Melb Stencil Festival 07

gnat · Post by **gnat** » Tue May 08, 2007 4:57 pm

The 2007 Stencil Festival season will be launched with the Melbourne Stencil Festival, which will be held from 11 - 20 May at the newly founded J-Studios Artist Community in 100 Barkly St., North Fitzroy

check it here: http://www.stencilfestival.com/index.ph ... e5d91b1712&

tshirt printing with ghost patrol... is nais

Post by **breaksRbest** » Tue May 08, 2007 5:11 pm

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Lizkins · Post by **Lizkins** » Tue May 08, 2007 5:18 pm

i wish i had de money.....den i get de power and de women (or in my case de hot hot boyz)....and de stencil

shall head down and check it out for sure though.

C.I.A. · Post by **C.I.A.** » Tue May 08, 2007 5:21 pm

Lizkins wrote:i wish i had de money.....den i get de power and de women (or in my case de hot hot boyz)....and de stencil

shall head down and check it out for sure though.

Always get depressed going to these things. Want want want.

Nevertheless I shall be there with assorted bells on (cow, jingle, church etc).

Lizkins · Post by **Lizkins** » Tue May 08, 2007 5:23 pm

C.I.A. wrote:
Lizkins wrote:i wish i had de money.....den i get de power and de women (or in my case de hot hot boyz)....and de stencil

shall head down and check it out for sure though.

Always get depressed going to these things. Want want want.

Nevertheless I shall be there with assorted bells on (cow, jingle, church etc).

we'll just stand there and go "but i want it now Daddy" and see if one comes along and buys us a sweet piece.

hmmmm the likelihood of a sugar Daddy at the stencil fest. I think likely!

C.I.A. · Post by **C.I.A.** » Tue May 08, 2007 5:29 pm

Lizkins wrote:
C.I.A. wrote:
Lizkins wrote:i wish i had de money.....den i get de power and de women (or in my case de hot hot boyz)....and de stencil

shall head down and check it out for sure though.

Always get depressed going to these things. Want want want.

Nevertheless I shall be there with assorted bells on (cow, jingle, church etc).

we'll just stand there and go "but i want it now Daddy" and see if one comes along and buys us a sweet piece.

hmmmm the likelihood of a sugar Daddy at the stencil fest. I think likely!

:AnnaNicoleSmith:

Lizkins · Post by **Lizkins** » Tue May 08, 2007 5:31 pm

C.I.A. wrote:
Lizkins wrote:
C.I.A. wrote:

Always get depressed going to these things. Want want want.

Nevertheless I shall be there with assorted bells on (cow, jingle, church etc).

we'll just stand there and go "but i want it now Daddy" and see if one comes along and buys us a sweet piece.

hmmmm the likelihood of a sugar Daddy at the stencil fest. I think likely!
:AnnaNicoleSmith:

stop bagging CIA and be more constructive. Now then sugar Mummas ain't my style, and neither is working TOO hard for the money, so what ideas have you got?

C.I.A. · Post by **C.I.A.** » Tue May 08, 2007 5:40 pm

Lizkins wrote:
C.I.A. wrote:
Lizkins wrote:
we'll just stand there and go "but i want it now Daddy" and see if one comes along and buys us a sweet piece.

hmmmm the likelihood of a sugar Daddy at the stencil fest. I think likely!
:AnnaNicoleSmith:

stop bagging CIA and be more constructive. Now then sugar Mummas ain't my style, and neither is working TOO hard for the money, so what ideas have you got?

Become a gang matriarch. Even if your son is in jail for 35 years you can still live the good life and buy up stencils fo shizzle.

Or hot-house an adopted kiddie to become a tennis or golf pro.

That's what I'm going to do.

Lizkins · Post by **Lizkins** » Tue May 08, 2007 5:42 pm

C.I.A. wrote:
Lizkins wrote:
C.I.A. wrote: :AnnaNicoleSmith:

stop bagging CIA and be more constructive. Now then sugar Mummas ain't my style, and neither is working TOO hard for the money, so what ideas have you got?

Become a gang matriarch. Even if your son is in jail for 35 years you can still live the good life and buy up stencils fo shizzle.

Or hot-house an adopted kiddie to become a tennis or golf pro.

That's what I'm going to do.

noice choices there, going with the current state of affairs, keepin it real.

mrj · Post by **mrj** » Tue May 08, 2007 5:44 pm

I wish they gave us more lead time on this, I would have been saving my cotton socks off.

Ah well, saving mode now in hope of maybe scraping together enough cash for something

mrj · Post by **mrj** » Tue May 08, 2007 5:45 pm

gnat wrote: tshirt printing with ghost patrol... is nais

dude. seriously. just found new wardrobe.

