece in his lounge room but I was a bit pressed for time and really wanted to paint the front of his house because he lived in a prime location. He had cheesy centerfold posters all over the kitchen and lived there with his wife, son and mother. His mum was about 75 years old and I've got a feeling she was cracking on to me. She hung out with me while I did mt piece and kept saying "beautiful" in Spanish. She wouldn't leave me alone.

I also had this guy hanging out with me. He was so pissed that he passed out and pissed himself. Omar's son also hung out a lot. I tried to get him to help me fill in and bomb the neighbors fence but he want's into it.

Coca Cola

2011-07-06T10:26:00.004+10:00

Having a good time in Bolivia. I've managed to paint a fair bit over the last few days. Most of the people in Sucre have never seen graff before. I managed to get invited into someone's house for lunch while doing a piece on the street and numerous cabbies want me to paint a picture of their cab on their cab (all the cabs out here are hotted up with spoilers and have Nike, Adidas and Puma stickers across the front window). It's like stepping back in time here. There are no corporate companies, no one wears brand names and there are no chain stores. It's even pretty hard to find a supermarket. At least they have bottlo's and hardware stores that sell roller paint and spraypaint with chisel tips.

Sucre, Bolivia

2011-07-01T07:22:00.006+10:00

I've been in Bolivia for the last few weeks. It's a great country with a lot of culture but also a lot of poverty. I haven't seen a piece in any of the towns or cities I've been to, and I've only seen a couple of tags. In Sucre I managed to find a hardware store with paint and in pretty bad Spanish managed to score a wall. I painted it pretty fast because I was surrounded by locals bombarding me with questions. I managed to score a couple more walls in the same street. I'll see how I go with time, but it would be good to get a few more on top of them and paint the whole street.

Melbs

2011-06-30T09:14:00.002+10:00

I've been in the middle of nowhere for a while. Luckily I've been getting some postcards from the boys back home.

Tres & Dante

2011-06-26T09:37:00.001+10:00

Bringing the funk

Valparaiso, Chile

2011-06-09T09:24:00.005+10:00

I spent a week in Valparaiso, Chile. I had never heard of the place until a few months back. I was told that there was a lot of graffiti there but I didn't expect to see such a bombed city. I didn't see many legal walls or big productions, but the city is covered in quick pieces and bombing. I'm not sure why the place is so bombed, I think it's just because they don't buff anything. It's a beautiful city that's built up the side of a mountain with lots of beautiful architecture. I didn't have any contacts there and can't speak a great deal of Spanish but still managed to get a few bits and pieces done.

FLY

2011-06-02T09:29:00.003+10:00

Santiago good times

2011-05-27T03:45:00.004+10:00

After a big night out in Santiago and about 4 hours sleep I went to meet up with Hesoe again. I was really hungover and still a bit drunk, but I somehow made it on time. We were walking down a street and Hesoe just picked a wall and we stated painting. He told me that it was a really busy bus route during the week and a lot of people will see our pieces. Beats painting some shitty legal wall.

After that we walked past a Burger King and I really wanted some greasy food to help my hangover. Hesoe said that we'll go there soon, but first he wanted to check out another spot. Before I knew it we were doing another quick piece on a really busy road.

We then had lunch and met up with a few of Hesoe's friends and all piled into one of their cars. suddenly we mounted the curb on a busy road and everyone gets out and starts doing throwups on a big white wall.

We all pile back in the car and take off. After driving around for a bit we pull over in a side street. It didn't really look like there was anywhere to paint around there but I got out and followed the guys. They started marching down a busy highway into a tunnel in the centre of the city. We all chose spots and started painting.

We got out of there pretty fast and went looking for another spot. We found these billboards that were at street level and got to work.

After that we called it a day. Thanks to all the guys for showing me a good time. A special mention to Adeps for crushing Santiago. We drove past about 70 pieces by the crew during the day. They are up!

Santiago, Chile

2011-05-22T01:54:00.002+10:00

I've been knocking around Santiago with Hesoe the last couple of days. The city is pretty bombed with a lot of good styles. It's interesting times in the city with a lot of rioting going on. Stay tuned for part 2.

'Bite It' magazine

2011-05-16T12:32:00.002+10:00

The first issue of Bite It! magazine has gone to print and will be in a store near you very soon. Watch out for 96 pages of pure freshness straight out of Denmark.

Featuring the Flies crew, PT crew, Great, Carn & Tower, Petro and much more good stuff.

Buenos Aires again

2011-05-16T12:11:00.002+10:00

Alphabet

2011-04-28T09:09:00.003+10:00

I know that it's all the rage for a writer to do his own alphabet these days. But I started this idea about a year ago in an old black book. Honest. Another rough draft.

Pit stop

2011-04-24T05:53:00.001+10:00

Passed through Buenos Aires again the other day. I managed to paint this on a main road with some roller paint and scraps.

Sao Paulo - Brazil

2011-04-15T09:20:00.002+10:00

Spent last week in Sao Paulo. Really cool city. I didn't realize how much Os Gemeos and Finok were up. They have crushed the place. Billboards and any type of public advertising have been made illegal across the whole city, which made all the graff stand out a lot more. It was great to see a city without ads. So rare.
I didn't manage to hook up with any writers that did pieces, but I was taken out bombing with a guy that does Pixação. I spent a couple of days crusing around on my own with a bucket of buff and a few cans doing quick roller pieces. Only a few I like are on here. The city is pretty easy to find spots.
A lot of writers in Sao Paulo have there colour combo that they stick to make them stand out more. My lack of paint made me stick to the white fills with black and red outlines. When in Rome...

