l abel 228

a street art
project

compiled by
camden noir

SOFT SKULL PRESS

2009

BROOKLYN

Copyright 2009 by camden noir. All rights reserved under International and
Pan-American Copyright Conventions.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available.
ISBN: 978-1-59376-249-0
Cover and interior design by David Janik
Printed in the United States of America
Soft Skull Press
An Imprint of Counterpoint LLC
2117 Fourth Street
Suite D
Berkeley, CA 94710
www.softskull.com
www.counterpointpress.com
Distributed by Publishers Group West

10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

INDEX OF ARTISTS
51=
AK=
ACK=
AE=
AS=
AB=
AY=
AW=
AT=
AN=
AC=
AD=
AH=
AR=
BR=
BY=
BK=
BE=
BO=
BH=
BI=
BS=
BL=
BG=
BM=
BN=
BZ=
BP=
BRK=
BB=
BW=
BD=
BRN=

5106 12, 33, 66

AARON KRATEN 11, 32, 44, 68
ACK! 38, 72
AESOP 11
AIMSTER SKITZ ORZ 17, 30, 47, 59, 79, 110
ALEX BALL 30
ALI YASIN 39, 86
ANDREW WESLEY BENNETT 21
ANDREW TRAN 30
ANONYMOUS 46, 141, 169
ARON CONAWAY LMN8 12, 28, 29, 33, 69
ART IS DEAD 104, 170
ARTCHEMIST 38, 62, 188
ASHLEY REICHARD 30
B. RADICAL 30, 46, 49, 72, 96, 188
BAYUNGA NSIMBA KIALEUKA 40
BEAK 4 YOU 31, 51, 62, 98, 112
BELIEVE 23, 43, 45, 63, 65, 76, 88,
BELO 9, 33, 95, 100
BH 9
BIAFRA 16
BIES 4
BLASTO 20
BOGUS 38, 49, 65
BOMIT 9, 38, 86, 189
BONUS 12, 46, 66, 79, 93
BOZOE 48, 87, 114
BRANDON PIERCE 46
BREAK 20, 34, 41, 50, 56
BRAIN BERNAZARD 40
BRITTNI WOOD 70
BROOK DALTON 90
BROWN 2, 12, 13, 28, 36, 45, 55, 70, 157,
187, 197
CA=
C ATV 100, 102
CWH= C WHITE 65
CN=
CAMDEN NOIR 12, 34, 43, 70, 76, 90,
149, 149, 170
CL=
CARLETON 19
CE=
CARLINE ELISE 56, 93
CO=
CARO 43, 58, 106
CW= CAWSAONE 26, 56, 188
CH=
CHARLIE FROM SOCIOLOGY CLASS 110
CK=
CHRIS KEMP 9, 48, 50, 68
CR=
CHRIS RODGERS 15, 15, 47, 55, 104,
196
CC=
CORCE 59, 197
CU=
CUCA REFUGIA 5, 16
CM= CYNTHIA MONTES 169
CP=
CZR PRZ 32, 112

DK=
DA=
DE=
DH=
DF=
DM=
DV=
DO=
DL=
DS=
DT=
EL=
EM=
EN=
EC=
EV=
EF=
ET=
EK=
EX=
FI=
FK=
FO=
FD=
FM=
FT=
GV=
GA=
GN=
GR=
GT=
GW=
GK=
HA=
HE=
HN=
HI=
HM=
HU=
IH=
IS=
IN=
IK=
JD=
JY=
JK=
JN=
JA=
JM=
JZ=
JB=

