» Big Game pt1.
Todays lesson is all about Big Game. Having Big Game, witnessing Big Game, and being part of the Big Game.
First up the man known as the Cappo, or to the watchin world Aroe. I don’t care that I‘m repeating myself here, but getting put in MSK is such a big move, and shown to be even bigger when you actually roll into LA. The Exchange with Rime has been a dope project and a graff tour last year with the type of writers he can attract and invite is always gonna be a success, but the real test is finding yourself in the home cities of MSK San Francisco and LA and standing strong on yr pieces and flexin yr moves. But hell its not just about one man, why not bring your whole crew out and show some next level power move, dedication to the game and showing yr fellow MSK crew members how the UK’s best crew roll (personal opinion here- no haters comments tolerated). What followed next is bound to get the attention of all the net geeks, graff freaks and fame heds out there in the misguided world.
Billboard action on the side of a freeway is the stuff that most other UK writers will only dream of, who gives a damn if it’s a legal billboard spot or not, its all about yr piece being seen thousands and thousands of times every day, in one of the most heavily hit Graff cities in the world. But its not just about the drive by gawkers, its about the details that make it happen and how you finish the job, on a narrow platform, painting way into the night, after 6 hrs of standing in the blazing sun, not being able to step back and see yr work.
Its about wanting to check if the perspective is right and having to climb down a rickety ladder, jumping over a razor wire fence, avoiding the needles at the bottom, walking down a big dirt verge, crossing a 2 lane freeway sliproad, walk up another bank, stand on the edge of an 8 lane freeway, looking up at an odd angle and trying to work out whats not working, repeating the whole journey, remembering whats right and wrong with the piece and correcting it. Then doing this over and over.
Throw in an entirely reasonable fear of heights and knowing also that what you are covering up was painted by Saber, and that when we all saw it last year as we were driving to downtown LA, it nearly made us spin the whip and send 5 stunned bodies flying into the lanes of traffic, (if anyone else other than Numan was at the wheel of course.) Then add that you were painting with Revok and that at times throughout the day Rime would rock up and tell you his opinion in that no messing-straightup-talking way of his. Throw in the photographer leaning right into yr face, as the only way he can shoot in this space is with a super wide angle, and your shoulders are so big that turning sideways on this narrow shaking platform is impossible, and sitting down to hit the tiny details that will never be seen by anyone, but that you know are there,
means you have to wedge your leg underneath to keep from falling off.
But instead of freezing or giving way to the thoughts of others you take the god-damn Gold Chains firmly by the hand and squeeze them tight round the necks of the other UK writers, and blow a world of UK internet haters away by slamming down a monster of a crumbling, defragmenting digitization (©Lord Kronington) MSK blockbuster held up by yr bboy soldiers on each side.
Standing strong on the shoulder of the LA freeway, that’s Big Game. Lecturing the Yanks about the benefits of an NHS style free health care system and not leavin the drug addled and the mental to roam the streets of the city, whilst doing all the above is just pure Aroe.
Here is the final pic courtesy of the Heavy Artillery themselves, thats a first me stealing someones else pics!!!
Coming up soon, Odisie’s big game.
Oh and on a side note props and Happy Valentines to my girl Sally, could never have made this trip without yr support and also cold hard cash, owe you big time, DD.