Hey peoples, please don't miss out on the Hustlenomic Family getting sensitive with the Avant Yard group for a dope show going down in Brooklyn, Saturday 26th. All happening at 124 Washington Ave, at 5pm.
Music by DJ Brainchild (BK) and Wonway Posibul (Bay Area) and visual arts by: BORISH, YOSHI, and MIGUEL BOUNCE PEREZ (of Trust Your Struggle), Crystal Clarity, Juan Doe, Tony Peralta, and many more. Live silk screening by Mikey 1SOUL & Dylated. Food & drinks.
This September 11th we, the Trust your Struggle Collective will be presenting The Black Art Show at D-Structure boutique and gallery in San Francisco.
Part of our mission is to reflect the struggles and beauty of our own communities as well as communities around the world. It wouldn't be right to do so without a collaborative effort from YOU, our friends, our family, our comrades, the people we work with and the people we work for.
What we ask of you is to depict what term Trust Your Struggle means to you. Our only constraints are that we ask you to keep your piece
8.5"x11" and only use black and white (with shades of gray if needed).
The piece you submit can be anything from a handwritten definition/sentence/poem of what Trust Your Struggle means to you to a 3D sculpture.
The opening reception with be September 11th D-Structure 520 Haight St. San Francisco CA 94117 8pm-11pm
You will retain all the rights to your creation as well as the full profit if sold.
The piece will be on display from September 11th - October 7th at D-Structure fully credited with your information.
If you choose to participate please fill out this form and mail or deliver with your artwork.
NAME: AGE: LOCATION: OCCUPATION: FUTURE OCCUPATION: CONTACT/WEBSITE: TITLE OF PIECE: MEDIUM: PRICE (if applicable):
Please mail or hand deliver your piece no later than September 9th to
D-Structure 520 Haight St. San Francisco CA 94117 include a self addressed stamped envelope, to return your piece after the exhibit is over or to send you a check if the piece is sold.
Another Bay Area invasion by the Trust Your Struggle Collective, this time going down at D-Structure in Frisco, Califas. Be sure to be there because the rumors of D-Structure's opening nights (which are true!) is that they always bangin'.
DSSF & Trust Your Struggle Collective Presents:
The Black Art Show
Guilty Party:
BORISH CECE ERIN YOSHI MIGUEL PEREZ BOUNCE ROBERT TRES TRUJILLO SCOTT LAROCKWELL & SHAUN BURNER (and a few extra as always...)
**All visual art will be executed in only black and white**
Audio by: PELE and WONWAY
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 11TH 2009 D-Structure 520 Haight Street San Francisco Califas 8pm-11pm
Afterparty at NICKIES 466 Haight Street 12am-2am w/ Dion Decibels & The Whooligan
Man things have been busy. Shaun Burner came down to Colombia to participate in the Memoria Viva project and we were cooking. The first city we hit was Barrancabermeja and that region is hot in all aspects. Politically there is a lot of violence that occurs and literally the minute you step out of the plane you are sweating.
We got in and hit the ground running. First we completed a mural at Credhos, a human rights organization. The founders of Credhos have been displaced and their current leaders are on the government list for the paramilitary to assassinate. Even though the folks there knew their life was in danger, they still continue to fight for human rights in their city. Their strength, resilience and dedication was humbling. It touched us to the core.
Credhos was nice enough to house our workshop, so in return we dropped a mural for them in their patio.
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We conducted the workshop with folks ranging in age from high school to elderly. Their stories were amazing and their losses were enormous. They painted their ideas for the murals and shared with us their experience. From this we created the mural at the Public Library Galvis Galvis which is on the campus of the University of Barrancabermeja. The University was very supportive and let us paint the mural on wood in the auditorium of their main entrance.
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And on our last night, after the mural was carried over to the Library and installed, we dropped a little mural for fun right next to the office of the administration. We even got some students and administration to paint it with us.