D!EKUTS 68, 74
DAEO 169
DAN EELLS 15, 15, 47, 196
DANA HAWLEY 51
DAVID FLORES AS THE COLLECTIVE 2,
2, 27
DEADMEAT 34, 103, 107
DEVOUR 48, 53, 188
DIME ONE 19, 197
DOLLA 6, 11, 32, 96, 188
DOM S. 37
DOWNTIMER 3, 5, 55
ELEX 61, 65, 85, 128
EMROL 72
ENDURE 3, 92, 129, 159
ENOSH CREVICE CREEPS 48, 152, 196
ENVE 3, 75, 100, 185, 187
ERICA FALKE 45, 52, 74
EV TAO! 71, 188
EVOKER 23, 36, 69, 110, 111, 113, 115, 134
EXPEL 16
FISCHER 5
FLORENCE KUO 39
FLY ONE 4, 32, 51, 82
FRED DEEN 87
FREDERICK MELO 66, 95, 122, 128, 162
FTC 52, 74, 83, 106, 130, 168, 186, 193
GABRIEL J VELEZ (YUK) 49
GARTH 37
GNAT 107, 160
GR 49, 72
GRAT 22, 66, 79, 107
G-WIZ 60, 189
THE GYPSY KID 88, 125, 127, 153, 164, 190
HANASAURUSREX 54
HEARTS! 52, 77, 91, 96, 184
HINANO 76
HITOP 363 66, 114, 170
HMPH 13
HUMAN 17, 54
IAN HENDERSON 75, 101
IANSANITY 80, 94
INDEED 72
INKSY 107
J.D. 81
JADEY 184
JAKA 53
JAPANESE 169
JASON ATOMIC 75
JASON MARTINEZ 80
JAZ GRAF 43, 64, 117
JEFF BERTRAND 52, 112

JL=
JH=
JS=
JC=
JG=
JO=
JP=
JT=
JU=
KS=
KA=
KD=
KC=
KE=
KG=
KN=
KT=
KR=
KU=
KY=
LE=
LJ=
LS=
LO=
LP=
LU=
LD=
LN=
LY=
MF=
M5=
MC=
ML=
MS=
MM=
MK=
M1=
ME=
MK=
MLX=
MI=
MIC=
MJ=
MR=
MYM=
MD=
MW=
MMI=
MNK=

JERRY LAMBERT 157

JES (JHEARTS) 3, 50
JESSE SMITH (KAOTIC ENZYMES) 82
JOHN CHISM 197
JOSEPH GIAMPINO 11, 28, 85, 93
JOSH 43, 60, 77, 94
JOSH PAYNE 69, 93
JOSH TAYLOR 31, 86
JUICE 58, 60, 79, 107, 122, 123, 129, 129,
146, 152, 162, 189
KA'AONA SOLOMON 46
KAMEO 58, 100
KAREN DAVIS 42, 54, 74, 137, 187
KATE COLLINS 54
KEER 75, 84
KEGR 111, 114, 128
KEN CARRANO 186
KETTLE 49, 98
KRAVEART 96
KRUSH 7, 113
KYLE COAFEHR 7
LENSR 187
LIZA JANE 53
LOLA SAMPLE 7, 34, 69
LOOK 66, 75, 113
LOU PIMENTEL 7
LUIGIMON 78
LUIS DAVILA 83, 99
LUSH ONE 84, 105, 107, 123, 190
LYNN DECENT 69
M. FITZ 82, 90, 172, 195, 197
MAR5 101, 185, 197
MAT CURRAN 6
MATT LINARES 34, 111, 116, 121, 132,
191, 195
MATT SHARP 95, 98
MAURICIO MAURILLO VIII
MAX KAUFFMAN 90, 176
MC 1984 86
MECRO 12, 58, 62, 69, 85, 119, 122, 128,
140, 152, 171, 187, 190
MEKO 121
MELISSA LOMAX 110, 113, 116, 120, 159
MIASMA 136, 192
MICHAEL M 63, 94, 95, 159
MICHELE JONES 60
MICK MOORE 61
MICKEY ME 108
MIKE DIE 111
MIKE WOLFF 71, 113
MIMI 20, 114, 168, 172
MINKLET 182

