REPORT - LONDON SW WARRIORS HEAT 1

So things are starting to warm up nicely for next years Warriors team series. All the cities are slowly pulling the best of the best together, and building monster teams!

London and Glasgow dropped their first heats on Friday to search for fresh faces, six artists came down and jammed in front of vibing crowd.

All the artists came with a different plan and approach, with Dr Rock stealing the show with a very intricate approach to Secret Wars.

On the night no one goes through as we are planning heat 2 to give even more artists a chance to shine - once this next event is out of the way, we will then decide who the best 3 artists were over the 2 heats... They will then join up with the pre selected 3 artists (Alfa, Mr K and DiscoTeck) forming TEAM LONDON!

DR Rock in action

Hey is that me? ;)

Some portrait shots from the Monorex / Jaysus booth!

Jimi Crayon

Suffoca and friend

Jo and Gabs

Dr Rock

Mr Gauky in his natural pose!

The legend Stika

See you all at Heat 2 on the 18th December @ The Book Club!

SECRET WARS LONDON QUALIFIER HEAT 1

Any new artists who want to get involved in our Warriors series next year and be part of Team London, then get down to The Book Club this Friday with your sketch books as we are looking for 3 artists to join our 3 preselected artists - Forming a formidable Team London!

If chosen you will travel Europe and battle as a team over an 10 month period, the winning team will get BIG prizes! Trust us on this....

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EUROPEAN WARRIORS TEAM SERIES - 2010



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SECRET WARS IS RE FORMATTING AND ROLLING INTO 2010 WITH A DIFFERENT KIND OF CHALLENGE

After 3 and a half years of single battle series locally in over 20 countries, we have decided to try something different and potentially more exciting for 2010... Introducing the European Warriors series!

"When we started Secret Wars 3 years ago, it was influenced heavily by various things from the Marvel comic, to Warriors and Fight Club. After experiencing the team battles around the World and seeing the benefits of this compared to the singles battles, we decided on trying it as a complete 6-8 month series!"

"I have noticed the crowds are more vocal and patriotic towards team battles - there seems to be more at stake and I love watching the artists free-styling alongside each other.... You never know what will come out the other end!" Terry Guy (Founder of Monorex and Secret Wars)

The rules are the same but the structure of the competition and dynamics of the battle are slightly different - see below for details.

How the competition will work & when

There will be 8-10 teams/cities involved in next years competition, and each city will select 6 artists to part of a squad. Each team will select 2-3 wildcard entries consisting of previous champs and general bad boys! The remaining members will be picked at the local qualifiers.

City selection events - November / December 09 (Check Secret Wars website for dates)

• Each city will call out and actively invite people down to jam and show off their skills
• Draw will take place to decide what team is which group (A or B)

1st Round - Group league qualifiers

• Two groups of 4-5 teams with the top two teams qualifying
• Rather than a knockout cup comp, we have decided to make this a little more interesting and maybe fairer - Each game will be a league match with each judge vote and crowd vote worth a point!
• Each team will play home and away against the others in their group

Semi finals

With the top two teams going through from each group, we will be left with 4 teams.

The winner of GROUP A will play the 2nd place of GROUP B and the winner of GROUP B will play the runners up of GROUP A.

GROUP A WINNER vs. GROUP B RUNNER UP

GROUP B WINNER vs. GROUP A RUNNER UP

These will also be home and away ties - with the winning team decided on total points earned over the two games. If the points are level than it will be decided by the team who gets the most away points.

GRAND FINAL

This will be hosted at a neutral venue, TBC nearer the time

More info to be announced! watch this space

Apply now if you are interested in being part of a team - you can apply to as many cities as you like.

Possible cities involved:

• London
• Dublin
• Southampton
• Bristol
• Dublin
• Glasgow
• Malmo
• Berlin
• Lisbon
• Birmingham
• Cardiff

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SECRET WARS X HOXTON PONY - NOVEMBER 4TH

Monorex & Secret Wars crew are dropping another special event next week

We are hosting a Secret Wars on the outside windows and we will be celebrating the NEW Monorex commission downstairs - Stika and Tan 1 are painting to a NEON WILDSTYLE brief, so being that these boys are letter specialist, we are in for a real visual treat!

Get down there early

School Wars x TMNT Special Event - October 23rd

SCHOOL WARS - TURTLES SMASH UP CHALLENGE

This is a private event and we will be hosting a secret afterparty - press and interested spectators are more than welcome but please get in touch below to find out how...

If you would like to come down and check out - please RSVP to schoolwars@monorex.com

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In association with Ubisoft

Supported by Reebok, Edding, SUSO

SECRET WARS @ NOTTING HILL ARTS CLUB TONIGHT!

INVITATION TO LAUNCH EVENT!!!

SHIFT! @ The Notting Hill Arts Club Launches with
THE END OF THE LINE
28.09.09 6pm-2pm

creativity matters
SHIFT! is the new programme of visual arts exhibitions and events at the Notting Hill Arts Club, London – an ongoing, 6 weekly arts programme, where creativity and good ideas
merge to focus on what matters to us, to you and to everyone.

launch event
On Monday 28th September, SHIFT! is converting the Notting Hill Arts Clubinto a 3D, 360° blank canvas, with freshly-wallpapered surfaces on which artists, illustrators and club-goers can draw. The brief is to ‘explore the idea of being interconnected in the context of the environment and climate change’.

Working in collaboration with the creators of Doodle Earth (doodlearth.com), Secret Wars (www.secretwars.com) and DebutArt (www.debutart.com), the idea behind The End of the Line event is to create artworks that evolve throughout the duration of the exhibition.

visitor information
Event: Monday 28th Sept 2009
Hours: 6pm – 2am (9pm Secret Wars)
Price: £5 before 8pm / then £8 (concession £3/6)
Venue: Notting Hill Arts Club,
21 Notting Hill Gate, London, W11 3JQ

SECRET WARS X RYAN FRANK COLLABO!

Ryan Frank free-range furniture designer prepares for battle with international art

group - Secret Wars.

Ryan’s latest project the ‘Shoreditch Shelf’

becomes a battle field for premier art group

SecretWars x Ryan Frank

For the first time ever this live art battle will take place directly on to a Shoreditch Shelf in the Bricklane Gallery on Thursday the 24th at 3pm.

Artists involved: Stika, Inkie, Alfa and Moose and Yeti

Friday the 25th the Secret Wars posse take their markers and might to the courtyard of 93 Feet East, where they will step onto a purpose built stage and commence another head to head bout of illustrating. ‘six artists, six boards, 60 minutes’

The completed boards will be put to the public vote and the winning two will be made into a Shoreditch Shelf.

The shelf and the remaining boards will be displayed and auctioned by the Bricklane Gallery, with a follow up exhibition.

A completed Shoreditch Shelf and ‘Spruce’, Ryan’s new range of stackable stool will also be on display and in use during the 3 day event.

Origins of The Hackney Shelf

The now iconic Hackney Shelf originated when large white boards were installed at graffiti ‘hot-spots’ around East London. The concept is to present a blank canvas to the public. These blank canvases attracted a variety of random graf and sporadic stenciling, once covered in graffiti they were removed and transformed into mobile shelving units, bringing the street indoors.

Notes to press:

Further info about Ryan's work on - www.ryanfrank.net