Pecha Kucha Oakland Slide Show Friday, Oct. 9th

Eastside Arts Alliance, Hard Knock Radio, Samurai Graphix and Youth Speaks Present:
Pecha Kucha Night Oakland
Don't Sweat the Technique: Graffiti for Social Change



Friday, October 9, 2009, 7:30-10:30pm
2277 International Blvd. Oakland, CA 94606

Admission $5
Seating is LIMITED, so show up early!
All ages welcome. Beer and wine bar open to over 21.

10 presenters, 20 slides each, 20 seconds per slide

Confirmed presenters (out of 10 slots):

1. Jim Prigoff, co-author of Spraycan Art, Walls of Heritage Walls of Pride, and Graffiti New York
2. Brett Cook Dizney, nationally renown community artist
3. Marc Bamuthi Joseph & Bethanie Hines, presenting Life Is Living
4. Spie TDK
5. Nancy Hernandez, San Francisco community activist
6. John "Prime" Hina, founder of 808urban.org
7. Steve Grody, author of Graffiti LA
8. Erin Yoshioka, of Trust Your Struggle Collective
9. Estria

Awarded "Best Intersection of Arts, Politics and Powerpoint" - East Bay Express annual Best of the East Bay Edition, August 5, 2009

Two years ago, Oakland Graffiti muralist Estria Miyashiro was invited to participate in Pecha Kucha Night Honolulu, but was unable to attend. Since then, he has brought Pecha Kucha Night to Oakland and enlisted the help of EastSide Arts Alliance (ESAA) and Hard Knock Radio (HKR). Estria felt it was a great format for local visual artists to share their work informally with many different people outside of a gallery setting. Estria explains, "Pecha Kucha is a great way to expose your art to many professionals in other fields in one quick-fire burst."

ESAA and the EastSide Cultural Center is the official home of the bi-monthly Pecha Kucha Night Oakland. ESAA is known for presenting cultural events that connect art with politics, and Pecha Kucha Night Oakland is no different. Maisha Quint of ESAA relishes the opportunity to take Pecha Kucha to another level. "We are gonna flip the script on Pecha Kucha by presenting artists that are really saying something about the human condition and the state of the world. We know that Pecha Kucha started as a way for designers and architects to present their work and we respect that and will be honoring the original format. Our focus will be on designers and architects of social change."

Each Pecha Kucha Night Oakland has a theme, and Weyland Southon of Hard Knock Radio is usually responsible for coming up with something appropriate. For this edition, the choice was a no-brainer. We decided to curate an all-graffiti lineup to celebrate revolutionary artwork, in conjunction with the 3rd annual Estria Invitational Graffiti Battle.

Keeping with the tradition of the original Pecha Kucha Nights in Japan, each Artist will present 20 images and speak on each image for 20 seconds. Pecha Kucha Night Oakland is part of a global network of Pecha Kucha Nights that happen in over 500 cities worldwide.

For the full Estria Invitational Graffiti Battle events and information, check out estriabattle.com

Can Film Festival Thursday, Nov. 8th Free!

Hard Knock Radio, Samurai Graphix, 1AM Gallery, United Playaz and Youth Speaks Present:
Graffiti Film Festival
"Don't Sweat the Technique: The Can Film Festival"

Thursday, October 8, 2009, 6:00-9:30pm
1:AM SF Gallery
1000 Howard St., San Francisco, CA 94127

Free Event!
Seating is LIMITED, so show up early!
All ages welcome. Street food vendors will be present.

Doors open 5:30pm, Shows start promptly at 6:00pm
Panel discussion immediately following the films. Moderated by Jeff Chang, author of Can't Stop Won't Stop
Panelists: Kevin Epps, Dr. Susie Lundy, Erin Yoshi, Estria

Food carts by Adobo Hobo and Brazilian Bites

6:00PM- Bomb It
7:30PM- Panel discussion
8:00PM- Style Wars

Featured Films:
Style Wars (1983)


