Lucent Dossier describes their shows like this:  “What we do best is creating wonderlands for our guests to lose themselves in, so let us be your guide into a fantastical realm where brilliance and insanity fuse together in an exotic kind of ecstatic bliss.” Now they took it to the next step and invited none other than herakut to take part in their live show! Herakut will join the performance  in their self designed costumes, based on their well known paintings and put their stamp on this collaboration! Taking place at The Palace Theatre, Downtown Los Angeles on 17th & 18th february! Find the trailer and more informations after the jump, get your tickets here.


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www.lucentdossier.com | www.herakut.de
The Palace Theatre
Downtown Los Angeles
February 17th & 18th
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There is still an ace up last year’s sleeve. Photograff Collectif invited one hundred artists to come and paint a mini city made of paper. This video tells the tale:

[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/26713201[/vimeo]

More pics here.

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Muris from the Bokcrew, a regular contributor to Donut Store, our distributors in Turkey, sent us these two videos of some murals done last month, with various settings, styles, and concepts. These videos show different perspectives on how to use spray paint, and different ways of looking at and understanding it all.

[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/34117053[/vimeo]

[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/33058876[/vimeo]

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Kenzo just sent us this pics of a couple of murals he recently did in San Francisco. “Big Octopuss” at 155 Fell Street (Rickshaw Stop) and “Small Octopuss” - 161 Eirie Street(Public Works SF). Thanks Kenzo!

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Sueme sent us this video of his adventures during the last Art Basel in Miami, where he was along side Ensoe and Andrew Young in the streets and creating murals.

[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/34690945[/vimeo]

From MTN-World

PANTONE (UB) continues to demonstrate, week after week, his technique, control, dialectics, and capacity to transfer the meticulous design of his typography onto whatever vertical structure he chooses in any city.

This moment is dedicated to him. We’d like to let you know that you aren’t missing out on it thanks to D.O.C.S. and don´t forget to check his last intervention with Luce:

[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/34929631[/vimeo]

You can read more about this via VelvetLiga.com

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To celebrate the launch of the new Montana water-based ACRYLIC Marker range, we thought it best to send some key artist’s back to the lab, to workshop the range put it the test. The first artist was Sebastian Dumjahn a.k.a. Sellout Industries.
Residing in Nuremberg, Germany, Sebastian is as a graphic designer for Adidas, who focus’s on illustrations, typography and apparel design. Also previously featured for the Montana Cans artist series t-shirts, Sellout Industries utilzed the chance to trial the Montana ACRYLIC Markers by customizing a pair of Adicolor sneakers. The markers covered perfectly on the untreated sneakers and the end result was an impressive pair of street smart shoes. You can see how the Sebastians working process and the final result’s of how the sneakers looked here.

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1. Can you tell us something about your person, your background and history?
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My name is sebastian aka. Sebo sellout and i´m running a small design and graphics studio called “sellout industries” After spending almost 20 years doing graffiti i decided that i need something else and found myself back as a graphic designer. My main fields of working are ranging from illustration, painting, typography to classic editorial design. Actually i work fulltime
As a senior graphic designer for adidas originals designing graphics for apparel, footwear and accesoires.

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2. What are your favorite tools ? Is there a difference between indoor and outdoor work?
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My favorite tool is by far the pen, everything starts from here, pen and paper, i´m using a wide variety of markers, pens, brushes, etc, and i´m always on the hunt for new tips and inks to find the perfect paint stroke. Besides that i´m deeply in love with my mac book and my wacom board.

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3. Your feedback on the new ACRYLIC Markers ? What do you like what you don’t like ? alternativ:
What did you like on the new Acrlyic Markers?
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I think the new montana acrylic markers are a great addition to the offer of the brands art supplies. I really like the new improved tips, especially the fine one. It allows me to draw super precise and clean even on rough surfaces, besides that i´m a big fan of the new ink, i really appreciate the way it covers even on dark surfaces. Due to the fact that it´s water based you can easily combine it with a lot of other products which is always a big plus. And last but not least i´m a big fan of the fact the the colors are matching with the rest of the color offer from montana (cans, markers, etc).

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4. Would you like to share with us your latest / upcoming projects?
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I´m actually in the preparation phase for adidas originals fall winter 13 season and looking forward to a few trip to asia and the states, apart from that i just finished the cover for the next release by my fellows (jr & ph7) and working on a exclusive and limited offer of starter snap back caps.

artist: SelloutIndustries.org

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After the Topsprayers exclusive Preview from their part at Wallflowers / Carhartt Gallery, here is a nice video of Sweetuno´s part!
The exhibition is still running til april 28th 2012. Also visit www.sweetuno.de and www.carhartt-gallery.com

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Here is the last part of Kent´s adventure in the north. Make sure to check it!

