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The 2nd Annual Estria's Invitational Living Word Graffiti Battle
Event Details
Time: October 18, 2008 at 6pm
Location: deFremery Park
Street: 1651 Adeline Street
City/State: West Oakland
Info/Tickets/Map: http://maps.google.com/maps?f…
Event Type: poetry, graffiti, hip, hop, live, spoken, word, painting, lecture, exhibition, dj, free, outdoor
Organized By: The Living Word Project, Samurai Graphix, & Hard Knock Radio
Latest Activity: Oct 15, 2008
Event Description
The Living Word Project, Samurai Graphix, & Hard Knock Radio Presents
The 2nd Annual Estria's Invitational Living Word Graffiti Battle
A part of the 10-day Living Word Festival Curated by Marc Bamuthi Joseph. 16 of California's most talented and revered Graffiti Artists in live painting battle. Artists are determined and selected by Estria, a Bay Area Graffiti Legend.
Free outdoor performance by:
Mos Def
Los Rakas
DJ Leidis
Confirmed Painters (to date):
Estria (Hawaii/Bay Area), Bounce TYS, defending champion, (Berkeley), Done TDK (Oakland), Apex BA (SF), Pose2/Maxx Moses (Philly/San Diego), Slide TMC (SF), Max Ehrman/Eon75 (SF), Pryde VE (Oakland), Aero (San Diego & Hawaii), Buder TMF (SF), Hyde ICP (Chicago), Chez RSN (East Bay), Satyr (San Francisco)
Also Featuring:
* Bamboo Architecture
* Scraper Bike exhibition
* Lecture demonstration Against Eco-Apartheid, including Ella Baker Center's Van Jones
* Skateboard Demonstration presented by Hood Games at the Grand Opening of West Oakland's first Skate Park
@ deFremery Park, 1651 Adeline Street
West Oakland, CA
FREE event, bring the whole family
11am-4pm. Winner announced at 5pm
INFO: WWW.YOUTHSPEAKS.ORG or WWW.SAMURAIGRAPHIX.COM or WWW.KPFA.ORG
About the Living Word Festival
The Living Word Festival is an annual community gathering of artists, educators, presenters and performers focusing on literary performance and literacy education. Founded by Youth Speaks and the Living Word Project, under the direction of Marc Bamuthi Joseph, the Living Word Festival is committed to exploring new modes of literary performance, and to engaging and supporting artists who are breaking the boundaries of hip-hop theater and spoken word theater.
About Samurai Graphix
Samurai Graphix is a custom screen print shop in San Leandro, CA run by Estria. Estria began spray painting in Hawai'i in 1984 and has since painted hundreds of murals. As an influential leader of San Francisco's "Golden Age" of graffiti (1980´s), he pioneered painting techniques of characters and scenes. He is one of the originators of the stencil tip, used by graffiti writers to create thin airbrush-like lines. Estria co-founded Visual Element, the EastSide Arts Alliance´s free mural workshop that develops youth into the voice of the people.
Mos Def - Ms. Fat Booty
Los Rakas "Mi Barrio" Video
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