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DYMSKOV Back To The Future Ironlak

Back in Time

As a child of the 80s I was completely enamoured with the Back to the Future trilogy. My parents didn’t have much money, so movies in my house were limited to what was on television, or the occasional weekly rental from the video store. Going to the cinemas was a non-event. I managed to tape

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Reals, Wonderwalls Festival, Wollongong, graffiti

Wonderwalls Festival – Wollongong, NSW (Recap)

A couple weeks back I found myself on an overpriced flight to Sydney en route to the third (kind of) annual Wonderwalls Festival in Wollongong (I say ‘kind of’ because WW skipped The Gong last year, instead gracing the walls of Port Adelaide, ahhhh whaddaya gonna do? I say potato, you say, “shut up and

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ASKEW, BERST, PHAT1, Christchurch, ironlak

Ironlak Family Tour – New Zealand (Day one)

I’m super hyped to be back in New Zealand for this whirlwind Ironlak Family tour with VANS the OMEGA from Adelaide and Kiwi Lak Fam; ASKEW, BERST and PHAT1. We rolled into Christchurch yesterday, linked up with local champs FREAK and IKARUS and got straight into some pre-game painting. I feel really lucky to have

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Wonderwalls, artwork, ironlak, Australia

Wonderwalls Festival (Port Adelaide) – ­Photographs by Luke Shirlaw

In 2012, The Hours teamed up with Verb Syndicate to present Wonderwalls; a three day art festival in Wollongong. After two successful events and some accolades thrown in for good measure, it was time for the crew to descend upon Port Adelaide to share the Wonderwalls flavour with a South Australian audience. For some bizarre

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KEMS, BERST, Brisbane, graffiti, ironlak

KEMS & BERST – Crush City Block Party

Last Sunday we presented the Crush City Block Party in Brisbane with KEMS (USA), BERST (NZ) and surprise guests SOFLES, REALS, SPACE and HELNO ripping some pieces on a myriad of vans, boards and a bus. Fresh from BERST’s speaking appearance at Analogue Digital (LINK) Conference in Sydney and running on only 45 minutes of

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ASKEW, BERST, LUKE SHIRLAW, New Zealand, graffiti, Ironlak

FROM THE GROUND UP Christchurch | Final photos.

Last Friday I posted some of my photographs of ‘From The Ground Up’ in Christchurch, New Zealand. Here come the finals. The artists featured include: ASKEW, BERST, PHAT1, BENJAMIN WORK, DEUS, KOST, MARK, MISERY, OCHE, FLURO, LADY DIVA, LEEYA, FAT CREW, DTR, JONNY 4HIGHER, GARY SILIPA, BMD, DRYPNZ, DEVOS, VANS the OMEGA, QUENCH, SULK, RITA

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New Zealand, Luke Shirlaw, Dymskov,

FROM THE GROUND UP Christchurch | Photos by Luke Shirlaw.

“December last year I arrived in Christchurch, New Zealand just in time to catch the tail end of ‘From The Ground Up’ festival. Almost immediately I could feel this really special vibe in Christchurch. After the quakes, the local people have really come together in the spirit of rebuilding the city and a lot of

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