The mission for the day was the cliff on the road near Gjesvær. Bjørn called up his friend with the snow truck to clear our wall from the snow.This time I thought I should not do a style piece with my name, but rather a name that has something to do with the place I’m at. Even that Gjesværis a small village it is a settlement for people since 6000! years.It is mentioned in SnorreSturlason’sHeimskringla (1225) as the first landing site from the north.In 1026, returning from a raid in Russia, a famous Norwegian Viking named Tore Hund killed fellow Viking Karle in Gjesvær.  The best thing I think I could do was to paint the name of “Tore Hund” and dedicate the wall to the people of the community.
Though it was only -10° Celsius at the wall it should have felt warmer than at the factory the day before, but it wasn’t. With the weather changing every 20 minutes plus a cold and humid breeze from down the sea it made the action harder than the one the other day. We had to leave the car turned on all day since it was very dark and felt very cold, so that we could warm up from time to time.The local radio station showed up taking an interview with us. Then I found out that the lady interviewing me was the former Lotto fairy of Norway. Later the others took off for about an hour leaving me alone up there in darkness.
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“It was a strange but awesome feeling: Alone, quiet, surrounded by purest nature with northern lights above me. I had only a headlight that Bjørn gave me, so I was at least able to see what I was painting.” – Kent
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Gladly they returned a little later so I could warm up and then almost finish my work. Back at the cabin Bjørn had prepared a great meal for us: 3,5 kg of delicious king crab. We almost ate it up and went to bed stuffed.

Time passed so quickly and our last day in Gjesvær was about to begin. Björn and us went back to the cliff, so I could do a few finishing touches on my work. The piece again was covered in snow, so we had to dig it out, before I could proceed and finally sign the wall. Together we drove around the island to take more pictures especially of the first wall, while having conversations and making fun. After the ride it was about time to pack stuff and say Goodbye to Bjørn, Helene, their son and the beautiful village of Gjesvær. We promised and were sure that we would return one day. Knowing we would have almost 280 km ahead of us, we stopped in Honningsvåg to get gasoline because it is pretty dangerous running out of gas in the cold in the middle of nowhere. On the long ride back to Alta during the night we knew why: Minus 27° Celsius inside the country was the coldest temperature the thermometer told us. After almost 4 hours we arrived in Alta late at night.

Time to get to the airport, drop the carkeys and fly back home with a short stop in Oslo. During the flight back I had time to recap the whole week of adventure, fun, laughs, freezing, painting, seafood, nature, northern lights, etc. Ruedi and me both agreed that this had been one of the greatest actions we had done so far, even though that the artwork wasn’t as much the center of it as in previous actions. We were basically thrilled by experience and were really happy and thankful for being able to do what we had done and experienced.
Thanks to all the people that had helped us getting it done, especially the Jenssen family, Nina from Hordafor, the snow truck, and everyone who appreciated what we did.

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The first part of Kent as “The Northernmost”, includes the arrival in Norway, the first impressions of the nature up there and some fishing adventures. Enjoy:

“During the weeks before the trip I got pretty excited and couldn’t wait to go, because I knew this would be a new experience to me since I have never been in a polar region before.  Arriving in Oslo i could tell it’s most definitely winter up here. From Oslo i was supposed to fly to Alta, a small town in northern Norway. I was circling around Alta quite some time when they said i would have to fly over to Tromsø since Alta Airport was closed due to heavy snow. Arriving in Tromsø i was not really knowing what’s gonna happen next, because the airline didn’t really pass any information how things would proceed. After some time it was clear that i had to stay in Tromsø overnight and that the airline would provide a hotel and food for all the passengers. Tromsø is a beautiful little town and i got really comfortable with the cozy winterfeeling that started to grow in myselve.