C.I.A. · Post by **C.I.A.** » Tue May 08, 2007 5:48 pm

mrj wrote:
gnat wrote: tshirt printing with ghost patrol... is nais
dude. seriously. just found new wardrobe.

Mine.

Mitts off.

I was in this thread first.

gnat · Post by **gnat** » Tue May 08, 2007 5:50 pm

mebbe they let u do hoodie j

i'm sick of your bape one already

Stray · Post by **Stray** » Tue May 08, 2007 5:54 pm

C.I.A. wrote:
Lizkins wrote:i wish i had de money.....den i get de power and de women (or in my case de hot hot boyz)....and de stencil

shall head down and check it out for sure though.

Always get depressed going to these things. Want want want.

Nevertheless I shall be there with assorted bells on (cow, jingle, church etc).

Oh yeah.. must be hard to come home from a stencil festival and stare at your blank wall.

Post by **breaksRbest** » Tue May 08, 2007 5:59 pm

mrj wrote:
gnat wrote: tshirt printing with ghost patrol... is nais
dude. seriously. just found new wardrobe.

I'll hook you up with cheap Gildan tee's (same brand as the MB.C tee's) to print on. Can also hook ya up with hoodies

mrj · Post by **mrj** » Tue May 08, 2007 6:00 pm

LOL. thanks Stray, I was taking a beating there.

C.I.A. · Post by **C.I.A.** » Tue May 08, 2007 6:08 pm

Stray wrote:
C.I.A. wrote:
Lizkins wrote:i wish i had de money.....den i get de power and de women (or in my case de hot hot boyz)....and de stencil

shall head down and check it out for sure though.

Always get depressed going to these things. Want want want.

Nevertheless I shall be there with assorted bells on (cow, jingle, church etc).
Oh yeah.. must be hard to come home from a stencil festival and stare at your blank wall.

Quiet you.

mrj · Post by **mrj** » Tue May 08, 2007 6:12 pm

breaksRbest wrote:
mrj wrote:
gnat wrote: tshirt printing with ghost patrol... is nais
dude. seriously. just found new wardrobe.

I'll hook you up with cheap Gildan tee's (same brand as the MB.C tee's) to print on. Can also hook ya up with hoodies

is naise.

ghost patrol hoodie ftw.

where is the details. is it ye olde work shoppe of some kind? I gots heaps of holidays owing (5 weeks or summat), might be nice to take a couple of days off and play with paint.

mrj · Post by **mrj** » Tue May 08, 2007 7:18 pm

C.I.A. wrote:
Lizkins wrote:
C.I.A. wrote: :AnnaNicoleSmith:

stop bagging CIA and be more constructive. Now then sugar Mummas ain't my style, and neither is working TOO hard for the money, so what ideas have you got?

Become a gang matriarch. Even if your son is in jail for 35 years you can still live the good life and buy up stencils fo shizzle.

Or hot-house an adopted kiddie to become a tennis or golf pro.

That's what I'm going to do.

he/she/it can shine me shoes in their spare time.

everybody wins. especially me. with my shiny shoes. w000ties macb00ties indeed.

SoulWhiteMan · Post by **SoulWhiteMan** » Fri May 11, 2007 1:45 pm

when can you buy stuff?

Post by **breaksRbest** » Fri May 11, 2007 1:49 pm

gnat wrote:...... the Melbourne Stencil Festival, which will be held from 11 - 20 May at the newly founded J-Studios Artist Community in 100 Barkly St., North Fitzroy

check it here: http://www.stencilfestival.com/index.ph ... e5d91b1712&

SWM, all the deets are there

Lizkins · Post by **Lizkins** » Fri May 11, 2007 5:08 pm

must try and get to this some stage on the weekend....just for a look see...

SoulWhiteMan · Post by **SoulWhiteMan** » Sun May 13, 2007 10:46 am

thanky for linky

ghetto kitty · Post by **ghetto kitty** » Sun May 13, 2007 2:24 pm

argh, missed the opening, which is always good to catch all those shy hooded street artists in the one place at the one time...

works at the stencil fest have been getting more and more expensive each year.

i hope there is a good cross section of artists represented....
please take photos for kitty people!!

ill try check it out when i return...

Post by **breaksRbest** » Sun May 13, 2007 5:31 pm

ghetto kitty wrote:argh, missed the opening, which is always good to catch all those shy hooded street artists in the one place at the one time...

works at the stencil fest have been getting more and more expensive each year.

i hope there is a good cross section of artists represented....
please take photos for kitty people!!

ill try check it out when i return...

so, last year the pieces were considerably more expensive than the year before. I was speaking to someone on Friday night who had just been to this years opening and apparently they are now ridiculously over-priced.