MSK= MISS KIKA 68

MJA= MJAR 61, 80, 95, 107, 113
MO= MODEM ONER 38, 67, 94, 116, 138, 165,
178, 182
MOI= MOISE 92, 186
MT= MOTEL 22-23, 101, 108, 117, 129, 152, 153,
159, 162, 171, 181
MY=
MOYA 17, 29, 31, 70, 71, 91, 104, 119, 133,
145, 171, 191
MRC= MR. C 152
MSW= MR. SWITCH 91, 106, 174
MU= MULTIPLY 170
NH= NABAHE 10, 33, 41, 122, 127, 143, 193
NM= NAME ONER 26, 39, 119
NN= NANO 39, 41, 55, 58, 62, 128, 146, 159
NS=
NASTY 67, 77, 116, 146, 148, 175
NA=
NATHAN BATMAN 122, 126, 126, 126
NC=
NBC 117
NW= NEW COLONY 78, 177
NX=
NEXER 53, 90, 132, 186
NB=
NICOLE BREWER 96
NO= NOS 67, 101, 101, 108
OA=
OBSCURA ARTS 146, 191
OB=
OBSOE 102, 108, 161, 177
OH= OHANA 79
OZ=
OZONE360 78, 146, 152
PA=
PANCHO 28, 36, 59
PK=
PARSKID 106
PT=
PATCH 141, 142, 174, 182
PD=
PATRICK DOUGHERTY 93, 105, 135,
148, 182
PG=
PETER GULLERUD 86
PC=
PHONETICONTROL 2, 10, 36, 41, 62,
85, 170
PY=
PHYTO 96
PM= PMA DEJA D30 10
PO=
POINGLY 117
PZ=
PUZO 105, 125, 145
RF=
RACE AKA REFERENCE 134, 175
RJ=
RAGE JOHNSON 138, 173
RK=
ROBOTS WILL KILL 13, 51, 60, 85, 105,
133, 135, 143, 157, 171, 183, 193
RW= RENEE WILLIAMS 88, 193
RV=
REVERB 180
RH=
RHIANNON "RHI" KOCH 46
RB=
RICKBUTYNSKI 141, 163
RT=
RICKY WATTS 91, 164, 191
RI=
RIO DA REAL 162
RN=
RITON 114, 134
RR=
RRABBIT 141, 169, 175
RU=
RUBEN TRELLER 83
RYR= RYAN RITTER 122, 126

RY=
SF=
SA=
SP=
SC=
SR=
SEA=
SE=
SK=
SEN=
SER=
SV=
SHA=
SH=
SHI=
SHO=
SD=
SI=
SKA=
SKI=
SMA=
SM=
SMI=
SB=
SZ=
SN=
SO=
SOU=
SUL=
SAC=
SL=
SU=
S=
SUM=
SUO=

RYAN WHILES 178

SAFETY FIRST! 180
SAINT (BOO YAH CREW) 147, 160, 178
SARAH PEACOCK 102
SARCASMO 29, 34, 58, 62, 93
SARU 10, 114, 130, 169
SEAMO 24, 24, 126
SEMI ONE 10, 164, 176
SENEK 183
SENO 180
SERAPH 92, 100, 150, 163, 164
SEVAS 124, 138, 140, 162, 170, 176
SHAME 103, 184
SHEESH 161, 177
SHIRTONE 163
SHORTIE 45
SIDYEPS 24, 24, 126
SISC 21, 160, 163, 180
SKAM 70, 124, 176, 177
SKITL 131, 151, 156, 178
SMASH 155, 181
SMEAR 131, 131, 175
SMILES 164
SNAKEBITE 176
SNAZ 140, 151
SNEEK 155
SOL 143, 145
SOUL 140, 142, 153, 181
SOULE 156, 181
SPRAY ATTENTION CO. 103, 151, 167
STANCYL3 95, 168
SU 138, 142, 165
SUEO 134, 143, 181
SUMMER 125, 156, 167
SUMONE 104, 132, 142, 148, 150, 155,
156, 163, 167
SUR= SURE 138, 153, 167
TC=
TCK 10, 129, 141, 146, 155, 155, 155, 176, 181
TF=
TERRENCE FULTZ 154
TB=
THAT'S BOLSHEVIK 135
TW= THOMAS WISNEWSKI 172
TH=
THREAT 173
TE=
TIMMY ELEMENT 90, 124, 125, 129, 133,
134, 138, 140, 141, 142, 147, 147, 150, 151,
153, 167, 197
TO=
TOONZI 134, 183
TA=
TRAV ART 175
TR=
TRIO 135, 161
TY=
TYLER 115
UB=
UBBO 154, 174, 196
UM= UMMMM 25
UT=
URBAN TERROR 86, 132

