From Copenhagen Trains:

Finally!
After a long and hard struggle
Copenhagen Trains is proud
to present the DVD edition of
COPENHAGEN TRAINS – VANDAL TACTICS

October 7 2011, 17:00 – ??
We are related
Sankt Hans Gade 19 – 2200 N

100% DIY production.
Limited introduction price.
Special bonus material.
Steel hard beats. Blood red nostalgia.
No copyright. No license. 2011.
CopenhagenTrains.com

SYNOPSIS
”Nobody Passes Perfectly” is a subtle, humoristic and thought evoking film about the courage to change oneself radically. In beautiful filmic tableaux, debut director Saskia Bisp invites her audience to places where the gender isn’t a predefined condition, dictated only by biology, but a very personal part of the self that can be challenged, investigated and altered. Meet Tomka who is right in the middle of such a process. He lives in a very loving relationship with his Lesbian girlfriend Lotte. Together they try to imagine what his transitioning will mean for their relationship. And meet Erik, who was once a heterosexual woman, and has finally decided to live his life as a man.

DIRECTOR´S NOTE
I’ve been preoccupied with gender, body and sexuality issues for a long time, both from a political and an artistic point of view. A few years ago, when some of my friends started to change their gender identity, we had discussions about these issues from a feministic perspective. The idea came to me to try to transform some of those thoughts into a film. To me it is interesting what kind of man you choose to become if prior to that change you have been a lesbian and a feminist. And what happens with your perception of the personality when society constantly ”genders” you into something else than you are? What happens to your relationship when you start to change your gender identity? To me the most important thing is not whether you’ve had a cock made or not. I am more interested in the perception and creation of identity.

Saskia Bisp, July 2009

Release for the two latest books from On The Run/From Here To Fame series:
SABE, FYS
and
GHOST, RIS

Saturday October 16, 2010
17-22 at We are related
Sankt Hans Gade 19
2200 N

Signed copies and s selection of fresh drawings by Mr. Sabe will also be available for sale. Dj Typhooon and Phase 5 will be on the turntables and we have a surprise live act as well!

We are related got hold of some copies of the super limited book “BLADE: KING OF KINGS”.
All copies are signed by Blade.
192 pages, full color. A rare view of Blade train pieces and a huge collection of his canvases from early 80’s – now.
Come by the shop to get one.
Dkk 400,-

Sunday October 10, 2010
17-22, We are related
Sankt Hans Gade 19, 2200 N

“The inside story of the crew that has kept graffiti alive in New York City for the past 20 years “The trains may have been buffed, but Rockin’ It Suckers proves the ris crew’s indelible mark on New York City and graffiti culture worldwide.” – Abbey Goodman, Executive editor at RollingStone.com

“RIS is the id of graffiti; Dirty, dangerous, wild and free.” – Espo.

In the late 80s New York was a city tormented by crack and violent crime. At the same time the golden age of hip hop was in full bloom. As the authorities decided to clean up the city, a group of kids got together to taste the last of the city’s painted subway trains. The ris crew was determined to keep the trains colourful and decided to wage their own war with the city. As a result they became one of the world’s most important and influential graffiti crews.

Language: English
Pages: 128
Illustrations: 100
ISBN: 9789185639359

Opening Friday October 8, 2010
From 17:00 – 22:00
We are related
Sankt Hans Gade 19
DK-2200 Copenhagen

Cheap bar and dirty grooves from The Rotten Apple

“During the 1970s and 1980s young men and women took it upon themselves to create beautiful, but illegal works of art on the outsides of New York City’s trains. These young writers challenged traditional means of art production and risked their freedom in order to beautify the trains with their stylistically rendered names. Developing strong and bold letters became a major component of the writer’s movement and originality was the most celebrated aspect of writing culture.

Unlike many of the hundreds of writers painting the trains there existed a select few that pushed and developed letter styles and challenged each other to improve. These writers became the most respected and admired in their community and became known as style writers and a few gained the recognition of style masters. These include legendary writers Phase 2, Riff 170, and Dondi.

During the train era, depending on the year, some of these writer’s train pieces would last longer than others, by the 80s it was typical for the art to last not longer than a few short hours. Today photo documentation is all that is left of these works and many are lost as they were not all documented.
New York Style Masters is a celebration of the pioneers of this global art movement. Many of the works presented are relics, once used as sketches for works that ran on the New York City Subway system during a period when the trains of the Subway were the canvas of choice. The drawings and photographs showcase a lost era in our collective history.

The New York Style Masters project intends to recognize and celebrate the global contributions made by New York City based artists such as PART ONE, FUZZ ONE, BOOTS 119, MARE 139, MIN ONE, DOC, and NOC 167 to the style writing movement while making an effort to preserve work and cement it in the broader lexicon of the global graffiti movement.”

- KET / 2010