Rockit Live Painting Artist Line Up

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Mooncake Productions is an original art studio committed to organizing collaborative projects to encourage independent art. Yan is an artist, writer and activist and her “Bug Eyed Goldfish” mural is currently up at the Yumla Bar. Her next pieces include a video installation at the CWB store of GOD, a gothic inspired piece for Medium Rare and a children’s mural for a dance studio. She will be launching a T-shirt line with LA company “Over Dye USA” in 2006. (www.mooncakeproductions.com)

Graphic Airlines started in 2001. Tat Chan and Kathy Kuk specialize in urban designs and illustrations creating posters, figurines, T-shirts, websites and record sleeves. They were recently invited to design for the Helevtica Poster Exhibition, and wrote a tutorial for UK’s “Computer Arts Project Magazine.” Their graphic novel “Trash Talk” will but out December 2005. (www.graphicairlines.com mailATgraphicairlines.com)

ESP Crew’s Philsy and Selph have worked on projects in Barcelona and England, and organized the monthly “218 Live Art” events incorporating graffiti, painting, music and dance in East London’s Brick Lane clubs: club 93 and Café 101. Last year they were invited to showcase their work at the Sprite Urban Games. They specialize in poster, stickers and graffiti art. (philsybATyahoo.com, selphespcrewATgmail.com)

Start From Zero stickers and Stencil babies are everywhere. Dom is the head of “Sticker Revolution Tour on Hong Kong Volume: I,” and has appeared in showcases in for Art Statement Gallery and LKF group. Dom’s is currently designing and manufacturing his “Start From Zero” clothing line that will be launched in 2006. (DomstartfromzeroATyahoo.com.hk)

KS first gained attention with his anti-commercialism statement “Fxxk Comerical” posters on the electric boxes in HK. Since then he’s worked with 89268 to design limited edition T-shirts and done the same for sneakers. He and his little spokesman will appear in Hiphop Group “Ghost Style’s” new music video. He also paints and his pieces can be bought though commissions with the artist.  (kahsoneATgmail.com  http://kahsone.blogspot.com/)

BigMad is a graphics student who has worked with K-Sweet Sneakers, Art Statement and the LKF group. He’s an early member of ST/ART, and collaborated with the Monchhichi and Echo Figurines project. You have seen “his” face everywhere.  (onethreeonesevensevenATyahoo.com.hk)

C#: A man with a “real job” C# has participated in all the teams collaborative projects such as the ST/ART murals, Monchhichi projects and Echo’s Street Culture Figurine design. (Thehooligans2002ATyahoo.com.hk)

BSPAS: The webmaster of the cult Urban Messenger Website that brought most of Hong Kong’s street art community together, BSPAS is a respected web designer by trade. He’s been heavily involved in all the previous collaborative projects and some of his designs will appear in the Start From Zero Clothing line. (bspasATurbanmessenger.org)

Helpers and Assistants: Beatrice and Phoebe

Additional Artist: Alex

Published by Yan Sham-Shackleton

Yan Sham-Shackleton is a Hong Kong writer who lives in Los Angeles. This is her old blog Glutter written mostly in Hong Kong from 2003 to 2007. Although it was a personal blog, Yan focused a lot on free speech issues and democratic movement in Hong Kong. She moved to the US in 2007.

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