Let's hit the streets...

Samstag 27. Juni: Die fetteste Fatsche des Jahres!

2009-06-23T12:35:00.000-07:00

Samstag 27. Juni: Die fetteste Fatsche des Jahres!

Leute es ist so weit. Das erste Secret Wars Germany Tournament geht zu Ende. Nach genau einem Jahr soll nun der erste Sieger gekürt werden. 16 Künstler sind gegeneinander angetreten, zwei sind übrig geblieben. Ihre Namen sind längst keine unbekannten mehr. Am Samstag, den 27. Juni steigen Kosmos Oliver und Caparso in der Scheune zum vorläufig letzten Mal in den kreativen Ring, um mit ihren schwarzen edding-Markern zu rasseln und der Kreativität freien Lauf zu lassen.

Jetzt gilt es. Seid dabei und erlebt geballte Kunstfertigkeit und Kreativität in Schwarz-Weiß, Kosmos Oliver gegen Caparso, HfBK-Student gegen Gestalter fu¨r visuelles Marketing, Kunst gegen Illustration.

Die beiden Künstler kämpfen nicht nur um Ruhm und Ehre. Der Gewinner darf sich u¨ber ein Apple MacBook Pro gesponsert von asti freuen. Nach dem Motto Solutions for Creatives bietet asti auf der Maxstraße 6 in Dresden mit eigenem Apple-Shop und Systemhaus die lösungsorientierte Betreuung der hiesigen Kreativbranche.

Auch der Zweitplatzierte geht nicht leer aus. Ein Acer Aspire One Netbook gesponsert von der Agentur fu¨r interactive Kostenoptimierung ku¨rt ihn ebenso zum Sieger! Dazu gibt es für beide Titelaspiranten einen Helm von HELT Pro®.

Und das ist noch nicht alles. Die Scheune wird an diesem Abend auch zum Tanzpalast, oben wie unten. Bereits während der Battle und die ganze Nacht werden das fünfköpfige What!What! Records Team die Ohren und die Beine der Gäste zum Glühen bringen. Wir nennen das ganze Tanzextase pur. In der Lounge, einen Stock tiefer, wird sich T.Low Rock wieder in die Herzen des Publikums spielen und seine neuesten Platten auflegen.

Bei diesem Partypaket bleibt kein Auge trocken, kein Ohr unerfüllt und mit Sicherheit kein Bein stillstehen. Be there or be square, zu gut deutsch komm hin, denn deine Freunde sind schon da.

Around Brick Lane

2007-06-15T05:23:00.000-07:00

Secret Wars on Tour in B'HAM 9th June

2007-06-15T04:51:00.000-07:00

Temp Ap-Art Space in Notting Hill

2007-06-15T04:22:00.000-07:00

Secret Wars on Tour in B'HAM

2007-06-14T07:16:00.000-07:00

Cromatics Munny 02 by Mr. Becks

2007-05-11T06:30:00.000-07:00

CSAA - Cromatics Space Ape Adventure

2007-05-11T06:28:00.000-07:00

Please turn on the volume of your receiver to maximum and enjoy the video:

Enjoy a Cromatics pimped cuppa & toast

2007-05-11T06:15:00.000-07:00

A new round for Cromatics customz.
This time we style your breakfast :)

Stencil Graffiti from Melbourne

2007-05-03T00:05:00.000-07:00

I found this video on youtube which gives you a real cool impression how Melbourne looks like and I believe is a great support for my posted pictures from last year. So enjoy watching it:

CROMATICS Customz

2007-04-11T00:24:00.000-07:00

The Munny was customized for our friend RED 136 and the PS2 for another friend UH Noster. If you would like to get something CROMATICS pimped than drop us a line at: contact@cromatics.co.uk

Streetart from Sydney

2007-04-01T23:57:00.000-07:00

Check more awesome work from Teazer at www.daveymac.com

Secret Wars - Semi Finals

2007-03-08T05:03:00.000-08:00

Thanks to Terry from Monorex (www.monorex.com) CROMATICS (www.cromatics.co.uk) was invited to be a judge at the semi finals of Secret Wars (http://secretwars.co.uk). It was a really great evening and the Juno Bar was packed as usual. The battle was really close this time but Hugo from Daydream Magazine (www.daydream-mag.com) and myself decided that TECK 1 (http://www.myspace.com/richiestyle) is going to be in the final which will be held on the 31st March 2007 @ the Juno Bar in Shoreditch.
Enjoy the pics and ensure you get down to the final!!!

