Art: Skywriting with Shepard Fairey, RISK, Revok & Saber

Art: Skywriting with Shepard Fairey, RISK, Revok & Saber

Los Angeles was once the ‘Mural Capital of the World’ and should claim that title again. Murals are not signs and art is not a crime! To make this statement, Obey Giant (brainchild of Shepard Fairey) hooked up with RISK, Revok and Saber to go skywriting. Graffiti in the sky, how sick is that?

Los Angeles municipal code defines murals as signs and the permitting process constitutes an effective ban on this art. Art in the public space is necessary for a healthy visual environment, a counter balance to gray walls and endless advertising.

Los Angeles was once the ‘Mural Capital of the World’ and should claim that title again. Murals are not signs and art is not a crime! To make this statement, Obey Giant (brainchild of Shepard Fairey) hooked up with RISK, Revok and Saber to go skywriting. Graffiti in the sky, how sick is that?

Just an ordinary guy always on the hunt for extraordinary music. Not just as the founder of The Find Magazine & Rucksack Records, but also as a freelance music journalist (bylines at Tracklib, Bandcamp, Wax Poetics, DIG Mag, among others) and—above all—out of love for all kinds of good music.