The Groove Of Satyre presents AT DOWN 06 - Graffiti Book -

[TGOS]

Today's graffiti is polymorphous, innovative, and strongly forward-looking.
During the thirty last years the discipline has mutated and tryed out many new
ideas. Lots of artists worldwide are developing many styles with more
pertinence each day.

At Down 06 takes us from New York, trough Paris, Barcelona, Lisboa, London,
Warsaw, then to Zagreb. An open door to the travel, trough the eyes and
practice of Vania a post-graffiti artist.

+ Presentation of the book At Down 2006 :

The main idea of this book was to give priority to one picture by page.

The photographs describe some pictures related to the Graffiti world. The
author has given a special interest in the places and realisations of this
discipline. His acute observation and enthusiasm have led him to travel
everywhere in Europe, and also to New York. This book, like a record book,
describes those different places in different countries.

Trough more than 150 pages, the reader gets an Interail ticket allowing to
visit the train stations, subway, rail depots trough some major cities. The
book also presents some industrial wastelands, remains of the XXth century, and
the works from worldwide renowned artists.


----- Graffiti by Sixe (aaa) and La Mano / Barcelona 2004


----- Graffiti by Loomit (fbi) / Munchen 2006


----- New York subway tunnel / Queens 2005


----- Graffiti by Can2 (suk) / Frankfurt 2006

Presentation of the content :

The four firsts pages are an introduction, in English and French, to the main
themes :

GRAFFITI ART : Works of renowned artists distinguished by their uniqueness

TRAINS YARDS : Photos of rail depots

URBAN LIFE : Photos of urban landscapes

TUNNELS : Photos of subway tunnels

Then those themes are mixed, and described city by city.

+ Dimensions :

Lenght: 20.5 cm
Height: 20.5 cm
Width: 1.40 cm

Weight: 640 gr - 160 pages

Hardback book - Printed in four-colours

Official national and international release date: november 2nd 2006 - Produced,
edited and distributed by "At Down Communication".

Price: 23 euros / Book already exclusively available onTGOS SHOP

The Groove Of Satyre 2006 - www.tgos.fr - atdown@tgos.fr

[dread1]

tha fuck is this? about that stupid "street-art" again? personally, i hate that shit, makes graffiti look bad. you know (anyone out there) writing aint about art, wether its about handstyles, throw-ups, or pieces. its about having your name in the spot that no-one else thought of, or had the balls going on to.


my opinion is that fuck all this, imma still going to make my pieces on the trackside just because we cant paint trains here anymore. if youre going to answer with some shit, forget it, graffiti was born on trains and thats where it belongs

[TGOS]

yeah, I see what you mean.
But maybe you don't know the previous issues of AT DOWN ( there were 99% trains paintings), and you don't know Net's work (he probably beats you up with more than 600 trains...).
Then you should think that it's probably easier to graff in your hometown than to go in Zagreb or Eastern Europe...
Anyway, peace.

[dread1]

yes yes, that brings us to the issue of world wide communication - there is none. secondly, it may be "harder" to paint in eastern europe, but from what ive seen/heard the common though about graffiti is a bit different - "i have no money, so why should i give a fuck?" out here to get your panel done, and possibly rolling after thath is impossible, unlike there where there is no money to spend on buffing the trains all day every day.

the level of work done out there is a bit different than here too, the heros seem to be nowhere in sight, when here we have two security companies that get payed just to catch writers. dont get me wrong, im not trying to flip this story on you, im just merely pointing that the level of hardness when it comes to painting is irrelevant. anyway peace, and keep organizing, with out happenings/books/movies this culture isnt going anywhere in europe