Paint For Japan

Pete Fowler x Best Ever wall (Village Underground)

Monorex decided months ago to do something creative for the Japanese quake disaster - We had already been involved in a few design poster comps etc but wanted to do an eye catching event curated by ourselves and a few friends..... Along came "Paint for Japan", a creation in collaboration with the famous Matsuri / Holic crew.

The aim was to put on a multi faced interactive event that offered art to buy, food & drink and a host of cool artists and djs... We asked a few of our high profile friends to get involved like Pete Fowler, Reeps One and Eliza Doolittle to come down and perform at the Secret Wars part of the event. VNA magazine and others also set up and sold product on little stalls all in the name of Japan.

All in all it was a very fun night and we went on to raise around 4k for Japan and the rebuild of its wonderful country! Big thanks to everyone involved including Casio, Red Bull & Courvoisier

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Check the tasty cake pops below... Baked by Big Mama's Cake Pops!

Hicks and co in action

Tasty Courvoisier punch drinks

Monorex silent auction - everything sold and we raised around 2k on this alone!

Our cute and talented friend Eliza

Secret Wars battle - Team England (left) vs Team Japan (right)

Starring Pete Fowler, Hicks and more

Reeps One killing it as usual

The Japanese went on to win and the boys were ecstatic...

Dont Hate On Kate

A fresh wall went up overnight - created by our top man Stika as a reaction to all the negative / positive press surrounding the upcoming Royal wedding and the future Queen of England.

Don't hate on Kate!

A fresh wall went up overnight - created by our top man Stika as a reaction to all the negative / positive press surrounding the upcoming Royal wedding and the future Queen of England.

1 x artist

1 x scissor lift

1 x bag of paint

1 x day

See here for many Kate haters - Link

Monorex x Converse

SECRET WARS WALL UPDATE

A little update on the slowest wall we have ever done!

CHU and Discoteck added their magic to the top and are now on the home stretch.... One more artist to come and then walla! One sick Secret Wars wall.



Photo by CHU

CHU X MONOREX 5TH BDAY COMMISSION

A present from the talented MR CHU

STIKA X END OF THE WORLD VU WALL COMMISSION

A quick logo commission for the END OF THE WORLD Halloween party at Village Underground



A quick Logo commission for the END OF THE WORLD Halloween party

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

MONOREX 5TH BIRTHDAY WALL @ VU, LONDON

The first of many ideas to celebrate the Monorex 5th Birthday! A complete freestyle piece produced over 3 long days...and created using only shades of purple (the new Monorex brand colour).

Come down and check it out in person, it's huge!

Village Underground
Shoreditch
EC2A 3PQ



Featuring: Disco, Stika, Alfa, C'est Bon and Mr K

Hicks is the new London champion!

Wow - still shocked and hungover from an amazing night...over 1200 came through the door with a one in one out all night!! Thanks for all those who came down and had the patience to chill outside.

This Secret Wars was probably the best so far - everything went perfectly and the venue was a huge step up from Cafe 1001. A very proud moment seeing how far Secret Wars has come in just over 2 years....The USA is next!

With Reeps favourite to win, Hicks came in feeling little pressure - Both guys had a plan and both were well prepared for an intense and exciting SW battle.

The crowd was electric and the atmosphere at times was tense...The battle finally kicked off around 10:30pm and people stood in awe as the guys got to work on the large white walls (12ft wide by 8ft high).

All night DJ Session kept the crowd rocking with a stack of classic tunes, with the crowd screaming with every mix.

When the time came to get the judges on stage, the tension began to mount and I found it hard to get anywhere the stage. First up to judge came Ligaya (Victoria & Albert Museum) who decide to give her vote to Hicks, then Reeps came fighting back with a massive decibel smashing crowd vote 1-1....It came down to the final judge - Brett from MTV / 1/10, after much thought and pacing on stage he finally pulled out his edding board marker and scribbled Hicks on his white board!!

We have a new and very worthy champion....Hicks (54 crew)

Thanks to all those who came down and supported and a huge thanks to the entire team on the night and edding markers for linking us up as usual.

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The set up during the day.

Sketch for the outside banner by Jimi Crayon - Oh and who stole it?? please leave a comment to say it is safe and in a good home....



The HUGE queue of people trying to get in from 8pm - Over 1200 people came through the door and it was one in / one out all night..Sorry to those that did not get in!



Hicks getting interviewed by one of many TV channels in attendance.



Some shots of Hicks celebrating with friends






Final wall - Reeps (Left) & Hicks (Right)



photos taken from - Sandy Danbury & Phil Gabriel

Also check out this amazing full length timelapse from Light and Time - http://www.lightandtime.co.uk/rushes/secret_wars_timelapse.mov

100 MINUTES OF HAVANA - TRAIN MURAL

Cuban vibe mural for Havana Club Rum, in preparation for their '100 minutes of Havana' party on the 4th March @ the village underground, where we will be staging a huge secretwars battle (first colour version). email havana@balancepr.com for guest list.

Panoramic stich shot - click for large image

Read more about the project here - creativereview

SECRET WARS X HAVANA CLUB

Head to the one off art battle at Village Underground for a fast and furious creative experience like no other. Sponsored by Havana Club, the live art battle will last for 100 minutes and pitch two teams of acclaimed artists against each other in a bid to produce the freshest and most exciting wall mural.

Art battle at Village Underground
Celebrating street art and Cuban culture in a creative and original style, the art battle at Village Underground is a combined effort between the Secret War crew and Cuban rum giant Havana Club. Using only coloured (first coloured SW battle) acrylics and edding special markers on a 200 foot white wall, two teams of artists will compete against each other to produce the most creative and cutting edge wall mural.

Audience participation
The results of the art battle at Village Underground will be judged by a panel of experts. The audience will also have a big say in which team emerges as victorious, as the crowd vote will be measured using a decibel reader. The wall mural will then be displayed at Village Underground from Thursday 5th March - Tuesday 10th March alongside key pieces from the 100 Pieces of Havana exhibition.



WANNA COME ALONG?
The art battle at Village Underground takes place on Wednesday 4th March 2009. Entrance is free but space is limited. For more information and to get a place on the guest list.

contact Emma Buxton on - 0207 426 0616

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