VC=
VO=
VD=
WS=
WB=
WH=
WU=
XI=
YR=
YB=
ZD=
ZZ=
ZS=

VICUSK 83, 124

VIS ONE 142, 150
VON DREAUX 13, 98, 131, 165
WE LOVE STIKAS 87, 127, 183, 195
WHENBESSATTACKS 79
WHY 22, 150, 162
WUSFR 20, 84, 161
XIV 87, 169
YAR! 84
YOUNG BLUTT 37, 72, 150, 159, 165, 167
ZAK DAVIS 17, 67, 75
ZIG ZAG SOUL 27, 30, 40
ZOSO 27, 115, 120

COLLABORATIONS:
CS+CA=
DT+CG=

CASPA VS. C ATV 19

DOWNTIMER VS. CHRIS GRANILLO
18, 18
DT+DFE= DOWNTIMER VS DANIEL FLERES 44,
123
ML+DT= MATT LINARES & DOWNTIMER 29
PK+CP= PARSKID & CHIP 153
TR+MI= TRIO & MIASMA 149
ZS+CN= ZOSO VS. CAMDEN NOIR 4

this book is dedicated to each and

every individual that contributed.

VIII

above: MM

FOREWORD
Priority mail labels are no longer for mailing purposes. They have recently become
a movement of artists finding an inexpensive, mobile, and disposable way to showcase their artwork. Everywhere I go, I notice these stickers, their differing techniques
and styles only lumped together by the fact that they are done on the same canvas:
US governmentissued mailing labels. I've seen them on the F-train from Brooklyn
to Queens, on lampposts in Los Angeles, and on famous statues in London. Theyve
become a pivotal part of the modern street art scene, whether the viewer is looking
for them or not.
One day I stumbled across a post-office sticker that had the most amazing artwork
on it, slapped on the back of a stop sign. I see them everywhere because, obviously,
I am obsessed with them, but this particular one intrigued me. It was so thought
provoking, so passionate, and so compelling that I had to have it. I nearly scraped
it off the sign and ran home with it, though of course that would have missed the
point of Label 228 as art.
I still don't know who put that sticker on that stop sign but everyday I wonder if that
individual will ever sell his artwork, or at least show it somewhere other than stop
signs and street lamps, where it will become weathered and wash away within
weeks. And in thinking about how to provide a more permanent platform for this
work, I came up with the idea to have people from all over the world send me Label
228 stickers with their original artwork to compile into a book for publication. I figure if an artist is willing to take the time and effort to create their masterpiece and
only show it illegally to passersby on the back of a stop sign, then why wouldnt they
be willing to send some pieces in the mail to an anonymous art-book compiler?
When I invited people to contribute, I didnt give them any guidelines to follow. I
simply put the word out there through various internet outlets, and like the labels
themselves, this book idea took on a life of its own. I gave people the freedom to
do with the labels what they pleased, and accordingly, I received every kind of painting, drawing, stencil, and poetry one could squeeze onto these tiny, rectangular
stickers. My only requirement was absolute freedom for the artist, which mirrors the
idea of the book itself. Absolute freedom to say or draw or paint anything they want
on the stickers and send them in. Absolute freedomwhich these days is almost
nonexistent.
camden noir