Brighton on the Sea

2007-03-07T08:19:00.000-08:00

Elm's Lesters Painting Rooms

2007-03-07T08:02:00.000-08:00

Paul who is running 'The Elm's Lesters Painting Rooms' (www.elmslesters.co.uk) is the only 'traditional gallerist' in London who believes since long long time into streetartists. Not like other ignorant and arrogant art people did he realize how much potential these artists from the street have and which strong imagery they can create in a gallery space. Once again he is representing the 'creme de la creme' in his latest exhibition: IN SELECTED STORES ONLY... Enjoy the impressions of Andreas from CROMATICS (www.cromatics.co.uk).

stolenspace - david bray

2007-03-07T07:16:00.000-08:00

Thanks to D*Face and his stolenspace gallery (www.stolenspace.com) we were able to see some beautiful artwork from David Bray. So enjoy his hand drawn illustrations!

London town

2007-03-07T06:51:00.000-08:00

Birmingham impressions

2007-03-07T06:37:00.000-08:00

nonpermanent 'an evolving concept'

2007-03-07T05:32:00.000-08:00

Wow it is already 2 weeks ago that CROMATICS (www.cromatics.co.uk) attended the nonpermanent event (www.nonpermanent.com) in Birmingham. Our friends Matt and Ian organized a show featuring some of the UK's most talented artists. If you like to see some video's as well, please check the following YouTube links:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-OC2HtS-xQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pc-EgbaRFG4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHLr2DD34QQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfwNqg4aXHU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsLkcvEES-E

Melbourne = Streetart Mecca

2006-10-24T18:23:00.000-07:00

Melbourne, Melbourne - big city of dreams. After I heard from various people that Melbourne is THE Stencil Graffiti Capital my expectations were really high when I came here. And as you probably can already guess - they were fullfilled. It is absolutely amazing how much streetart you can see even in the CBD. There are lots of hidden lanes which are purely trashed with all kinds of stuff. There are frames glued to the wall, plenty of wallpaper, stickers, stencils, graffiti and much much more. It is such a huge impact that you have to go a couple of times to the same lane and you will still find something new which you missed the previous day. If you shouldn't come soon to Melbourne by yourself you might want to have a look at a really cool book called: 'Stencil Graffiti Capital: Melbourne'. Just check there website for further details: http://stencilgraffiticapital.com/. There is also a new publication called something with 'Un-cut' but in my opinion it lacks in a proper design. It looks like someone wanted to jump on the 'hype train' but didn' had the proper connection to the roots and therefore it sucks. Don't get me wrong here but if you compare the books you know exactly want I mean (and in fact even the chapters seemed to be copied!) But now enjoy the flicks I might have to separate them by lanes or so....

We are enetering the city of dreams...

Melbourne DEGRAVES PLACE & AROUND

2006-10-24T17:29:00.000-07:00

Melbourne CALEDONIAN LANE

2006-10-23T05:33:00.000-07:00

Melbourne HOSIER LANE

2006-10-23T05:06:00.000-07:00

Cairns

2006-10-23T02:40:00.000-07:00

Welcome to tropical Queensland!

I really love this skateboard especially the drips rock!

Check this killer insect, it got caught on the radio antenna on our van and was totally dried out once we arrived in Cairns, check the wings man!

Be careful grabbing hands from above....

Funny enough, the best piece in town was from my friend ROKSE (a writer from my hometown Dresden back in good old Germany).

In all I have to say Cairns wasn't covered to much with streetart but probably it's also due to the small size and people knowing each other -and who wants to piss in each others backyard?

Brisbane rocks!

