Graffiti, Tags, Throwups, Blockbuster, Wildstyles – die Begriffsvielfalt ist so bunt wie die Handschriften der Künstler. Mit »Graffiti School« liegt nun der ultimative Überblick zu allen Fragen rund um die Kunst aus der Spraydose vor. Auch wenn die Meinungen, ob das kunstvoll oder eher kriminell ist, häufig noch auseinandergehen, hat zumindest der Markt längst entschieden und honoriert die Arbeiten von Aktivisten wie Banksy oder Blek le Rat ebenso hoch wie die anderer zeitgenössischer Künstler.

»Graffiti School« liefert in diesem Diskurs neben einem kurzen Überblick über die Anfänge der Graffitikunst vor allem jede Menge praktische Anleitungen und Basiswissen: von der Zusammensetzung, Handhabung und Pflege der Graffiti-Ausrüstung bis zur illustrierten Schritt-für-Schritt-Anleitung für Gestaltungselemente und Techniken. Zahlreiche Bildbeispiele von Graffiti aus aller Welt ergänzen dieses Manual. Der Autor Christoph „Jeroo“ Ganter kann dabei auf seine eigene Erfahrung als Graffitikünstler zurückgreifen.

Paperback, Klappenbroschur
176 Seiten
21×29,7
300 farbige Abbildungen
Sprache: Deutsch

This book shows the highlights of the writer OTIS. On a total of 368 pages, divided into nine chapters, the reader is guided chronologically through the artist’s entire career. The hardcover book contains a 32-page prologue showing the artist’s development from 1995 to 1998 up to the first OTIS panel. Since 1999, only works on trains are shown. In addition to a large number of his own stories, there are also texts by the following guest authors: EDWARD NIGHTINGALE, FUTO, GRIM, KEATS, KID CRAP, MOSES, OSMAN, RAGE, REGIE, RIZE, SAFIR, SKOE, SOLVE, SPER, VALE.

The high quality hardcover book is made in Germany. It is bound in a refined linen cover with embossing, the contents are shown on different kinds of paper and will contain a special silver ink.

Introtext of the artist
I often find myself reminiscing about graffiti. I have never particularly bothered about composing the classic blackbook, littered a plethora of sketches and photos. Quite early on I realised that by owning the aforementioned I was actually doing the police more of a favour than I was myself. Consequently, I adopted an approach of only compiling albums that purely focused on photos that spanned a certain period of significance in my journey. Those photos that fell outside that remit are safely stashed in a bunker somewhere inside the archetype photo bags typical amongst the graffiti fraternity. After my last analogue camera was retired to the furthest corner of my closet, any ambition I once possessed to file and categorise my vast collection of photos waned considerably anyway. With somewhat of a delay this book is my attempt to finally curate my entire collection of photos, which should hopefully give the reader a little insight into my development as a writer and display the personal milestones that I feel I have achieved. Creating a cross section of my personal segment within the graffiti universe, starting from the creation of my first piece onwards. Furthermore, it should show who I have taken this journey with and therefore will include passages where those of great significance in my journey divulge their side of the story.

Released in 2019
368 pages
Hardcover
Format 240×280 mm
English and German text

Over 100 pages, A5 landscape format, soft cover. In English. With maps and photos of murals in Vienna, including background infos, who certain artworks were painted by, when, and also who curated them and info about interesting galleries, festivals, agencies, curators etc that all make our city more vibrant and colourful.

About the book
Vienna is transforming fast and positioning itself as one of the most interesting cities for street art in Europe. Renowned graffiti painters no longer pass around the Austrian capital – they leave their artworks here visible for everybody walking the 23 districts. Murals have been around forever, but in the past couple of years, street artists have begun to work on large scale surfaces more and more, often with permission and with the help of ladders, cranes and lifts. The results are artworks in heights barely reached before and the freedom to take more time to finish, which in turn leads to detailed artworks that interact with architecture and structures. This phenomenon is now also well-established in Vienna thanks to the many initiatives, galleries, agencies and curators that make our downtown spaces more vibrant, colourful and beautiful. Vienna is full of artworks both from local and international artists, offers plenty of legal space to paint on and local governments also support this art form more and more. There are lots of different manifestations of public art and street art but this guide focuses on murals as there is currently an incredible dynamic in this art form in Vienna. This guide’s ambition is neither to be complete nor finished; it is rather a documentation of some selected artworks as found in early summer of 2017 which Vienna Murals thinks you should take a closer look at when walking the streets of this city. Every mural featured in this guide is numbered and includes artist and curator info, the year of painting (if known), as well as the location address and a marker on a map.

Second Edition (2019)
Softcover, A5
Englisch
Autor: Thomas Grötschnig
über 100 Seiten

Das Buch „Piraeus“ ist eine fotografische Dokumentation des gleichnamigen Athener U-Bahn Yards aus Writer-Sicht.

Piräus ist der berühmte Hafen im Südwesten der griechischen Hauptstadt und gleichzeitig auch die Endstation der U-Bahn. Das Buch zeigt zahlreiche Action- und Atmofotos rund um die Abstellanlagen im Innen- und Außenbereich. In kleinen Texten erzählen unter anderen Boing, Foe oder Brain über ihre Erfahrungen an diesem Ort.

Sprache: Griechisch / Englisch
Format: 18,5 x 22,5 cm / Hardcover
Seiten: 216
2019
Limitierte und nummerierte Auflage von 500 Stück