Untold Stories

Untold Stories : Inside Graffiti Writing Culture Author: René Van Kan -Size: 17x24cm -Pages: 208 -Text: English - -What starts out as a hobby - can eventually become a way of life. Lifting - or shadowing you in every move you make. Just as graffiti writing can provoke fond memories of adventure - rebellion - and friendship - for those less lucky only a pile of old documents remains. A reminder of paid fines and laws broken. UNTOLD STORIES Inside Graffiti Writing Culture - brings us close to the inner sanctum of the diverse culture of graffiti writing. Featuring 43 stories from across the globe on 208 pages - each author shares a pivotal moment in their lives which became part of what made them the people they are today. The stories cover many aspects of graffiti through the author‘s lives - from youthful experimentation that ends up in mainstream media - to strange encounters with the law that end in surprising twists. Including: AMUCK (AUS) - ASKE (RU) - ATOME (AUS) - ATSOK (PT) - BILL SHARP (AUS) - CAKES (SE) - CALVIN & IN3 (AUS) - CAN2 (DE) - CASROC (NL) - CENTO (IT) - DART (SE) - DEACE (FR) - DIAGRAM (AUS) - DIPHER (AUS) - FLUSTA (AUS) - HBOO (DE) - HOMBRE (DE) - IBRAHIM WIJBENGA (NL) - IKE (IT) - JEROO (DE) - JOHN DERRICK (AUS) - KAM (DE) - KAOS (SE) - KASINO (AUS) - KISS (SE) & BILLY BADASS (NO) - KRIXL (DE) - LOOMIT (DE) - LOW (IT) - LOVEPUSHER (UK) - NAWAS (BE) - NEOB (IT) - NORIS (DE) - NUNO VIEGAS (PT) - RASK (IE) - REBO (AUS) - RUSK MA’CLAIM (DE) - SECSE (IT) - SPER (DE) - SPICE (AUS) - WREN (AUS) - VERO (BE) ABOUT THE EDITOR - With a graffiti career spanning multiple decades and much of the globe - René Van Kan is by no means your typical graffiti writing veteran. The initial push to create “Untold Stories” came from an observation that every graffiti writer has their own stories to tell - beyond the stories they are telling on walls or trains. His goal: to capture some of these moments in time - before they are lost forever. Born in the Netherlands - he was raised in the outer eastern suburbs of Melbourne - Australia - where he latched onto graffiti as a young boy. Over the years - this hobby becoming a way of life - taking him to other ends of the earth. For almost a decade after completing his Bachelor of Fine Art Painting at Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne Australia - he worked for various fine art materials businesses and brands - before immersing himself deep into the international graffiti industry. As well as helping out on numerous international graffiti books - events and projects - he has come a long way since the small legal painting jobs he did for local businesses as a teenager.