Starting prices of over $1200

The guy running this should be ashamed of himself

ghetto kitty · Post by **ghetto kitty** » Sun May 13, 2007 9:47 pm

heheheh

all ill say about that is that they are charging for submissions this year, with no guarantee of being included in the show, basically charging to open emails of pics and say yes, your in or no, your not.

coupled with the fact that many of the best stencil artists in melbourne werent represented last year, and prolly wont be this year, its laughable.

and with my big mouth and all my history with the organisers and the scene, thats all im gonna say bout that.

the shows at per square metre have been much, much better than any stencil fest lately, everytime i walk past there (johnston st collingwood) there is dope art going on!

mecka · Post by **mecka** » Sun May 13, 2007 10:18 pm

am i the only person who's over stencil art? not meaning to detract from the exhibition (which was quite impressive last year) - i'm just finding stencils less and less interesting as time goes on. With the exception of banksy - who is always pushing the envelope.

aspekt · Post by **aspekt** » Sun May 13, 2007 10:24 pm

mecka wrote:am i the only person who's over stencil art? not meaning to detract from the exhibition (which was quite impressive last year) - i'm just finding stencils less and less interesting as time goes on. With the exception of banksy - who is always pushing the envelope.

totally. last year's was awesome. this year's was nothing special.

nic · Post by **nic** » Sun May 13, 2007 10:24 pm

mecka wrote:am i the only person who's over stencil art? not meaning to detract from the exhibition (which was quite impressive last year) - i'm just finding stencils less and less interesting as time goes on. With the exception of banksy - who is always pushing the envelope.

i kind of agree with you, played out and oversaturated with boring samey shit. some great stuff around if you look allthough generally i find it shit. post ups and massive pieces are another thing though, bug = impressive

havign a stencil convention seems a bit narrow to me, bit like having a red biro on sticky notes show, which seems more interesting to me anyhow. That said any art is good as long as its not shit

SoulWhiteMan · Post by **SoulWhiteMan** » Mon May 14, 2007 10:43 am

1200

there goes my girlfriends 30th birthday present!

anyone willing to do a stencil on canvas for a few hundred bucks?

Post by **breaksRbest** » Mon May 14, 2007 10:50 am

http://www.theage.com.au/news/arts/draw ... 97005.html

"Works are reaching a larger audience, with pieces at the North Fitzroy festival centre ranging from $140 to $6500."

gnat · Post by **gnat** » Mon May 14, 2007 12:14 pm

missed opening too

feet barely touched the ground this weekend

i'm not over street art. i'm still looking to get that rone piece done

could not for 6500 bucks though- that's drug money

hey kitty gal

Post by **breaksRbest** » Mon May 14, 2007 12:39 pm

I'm not tired of street art either, especially stencil art

Of course there'll always be the sub-standard shit floating around, but the same can be said for any art form, there's the good & the bad

as the 'scene' gets bigger there's inevitably more shit to wade through

ghetto kitty · Post by **ghetto kitty** » Mon May 14, 2007 1:44 pm

hi gnatty!!

SoulWhiteMan wrote:1200

there goes my girlfriends 30th birthday present!

anyone willing to do a stencil on canvas for a few hundred bucks?

i know lots of artists...tell me what kind of style/imagery and ill see what i can find for you, can definately do though!

you know the funniest thing is, it isnt even a stencil show anymore, there is drawings charos, so many kinds of art, and the first show in 04 the prices ranged from $20 to $500 and everything sold.
reaching a wider audience sure, but if the fucknig artists cant afford to submit works, or buy any of the art they love, then whats the feckin point??

if you guys want to know who in OZ is still pushing the envelope (i mean we all love bansky, but hes now 'fine art" really!) check out

http://www.dielaughingcollective.com

these are friends of mine from tassie who do lots in melbs and a couple havbe just moved here, jamin, pacey, empire and homewrecker...they do great political stuff like howard with guns and "where the wild thnigs are" but with polticians heads...amazing big scale shit!!! props to those boys, NO EGO too!

like any art form, to be fresh it has to bust its own boudaries, i mean the basis of stencil art comes from a few revolutions (hello che) and bill postering, a way to reproduce the same image quickly and cheaply lots of times.
sticking it on canvas and charging drug money for it isnt really the point.
someone like logan hicks, who cuts for 24 hours straight on one stencil, i mean he executes qutie amazing works, and they really utitlise the art form in a different way, but so many of the rest are just riding a wave that is well and truly over.

it will be interesting to see how many pieces sell for those prices.
my house is a stencil gallery, most given to me by the artist, theres prism and meek and meggs and phibs and form and ghosty and lots of the big names, but even im a bit over looking at it, and am more in love with the framed prints i got from two and bonsai lately, slicker, more timeless etc etc

check out die laughing tho, especially the aussie/lebanese picture...i love those guys.

gnat · Post by **gnat** » Mon May 14, 2007 2:07 pm

i need that rone- gonna be my bday present to myself

gots time to raise cash

hit me up kitty

Lizkins · Post by **Lizkins** » Tue May 15, 2007 1:46 pm

yes please

mrj · Post by **mrj** » Tue May 15, 2007 2:58 pm

I'm not over Stencil Art either.