IX

If I had a big
enough brush, Id
paint this city red . . .
and I bet nobody
would notice.
camden noir

opposite page, clockwise from upper left:DF x 2, BRN, PC

this page, clockwise from upper left: JH, DT, EN

top to bottom: ZS+CN, FO, BS

clockwise from upper left: FI, CU, DT

this page, clockwise from upper left: DL, MC x 2

6

opposite page, clockwise from upper left: LS, KY, LP

What does a fish

know about the
water in which he
swims all his life?
Albert einstein

For every prohibition

you create, you also
create an underground.
Eric Reed Boucher,
aka Jello Biafra

clockwise from upper left: BH, BO, BM, CK

this page, clockwise from upper left: SE, SR, TC, NH, PC, PM
10

opposite page, clockwise from upper left: DL, AE, JG, AK

11

this page, clockwise from upper left: 51, AC, BRN, ME, CN, BN
12

opposite page, clockwise from upper left: RK, HM, VD, BRN

13

Civilization is a youth
with a Molotov cocktail
in his hand.
Culture is the
Soviet tank or
L.A. cop that
guns him down.
Edward Abbey

clockwise from upper left: CR x 2, DE x 2

15

this page, clockwise from upper left: CU, BI, EX

16

opposite page, clockwise from upper left: AS, ZD, HU, MY

17

18

opposite page, top to bottom: DT+CG x 2

this page, clockwise from upper left: DO, CL, CS+CA

19

20

opposite page, clockwise from upper left: WU, BRK, BL, MMI
this page, lieft to right: SC, AWB

21

22

two page spread, clockwise from lower left:

GT, WH, MT, BE, EK

23

24

clockwise from upper left: SEA, SD, SEA, SD

above: UM

25

Art is
what
you
can
get
away
with.
Andy
Warhol

26

Never has
there been a
good war or
a bad
peace.
Benjamin Franklin

opposite page, left to right: NM, CW

this page, clockwise from upper left: ZS, DF, ZZ

27

28

opposite page, clockwise from upper left: AC, JG, BRN, PA

this page, clockwise from upper left: AC, SC, ML+DT, MY

29

this page, clockwise from upper left: AR, AB, BR, AS, ZZ, AT
30

opposite page, clockwise from upper left: JT, MY, BK

31

32

clockwise from upper left: AK, DL, FO, CP

clockwise from upper left: BO, 51, NH, AC

33

34

clockwise from upper left: BRK, SC, LS, DM, CN, ML

,
Don t think about
making art. Just get
it done. Let everyone
else decide whether
,
it s good or bad,
whether they love it

or hate it. While

,
they re deciding,
make even more art.

Andy Warhol

36

opposite page, clockwise from upper left: PC, EK, PA, BRN
this page, clockwise from upper left: DS, YB, GA

37

38

opposite page, clockwise from upper left: AH, MO, BG, ACK
this page, clockwise from upper left: AY, NM, NN, FK

39

We answer
the concrete
jungles cry to
inhabit sterile
exteriors with
strange new
species.
Zig Zag Soul

40

clockwise from upper left: BY, ZZ, BB

clockwise from upper left: NN, PC, BRK, NH

41

above: KD
42

opposite page, clockwise from upper left: CN, JZ, CO, JO

43

The key to
anonymity
is to write
your name
everywhere.
camden noir

this page, top to bottom: DT+DFE, AK

44

opposite page, clockwise from upper left: SHO, BRN, EF, BE

45

this page, clockwise from upper left: BR, KS, BP, AN, RH, BN
46

opposite page, clockwise from upper left: CR, DE, AS

Don , t
just spark
creativity.
Kick the can
over and set
the world
on fire.
Nabeel

