ON THE GROUND 2008 (LUIK, BE)

On Saturday the 29th of November the city of liege is hosting once again the notorious OTG festival. The biggest Belgian Breakdance Battle with crews from Maroc, Spain, France and Belgium. Don't miss this if you are a true BBOY and make sure that meanwhile you don't miss out on the JNC expo in the 'GRAND POSTE' in Liege and all the graffiti action in and around the festival ! Big up to all the Liegois keeping the scene Live Down South Belgium !

Watch 2005 version here:

YEAH WRITE (WIJNEGEM,BE)

From October the 26th till the 10th of November PULSE vzw and the city of WIJNEGEM are organising an exposition of streetart and graffiti on canvas. The expo is to be held all over the city (counsil, bibliotheque, cc and local businesses)
With work from : Arcenciel collective (Bird, Steaz,Skenda), Aerosolkids (Rizeone, Skill, Color), Team Alosta (Waf, Omri, Tesda, Obra), Ikscrew (Klaas van der Linden), Casroc, S.P. Artists, Totemdem BXL, Dzia, Basek, Grace, Misfris, Arkis, Wilson, Sheik 2, ...

At the concertvenue (the brandnew AHOY, Kosterijstraat 5 2110 Wijnegem) all artist are collaborating to make a beatifull fresk were we can all meet for the final showdown on Saturday the 8th of Novemeber for a big night out with : Sint Andries Mc's, Het Verdikt, 2000 Wat, Tourist Lemc, Ondergronds Deurne and djsets from Crossfingaz en mastafingaz (IFC crew) & SOSven vs Tomislav (Booty-ghettotech)



More on myspace or on pulse

CAN-IT Festival Antwerp (BE)

Former M.O.S.-organisers Big Uncle Graffiti Team and Kavka team up again for a huge international graffiti and streetart festival in Antwerp. From Friday the 22nd till Sunday the 24th of August, you can enjoy a mix of music, film, streetart and graffiti. Check the, most impressive, line-up below. More info on the CAN-IT Myspace page.

WWF graffiti jam 2008 videos & photos

Thanks to Sir 5 for this video

Thanks to Kriebel for the video!
Also check out his pictures from the WWF Jam.

WWF GRAFFITI JAM (BE)

We and Montana colors are proud to announce WWF graffiti jam 2008 !
Feel free to join us on sunday 20 july and monday 21 July,
Bredene council is offering 2 great tunnels (daily frequented by 1000 of tourists on their way to the beach) and for us to attack !
5 to 10 cans for every participating writer, JUST BRING YOUR MASKS!!(Please mail info AT citykingz.be or sms 0032 485 05 09 11 to get on the list ) !
The list (up till now):
ROA - REKO - JASTA - TRUAND - TAILTI - EXPAND - WB - NOCTU MOB - MARZ 05 - JASPI ONE - KAY MAGIC - ORET - BOB - STANLEY - OTTO - CRUSE - SES - CRASH - JASHA - QUINTE RIDZ - SICK - JULIEN - AMO SR - ORKEZ - TWIST - WATSON - PURMA - SENCK 32 - SINA - SIR 5 - THOMA - EL TOPO - RESTO - REBUS - OFSER - GAMBAWARZ - MARK - AMEN - OXY-D - RUDY - DEGAT - SANDEK - ONYX - (SDF-FZ CREW) - LERAIHORA - KRIEBEL - SAIKO - MIZER - ALLO - DESK - STARK - GORELLAUME - KUNY - SAIM - GROEN AKA WUSTER - JEPS - HEIDI - BOMBR - DAME - TIMON - DERM - BETA - HELIOS - MATH - PHILE.BE - MAXIM - FLIPMO - MR 81 - V-MAN - PIERKE - DMITRII - OFSER - FLEM - MACHE - JANSKY - LEDROB ...

Camping facilities at camping VELD EN DUIN, K.ASTRIDLAAN 87, BREDENE, 059/322 479 (VRAGEN NAAR STEFAAN), WWW.VELDENTUIN.BE
Vernissage on Sunday 20 juli at 19 hours of Citykingz expo 10 feat ROA to benefit WWF !