Directed by Henry Chalfant & Tony Silver. 69 minutes

Some call it tagging, some call it writing, still others call it bombing--it's all graffiti. Whether it's art or not is another matter, but it's undeniably illegal. Tony Silver and Henry Chalfant's historic PBS documentary Style Wars tracks the rise and fall of subway graffiti in New York in the late 1970s and early 1980s. At the peak of its popularity, graffiti was as much a part of B-boy culture as rapping, scratching, and breaking. The filmmakers present a sympathetic, but well-rounded portrait of their subject through extensive interviews with taggers--notably Seen, Kase, and Dondi--art collectors, transit authorities, and even Mayor Ed Koch, who would eventually put the hammer down. Along the way, they documented the burgeoning breakdance scene, with a focus on the world-famous Rock Steady Crew. The soundtrack features selections from Grandmaster Flash, the Treacherous Three, and other tagger-approved icons of old-school hip-hop. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
www.stylewars.com

Bomb it! (2008)



Directed by Jonathan Reiss. 93 minutes

BOMB IT is the explosive new documentary from award-winning director Jon Reiss investigating the most subversive and controversial art form currently shaping international youth culture: graffiti.

Through interviews and guerilla footage of graffiti writers in action on 5 continents, BOMB IT tells the story of graffiti from its origins in prehistoric cave paintings thru its notorious explosion in New York City during the 70's and 80's, then follows the flames as they paint the globe. Featuring old school legends and current favorites such as Taki 183, Cornbread, Stay High 149, T-Kid, Cope 2, Zephyr, Revs, Os Gemeos, KET, Chino, Shepard Fairey, Revok, and Mear One. This cutting edge documentary tracks down today's most innovative and pervasive street artists as they battle for control over the urban visual landscape. You'll never look at public space the same way again.

BOMB IT has shot in Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Tijuana, London, Paris, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Hamburg, Berlin, Cape Town, São Paulo, and Tokyo. --from the website
www.bombit-themovie.com

For the full Estria Invitational Graffiti Battle events and information, check out estriabattle.com

We can't do it without you...

We can't do it without you...

Life is Living Festival is happening on Saturday, October 10th at Defremery Park in West Oakland. We are looking for volunteers who are comfortable working with screw guns for this Friday, October 9th to help build wood frames for the graffiti battle.

We really need your help! The work is fairly simple and if we get a lot of people, it will be done quickly. We will be building at the skate park side of the park on Friday from 9am-4pm. The actual festival is the following day from 11-5pm. Please contact me if you are available and interested.

The addresss is:
deFremery Park (Little Bobby Hutton)
1651 Adeline at 16th Street
Oakland, CA

Please email kanoe33@gmail.com to confirm your participation.

Estria will give you a Samurai Graphix t-shirt if you help us! We're begging!

Thank you,
Kanoelani Connor
Volunteer Coordinator for Youth Speaks

http://vimeo.com/2816983

The Campaign

LIFE is LIVING... is a national campaign that uses a new form of green spoken story telling- one that represents the changing perspectives on what it means to be environmentally just. We seek to inspire people to take the value they see in their LIFE and establish it powerfully as a new voice to define what it means to be logistically and psychologically included in the new, clean and green economies. The "Going Green Movement" is still largely perceived by those living in poor communities and communities of color as inaccessible or irrelevant. Capturing the living moments of people in these communities, we create a bridge of culturally relevant & personalized conversations. We see this as a method of increasing our communities' power to influence and benefit from the Green movement, as well as bringing LIFE to environmental injustices. The campaign includes a traveling environmental caucus & concert, an invitational Living Word Graffiti Battle, live action sports, and hands on Green building activities.

Mike Bam of Hawaii

Mike "Bam" Tyau has been one of my best friends since we were 18 (long time, don't ask). He was one of my best bombing partners because if either of us got the vibe, we would tell each other and get out of there, no questions asked. We would scope out a place, and sit in the bushes like ninjas for 45 minutes before we would hit a spot, just to be safe. Needless to say I never got caught with Mike.

When we were young, Mike was an inspiration to me to get better at my art. He could smoke me at painting, drawing, and airbrushing without even trying. He had that natural talent. I didn't have that, but his talent pushed me to work harder on my skills to catch up to his level. For that alone, I will always be indebted to him.