47

48

clockwise from upper left: BZ, DV, CK, EC

clockwise from upper left: GR, GV, KT, BR, BG

49

this page, clockwise from upper left: BRK, CK, JH

50

opposite page, clockwise from upper left: BK, FO, DH, RK

51

52

clockwise from upper left: EF, FT, JB, HE

clockwise from upper left: LJ, JK, NX, DV

53

this page, clockwise from upper left: HA, KC, HU

54

opposite page, clockwise from upper left: DT, CR, NN, BRN

55

56

clockwise from upper left: BRK, CW, CE

h
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participation.
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57

58

opposite page, clockwise from upper left: CO, ME, SC, KA, JU, NN
this page, clockwise from upper left: AS, CC, PA

59

60

opposite page, clockwise from upper left: RK, GW, MJ, JO

this page, clockwise from upper left: MJA, MR, EL

61

this page, clockwise from upper left: AH, BK, ME, SC, NN, PC
62

opposite page, top to bottom: BE, MIC

Street
art is like
random
slivers of
another
world,
interjected
into the
grey chasm
of reality.
Owl

63

above: JZ
64

opposite page, clockwise from upper left: BG, CWH, BE, EL

65

this page, clockwise from upper left: 51, BN, HI, GR, FM, LO
66

opposite page, clockwise from upper left: NO, MO, NS, ZD

67

68

opposite page, clockwise from upper left: DK, CK, AK, MSK
this page, clockwise from upper left: ME, LS, JP, LY, AC, EK

69

70

opposite page, clockwise from upper left: SKA, BW, MY, BRN
this page, clockwise from upper left: MY, ET, MW

71

72

clockwise from upper left: ACK, EM, GR, BR, YB, IN

I love label art the most

because in the lull of this
world of surfaces, without
much depth or weight, I
see us too absorbed in the
day to day of our preplanned, strictly defined
,high functioning, lives. The
existence of this style of
art can serve to wake
people up even for just a
second and that is an
extreme luxury and gift in
,
today s world.
Lynn Decent
73

74

opposite page, clockwise from upper left: EF, DK, KD, FT

this page, clockwise from upper left: ZD, IH, JA, LO, KE, EV

75

76

clockwise from upper left: BE, CN, HN

clockwise from upper left: HE, JO, NS

77

78

opposite page, clockwise from upper left: LU, NW, OZ

this page, clockwise from upper left: AS, GT, OH, BN, JU, WB

79

this page, clockwise from upper left: JM, MJA, IS

80

opposite page: JD

81

Imagine a city
where graffiti
wasnt illegal. A
city where the
stickers used
are often
overnight postal
delivered to
your front door
for free.
Anonymous

this page, clockwise from upper left: FO, JS, MF

82

opposite page, clockwise from upper left: VC, LD, RU, FT

83

84

opposite page, clockwise from upper left: YR, LN, KE, WU

this page, clockwise from upper left: ME, PC, RK, JG, EL

85

this page, clockwise from upper left: JT, PG, UT, BM, M1, AY
86

opposite page, clockwise from upper left: FD, BZ, WS, XI

87

88

clockwise from upper left: GK, BE, RW

In Reykjavik, I found
postal appropriations only
from the US and Germany.
Either were popular
nations for alternative
commentary or our postal
services are the only ones
that make their labels so
openly available.
Turi McKinley

89

this page, clockwise from upper left: TE, CN, BD, MK, NX, MF
90

opposite page, clockwise from upper left: HE, RW, MSW

91

this page, clockwise from upper left: MOI, EN, SER

92

opposite page, clockwise from upper left: JP, CE, JG, PD, BN, SC

93

94

opposite page, clockwise from upper left: MO, IS, JO, MIC
this page, clockwise from upper left: FM, MIC, MJA, MS, BO, SL

95

96

clockwise from upper left: BR, DL, NB, PY, KR, HE

y to
wa
dea
est
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s
Th
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hav
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o h .
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is t
dea
of i
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inu ng
i
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L
Pau

