NEW PRESS - AMATEUR MAGAZINE

Another great feature on Monorex and Secret Wars - Amateur is a Swiss based magazine backed by Carhartt and is full of interesting features / interviews on lifestyle topics....Go cop your copy now!

Thanks to Ian (Cutterskink) for linking this up

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MONOREX IS RECRUITING!

Just like Willy Wonka did - Monorex is un-bolting the locks and opening its doors in a very rare occasion.

Ok so as you know from our last post we have moved into an amazing new studio or some may say luxury penthouse!

Over the last 2 weeks, all of the Monorex team including the artists have been slugging away painting walls and working their magic all over the new 3 floor studio. The empire is slowly growing and now we need to follow back this up with a bigger team...

Who & what we are looking for:

1 x Creative Intern

We see this person wanting to learn the ins and outs of our business while also being a budding and very talented young artist. Keen to help out on all levels, while having the courage to put new ideas forward to the Monorex team.

Job roles: Getting busy in the workshop, blogging, postal duties and running, shadowing in meetings, weekly reports, set up of Secret Wars....PUSHING TO BE PART OF THE MONOREX FAMILY!

Boxes that need ticking:

• A good portfolio is a must in art and illustration!


• Must also be London based and able to travel to East London very easily
  
• 2-3 days a week

The above position is unpaid but expenses and bonus extras will be given.

New Artists

Monorex very rarely opens its books to new artists but we now feel it is about time we did...Over the last 5 years we have built a very good reputation within the street art scene, and we also have a great long list of big name clients. But we now want to step it up 2 gears and search for new artistic talent that bring fresh angles and styles to what we already have, allowing Monorex to expand and get involved in new types of creative briefs.

Creative disciplines and styles of interest:

• Fine art


• Photography


• Illustration (Both digital and organic)
  
• 3D & Interior design


• Abstract and contemporary


• Animation & Video


• Fashion & Shoe design

If you feel you have what it takes then please read the application steps below:

Please email the following:

• CV & Covering letter explaining why you would fit in at Monorex and what skills you can bring to the team
  
• 10 current examples (JPG) of your portfolio

Email jobs@monorex.com

Goodluck and speak soon

THE MISSION IS ON...

Yo people the mission is on...Monorex has moved into another new London HQ!

We started in a converted train carriage (2007) and then expanded to a disused Victorian warehouse in Commercial Road (2008) - But we have now decided to step it up 2 gears and take over a slick 4 floor building...Its called "The Mission" and it is the perfect new home for the Monorex Family!

Features include:

• Large busy workshop (where we get messy and creative)
• Kitchen
• 2 x bathrooms
• Creative studio suite - (We call this the brain)
• Roof terrace with American BBQ
• HUGE boardroom
• Interactive lounge / bedroom with Sky and Xbox 360 Elite

A long shot of the whole building - you can't see it but there is an amazing roof terrace as well.




Watch this space as exciting things are bubbling!

SECRET WARS LONDON FINAL @ VILLAGE UNDERGROUND - 21ST MARCH

The end is really blooming nigh!

Hicks vs Reeps 1, who will win the £1000 and the right to call themselves a champion!

This, the Series 3 Final will be held in the biggest and best venue to date!

click flyer below for details...

Secret Wars

Village Underground

SECRET WARS X HAVANA CLUB - REPORT

Things got messy last week down at Village Underground! In a Secret Wars special in collaboration with Havana club and edding UK - Monorex took on Intercity collective on the biggest Secret Wars wall ever built (40ft wide by 16ft high)!

The Monorex team was made up of Stika, Teck, Jimi Crayon, Mr K and Alfa - They came with a loose plan in mind, easiest way to explain would be to say they drew a Cuban party in a old skool Cadillac.

Not only was this event the biggest wall on record but the guys at Secret Wars hq also allowed a small amount of colour to help express the Cuban vibes! Probably never to be seen again at any Secret Wars event....

For all those that were lucky enough to get in and sip on free Havana cocktails (big up), and a HUGE sorry to those peeps that did not get in (RSVP AND GET THERE SOONER NEXT TIME).

Thanks to everyone that helped out and a massive thanks to WIGHT PRESERVATION for building the wall.

Big up to Havana for backing this crazy concept and edding uk for supplying us our battle markers!

Photos by Philip Gabriel - http://www.phiga.de/

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

MR T IS IN NYC ON A SECRET WARS MISSION...

In NYC for a long weekend setting up the mechanics of our first Secret Wars - I got 15 or so meetings in 4 days and am running round like a mad shopper..

Also viewing office spaces as Monorex is going stateside!

Watch this space as we will be dropping more details soon

All interested artists please get in touch if you would like to take part...email studio@secretwars.co.uk




Manhattan Bridge

Grand theft auto commission - spray painted!

Another Banksy ??


Cash for guns people - this was my main source of income..

Chinatown

Downtown

A crazy electric cop car - reminds me of demolition man

Our friend Elmo (ATG) up in Williamsburg

My new friend @ JFK

JIMI & ALFA IN A SOHO BAR: called err Soho Bar

Jimi & Alfa dropped some crispy nuggets all over Soho Bar, go down and check it out for yourself: 12-13 Greek Street, daaaan the West End..

SECRET WARS GRAND FINAL

The end is really blooming nigh!

Hicks vs Reeps 1, who will win the £1000 and the right to call themselves a champion!

This, the Series 3 Final will be held in the biggest and best venue to date!

click flyer below for details...

Secret Wars

Village Underground

Tiger Beer Chinese New Year Party, Dubai

Just got back from Dubai, where i was flown out to paint a life size Ox for the Tiger Beer Chinese Lunar New Year party, held at the Chill Rooftop, Royal Ascot Hotel.


Tried to mix traditional chinese colors and patterns, with some more stylised elements in the Tiger Beer color scheme.


while i was in town i dropped this on the wall at the 9714 office...


thanks to Simone, Ben, and Saadia @ 9714 for making it happen.

VOLUME MAGAZINE WANTS YOU!!

I want you to submit some work to the new issue of the magazine I work on called volume. you may have heard of it. Its on its 6th issue now and is doing really well. Its a culture magazine that promotes young creatives and up and comers. I'd really like you to get involved?You can submit anything you like. It can be a photo, illustration, poster design, painting, sculpture.....??? Just so long as it is submitted following the a4 portait guidlines.You can check the earlier mags out on the link below to see what kind of thing other people have submitted and if you are selected for the final print your work will be published in a run of 5000 for all the world to see. What I need you to do if you are interested is submit between 1 and 5 images. High resolution a4 portrait by the end of feb.I will email a reminder closer to that time.Let me know if your interested...Here is the email address for you to send your submissions tojoshsutterby@gmail.comI hope to here from you soonJoshContributing Art Editor, Volume Magazinewww.volume-magazine.com

KANYE WEST BLOGS SECRET WARS...

Our friend Kanye has showed us some love stateside and blogged about the last Secret Wars battle...BIG!

See you in NYC!

LINK - www.kanyeuniversecity.com/blog/

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

Markers supplied by

SECRET WARS BRUM X EDDING VIRAL!

Loving this video made by the boys up in Brum - Edited and produced by Trav and Theo (Insequence media)..


Edding pen promotional video from Trav on Vimeo.

FATSARAZZI PORTRAITS AT MONOREX STUDIO

Fats shot a beutiful set of portraits down at the Monorex HQ... Check THIS to see the rest, BO!!