TRASHed-The Art of Recycling

1/29/09



I've been painting recycling bins with Global Inheritance since 2005 for a variety of different events, including Coachella, X Games, Live Earth, Red Bull Soap Box Derby and the Grammy Awards. They're an inspiring organization that focuses on raising environmental awareness and activism in creative and fun ways. They recently got an art space in Costa Mesa and are having a shin-dig to break it in. It should be a blast, but if you can't make it, stop by and check em out at Coachella instead.


Here's their description of the event from Facebook

Date: Saturday, January 31, 2009
Time: 8:00pm
Where: The Camp (2937 Bristol St., Costa Mesa, CA) view map
What: TRASHed - Art of Recycling

An evening of amazing possibility with Educate Project and Global Inheritance. Come down and have a good time as we put on a live art show in the name of recycling and green sustainability. we have 15 different artists painting creative pieces to raise awareness about recycling that will be displayed at upcoming coachella 09 and other events. live dj's, cash bar by VEEV, photographer, live broadcasting on ustream.tv, special guests, and free stuff from our sponsors!!!!!!!!!!! be a part of your community as we raise funds for changing the planet!!

bring your old electronics for recycling at the event!!!

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MTA gets popped by LAPD

1/28/09


Looks like the LAPD has tracked down MTA for doing that MASSIVE tag in the LA river. They say it will cost several million dollars to remove. WHAT?! Sprinkle us with a few hundo plus materials and we'll bang it out lickety split! Might even add our own flavor to it!



 Here's the whole story...(via LA Times)

Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies today arrested at least eight alleged members of the notorious Metro Transit Assassins tagging crew, some of whom are believed to be responsible for a several-blocks-long “MTA” tag in the concrete Los Angeles River bed that authorities say will cost millions of dollars to remove. The arrests occurred during a series of early-morning raids centered in the Hollywood area. Among those detained for a parole violations was a famous tagger whose work as has won acclaim in the art community, “SMEAR.” Those arrested were booked on suspicion of vandalism, drug possession, narcotics for sales, weapons possession and other parole violations, officials said "These individuals are responsible for tags not only in Los Angeles but Las Vegas and San Francisco,” said Sheriff’s Cmdr. Dan Finkelstein, who is chief of the Metropolitan Transit Authority police. “The Army Corps of Engineers estimates that removing the "MTA" tag from the riverbed alone will cost $3.7 million. Cleaning graffiti from the river is far more expensive than cleaning other areas. Officials use high-pressure water spray to remove the toxic paint. But hazardous-materials crews must then dam and capture all the paint and water runoff to prevent it from getting into the river. The crew did an additional $20,000 worth of damage to transit vehicles and facilities. Finkelstein said the Los Angeles River "MTA" tag, in a vast industrial district east of downtown between two rail yards, took about 400 gallons of paint -- 300 gallons white and 100 gallons black. “It took them four nights to do it,” he said. The three block letters cover a three-story-high wall and run the length of several blocks between the 4th Street and 1st Street bridges. The tagging crew, which is also known as “Melting Toys Away” and “Must Take All,” began about the time the transportation agency began using the MTA letters. Investigators say they have statements, including some on video, that implicate some of the crew members in the enormous tag. “Some of this group could face federal charges,” Finkelstein said. During the raids, Finkelstein said, investigators found customized high-pressure fire extinguishers that, when filled with paint, allow the tagger to hang upside down on the underside of a freeway and quickly scrawl massive graffiti. These taggers are not kids, he said. Most those detained are in their 20s; one of them drives a $60,000 BMW, and another member possesses a diamond-and-ruby-encrusted Metro logo pendant with paperwork suggesting it's worth $29,000, Finkelstein said.


-- Richard Winton

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