Jaysus
Best described by his mother as her biggest mistake…ever, Jay has spent his life trying to prove her wrong. A jack of all trades and master of a couple, Jay is the official photographer for the global live art event ‘Secret Wars’. Jay’s t-total life (thanks to his mother’s alcohol problem) has led to him documenting some memorable events and capturing some side splitting moments which you can see on his Jaysus Photography website as well as this column. A member of the prolific Monorex art/design collective and British street wear label Addict Jay has his finger firmly on the pulse...
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Monorex have linked up with Kicks N Canvas. An exciting project, that has selected 21 artists, including, Goldie, Insa, Inkie, Disco Teck and host more of talented guys to custom paint a pair of sneakers. There’s lots going on and everyone from Monorex will be there to support, so make sure you come say hi
Dates – April 8th to April 18th 2010
Opening Night – Thurs April 8th 18:00 – 21:00 (Invite Only)
After Party – There will be one, so get your dancing shoes ready!
Location – The gallery in Redchurch Street, 50 Redchurch Street, Shoreditch, London, E2 7DP
Each artist will customize a pair of all white Nike’s and produce an 50×50cm piece that compliments the trainers.
There will be 21 artist’s at the show, so thats 21 pairs of custom kicks and 21 canvases to check out.
All 42 pieces will be for sale, so get down to the opening night and bag yourself something special.
The show will be open 7 days a week from April 8th, and we are holding live events on the following days.
Thurs April 8th – Opening Night & After Party (doors open at 18:00, Invite only)
Sat April 10th – Live Art Jam featuring two hero’s of Monorex’s Secret Wars (1pm-3pm)
Sat April 17th – Live Paint / Art Jam (Artist tbc)
Monorex touched down in NY with a week long schedule of exciting events and meeting…it was a great chance to meet and greet some heroes including The KDU, Tristan Eaton + complete a job for Pele’s old team, New York Cosmos
Capsule trade show – all the brands were out
Mishka store in Brooklyn. Great store layout with custom Street Fighter Arcade machine!!
Mishka HQ – Greg’s Ofice. This place was an 80’s haven of forgotten toys. I spent 10 minutes in there pointing at every toy I used to have as a kid. Terry struggled to find any of his old figures. Greg explained he didn’t collect Barbie dolls.
View from Empire State Building!
Stika’s love of emergency vechiles took us to a museum dedicated to fire fighters.
The KDU, a big influence and inspiration
Stika gets his paint on for the New York Cosmos brand new HQ
A lot of coffee, mixed with plenty of Cola, Red Bull and pro plus made sure the space was looking crisp and tip top for appointments. Founders Chris Carden Jones and David Jefferies were on hand to prove you’re never too high up to get your hands dirty, making sure the room was worthy of the new collection.
On display are a range of new collaborations including fresh designs by Jimi Crayon, Teck 1 and others. Of course there’s plenty more special treats, but we’ll be dropping more info on those at a later date.
Remember to keep tab on the sites blog on www.addictclothingco.com
Yes, Channel 4 were down
Yes, they brought a film crew with them,
Yes, it was for an arts & culture documentary…kinda
The producers behind comedy show FoneJacker came to Secret Wars to film a new series, which sees the actor turn up as one of his characters. In this case he turned up as a world renowned artist and critic, that just so happened to look a lot like the inventor of the flux capacitor, but in Timmy Mallets favourite shirt.
The crowd were unaware and it was fair to say he managed to rub some people up the wrong way, which might explain the push and shove outside the venue. But credit where credit’s due, he stayed in character throughout.
The video should air in february, so keep your eyes peeled for my chiseled jaw line and deep brown eyes
Josh’s Sutterby’s recent solo show was a punch, kick and slap to the visual senses. A great turn out and an amazing set of paintings. For those who aren’t able to take one away, then there’s a range of prints available to purchase through the site:
I did take a load of snaps of the work, but I’m not going to post them up. It just wouldn’t be right. You have to go down to the Print House Gallery to see for yourself.
The Print House Gallery
18 Ashwin Street, Dalston, E8 3DL
Its open Monday-Friday 9am – 5pm and Sat – Sun 11am – 4pm.
The show’s running intil the 10th January, so there’s a bit of time left, just don’t be slack and leave it to the last minute
The Addict Clothng Company have set up base at the Old Truman Brewery, next to Bike 14. Opening on Thursday 3rd until Sunday 6th means you’ve got a bit of time to pick up some special pieces from the British Street Wear brand. Everything’s been heavily reduced, so you’re bound to pick up a bargain.
Get down quick if you fancy picking up next years samples. Its always good to be a season ahead
see you all there
VNA have got 100 copies, no more, no less screen printed covers of their latest issues. The screen print by the infamous D Face will be available during the launch at Stolen Space tomorrow night and are guaranteed to fly out.
Here’s a nice little video put together by ‘Make Some Tea Productions’
VNA Issue 10 from Make Some Tea on Vimeo.
