Bombe sur la Main: Friday May 28th 2010

I had the pleasure of stopping by to see some of the local graffiti talent piecing it up on the corner of St. Catherine's street and St. Laurent on Friday May 28th for the event "Bombe sur la Main", an graffiti jam and artistic homage to this once once bustling part of the red light district. Partnered by le Corporation de développement urbain du Faubourg Saint-Laurent et du Partenariat du Quartier des spectacles this day long event that ran from noon on until about midnight that same evening and involved a bunch of writers and artists from local crews and collectives such as K6A, TA, Crazy Apes Crew, Positive Créations, and La Paria. Included were artists Regimental Oneton and Chris Dyer as well as local writers and artists Arpi, DKae, Fleo, Tom Sidor, Zeck and Herezy, Peru and Cabin, Fluke, Axe, Serak, Kode, and Monk-e. Seaz and Zilon also painted a collaborative piece. Meant to be partly an homage to Cabaret Cleopatra's and the once existent businesses that graced this corner like the Montreal Pool Room, and others, this event was also about getting some of the writing community together to jam, having a good time painting, communicating a positive message to the public about the graffiti subculture, and bring attention to a little bit of culture and history of Montreal's red light district. Cleopatra's is the last business still holding out against forced expropriation by the city for a new Hydro Quebec office building project so if your interested in learning more then click the Cleopatra link and check out their news section. Although Montreal is the heaviest bombed city in Canada, there is still an equal amount of collaborative artistic projects that are done on a  regular basis through out the city sanctioned either by property owners or local governments. Regardless of the negative press or internal subcultural disputes between writers or crews, there is still a strong sense of community among Montreal graffiti writers and artists and it is events like this that display that comradeship and the positive productions that these individuals are capable of. Here are some shots of the event in progress when I dropped by Friday afternoon. I'll post some flicks of the finished walls when I drop by this week.

I'll have some pics of area finished soon.
Keep posted.

Rosemont May 2010

So I took that trip over to Rosemont metro a couple weeks back and did some trekking around the area and then along the tracks. I had not been to this area in quite sometime, definitely over a year, and it looks like pretty much the same areas are being hit along the tracks at least. saw some pretty nice stuff, some old stuff, and some interesting work by a good number of writers and artists out there.
I got a lot of pan shots of some of the long running walls in the area too and I think some of them came out pretty nice. There's a lot more on the streets that I wasn't able to get but I'll be going back in the near future to catch all of that too. Until then enjoy what I was able to snap with my glass and check back for more from the TA Wall and Factory that I shot last week. And head's up to those who like to frequent that area: it's under construction by the city -more patch work and maintenance of the existing structure of the Ville-Marie Expressway -but its loaded with construction crews and security that'll bust anyone painting the area if they can catch you. And police are cruising about the area more frequently too I think. So be extra aware and pay attention if your in the area.

As always I wasn't able to label everyone in this post, I am limited to 20 a post apparently so I've tagged whoever I could. All in all I have to say that there was some pretty nice and interesting stuff out there. I've got a TA Wall & Factory update to post this week too so keep in touch. And thanks to those who have posted comments, I appreciate your interest and remarks.
Till next.