97

98

clockwise from upper left: BK, MS, KT, VD

Ive heard
of creatures
who eat their
babies. I
wonder if
they ever
stop to think
about the
taste.
Spencer Krug from
Sunset Rubdown

above: LD

100

opposite page, clockwise from upper left: BO, EV, CA, SER, KA
this page, clockwise from upper left: M5, MT, NO x 2, IH

101

102

opposite page, clockwise from upper left: OB, SP, CA

this page, clockwise from upper left: SAC, SHA, DM

103

104

clockwise from upper left: SUO, CR, MY, AD

clockwise from upper left: RK, PZ, PD, LN

105

106

opposite page, clockwise from upper left: FT, PK, MSW, CO

this page, clockwise from upper left: DM, IK, MJA, JU, GN, LN

107

108

clockwise from upper left: MYM, MT, NO, OB

Its obvious my stickers arent going to

outlast me (at least I hope not). But the
fact that stickers are there, something
I drew, painted, and peeled with my
own two hands, for the whole world to
see, reminds me that I exist, and Im
not the only one that knows it.
Mick Moore

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The world
,
doesn t just
disappear
when you
close your
eyes. So
color it with
the brightest
colors you
can find in
your mind.
camden noir

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I have a love/hate relationship with

my city . . . I want to make it look
like something I love but at the
same time I just want to watch it
burn . . . My city is the birthplace of
McCarthyism and Houdini. Its
taught me to be paranoid and look
for an escape both literally and
figuratively speaking . . . somehow
street art fits in there just perfect . . .
since Ive never had a band that I
could put forth opinions, I think
street art is my one-man punk band.
When the local bible thumpers
invade my niche, I post funny,
anti-Christian sillyness like a Jesus
on a pogo stick and I hope the idea
sticks longer than the 228 label.
beLIEve

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cam
den noir

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Creativity is
the sudden
cessation of
s t u p id it y .
E d w in La n d

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It,s assuring to know that if I ever need attention,

all I have to do is put my name on a sticker and put
it on an ATM machine.

camden noir

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this page, clockwise from upper left: MT, PK+CP, SUR, GK, TE, SOU

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Politicians
have no problem
spreading their
political nonsense
and propaganda
around voting
time. So this is
our form of selfish
advertising.
Anonymous

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opposite page, clockwise from upper left: SUM, SUL, SKI, SUO
this page, clockwise from upper left: JL, BRN, RK

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When I was a bike messenger,

I was dating another messenge
r
and we used to sit around and
make our stickers together. And
when we broke up, I made this
really elaborate sticker with one
of my designs turned into a sad
robot to put underneath one of
his stickers on this building we
went to a lot. And when I was
just about finished, the building
guard came out and tried to
chase me so I had to run away.
True story. That guy is my frien
d
now, and I married someone
else. ellipses & ampersand
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I know I have said over

and over again that the art
scene in Portland is
cliquey. But this is the
thing that makes me enjoy
art. I dont have to go to a
coffee house or an art
studio or a campus to see
art with a bunch of people
I wouldnt normally talk to.
Oregarus
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above: MI x 4

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When it comes down

to it, stickers are the
quickest way to
manufacture fame.
I can make 400
stickers in one hour
and put my name all
over the city.
SAINT BOO YAH CREW

The best things

in life really are
free . . .
at your local
post office.
camden noir

Life is short.
Art is eternal.
Dara Katrina

Society gets
the kind of
vandalism it
deserves.
Anonymous

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camden noir grew up in

Syracuse, New York and
joined the army immediately
after graduating high school.
After two tours overseas in
Afghanistan and Iraq, noir
went back to school and will
soon graduate from college in
Wilmington, North Carolina. He
is an avid vinyl toy collector, a
convert of the Kidrobot world,
and looks forward to more
indie publishing adventures.

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photograph by dana hawley