Writer on tour

KET/the 93 section/Paris/2009

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KET/Paris/2009

Writer on tour

Revolt throw up, Paris, 2009

Originally uploaded by KET LA ROC

Revolt throw up, Paris, 2009

Writer on tour

PART/the 93 section/Paris/2009

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Part Tds in Paris

Boy suspect in prostitution sting also accused of graffiti

MOUNT VERNON – A 17-year-old city boy who was arrested Sunday night in a sting operation involving prostitution is now accused of writing graffiti as well, police said.

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Mount Vernon police said D of   N. Fifth Ave. spray-painted graffiti on three buildings and a truck in the city.

D spray-painted his “tag” name – “Nose” – on buildings along with the initials RBK for “Real Bronx Kids,” police Commissioner David Chong said.

Graffiti goes on tour, and this time it’s legal

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Walter Novak

“I feel like it’s not all prepared just yet,” Dmitrij Proškin, who goes by “Chemis” on the graffiti scene, said before departing from Palackého náměstí on a humid July 1. After a year of planning and saving, he was finally loading his blue BMW pickup with a few backpacks and more than 400 spray-paint cans.

Embarking on a two-month tour of duty, the 22-year-old graffiti artist hopes to ignite discussion about the cross-border themes of racism, gender inequality, child abuse and the environment in several cities including Kraków, Bucharest, Sofia, Belgrade, Budapest, Bratislava and Vienna. Under the auspices of Amnesty International, Proškin and two other artists will travel from one wall to the next – all pre-selected and legal – speaking on substantive issues through graffiti. Proškin has named the trip “Write for Freedom,” and the first scheduled stop was the town of Auschwitz in Poland.

Before setting off, Petr Vízdal began documenting the trip with a video camera in one hand and a cigarette in the other. Eventually, he’ll transform it into a movie – the self-labeled “19-and-a-half-year-old” cameraman’s first major project due for eventual screening at Kino Aero. Throughout the 50 or so days on the road, Vízdal will trace the steps of the trio – Dominika Hornerová rounds out the group – in short film snippets uploaded to the project’s Web site.