Meeting point here at the CC Staf Versluys, situated in the middle of 2 tunnels (approx. 500 m).
Here you can register, get spray, chill, drink...
WWF theme : "SAVE THE POLAR BEAR" (global heating)

GRAFFITI JAM (BE)

Yihaa let the jam's begin
more info

AMAZE 2008 (BE)

This weekend Stzuka Fabryka en Hotel Volzet organise the annual street art festival in St.-Niklaas, Belgium. On 19 and 20 April you can witness a wide varity and some of the best contemporary street art. Amazing artists such as Flying Fôrtress, Blek le Rat, D-Face, Wayne Horse, Swoon, Pure evil and more will show their art at the Bauhaus venue and join us for a freestyle Citykingz Graffiti Jam (artists only) on the below featured indoor wall. More on amaze2008.be

Citykingz & MTN Graffiti Jam movie

We stumbled upon this movie from our Graff Jam on Youtube.. Thanks esko1978 & Frime Team.

Citykingz & MTN Graffiti Jam Video

Special thanks to all writers who were there, and to Lydia for the video!

Citykingz Xbeach Graffiti Jam Pictures

More pictures here!

Citykingz & X-Beach Graffiti Jam (Zeebrugge-BE)

Zeebrugge Beach will be open for every writer. More than 400 meters of wall. Panels will remain exposed until the 28th of July. On Sunday July 29th, there will be a public auction on the beach where anyone can buy a panel (2,50 x 1,25 m). All profit goes to the WWF. Thanks to Montana for the support.
More Info and Route Description on the Xbeach site.
(Thanks to Nick Walker for the Cap Photo)

Vismijn JAM Pictures!

View all pictures from the Vismijn Graffiti Jam on Picasa. We don't have pictures of all the pieces, but more pics from the 'Grand Bleu Area' are coming later. If you were there: Please mail us if you have more pics we can add.
Stay tuned for the video, will be posted later.

Citykingz & MTN Graffiti Jam 30/06/07

Citykingz would like to invite you to our major Graffiti Meeting on Saturday the 30th of June 2007 at the 'Oude Vismijn', a historical building in the centre of Gent. Some of Belgium's finest writers will spray their fine arts between 11am and 8pm. During the 'Gentse Feesten', this location will be a huge restaurant and dancing area.

CONFIRMED WRITERS:
GENT.be: POINTDEXTER - KAISER - PEST - ROA - DESK - SKULL - SANTOS - GUIDO - REKO - JASTA - RESTO - QUI - SHEYNE - FASSART - PHASER - BAHAAL - TONIE - TOFOE - BEN - MATIAS - BXL.BE: SHAKE UBS - SOZY UBS - BYZ UBS - RECTO UBS/JNC - CNN CREW - DEFO DB - BRIO DB - FETUS DB - SEIKZ - RIK - ITEA - BIDE - ESKO - DEBS - MAGIC - LIEGE.be: DEAD JNC - REDX JNC - FAB74 JNC - KAER JNC - RAI JNC - THEM - JAM FK WCK - ANTWERP.be: AEROSOL KIDS - GUN T - ASMO - ZEV - SUBTIL ONE - HASSELT.be: SEB - KRIS - DIMI - MAZAR - SICK - LILLE.fr: MEDA - SHURER - ISHAM - MECHELEN.be: MAYOR - MANIT - OOSTENDE.be: PIER

There are just a few more places available! Mail us now if you want to participate. Please add some pictures from your work.
UPDATE: We're completely booked now!

Location: Oude Vismijn:
Areas and Colors:

How it used to be:

Exterior view from the Veerleplein:

Exterior view from the Graslei-Korenlei:

Current state:




HOW TO GET THERE:
The building is on the Veerleplein, in the heart of Ghent, just next to the old castle 'Gravensteen'. By car, take the E40 or E17 to Gent, exit 'Gent centrum'. If you don't know Gent very well it's best to follow the P-route (Parking route) directions to find a parking in the city centre. The parkings with the following numbers are all nearby: P1 Vrijdagmarkt, P9 Belfort, P7 St.-Michiels, and P8 Ramen.
Arriving by train: From St-Pieters Station: Take tram 1 or 4 to the Gravensteen, from Dampoort Station: Take the trolleybus (Line 3) to the Korenmarkt.
Map of Ghent

* Extra special thanks go to Montana Colors, Fast Forward Events and The Lofting Group for making this unique Jam possible!

Meeting Of Styles 2007: Lyon (FR)

Images above are from the MOS Lyon 2006, next edition is up June 22-24 at the RVI Factory. More info on the MOS site.

