Sketchs from MLSS for shez

Got to get these little bad boys in there.

The exchange

A while ago we decided to get a little exchange going on Between the people of XSC, As its not possiable for us all to be around each other this is a good way for us to have a bit of fun.

So the idea gose that every couple of months we are goin to make a sketch for the one of the other people in the crew and they will try and get to go and paint it (weather and funds permiting).

so here is a peeky at the first sketches hitting the blog,


Zaira By Karma83



Skate By BUSTART




MLSS By SHEZ


Bust By skatin chinchilla


BUSHIT By IVESONE

HERE WE ARE AGAIN CLOSINGPARTY!

On the 9th of April Xstreets Collective is having a night full of art, music and fun!

Walk with us and our not-so-average-tourguide MC DRT trough all the windows of BEP gallery in Amsterdam Oud West. The walk starts at 21:00, so be 20:45 at Bellamyplein!

Our last stop is Streetlab_ Projectspace, (Meneer de Wit) Postjesweg2, where we will having a nice party with free entrance, free drinks and free candy! The funk and hiphop sounds will be arranged by Die Schallplattenpolizei, dj Samidi, dj Koldun, MC DRT, KSK and L2N.

We want to thank BEP gallery, Jameson and Streetlab_ for making this event possible!





Map BEP windows, meetingpoint nr 1 (START tour at 21:00)

XSTREETS ART AT FUNK FEST

The Amsterdam based members of Xstreets Collective, MLSS, IVES.one, SKATIN' CHINCHILLA and KARMA83, are showing their art at the fabolous funk & soul event FUNK FEST. Check out the flyer for date, place and more info!

HERE WE ARE AGAIN!

Xstreets Collective presents the window art exhibition
Here We Are Again

4th of February - 4th of April 2010
Bellamy plein, Amsterdam Oud-West

MISSED THE EXHIBITION ‘HERE WE ARE’?
Now is your chance to see the colourful art of the members of Xstreets Collective again. In the windows around Bellamyplein you can find some of the pieces that are part of the ‘Here We Are’
exhibition.

ARTISTS
You can see the work of IVES.one, Bustart, Karma83, Skatin’ Chinchilla, MLSS, Zaira, Seifrei, Shez and Bushit. And we are not only showing art, but you can also see the wonderful photographs of Arden de Raaij and Kaymir Stark (CFYE) and Wolfgang Josten.

INFORMATION
The exhibition runs from the 4th of February till the 4th of April. You can spot the work 24/7. Check for more details www.stichtingbep.nl.

PARTY
Not an opening, but a closing party will be held on the 3rd of April.
Place and acts will be announced soon on www.x-streets.com!

CULT TV - XSTREETS ITEM

Check this item that Broodje made for Cult TV. An interview with IVES.one about Xstreets and the 'Here We Are' exhibition.

HERE WE ARE OPENING VIDEO

Filmed by Creative Resources. Thanks!

HERE WE ARE OPENING!

Last Saturday Xstreets Collective and their photography friends CFYE and Wolfgang Josten opened the exhibition 'Here We Are'. After the opening, with a lot of drinks and bites, we celebrated more during the afterparty next door at Mp3. What a blast!

Check out some pictures here from CFYE.com


And from Nicole Blommers.


Thanks everyone for showing up and for the pictures, film and live acts!

The exhibition can be visited every Thursday till Sunday, 13:00 - 18:00, till 31-01-2010.

'HERE WE ARE' magazine 1

Check out the first issue of the 'Here We Are' magazine.
This magazine will be for sale in a limited edition (20 signed copies) at the opening of the exhibition 'Here We Are' 12th of december 16:00 - 20:00 at ABC Treehouse, Amsterdam.

HERE WE ARE

"Here We Are"

Xstreets Collective showing their art

Basel - Brighton - Amsterdam

12-12-2009 - 31-01-2010

Special guests photo-exhibition showing Amsterdam & Street-art by Wolfgang Josten and Kaymir Stark & Arden Raaij (CrackForYourEyes.com). Art by IVES.one, MLSS, Zaira, Bustart, Skate, Karma83, Shez, Seifrei, Fons & Robe.

Opening 12-12-09, 16:00 - 20:00

Location: ABC Treehouse Gallery, Voetboogstraat 11 (near Spui), Amsterdam, http://www.treehouse.abc.nl,/ 020-4230967

Opening time ABC Treehouse gallery during the week: Thursday - Sunday 13:00 - 18:00 and by appointment (xstreetz@gmail.com)

The ABC Treehouse is a project of the American Book Center: www.abc.nl

'Here We Are' Afterparty

Date: 12-12-09

Time: 21:00 - 04:00

Location: Muziekpodium3, Voetboogstraat 3 (near Spui), http://www.mp3live.nl/

Music style: Funk, Soul, Hiphop and Jazz. Special treat if you enter the party before 00:00.

Line up: Dj Bite Dj Sounder (Dynamite Soul Dj team) MC DRT Tess & The Chiefs (live band) Fredee Brazil (UK) Die Schallplattenpolizei

IVES.one rocks Ghostcity DOEL (BE)

Check soon CFYE for a nice phot report of that day....