Rio flicks

2011-04-09T03:46:00.004+10:00

Hooked up with SWK and paintes a wall. This guy is really up in Rio

Rio De Janeiro Favelas

2011-04-07T09:32:00.006+10:00

I spent a bit over a week in Rio. I managed to meet up with Makatron from the Everfresh crew and get a few pieces done. On one of the days we decided to wander into one of Rio´s notorious Favelas. It was pretty nerve racking because a couple of white boys from Melbourne really stand out in there. I thought we were mug bait. but luckly Makatron can speak a bit of Portuguese and we scorred a tour of the place by a local. We went up into a bunch of buildings and saw lots of cool stuff. After the tour we got talking to a bunch of drug dealers hanging out the front of their place. They were pretty scarry but nice enough to let us paint the front of their building. So we scorred some roller paint and cans from a little hardware store in there. We knocked them out pretty fast and moved on.

Afterwards we painted a guys Acai store and scorred free lunch.

We then found another good wall and one of the locals leant us his ladder. We used the last of our paint and hit Copacabana beach.
A few says later I managed to stay 2 nights in another favela across town. It was a real experience getting to hang out with the locals.

Homer and Bart

2011-03-23T08:39:00.003+11:00

This ones for Nogga

Argentina Political Graff

2011-03-23T08:07:00.002+11:00

All over Buenos Aires are these crazy straight letter sign writing styled pieces. At first I thought it had something to do with the football hooligans. But I found out off a mate that it´s all politacal graffiti. It is pretty much on every main road over the city. There are different parties and they all have their colours. They are all chucking up their leaders names and going over eachother. They also have shoot outs over spots and the police are too scared to bust them. This would never happen in Australia. Imagine people going out there and hitting every main road and freeway spot doing pieces for Julia Gillard. All the pieces are done with brushes and they spend about 5 minutes on each piece. Most of them are basic straight letters but some of them are really stylish. I don´t have many photos of them but I woke up the other day with this on the side of the place I was staying at. They capped the other party with this white powdery stuff and rocked this.

Postcard from Dubiz

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Bs As

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More BA

2011-03-02T04:10:00.002+11:00

Here are a few more flicks from around Buenos Aires.

Buenos Aires

2011-02-23T02:06:00.003+11:00

Just got to Buenos Aires. Great city. It´s good to see so little retail chains and lots of hand painted signage. 013 crew have smashed the place. Stay tuned for some more flicks.

Kuala Lumpur

2011-02-23T01:32:00.004+11:00

Got directions from a mate to this spot in Kuala Lumpur. Spent more time trying to find paint than actually painting. I had 30 minutes and 4 cans of paint. Would have liked to spend some more time down there considering that there were so many nice pieces and it was in the middle of town.

I'll be back

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Going walkabout. Be back soon.

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Melbourne

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Around the way

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TMD FLIES SUK

2011-01-11T09:35:00.003+11:00

A nice crew names wall painted in NZ the other day.
TMDEES by Berst, FLIES by Bolts and SUKIDS by Askew.

Melbourne

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Fly

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More Miami

2010-12-16T09:36:00.004+11:00

A couple more from Miami. After seeing so much of it on the net these were the 2 pieces that impressed me the most. It was great to see Askew do a one colour fill and this Curve piece goes to show that some solid letters and a good concept will always burn.

Art Basel - Miami

2010-12-09T09:55:00.002+11:00

It was good to see a few Melbourne heads take part in Art Basel this year.

Lush Exhibition

2010-12-09T09:53:00.000+11:00

Stylin'

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Postcard from Ireland

2010-12-06T13:00:00.001+11:00

Rolk from Ireland in -6 temps.

Sunset

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Melbs

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All found on the net

Melbourne Update

2010-11-18T12:04:00.002+11:00

A3 small art show

2010-11-15T14:27:00.002+11:00

I've got a piece in the A3 show that opens this Wednesday at the For Walls Gallery.
All profits go to the Room To Read charity.

Around the traps

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Oooo Skary

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Petro - Too Big To Be Human

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Friday night @ Backwoods

Melbourne

2010-10-29T15:38:00.002+11:00

All found on the net

Teen Wolf

2010-10-26T11:50:00.003+11:00

Bang Bang

2010-10-20T10:11:00.002+11:00

Found on the net

2010-10-13T14:56:00.002+11:00

Rock on

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Melbourne

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Melbourne

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Weird & 2pay

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Over Flow

2010-09-24T10:38:00.001+10:00

My good mates Zode and Sarj have just made some new tees for summer. If you're interested in getting your hands on one, contact them at mr.overflow@hotmail.com

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Stylin'

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Perth

2010-09-08T09:53:00.002+10:00

All from 12oz

2010-09-02T16:49:00.002+10:00

Exhibit A

2010-09-01T10:22:00.002+10:00

I've got some work in an exhibition next week.
Come down if you're in Melbourne