We still talk almost every day, and he's become a vital team member of our Estria Invitational Graffiti Battles. Mike is the embodiment of loyalty. He is the kind of guy whom everyone takes an instant liking to. He loves his wife, family and dog dearly, and is an inspiration to me as a person.

For the last three years, Mike has rediscovered his passion for art, and man is he back with a vengeance!

You can see Mike's work inside and out at 1:AM SF Gallery now until October 10, 2009.

Visit his website miketyau.com

1:AM SF Gallery
1000 Howard St., San Francisco, CA 94127
www.1amsf.com
www.twitter.com/1AM_SF
(415) 861-5089


Characters by Bam, lettering by me, during a live demo painting in Hawaii's battle, 2009


Spray Can Ninjas in Chicago, with Rome Won and I, 2009


Wave and Koi at Sand By The Ton party in Oakland 2009


'Koi Girl' by Bam and I, Oakland 2008


This was Mike's first character in San Francisco, gaining him instant recognition as a talent to be reckoned with. 1986


'Technostyle' by Bam, Man 45 and I. This is before we had phantom caps. 1987


Close up of Mike's chrome exploding robot. 1987


'World Peace' by Bam, Slick and I, at the Spray Can Art book celebration. Photo by Jim Prigoff 1988


Close up of Mike's section. Check out that skinny cap action! 1988


'Renaissance Men' by Bam and I. On the last day we got chased and never finished the background. This was for the battle between our crew, Together With Style, and TMF. This was arguably the most amazing battle between production crews in San Francisco. 1988


'Spray Can Man' by Bam 1988-89


'Fireman' by Bam 1989-90


'Geisha Girl' by Bam, probably his most famous piece in California. 1990?

Graffiti Series 2009: Don't Sweat the Technique 9/11-10/10

Estria Invitational Graffiti Battle Presents:
Don't Sweat the Technique

The Graffiti Series 2009 Events:
Ode to the Spraycan Art Show Sept 11 - Oct 9
The Can Film Festival Oct 8
Pecha Kucha Night Oakland Oct 9
3rd Annual Estria Invitational Graffiti Battle National Finals Oct 10

The full in info is at estriabattle.com




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3rd Annual Estria Invitational Graffiti Battle National Finals at Life Is Living
Sat, Oct 10, 11AM-5PM

deFremery Park
1651 Adeline Street, Oakland, CA 94607
FREE Family Event

24 of America's most talented Graffiti Artists in a live painting battle.

Contestants (confirmed to date):

1. Bounce TYS, 2008 & 2007 defending champion
2. Doves FC, 1st place Harlem
3. Vogue, 3rd place Harlem
4. Ckaweeks, 1st place Honolulu
5. Prime, 2nd place Honolulu
6. Ozwego, 3rd place Honolulu
7. Jash, 1st place Chicago
8. Dime, Visual Element
9. Katch
10. Refa TNS
11. Vyal One
12. Twick ICP
13. Drama DE
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Don't Sweat the Technique: Ode to the Spraycan Art Show
Sept 11 - Oct 9

Opening reception Sept 11, 7PM

1:AM SF Gallery
1000 Howard St., San Francisco, CA
1AM gallery

Featuring over 25 artists of the Estria Invitational Graffiti Battle

California: Neon, Bounce, Chez, Vogue, Eon 75, Germz, Vyal, Refa, 357, Ceyba
Chicago: Rome, Tsel, Chucho, Melon, Debl, Like
Hawai'i: Katch, Estria, Eukarezt, Ckaweeks, Prime, Bam
New York: Wane One, Doves, Cern, Queen Andrea, Cekis
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Don't Sweat the Technique: The Can Film Festival
Thurs, Oct 8
6:30PM open, shows start at 7PM

1:AM SF Gallery
1000 Howard St., San Francisco, CA
FREE event

Style Wars, Bomb It
Q&A moderated by: Jeff Chang
Panelists: Kevin Epps, Suzie Lundy, Erin Yoshioka, Estria Miyashiro
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Pecha Kucha Night Oakland
Don't Sweat the Technique: Graffiti for Social Change
Fri, Oct 9, 7PM

