{"id":5573,"date":"2011-09-15T21:02:26","date_gmt":"2011-09-15T13:02:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chengduliving.com\/?p=5573"},"modified":"2015-02-17T16:51:03","modified_gmt":"2015-02-17T08:51:03","slug":"wall-lords-graffiti-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chengduliving.com\/wall-lords-graffiti-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Chengdu “Wall Lords” Graffiti Event in Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last Saturday I attended the Wall Lords graffiti battle<\/a> in Chengdu, spending the afternoon watching incredible graffiti murals materialize in front of me. My good friend (and now nationally-known) graffiti artist Gas<\/a> told me about the event a month ago when Xeme, a well known Hong Kong-based writer visited Chengdu to scout locations for the event. They ended up securing a just-constructed church on the outskirts of Chengdu, in the upscale Luxe Hills housing development complex.<\/p>\n

In short: a massive graffiti battle attracting crews and writers from all over China, to paint inside a church on a Saturday afternoon. For Chengdu’s humble street art scene, this is the stuff of dreams.\u00a0Rather than go on about what a joy the event was (I also had a blast DJ’ing there), I’ll let the photos do the talking.<\/p>\n

Chengdu 2011 Wall Lords Graffiti Battle Photos<\/h2>\n

After arriving at the Luxe Hills gate, it was about a ten minute walk up stairs to get to the church. Outside of the church there were about 10 writers doing their thing and inside is where the competition was held and musicians performed. First the outdoor shots:<\/p>\n

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A large banner outside of Luxe Hills made the event location clear<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Walking up stairs to the church, signs urged visitors “Please don’t graffiti here”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Xian-based writer TBD lays down his outline outside of the church<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Security guards look on as TBD applies final touches<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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A Russian writer from Saint Petersburg lays down some curved hatches on his outline<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Guangzhou-based writer Jungle laying about halfway through his Ghost piece<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Hanging outside with Gas (left), local rapper Lao Xiong (second from right) and two b-boys<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u00a0Photos from Inside the Graffiti Church<\/h2>\n

Stepping through the massive doors into the giant church was humbling. On the inside there were over a dozen writers from all over China crafting intricate murals across a 20 meter wide space.<\/p>\n

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Walking inside the massive church interior where the competition took place<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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St Petersburg writer Wais was the sole judge at Wall Lords in Chengdu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Hong Kong’s INCP crew’s submission was a psychedelic bird<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Local rapper (and my friend & neighbor) Lao Xiong of Chengdu’s Big Zoo crew performs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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B-boy windmills on the Wall Lords print near the church entrance<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Chengdu based MC and graffiti artist Eli Sweet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Wall Lords organizer and Kowloon-based graffiti writer “B” representing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Graffiti writer from ABS crew visualizes the winning design<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Sketching the outline for the epic Poseidon piece by ABS crew<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Finishing up the contest winning Poseidon piece at Wall Lords Chengdu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The winning piece is announced on stage by Gas: ABS crew’s Poseidon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Hong Kong based graffiti writer and Wall Lords event organizer Xeme<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Conclusion<\/h2>\n

If you weren’t able to attend this event, I hope that the photos give you an idea of what being in attendance was like. It was great to see all kinds of Chengdu citizens, young and old, veteran artists and novices alike, unite to enjoy street art. And Wall Lords selecting Chengdu to host this event can be used as a certain milestone for measuring Chengdu’s cultural development. Overall an outstanding event that I had a blast at.<\/p>\n

If you have any comments, post them below!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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