i.d. this Graffiti off Brick Lane?

drbluebeat · Post by **drbluebeat** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 1:11 pm

I took these last week in Sclater St off Brick Lane, E1 - the question might be moot as between each piece it says very clearly in 10ft high letters "Mike C" but I haven't seen this name before? I can id a few of the pieces round east london, Eine, Mr Yu, Discreet, etc but not seen this before...

From left to right it looks like this:

And as much as I could grab the perspective of the whole thing:

Some other bits from the area here

drbluebeat · Post by **drbluebeat** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 7:34 pm

"Someday a real rain will come and wash all this scum off the streets."

- Travis Bickle in the film "Taxi Driver"

I noticed the "TRP" in the corner, I've seen other peices by TRP and wonder if this is a tribute to a "Mike C"?

Clueless currently...

blauwe fedde · Post by **blauwe fedde** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 11:07 pm

defenetly inspired by Roy Lichtenstein

pretty dope

bedward · Post by **bedward** » Sun Oct 29, 2006 12:42 am

Blauwe Fedde wrote:defenetly inspired by Roy Lichtenstein

pretty dope

this artist (trp) has taken something as banal, lifeless and commercial as lichtenstein's work, and made something truly relevant, resonant & powerful out of it.
sublime.
gold out of shit.

digital · Post by **digital** » Sun Oct 29, 2006 12:54 am

That is pretty fucking sick.

metalboxproducts · Post by **metalboxproducts** » Sun Oct 29, 2006 7:59 am

My mates a writer so ill ask him for you . From the sound of it, it could be one of his crew. TRP

shonky · Post by **shonky** » Sun Oct 29, 2006 3:40 pm

Bedward wrote:
Blauwe Fedde wrote:defenetly inspired by Roy Lichtenstein

pretty dope
this artist (trp) has taken something as banal, lifeless and commercial as lichtenstein's work, and made something truly relevant, resonant & powerful out of it.
sublime.
gold out of shit.

Genius.

drbluebeat · Post by **drbluebeat** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 9:33 am

@ metalboxproducts - Thanks, let me know.

pk- · Post by **pk-** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 9:35 pm

incidentally, does anyone know wtf this is

i've seen it in 3 different countries and it seems to be everywhere i look in london

someone told me that it's...'infinity as it's represented on a graph', but i called him a liar and a ponce and then pushed him in a puddle

pompende · Post by **pompende** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 10:30 pm

and you were right to as well.
the graph is 1/x and -1/x overlaid...or maybe i/x ?

drbluebeat · Post by **drbluebeat** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 10:35 pm

pompende wrote:and you were right to as well.
the graph is 1/x and -1/x overlaid...or maybe i/x ?

I think 1/x but only cos I just spent an hour on google looking at infinity graphs

pompende · Post by **pompende** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 11:21 pm

inifinity is a pretty boring graph tho isnt it?

bedward · Post by **bedward** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 11:57 pm

google for "projective geometry" and have a right old laugh.

drbluebeat · Post by **drbluebeat** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 9:38 am

Back to the original question - According to Duncan the piece is by Cept - there is an earlier incarnation here. Duncan reckons the letters might actually be by Eine as it is a lot like his current work. So, a joint effort and still probably a memorial to a, so far, unknown Mike C.

work yr soul · Post by **work yr soul** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 12:12 pm

I'm a graff writer and yeah mr cumming is spot on

drbluebeat · Post by **drbluebeat** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 1:54 pm

work yr soul wrote:I'm a graff writer and yeah mr cumming is spot on

If you know Cept or Eine or anyone that does I wouldn't mind knowing who Mike C was (or is) just to satisfy my curiousity.

work yr soul · Post by **work yr soul** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 7:29 pm

uh, you should contact 'invisiblemadevisible' on flickr, you'll either get an extremely accurate answer to your question or told to mind your own business, if you get my drift

I reckon its a tribute to a dead friend like you say

drbluebeat · Post by **drbluebeat** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 9:00 pm

work yr soul wrote:uh, you should contact 'invisiblemadevisible' on flickr, you'll either get an extremely accurate answer to your question or told to mind your own business, if you get my drift

I reckon its a tribute to a dead friend like you say

I got him as a contact on flickr and yeah I hear ya. Thanks.

relaks · Post by **relaks** » Thu Nov 02, 2006 2:31 pm

defo looks like cept.

work yr soul · Post by **work yr soul** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 9:55 am

drbluebeat wrote:
work yr soul wrote:uh, you should contact 'invisiblemadevisible' on flickr, you'll either get an extremely accurate answer to your question or told to mind your own business, if you get my drift

I reckon its a tribute to a dead friend like you say
I got him as a contact on flickr and yeah I hear ya. Thanks.

shit sorry mate I'm an idiot - invisiblemadevisible is not Cept. Cept does commercial stuff and produces music using the name Advertisng The Invisible. I got the two mixed up

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