From Amsterdam to Basel

In just a short flight four Xstreets members ventured from Amsterdam to Basel in Swtizerland to visit our buddies Bustart and Zaira and enjoy a jam packed painting and creative week. The rain that was promised didnt start and we were blessed with beautiful sunshine every day. The day after we arrived we painted at the special Schanzli Jam where we knocked out a wall that was 'picture' perfect, had great music, great atmosphere and awesome people. Big thanks to the Rappartment for the music and the breakdancers for their wicked performance.
Every day brought either a new day painting or successfully and unsuccessfully printing T-Shirts. after many many attempts and a few mishaps it wont be long before they come to a store near you:)
A holiday where we could paint every day, drink beer, chill out with friends and create some awesome pieces of work, seems to fit just about right as the perfect holiday. A huge thank you to Bust and Zai for a brilliant week it was great guys.

Xstreets Free Art Frenzy

While everyone was tucked up in bed or enjoying the last few hours of the evening, three Xstreets members were frenzily cycling around dropping Free Art all over the city of Amsterdam. They began in the red light district, taking a frantic tour in and around the alley ways and streets. They barely had time to leave the second drop when some lucky passer by grabbed the opportunity to take it. Five more lucky people had their picture taken with their new found art. For some it was a little more difficult to understand the concept that they could actually take the art with no strings attached:)
They generated a lot of interest and in particular the Cops seemed to want to know what was going on.
Cop: "We have been informed that you are acting suspicously."
Ives.One: "What is suspicious?"
Cop: "Well, why do you have a camera on the bike. I dont do that. Its not normal."
Ives.One: "We're not normal."
And so it continued for a little while, Skatin Chinchilla pretty oblivious and content with fixing the camera on the front of the bakfiets, Karma83 bricking it slightly and Ives.one craftily making the very large police officer sound incredibly ignorant without him even knowing. After checking details and, to their disappointed, finding no warrants out for their arrests they were free to continue the free art frenzy. If you were out that night or on your way to work in the morning and you found our art, check out the footage and you'll understand how it got there and why it was a great Xstreets Free Art Frenzy!

FREE ART FRENZY 13-08-09

XSTREETS IN THE UNIVERSE

Wall done in Amsterdam-Oost by IVES.one, Fons, MLSS, Karma83, Skate & DNA

XSTREETS MURAL IN DE NIEUWE ANITA

During our second party, Xstreets Writersbench, the members of Xstreets Collective Amsterdam painted a nice mural in De Nieuwe Anita. And it is there to stay, so check it out if you missed the party!

Painted squad building

Pictures of the squad building that was also painted by Xstreets on www.nu.nl. For more pictures and info click!

Here you see painting of MLSS (under the poster) & Skate (the character)

And here you see on the left a painting of Zai.

TONIGHT: XSTREETS PARTY! WIN FREE TICKETS!

Want to win some free tickets for this party? Check CrackForYourEyes.com! 

De Nieuwe Anita

Fredrik Hendrikstraat 111 (near Hugo de Grootplein)

20:00 - 01:00

Funk, (live) art, coktails, urban memory game, xstreets exhibition, vintage & cult!

Micheal Jackson in memorial!!

Hi over there !!

IVES.ONE is busy making a lot of stencils in the city as an tribute to MICHEAL JJACKSON.
He also did the side of the market stand where they sale the MONTANA GOLD.

Check out if you are around. or try to find more of them around town

Greets,

ARTISTS OF THE WEEK >> CFYE.com

The members of Xstreets Collective are artists of the week at CFYE. Thanks guys and hope to see you at our party the 3rd of July in De Nieuwe Anita!

XSTREETS party #2! 03-07-09

Hi friends! 

The previous Xstreets party, X Marks The Spot, was a big success. Now we have a new party for you that will even be bigger & better! 

The Xstreets Writersbench will be the 3rd of July in DE NIEUWE ANITA. Check the flyer and join us at the party!

Xcrew

XSTREETS in DAMSTRAAT

IVES.one & Fons

MLSS & IVES.one at, UPFEST, BRISTOL!

MLSS & IVES.one where in the weekend of 5 and 6 of June in Bristol (England) during the Upfest Festival. They painted there with 150 other international (street)artists. See here the pictures of a few things that has been created.

More check www.upfest.co.uk or search Upfest on Flickr.com!

XSTREETS in CRACKMAG #01

Thanks CFYE.com!

Bust and Zai in Amsterdam

The Xstreets family holiday here in Amsterdam was a whirl of lasanges and pizzas fit for kings... painting and beers and cycling and more painting and beers and cyclying, with the odd little mischief missions in the night. Friday at the Java Eiland started the weekend of with a banger of a wall. Bust, Zai, Skate, and Ives.one cracked open the spray paint champagne with that one. Saturday was a trip around the town and to the market to make the guys day by buying paint for 3 days for all of us...and so laden with cans we head to an unknown squat building where we find we can paint the outside, (windows and doors included). Things got a little crazy when little monkeys got hold of our markers and started to tag all over the forbidden window....we thought wed better leave them to it...we had more missions to accomplish. The next two days were again spent painting and two really great mural walls came out of it. All in all it was a great Xstreets weekend and with colours of paint flying everywhere we really made the city beautiful this weekend.