From there, we jumped on a cold bus for a long ride back to Bogota. We enjoyed a week of rest then got right back to it painting a mural for the office of Reiniciar, the law firm that currently has the case against the Colombian Government in the Inter American Human Rights Courts for their participation in the massacre of the Union Patriotica.
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Then for the next few days we linked up with the artist crew APC to complete a mural at the National University of Bogota. This was a great collaboration and a blessing to be able to paint with Bastardilla, Stinkfish, Aeon, and Zas. Then with the luck of great timing, Skope from Australia landed in Bogota and came through to help it all come together. It was a great collaboration between TYS, APC, and Skope.
The quote and theme of this mural was based upon a quote from Pablo Neruda: They can kill the flowers, but they cannot stop the spring.
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The videos from these murals are coming shortly. We are waiting to see which version will be released because, we are concerned for the safety of our participants from the workshops. We will either release just the mural version or the version with the workshops included. We are waiting on clearance. So please be patient with us, we just don't want to put anyone in more danger.
Man just made it back from Meta a state a little south from Bogota, the capitol. Meta was truly a hustle, I finished my first solo mural in 5 days and worked my butt off. Below are photos of the wall, a new video of the making of the mural, local newspaper coverage, and a little diary entry along the way...Check it out...
Day 1 I painted the wall with primer today. Man by the time I got to the top, I could roll two strokes then rest for 10 breaths, then roll two strokes and rest again. I was sweaty and freakin dying. I just got back to the hotel and I can barely close my hands... man I miss the crew
Day 2 Today I battled tropical rainstorms and frying sun. When it rains or gets to hot, I have to carry my large suitcase full of spraypaint and 20 buckets of paint upstairs to the location the University gave me to store my supplies. Who needs a gym when you got gallons of bucket paint.
Day 3 Wow! As I was getting bit by mosquitos today, my new security guard friend said... um you should wear repellent because we have Dengue here. Note to self: ask when you get to a new region if they have Dengue or Malaria there.
Day 4 Kinda have a little food poisoning, man my stomach is trippin. And today I have to spend all day on the top of the scaffolding. Nothing like balancing on one narrow piece of wood 3 stories in the air. I have already derived on exit strategy if this thing falls, but I pretty much summed up that if it falls odds aren't in my favor. My hands are more sore from holding on to the scaffolding than using the spray can. But I am almost done...
Day 5 My usual schedule, get to the school early like 8:30 and power it out until the sun gets so hot I feel my head melting then take a siesta and work though the night. Tonight I finished the mural at 5:00am. Worked through the night. I have no words... ______________________________________________
Anywho, that was me struggling, but thankfully it all came together. When the mural was completed, I dedicated the mural to the Victims of the genocide of the Union Patriotica. The region is so tense right now that the school asked me to change it because they couldn't be seen as having party affiliations. I told them I understood but argued that the UP is no longer a party, so it is not a solicitation for new members. The party was destroyed as over 5,000 of their leading members were assassinated or disappeared in the late 80's. This was a dedication to remember the Genocide.
They couldn't change it themselves because the students and staff supported it and it would look like censorship. So the dedication still rides. I know that this is easier for me to do as a foreigner because it would be more dangerous for a local person to write this message. So I knew, I had to stand my ground. For example, the lawyer representing the school was shot 3 times in the head 8 days before I arrived for being political. This region is tense...
Thanks folks for keeping up with my adventure. Shaun Burner gets here Wednesday as we take off to the next region for some more.
And here is the local newspaper coverage of the mural:
Join us this coming Saturday for New Design High School's opening reception of Rooftop Legends 2009 with dozens of New York's graffiti & mural artists.
Opening Saturday May 16th 3-7PM NDHS Rooftop 350 Grand Street NY NY 10002
Music provided by DJ Enuff of Hot 97
Suggested donations at door/ all funds benefit NDHS
Check out the photos from our opening, thanks to all the folks who made the trek up there and all the Hip Hop Seasons Folks for holding it down on music and dancing.