Eastside Cultural Center
2277 International Blvd., Oakland, CA
www.eastsideartsalliance.com
$5 at the door

Host: Weyland Southon & Maisha Quint

Presenters:
Jim Prigoff, author of Spray Can Art and Graffiti New York, (release date 10/1)
Brett Cook Dizney
Marc Bamuthi Joseph/Bethanie Hines
Steve Grody, author of Graffiti LA
Spie TDK
Erin Yoshioka, Trust Your Struggle
Nancy Hernandez
Estria Miyashiro
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Additional Estria Invitational Graffiti Battle Activities at Life Is Living:

Book Signing by James Prigoff & Steve Grody

Visual Element Blackbook Battles

Stencil T-shirt Workshop by Nancy Hernandez

Graffiti Canvas Display

This will be the 1st public release and signing of 'Graffiti New York' on the west coast!
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Queen Andrea of NYC

Andrea von Bujdoss AKA "Queen Andrea" is a native New Yorker who was raised in the vibrant Soho neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City.

Andrea's passion for urban art and graphic design surfaced at an early age. In the early 1990s, she began to learn graffiti history and developed important friendships and mentoring relationships with some of the most notable New York City old school graffiti artists, like Reas, Ket and Wane One.

Queen Andrea competed in the our New York battle this past May. She also designed our flyer for the Oakland finals.

Visit her website superfreshdesign.com

Check out Queen Andrea's artwork in our EIGB-MTN art show at 1:AM SF Gallery.

Show runs until October 9.

1:AM SF Gallery
1000 Howard St., San Francisco, CA 94127
www.1amsf.com
www.twitter.com/1AM_SF
(415) 861-5089





As a young adult, Andrea attended Parsons School of Design where she earned her BFA in Graphic Design and graduated with academic honors. She then began a successful Graphic Design career, working for well-known brands who appreciate both the urban creative flavor of her work and her versatile and passionate knowledge of typography, branding and visual communication.





Andrea has curated and exhibited in numerous exhibitions in NYC.
As a die-hard New Yorker with a good sense of humor and an appreciation for the art of life, Andrea strives to create art and design that is culturally memorable and powerfully communicative.





These days, she is one of the most traditionally skilled female graffiti artists in the country, possessing an explosively creative style inspired by the excitement of the urban landscape. Her custom lettering portfolio has grown beyond graffiti and is a comprehensive collection of letter studies and design explorations. She has been featured in art shows, toy shows, magazines, books, fashion lines and brand collaborations.

Bounce of the SF Bay Area

Bounce is one of the most amazing young painters out there right now. He has great old english, calligraphy, and cholo handstyles. He can do lettering, graphic design, and he can draw and paint characters like nobody's business.

Bounce is true to his namesake. He travels and paints the planet, and I never know if he's on the west coast or east coast. He's also painted Central America with and without his Trust Your Struggle crew. He doesn't say much, and picks his words carefully. He's a cool guy, and someone I enjoy painting with.

Visit his website devilsorangels.com and his crew website trustyourstruggle.com

Check out Bounces's artwork in our EIGB-MTN art show at 1:AM SF Gallery.

Opening reception Friday, 9/11, 7-10pm.
Show runs until October 9.

1:AM SF Gallery
1000 Howard St., San Francisco, CA 94127
www.1amsf.com
www.twitter.com/1AM_SF
(415) 861-5089

Wane One COD of NYC

Wane One is one of those big name writers from NYC, that if you're a writer, you'd have to be living in a cave to not have heard of him. He's been painting steadily for over 25 years, is a guest judge at Write For Gold in Europe every year, and lectures in various cities. He feels, "Blessed. It's been a great journey. I was lucky to be in the right place at the right time." The truth is he's a super cool cat, and instantly likable.

"When we were starting out, it was important to know who had your back. Now we're older and we know who has our back, and who's backs we got. The networking is so important now, so I try to support the movement. It's all about longevity, hooking up with folks and pushing the culture forward."

"Guys are always asking me what they gotta do to get down with COD. It's not so much what you gotta do, it's that it takes time to know the personality behind the art."