What I would say is that I agree somewhat with Mecka and Nic's sentiments, in that I believe prices have hit an unsustainable level. In fact I'm pretty sure we had this debate last year if memory serves.

Although I would argue that there is plenty of art that is of the same or less artistic merit (purely opinon obviously) that sells for much more.

As always, its market forces that determine price. I remember last year at the opening all the pieces dissapeared pronto as people clambered over each other to try and get one. Thats guaranteed to ensure that prices will go up the next year. I'm sure if they have difficulty selling stuff this year that next year will see a return to more acceptable levels.

Post by **breaksRbest** » Wed May 16, 2007 2:18 pm

think I'll go & check this out today and leave the wallet at home

Post by **breaksRbest** » Wed May 16, 2007 5:44 pm

I just went to the festy

Last couple of years there's been quite a few pieces I wanted to buy, and could afford. This year they were pretty few & far between

Only saw a few pieces that I really liked and 2 of them were from this guy..

www.kngee.com

this is one of them...

was good to see a couple of pieces from Seldom in the show too

gnat · Post by **gnat** » Wed May 16, 2007 5:45 pm

that is farking RAD BrB

and BU seldom- go son!

Lizkins · Post by **Lizkins** » Wed May 16, 2007 5:50 pm

YAY for seldom. that is radness!

Post by **breaksRbest** » Wed May 16, 2007 6:33 pm

gnat wrote:that is farking RAD BrB

and BU seldom- go son!

the above pic doesn't really do it justice, the detail is incredible.

there was also an Orange coloured piece he did of the back of 2 trucks, looked farken schweeeeet.

Seldom mentions the Fire Aid auction in his little speel below his work

mrj · Post by **mrj** » Wed May 16, 2007 7:23 pm

madness brb, that piece looks great.

nic · Post by **nic** » Wed May 16, 2007 7:54 pm

thats stencil art!
wicked.

Lizkins · Post by **Lizkins** » Thu May 17, 2007 10:36 am

breaksRbest wrote:
gnat wrote:that is farking RAD BrB

and BU seldom- go son!

the above pic doesn't really do it justice, the detail is incredible.

there was also an Orange coloured piece he did of the back of 2 trucks, looked farken schweeeeet.

Seldom mentions the Fire Aid auction in his little speel below his work

awww that is awesome!

so proud!

quiet roar · Post by **quiet roar** » Thu May 17, 2007 11:23 am

breaksRbest wrote:Of course there'll always be the sub-standard shit floating around, but the same can be said for any art form, there's the good & the bad

as the 'scene' gets bigger there's inevitably more shit to wade through

Spot on, bRb.

I don't mind the artists making a killing on the new found trendiness of the form, either; let them milk the masses while they can. And sure we'd all like a wonderful piece for our homes but stencil art is street art, and is best seen in its natural environment, IMO.

Of course, having had Tom Civil do a mural for the shop, recently may make me a bit hypocritical

SoulWhiteMan · Post by **SoulWhiteMan** » Thu May 17, 2007 12:17 pm

breaksRbest wrote:I just went to the festy

Last couple of years there's been quite a few pieces I wanted to buy, and could afford. This year they were pretty few & far between

Only saw a few pieces that I really liked and 2 of them were from this guy..

www.kngee.com

this is one of them...

was good to see a couple of pieces from Seldom in the show too

how much would something like that fetch?

that is EXACTLY what Deb (and I ) really like: inner urban street city scape eery stuff

Post by **breaksRbest** » Thu May 17, 2007 12:21 pm

I can't remember how much it was, it was already sold.

Think it went for about $1200

gnat · Post by **gnat** » Thu May 17, 2007 1:26 pm

i keep going back and looking at the stuff on the dude's site

it is out of control. seriously, so much detail, like logan hicks stuff

madness

ghetto kitty · Post by **ghetto kitty** » Thu May 17, 2007 2:42 pm

gnat wrote:that is farking RAD BrB

and BU seldom- go son!

scripticles.

seldom is so great, and so is his very supportive family.

BU young kids getting out there!!

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