SWATCH X MTV PLAYGROUND PROJECT ATHENS

Secret Wars were invited to host a 2 on 2 90 minute battle in Athens alongside the MTV X Swatch Playground event... Below is how the night unfolded in this ancient city!

Some of the limited edition watches on display - we were all given one each

Mr Gauky and DiscoTeck's first day back at school making collages

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The rooftop view from the BIOS bar, can you see the Acropolis in the background?

The battle begins in a heated and very vocal atmosphere

DiscoTeck giving Mr Gauky drawing lessons

Check that line control

London's idea was all about the god of the underground "Hades" and his 3 headed dog

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Mr T giving his 2 pence worth before voting for London, we lost 2-1 after the other and crowd voted Athens??? Confused as why, but please add your thoughts on this post

The Greeks were awarded 1000 euros for there efforts..Congrats

Win or lose Monorex crew always know how to party - check out Mr Gauky's chicken dance!

check out more info on the project at - www.swatchmtvplayground.com

Thanks to Terence and the Protein peeps for getting us involved

SECRET WARS @ NOTTING HILL ARTS CLUB TONIGHT!

INVITATION TO LAUNCH EVENT!!!

SHIFT! @ The Notting Hill Arts Club Launches with
THE END OF THE LINE
28.09.09 6pm-2pm

creativity matters
SHIFT! is the new programme of visual arts exhibitions and events at the Notting Hill Arts Club, London – an ongoing, 6 weekly arts programme, where creativity and good ideas
merge to focus on what matters to us, to you and to everyone.

launch event
On Monday 28th September, SHIFT! is converting the Notting Hill Arts Clubinto a 3D, 360° blank canvas, with freshly-wallpapered surfaces on which artists, illustrators and club-goers can draw. The brief is to ‘explore the idea of being interconnected in the context of the environment and climate change’.

Working in collaboration with the creators of Doodle Earth (doodlearth.com), Secret Wars (www.secretwars.com) and DebutArt (www.debutart.com), the idea behind The End of the Line event is to create artworks that evolve throughout the duration of the exhibition.

visitor information
Event: Monday 28th Sept 2009
Hours: 6pm – 2am (9pm Secret Wars)
Price: £5 before 8pm / then £8 (concession £3/6)
Venue: Notting Hill Arts Club,
21 Notting Hill Gate, London, W11 3JQ

SECRET WARS X RYAN FRANK COLLABO!

Ryan Frank free-range furniture designer prepares for battle with international art

group - Secret Wars.

Ryan’s latest project the ‘Shoreditch Shelf’

becomes a battle field for premier art group

SecretWars x Ryan Frank

For the first time ever this live art battle will take place directly on to a Shoreditch Shelf in the Bricklane Gallery on Thursday the 24th at 3pm.

Artists involved: Stika, Inkie, Alfa and Moose and Yeti

Friday the 25th the Secret Wars posse take their markers and might to the courtyard of 93 Feet East, where they will step onto a purpose built stage and commence another head to head bout of illustrating. ‘six artists, six boards, 60 minutes’

The completed boards will be put to the public vote and the winning two will be made into a Shoreditch Shelf.

The shelf and the remaining boards will be displayed and auctioned by the Bricklane Gallery, with a follow up exhibition.

A completed Shoreditch Shelf and ‘Spruce’, Ryan’s new range of stackable stool will also be on display and in use during the 3 day event.

Origins of The Hackney Shelf

The now iconic Hackney Shelf originated when large white boards were installed at graffiti ‘hot-spots’ around East London. The concept is to present a blank canvas to the public. These blank canvases attracted a variety of random graf and sporadic stenciling, once covered in graffiti they were removed and transformed into mobile shelving units, bringing the street indoors.

Notes to press:

Further info about Ryan's work on - www.ryanfrank.net

DISCO TECK COMMISSION @ SU BAR, SOLENT UNIVERSITY, SOUTHAMPTON

Monorex commissioned Discoteck to paint a small wall at the SU bar in Southampton, in usual Discoteck style - he rocked up with no plan and just free-styled it to perfection...

Thoughts people?

SECRET WARS BRIGHTON - MINI TOURNAMENT!

18th-20th September

The schedule
18th September 1/4 finals
1st battle – 12:00 – 1.30pm – Limbo Vs Mr Nord
2nd battle – 1pm – 2.30pm Made You Look Vs Sight One
3rd battle – 2pm – 3.30pm Mist Vs Spit Sega
4th battle – 3pm – 4.30pm Oliver Harud Vs JOJENK

19th September Semi-Finals
1st battle 3pm – 4.30pm ? Vs ?
2nd battle – 4.30 – 6pm ? Vs ?

19th September Final @ Life
Kings Road Archers, BN1 1NB
7pm – 11pm

The final to decide the Champion will be held at Life. With Secret Wars Dj’s on rotation throughout this will prove to be a mad, hectic, crazy, bonza night!! So arrive early to avoid disappointment.

20th September Showcase
All day
To finish off the event on a high, we’ve decided to put together a set of exhibition battles. There’s also an opportunity for other artists to get involved as we set out sights on recruiting local artists to represent Brighton.

For more info, please email us on studio@secretwars.co.uk or jay@secretwars.co.uk

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Secret Wars would like to thank its sponsors and supporters for all their help
Edding pens and Art Republic, Exceptional art, perfectly framed. Discover an incredible range of rare, limited edition art prints from cutting-edge and established artists within our gallery at Bond Street Brighton (in the heart of the North Laines) or online at www.artrepublic.com. Spread the cost of your art with the Own Art scheme, full details at our gallery or website

FREESTYLE FESTIVAL MURAL @ VILLAGE UNDERGROUND

Monorex were commissioned to re create and paint their logo on a large scale in East London @ The Village Underground

Freestyle Festival is a new hybrid extreme sports festival and this year will be hosted at Alexandra Palace this October / November.

CHECK - WWW.FREESTYLE-FESTIVAL.COM AND BUY YOUR TICKETS

PLEASE VOTE FOR OUR ARTISTS BELOW

This is a voting Poll to see which artist stands a chance of painting the walls of the new Wahaca resturant.. Its a 4 grand job and obviously we all want Monorex crew to win so click on one of them... whoop... if you wanna see all the entries click this.

HEAT 1

VOTE JIMI OR TECK

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HEAT 2

VOTE OCTOPUS INK, CONZO OR ALFA

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FREESTYLE FESTIVAL @ VILLAGE UNDERGROUND - SEPTEMBER 9TH

LAUNCH PARTY FOR THE FREESTYLE FESTIVAL

A night of all things Freestyle- A taster of the Freestyle Festival- www.freestyle-festival.com

Wednesday 9th September

Village Underground, 54 Holywell Lane, off Gt. Eastern St, London EC2A

DOORS OPEN: 7.30pm-11.30pm

£5 ENTRY

Look for the tube trains up high

FEATURING

Bands and DJs:

The Crave, This City, Starseed, Telegraphs + DJ Alli-Cat

Riders:

Kyle Blake(BMXer), Jak Tonge(Skateboarder), Danny Aldridge (Inliner)

Also

The founder of Freerunning Sebastien Foucan

Bgirls and Bboys Firefly, Lil’ Tim and Flo

Live illustration from Secret Wars Crew

TIGER BEER TAXI PAINTED BY DISCOTECK

Thanks to all those that came along to our 5th Birthday party! it was lots of fun...

Also who stole our menu design? (1 of 3) by Jimi Crayon ;) see pic below

DiscoTeck painting the Tiger Beer taxi - this was actually a gift from the beer brand to us... What do we do with it now??? looked great though!