The next morning the hotel forgot about the wakeup call, so that i almost missed the plane over to Alta. This time the airport of Alta wasn’t closed so I finally landed at my first destination during midday. Alta felt even a little colder than Tromsø. I rented a car, bought some food and drinks and started the 250km drive to the  final destination: the small village of Gjesvær. In that area it’s polar wintertime which means that the sun never really rises. There is some light before midday but after 2:00 pm it is getting completely dark. Iwas fascinated by the snow wrapped landscape and the color perception you’ve got there. Driving over the country there were hardly any cars on the road and the thermometer could tell it is getting colder and colder. By 3:00 pm I stopped in the mountains. It was unbelievable, moonshine in between the clouds in total darkness, nobody around and not the slightest sound except for the blowing wind and snowfall. It was simply beautiful. I passed icy roads, Reindeer areas(but couldn’t see any) and finally the north cape tunnel (8,2 km long), a subsea road connecting the Norwegian mainland to the island of Magerøya, the place i wanted to go to. Magerøya is an island with around 2300 inhabitants, 6km away from the mainland featuring a bleak, barren tundra-landscape devoid of any trees, with steep cliff faces on the coast and dramatic mountainscapes inside the island.
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“In that area it’s polar wintertime which means that the sun never really rises. There is some light before midday but after 2:00 pm it is getting completely dark.” – Kent
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I stopped in the beautiful little town of Honningsvåg (the main town on the south east of the island) to buy some more food for the night and to quickly check out the fish-factory of the company Hordafor, one of the locations that we have chosen to let one of our possible painting actions take place. In the meantime Bjørn messaged me and told me the road to Gjesvær was closed and that I would have to wait at a road gate for the snow truck to pick me up. Soon after he messaged again to tell us that the road had been cleared in the meantime. Back to the car I drove the last 30km through the beautiful, but almost unreal landscape of the island arriving in Gjesvær. It wasn’t hard to find Bjørn‘s house and my cabin since the village only has a few dozen houses holding only around 130 inhabitants. Meeting Bjørn and Helene was just awesome: Friendly, open minded people with a great sense of humor. We talked and laughed a lot and all of us seemed really happy that we finally made it up there. The cabin was simple, but cute and comfortable, just the way I would have expected. The view outside its main window was breathtaking: Looking straight down to the landing stage into the fjord. There we were: Happy and pretty tired after a exhausting road trip.

Waking up next day meant to slowly getting used to the fact that there is not a real day, as we from the southern hemisphere are familiar with. The day in Gjesværstarts into shady twilight with the brightest time around 11:00 am and then rapidly turning back to darkness until 2:00 pm. I really enjoyed the view outside of our cabin and a feeling of great peace was growing inside of me. Bjørn, Ruedi and me sat together with coffee discussing our options and planning the week. We thought at first we should check out all the walls that might suit our plans. But Bjørn had an even better idea for the start of the day. He said we should use the morning light and invited us to go out fishing with his boat. He gave us special suits that withstand the sea conditions and the humidity. As soon as we took off the boat landing Snowfall started along with a cold breeze. Going out fishing was great. We got us some haddock for dinner and were impressed by the numerous fjords and cliffs that we were passing. Ruedi even liked it so much he got seasick and had to “feed the crabs” as Bjørn would have said. Ruedi asked him how they would normally kill a fish once they have caught it and Bjørn just said that they would bite him in the head. I didn’t hesitate to kill the fish I had in my hand that way and we all started laughing and didn’t probably end until the end of the boat trip. I was glad Ruedi brought a bottle of Vodka to the boat, so that I was able to clean that fishy taste I had in my mouth. Back at the house it already started to get dark again. Now it was time to drive around and check out our potential painting spots. One of our favorites was a natural stone wall on the road 2km outside of Gjesvær, that Bjørn got us permission for. It was a solid straight rock cliff with lots of snow in front of it and a beautiful surrounding: All that you had to do is turn around to look down into the fjord and see the moon mirrored on the water. The wall was perfect and we chose it as to be our second action a few days later. Right then the extravaganza really started: We experienced our first polar lights up in the clear star spangled sky.
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“This area was amazing: Untouched slightly rotten walls in a very industrial looking environment covered in snow.” – Kent
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We took off to Honningsvåg and visited a garbage burning facility that we had pictures of and that we thought was an option. As soon as we got there we had to realize that the wall wasn’t what it was supposed to be and that there was way too much snow around it. Our third option was the fish factory of the company Hordafor. A few weeks back I got to speak to their manager Nina and she was pretty open to our project and furthermore liked the idea of having some artwork on either one of the old buildings or on some of their fishtanks. We met Nina and she showed us the facility. At first she thought we would do a painting similar to what the team had done in Dubai a few years back and I had to explain her that something like that size is not possible within a day and that we would love to do a total different concept. One section of the company’s location was an old and rotten part that she explained would be getting demolished in the next one or two years. This area was amazing: Untouched slightly rotten walls in a very industrial looking environment covered in snow. If you stood at a specific location outside the area you had a stunning panoramic view to the facility. This was the spot so we chose it as our first action for the upcoming day. Back to Gjesvær through the fantastic moonlike landscape across the island we had some tasty filets of haddock waiting for us...”

Watch out for the second part!

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