THE GRAFFITI PROJECT (Kelburn Castle, UK)

Timelapse footage to the completion of the graffiti project on kelburn castle. Painted by, OS GEMEOS, NINA & NUNCA.

Graff Jam Gent July 7th

Graffiti Jam by Graffiti Jeugddienst, sponsored by Montana. Saturday July 7th, 11-20h in Forelstraat, Gent (BE). There's also a Skate Contest and music by Uberdope, Equal People Riot and Rijmtechniekers. See you there.

New Legal Graffiti Area in Gent (BE)

On May 19th, Graffiti Jeugddienst and Stad Gent opened a second legal area for graffiti: under the Keizerviaduct. (The first one being the famous Werregaren off course, check Ghentizm). The first layer was painted by ROA, BUE, SALIM, DESK and others. More pictures on Graffiti Jeugddienst. (tx Bart at GJ for the tip)

Die Young at Mr. Ego (BXL)

Die Young in Brussels as San, SatOne and Btoy experiment in the No New Enemies
space at Mr. Ego ... on site installation, a selection of new works from each artist and a live painting to slap on the last splashes of colour! Opening May 25th at 18h, Book Signing of Belio's Die Young Collection on Saturday May 26th from 14h. (Tx Lina at Die Gestalten for the tip)

Graffiti Battle at POLEMO IV (Kalmthout-BE)

Next sunday (May 27), Polemo organises a cross-discipline hiphopbattle: They have competitions for MC's, beatboxers, breakers and Graffers. You can still apply: submit the subscription form on the Polemo website.

Glorieux Jam Pictures (BE)

More pics on the Graffiti Jeugddienst website.

Meanwhile at Kelburn Castle (UK)

www.thegraffitiproject.net

Glorieux Jam, Gent (BE)

These bricks will be turned into canvas next Saturday (May 12, 2007) during the Graff Jam organised by Graffiti Jeugddienst (Dutch language). Go and see 25 of the hottest belgian graffiti artists live in action: a.o. ZETKA, DESK, JASTAJAMZ, BM, OZON, SHINE, FASSART, ROABOT, BASEK, RONE, BIRD, SKENDA, STEAZ..
Glorieux Oostakker 'open doors', Sat May 12 2007, 13-19h. Pictures will be online here later. (tx Bart @ Graffiti Jeugddienst for the tip)

Europe - Singapore 2007

Link galore: some good sites here!
Europe: Flying Fortress (Munich), Pez (Barcelona), The London Police (London/Amsterdam) - Singapore: Antz, The Killer Gerbil, Zero
Also check GKS aka geeksigners: "Geeksigners is a common dumping ground of creative juices formed by a quartet young chaps who each possesses diverse influences ranging from illustrations, animation to motion video. Diversed as we are, our creations are distinctively us and definitely geeky kinky!"

The graffiti project at Kelburn Castle (UK)

"The idea is simple and original: take the vibrant and often transient art form of Brazilian graffiti out of its predominantly urban context and apply it to the ancient and permanent walls of an historic rural castle in Scotland..."

"...We are bringing together four of the world’s leading graffiti artists from Brazil, Os Gemeos, Nina Pandolfo and Nunca to work alongside Scottish talent, to create a unique burst of colour, embracing the walls and turrets of the south side of Kelburn Castle."
Wicked! www.thegraffitiproject.net

PIMP BY BRIDGE - Bocholt (BE)

250m2 - 20 writers - 1 bridge - Bocholt in full effect !
Pimp My Bridge site

METAPHORA Brugge (BE) - Pictures

Here are some pictures of last weekends' Metaphora Jam in Brugge, Belgium.

K.Fée - Mons (BE)

Mons' best Jazz bar K.Fée has comissioned a big wall painting to Mons' finest painters. They will start the painting on friday the 30th of march and it'll be finished the next day around 19h. Another urban art (graffiti) and music (jazz) collabo! See you guys and girls up there! Flyer

METAPHORA Brugge (BE)

The 10th anniversary of Metaphora will be celebrated on saturday april 14th with a graffiti jam from noon till sundown at the entrepot skatepark in Brugge featuring a.o. Jasta, Cozar, Freddy, Derm, CNN crew... Feel free to join and listen to some great Belgian hip hop with sticky fingers!
flyer here

WHITE WALLS - Deurne (BE)

Arno Arnouts scouted some dope urban canvas to attack. The action is planned on 14 and 15 april. Hit Arno with a mail if you wanna join in!