2006-10-22T18:49:00.000-07:00

Brisbane is a realy nice city. You can see plenty of stuff along the line and I found quiet a bit of streetart around China town. I just wished I would have found more time to explore the surroundings. Enjoy the pics....

CRMTCS tour van

2006-10-22T17:56:00.000-07:00

Good day everyone, first of all: 'SORRY' for the long absence - but it was kind of hard to get all the things done on the net when you travel. I couldn't believe how expensive the internet access can be, especially in remote areas (prices up to $12 per hour). But anyway luckily we are now in Melbourne and have a good broadband connection. So here we go, enjoy the pics....

As you can see on the first picture the van had just a boring beige colour, but after a hard day (nights) work it became a glossy coloured 'candy bar' ;) Thanks again to our friend TEAZER who did a great job. Ensure you check his website: www.daveymac.com or watch out for his canvas stuff on Ebay.

Bondi Park

2006-06-22T22:02:00.000-07:00

The surf was amazing and the sun shining ;)
Remember this stairs? No it's not in South America at all, it's between Bondi and Cogee somewhere hidden along the costal walk.
Ain't a bad spot for a so called 'homeless' aigh?
Check the massive reflection in the building, awesomei isn't it?

Haculla from NYC left quiet a mark in town after their exhibition @ China Heights!

Redfern recreation area...

2006-06-22T21:50:00.000-07:00

Around Newtown & Macdonaldtown

2006-06-22T21:31:00.000-07:00

Star Wars in Lewisham

2006-06-22T21:18:00.000-07:00

OLD SCHOOL SH*T from Ashfield right into the CBD

2006-06-22T20:51:00.000-07:00

On a bike ride to the city we spotted some old school stuff and just hooked it up. So enjoy ;)

24 hours graff stuff in my mind

2006-06-22T20:31:00.000-07:00

May's exhibition + Surry Hills Festival

2006-05-19T23:35:00.000-07:00

The first pictures are from the Surry Hills Festival and are part of 'The Giant Mural Wall' which was painted during the Festival, it was organized by www.knot.org.au I got a chance to speak to APE7 who did all the stencil stuff you can see here. Actually he is doing much more than that just check out his website: www.apeseven.com...

The one's who read regularly the NEWS on www.CROMATICS.co.uk know about this exhibition, which basically displays the panels which have been created on a monthly basis on May Lane in Sydenham Sydney. Have fun checking the 'Schinken'...

Check the details of the stencil on a 3x2,5 m wall!

Strathfield 2 Ashfield...

2006-05-18T03:24:00.000-07:00

This time my racing bike took me all along the train line from Strathfield to Ashfield. Names like PO!, Soup, Kwak and Cast appeared quiet often. As usual I will show you everything I got in front of my lense and hope it is reflecting the style and vibe which is dominating the streets of the suburbs of Sydney. Enjoy and see you soon for more stuff....

What's that weird Pokemone doing on her chest?

Bakehouse Quarter Markets...

2006-05-05T03:19:00.000-07:00

This time I made it happen. I took my racing bike and had a look around the Bakehouse Quarter Markets in North Strathfield and as you can see there was plenty to explore. I actually do like the streetart stuff the most but don't want to hide anything and decided to put everything up what I could find. And so I let you judge what you think about the scene here...

Let me start with the current adicolor campaign as it is very streetart related and I don't know if you have the same in Europe. So actually what they do is that they have already posters where the 'authentic' three stripes are cut out and they kind of 'cross' all the other posters and use them as a accidental filling for their stripes. So I guess all the other poster guys are a little bit pissed of about that as half of their Ad's are blocked out. Quiet rough game which is adidas playing here...

This typo on the bridge is really massive and quiet old already. In fact the biscuit factory in North Strathfield is already closed since long time. But as we see the letters last longer ;)

I put my bike their so that you guys get a feeling of the size of this f*cking massive stencils.

Despite their size these stencils still have some dope details like these drips.

You definitely know what his most favourite meal is ;)

This guy is quiet all over the place with different styles and spellings.

