SNUB23 X BOSS ALIEN 2019
It all begins with an idea.
SNUB23 x BOSS ALIEN
Painted over two weeks. Freehand spray paint characters and a stencilled isometric wrap. This project gave us the chance to fully wrap a room, rather than just a ‘feature’ wall. Getting in while the space was under construction we had the freedom to paint the entire room how we thought best. And then the interior design had something to work with, resulting in a total iso environment.
Assisted by: Sprite
and Ed209
Powered as always by Darkstar & KOBRA
BossAlien, a NaturalMotion studio, was founded in 2011 and is a collective of video game professionals with backgrounds spanning top franchise across mobile, console, and PC. Our award-winning debut title, CSR Racing, helped define a new genre for mobile gaming, and smashed critical reviews and revenue records for the App Store. In October 2018, NaturalMotion studios were listed as one of the Best Places To Work in the UK video games industry, at the Gamesindustry.biz Awards.
Boss Alien: bossalien.com
GTA Interior: gtainterior.com
SNUB23 X HILL 2018
It all begins with an idea.
Commissioned painting at the head office of Hill Property Developers, based inside a restored gunpowder factory, in Waltham Abbey. Three solid days to cover a two storey wall, it was mission, but as always worth the effort.
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Organised by SANDERSON creative
Filmed by TikiMedia
SNUB23 AT ADEV MARCH AMSTERDAM 2018
We we’re lucky enough to take part in this years ADEV parade (info below)
We we’re lucky enough to take part in this years ADEV parade (info below)
Representing Friekens Brouwerij we painted a wall on a mobile platform, towed by an airport luggage truck through the city. It was a surreal experience, music booming, smoke bombs, beer and bumps. Finished by the time we all pulled up to party and drink a keg or two. We even painted a tiny car and a collab with Dive Jedi.
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Photos by Dive Jedi
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About ADEV
Just like last year we’ll dance for the future of Amsterdam’s underground in a parade right through the city centre. We claim our free space in a week where the global dance industry exploits most indoor venues in Amsterdam. Join us in reclaiming the streets and dance to the mobile sounds systems from the Amsterdam underground: Villa Friekens, Schijnheilig, De Valreep, Nimatek, ADM, Dutch Acid Family, Betoeterd, Bajes Dorp and Kalash & Nikov.
The Dutch dance scene was born in the underground. In spaces that were free of commerce and permit culture. Where people could experiment without the need to make a profit. Where volunteers and amateurs could make a new scene flourish.
This fertile underground is under serious threat. Two squats have been evicted last year and existing ones are facing intimidation by the authorities. Meanwhile, Amsterdam faces the largest percentage of unoccupied office space in Europe.
The time has come for the underground to reclaim its fertile free space. For new subcultures to be born. We want to offer Amsterdam an alternative for the commercial clubs and regulated spaces.
‘Our dance parade is a non-commercial statement during ADE. It’s a free and fun alternative where we dance for a good cause. For reconnecting the underground locations and organizations. For inspiring the people to get self-organizing, stop consuming and start creating.’
GIANT MURAL AT UPFEST 2018 – BRISTOL
“VERTIGO” – UPFEST 2018
From Friday the 27th of July to Sunday the 30th of July I spent 3 full days swaying 50 ft up in the air in the wind and rain on a Scissor lift at Europe’s largest street art and graffiti festival UPFEST 2018 in Bristol featuring more than 400 artists dotted around the streets of Bedminster visited by over 50,000 members of the public.
Despite the torrential rain and heavy winds, it was great fun making this mural come to life. I haven’t missed an Upfest event since its conception back in 2008 and this is my largest one to date. You can find some of my previous walls including one with My Dog Sighs, here on my site.
The finished mural can be found at Red Point Climbing Centre Bristol
Video by the incredible Nick Sneath featuring music by my hero and friend DJ Food. Spray paint supplied by Kobra Paint.
Thank you to all the wonderful people who came to visit us throughout the event!
SNUB23 X MDS COVENTRY 2018
SNUB23 x MDS
A Collaboration with MyDogSighs at Fargo Village Coventry Part of URBAN CULTURE 2018 Melting in the sun surrounded by friendly people and beer.
Colours by Kobra paint
Big Thanks to Spray Station
Timelapse by Print Manufactory
SNUB X LOVE MUSIC, HATE RACISM 2018
It all begins with an idea.
**PRESS RELEASE**
Internationally renowned graffiti artist Snub23 is unveiling a giant mural at Village Underground, Shoreditch, promoting Love Music Hate Racism and Stand up to Racism, in the run up to the United Nations Anti-Racism Day demonstrations in the UK and internationally on the March 17th.
Using the Great Eastern Street Wall Gallery, generously donated by Village Underground, one of London’s leading clubs and cultural spaces, Snub23 hopes his art will help drive home the message that music unites, while racism divides.
“Music and solidarity messages go through many movements and we’re reinforcing a strong message that music brings people together. We’re such a multicultural country it’s ridiculous that we have racism,” says Snub23, whose parents took him to demos called by Stand up to Racism’s forerunner, the Anti-Nazi League, and to punk gigs as a child.
After two decades of painting street art, Snub23 describes his work as “hard-hitting, raw, in your face, strong imagery that makes you feel powerful.”
Red Saunders, co-founder of Rock Against Racism, the spiritual and organisational forefather of Love Music Hate Racism, says, “The mural stands on the route of the 80,000-strong march to the first RAR carnival in Victoria Park 40 years ago. Incendiary graphics were at the heart of RAR’s work back then and it is brilliant to see graphic artists standing up to be counted again.”
Village Underground says, “Village Underground loves music and hates racism or bigotry in any form. We are delighted to have the opportunity to support an organisation that recognises the universal power of music to break down barriers and build relationships.”
Love Music Hate Racism Coordinator Lois Browne says the fight against racism has never been more important, and music is back on the front line of the struggle.”
“Love Music Hate Racism is about celebrating the vibrant multicultural and multiracial society we live in. We’ll be doing that on the M17 demo with a big sound system and guest artists appearances.”
“We are facing a massive rise in racism in Britain and across the globe. Migrants and refugees are being scapegoated. EU nationals are used as bargaining chips in Brexit negotiations. Anti-Muslim campaigns by the press have led to a dramatic rise in Islamophobic attacks in the wake of terror attacks in London and Manchester. Institutional racism is seen through deaths in police custody and the tragedy at Grenfell.”
“We have Trump in the USA and in Europe, the rise of the Freedom Party in Austria, Front National in France and AfD in Germany are signs of a resurgence of the far right. Music can help turn back this tide.”
Musicians have always understood their art thrives on diversity. They have always stood firm against efforts to segregate our communities, and their fans have responded. That is why, for example, efforts to marginalise and ghettoise musical forms such as Grime, now the UK’s best-selling genre, have failed.
From Nina Simone to Kendrick Lamar to Stormzy, artists have constantly challenged the status quo to ensure that people remain united.
Music is a connector, a cultural fabric that transcends social barriers and LMHR’s aim is to celebrate and defend the vibrant multicultural and multiracial society we live in and enjoy. Spread the message…
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photo credit: GUY SMALLMAN