They say your friends are a measure of you as a person. This line up of crews Wane reps speaks volumes on his skills as a writer, and his friendships. COD, FC, FBA, TC5, AOK, 156, IBM

Visit his website waneknowshims.com and his clothing line writersbench.com
Educate yourself on the legendary styles of the TC5/FC/COD collective at tcfive.com

Check out Wane's artwork in our EIGB-MTN art show at 1:AM SF Gallery.

Opening reception Friday, 9/11, 7-10pm.
Show runs until October 9.

1:AM SF Gallery
1000 Howard St., San Francisco, CA 94127
www.1amsf.com
www.twitter.com/1AM_SF
(415) 861-5089

Four Separate Graffiti Art Shows in San Francisco 9/11

This is almost unbelievable! San Francisco will enjoy 4 unique graffiti-ish art shows for the month of September. All have their opening night on Friday, 9/11/09.
Come through and make the rounds.

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Estria Invitational Graffiti Battle, Montana Colors & 1:AM SF Gallery Present:
"Don't Sweat the Technique: Ode to the Spray Can" art show
www.1amsf.com
www.estriabatle.com

An unprecedented (in the Bay Area) group show featuring some of the nation's best urban artists
California: Neon, Bounce, Chez, Vogue, Eon 75, Germz, Vyal, Refa, 357, Ceyba
Chicago: Rome Won, Tsel, Chucho, Melon, Debl, Like
Hawai'i: Katch, Estria, Eukarezt, Ckaweeks, Prime, Bam
New York: Wane One, Doves, Cern, Queen Andrea, Cekis

1:AM SF Gallery
1000 Howard St., SF, CA 94127



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Sub DF/Tony Curanaj shows off his legendary oil painting skills in SF.
johnpence.com

John Pence Gallery
750 Post Street
SF, CA 94109
opening reception 9/11, 6-8pm
Hours: Mon-Fri 10-6pm, Sat 10-5 pm



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Trust Your Struggle
"The Black Art Show"

These are my homies, please come support. After party at Nickies BBQ on Haight.

Borish, Cece, Erin Yoshi, Bounce, Tres, Scott La Rockwell, Shaun Burner
d-structuresf.com

D-Structure
520 Haight St
SF, CA 94117
opening reception 9/11, 8-11pm
Hours: Wed-Sat 11-3pm



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Ricardo Richey & Robin Twomey

Richey is a style master supreme of SF and Twomey is an amazing photographer.

The Luggage Store
1007 Market Street, near 6th St.
SF, CA 94103
opening reception 9/11, 6-8pm
show runs through 10/18

Cekis of Chile

Cekis is a very humble guy. He doesn't toot his own horn at all, and is very approachable.

Santiago, Chile 1998. Cekis opened a graffiti store called Otra Vida. It moved twice, but with business partner, Grin, it found a permanent location, and significantly helped make the mural/graffiti movement larger. Larger as in one of the graffiti capitals of South America. Otra Vida gave young writers access to books and styles they could not find in their country. It became a gathering place for writers; an important role for an art form that depends on oral storytelling.

He was one of the 1st generation of writers of Chile. He bombed hard and painted many large-scale murals, earning him the respect as one of THE kings of Chile. He had a huge impact on the succeeding generation of writers. During Cekis' painting career he has seen Chile shift from a dictatorship with very few murals to a democracy with entire neighborhoods painted. Some would say Cekis helped shift the social consciousness of Santiago to accepting murals as part of the culture.

Since moving to NYC in '04 Cekis has been focusing on his career as an artist, without a care for becoming a king. Pretty humble for a guy who impacted an entire nation of writers.

Visit his art website ymicrew.com and see more of his work at flickr.com/photos/cekis

Check out Cekis' artwork in our EIGB-MTN art show at 1:AM SF Gallery.

Opening reception Friday, 9/11, 7-10pm.
Show runs until October 9.

1:AM SF Gallery
1000 Howard St., San Francisco, CA 94127
www.1amsf.com
www.twitter.com/1AM_SF
(415) 861-5089

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“I chose to do mural art as my way of communication because the intention of my work has always been to interact in an active way with my environment and community. Looking for places (walls) where people can feel united, represented or relate to each other and therefore establish free dialogues between art and life”.