I guess here I have to explain something. So most of the graff stuff I photographed in this massive empty 'river' system which seem to be endless. If the concrete wouldn't be so difficult to paint this could become the longest hall of fame in the world. Imagine hundreds of kilometers covered with paint. And during the dry season you can use them as raceway too. I enjoyed my bike ride there, imagine how much fun it would be to do this with a Quad or Motorbike, yeah!!!

Story to be continued... If you are from Sydney and know some hidden gems and places just contact me via andreas@cromatics.co.uk By the way we will offer over the next weeks a special discount on all our sticker range when you include a small credit of us as your supplier. So don't miss out on this one and hurry, just visit WWW.CROMATICS.CO.UK See you next time around.

Happy Easter...

2006-04-16T05:44:00.000-07:00

Happy Easter everyone! Soon I will get some new pictures as a special suburbs feature. But for the time being I just want to give you an impression about the current situation and some mixed pics from the last days. I hope you enjoy them as usual. Let's start with the Graffiti Statistic's from the Sydney Council:

During 2003, the City removed 33,191 incidents of graffiti from the Local Government Area. This graffiti covered an area of almost 200,000m2.

During 2004, the City removed 161,094 incidents of graffiti from the Local Government Area. This graffiti covered an area of almost 115,226m2. This is equivalent to almost 441 tennis courts.

During 2005, the City removed 210,405 incidents of graffiti from the Local Government Area. This graffiti covered an are of almost 135,327m2.

So as you can see, Graffiti is getting more and more popular in down under as well. Of course you can imagine that such an increase is definitely a "problem" for the authorities. So of course there are now really hard laws in place. The latest action of the authorities was to ban Marc Ecko's brand new game 'Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure' which is of course ridiculous. But just read the story for yourself:

"Multimillionaire US fashion designer Marc Ecko has slammed the decision to ban the sale of his video game in Australia.

The Classification Review Board on Wednesday refused to classify the game, Marc Ecko’s Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure, meaning it cannot be sold, demonstrated, hired or imported.

The decision was endorsed last night by the Federal Attorney-General, Philip Ruddock, who had asked the board to review of the game's MA15+ classification after concerns were voiced that the game would promote graffiti.

Australia is the only country in the world to ban the game.

"I am extremely disappointed in the Australian Government Classification Review Board’s move to ban my video game ... based solely on a perceived notion that it somehow will promote the crime of graffiti," Mr Ecko wrote in an email in response to a request for comment by smh.com.au."

Let's be honest this advert is more than yummi. I really like the slogans and the graphical approach to make this fat-monsters looking cute ;)

Yo and that's the 'Sensemann' (lord death himself) who will take care of all the unfinished community business, so better watch out for him if you plan your next session.

It can't get more HipHop than that? Check the DJ and his wicked Breakdance cap!

This image is really cool. I mean just check the colors and typo.

This guy works in town behind the KFC counter. Cool dude, aiy and before I forget: "Respect to the man in the ice cream van!"

Another nice Typo which could be look nice on steel as well ;)

And if you make it big in business you can even tag your name into the sky where you should get lots of spectators to look at your name. Imagine doing this way one-liners and throw ups, yeah massive ;)

And I mean this cool dudes are just the one you wanted to hang out with since you are kid.

And again a nice graffiti'esque font for an advert.

Spotted by coincedence in Kings Cross.

Empty streets at night...

2006-04-06T04:43:00.000-07:00

I am sure everyone knows to appreciate the mood of the night time in the city. It's just different and makes you feel lonely in a normally crowded place. It creates space for ideas and art. I hope you enjoy the pictures and imagine your own spots in them.

Some street art from Sydney...

2006-04-02T04:14:00.000-07:00

So here we go. The first edition of cromatics.blogspot.com brings you an inside on the streets of Sydney. Actually I thought already quiet a long time about doing something like this. As you will see the whole site is really like Cromatics, everything goes in what is related to streetart or even not. Our days typography is all over the place and so it pays to pay attention to all aspects of street life. I hope you do enjoy my first release and you can look forward to get some more stuff pretty soon...