SEAK: Painting the Thalys @ Gare du Nord Station, Paris

almost before the start

almost 14.000 visitors here on my website on one day, and 8000 on my flickr account. nice.

The Worldpress was there. I will get a full press coverage beginning of 2010 of the whole project.

The people of Thalys and there partner agencys in germany, france, belgium and the netherlands where fun to work with. Thanks although to Boris Breuer for these great Photos here. Aswell as Big Thank you to SIlvia, Andre, Bjoern which came with me to Paris for support.

action first details on this piece still calm lines smile!! in the first hour the lower bow of my working on the  Letter the upper part of my und da oben noch Pommes Rotweiss itunes is my homeboy anchor men cnn again hier noch und da noch it feels gooood ultimate canvas in good old painting trance a line here, a line there, MANO A MANO focus focus listening tooo....... :-) OG Press Veterans in combat in good old painting trance MANO A MANO OG Press Veterans in combat varnishing my waggon with clearcoat we`re having a party Kölner Stadtanzeiger & Radio Köln i am fucking starving did we missed the catering? keeping it gänsehaut ein durch und durch schmutziger miles away Iam Hungry again! reppin Mr. Cartoon it was us with them xmas truce 2009 we are family international highrollers Amsterdam, Brussels, Cologne, Paris la honda SEAK Zedz and Jonone, Sozy is missing catch me if you can SEAK representing Cologne/germany ive painted the Bar Waggon SEAK x Köln x Thalys Painted in 3.15 Hours, incl varnish in a bit more then 3 hours

SEAK representing Cologne/germany

I combined the letters of my artist name “Seak” with the my birth and hometown “Köln” (cologne).

Using the offical colours of cologne (red and white and a bit of blackand orange) aswell a few local visuall traditions and heritage like the 11 blacks flames represent the 11 virgins which rescued cologne in very early medieval times from the huns, the three crowns, the top parts of the “Kölner Dom” (cathedral), etc, etc, etc…

The fact that ive painted the bar waggon makes perfectly sense with the party, carnival and highlife image cologne has in the world.

Seak-9355.jpg Seak-9353.jpg take a good look love is in the air flow skys the limit the man in the mirror spraycans & itunes allday a bit more then 3hours to paint @ gare du nord paris weil ich paris nun mal so mag doing it doing it doing it well tomorrow for you über die schulter the arms of cologne yeah yeah, but can he fight?!? on the red carpet frühstück in paris nah am Herzen operieren t2b in the mist comfortzone working the Thalys step by step die decke fällt uns auf den kopf painting a babylon boy on its knees defining space still defining mainly red well well well well well getting interviewed by CNN

OG Press Veterans in combat

cnn, zdf, kölnerstadtanzeiger, el pais, reuters, wdr, getty images,……………….. OG press veterans!

I fucking love how serious the all watch and look on this pic´s. feels like being in Vietnam during the Ted Offensive.

keeping it gänsehaut

Putting the establishment the horns on, or maybe the Graffiti movement, and then what is graffiti and street art. Just a thinking channel, defined by others. feel free to research this website to feel my interpretation.

YES YES YES. Endorphines, dopamin, all in. mum can you see me, iam on Tv.

spraycans & itunes allday

I know iam sexy bastard on this photo. perfect web 2.0 profile pic. I think i will use it for facebook.

Thalys SEAK coach (the Bar Waggon)

The SEAK Thalys Bar Waggon. Life is Beach!

CNN and SEAK spontan schlagfertig sein./ being witty and funny quick interview jetzt is alles bestens spannend daddy graffiti fast fast fast daddy graffiti fast fast fast wingmen style live from gare du nord paris upperplayground deluxe organizing the colours immer wichtig unterwegs Jonone and SEAK. Chit chat before the storm jetzt gehts los, jetzt gehts los, jetzt gehts los da simmer dabei dosen schütteln um druck in den Sprühdosen aufbauen yyeeeesss vor vorfreude platzen me being happy Gare du Nord x Thalys x XXXX almost before the start preparing the markers in control na geht doch. ....... pure Kapitän auf Brücke die Ruhe vor dem Sturm tools of choice the young sean connery. Seak-9082.jpg Seak-9079.jpg Seak-9076.jpg Seak-9075.jpg Seak-9074.jpg

first picture of the Thalys action here.  have to get some sleep. more images and the whole story in a few hours here!

SEAK: fresh for 2009 with Royal Funk Shades

SEAK, fresh for 2009 with Royal Funk Shades

Thats me SEAK, but the Glasses im sporting on this Photo are down by infamous Dieter Funk.

Most biten Glasses and Shades Designer in the Industry/ Old School Munich Bboy/ longterm Fan of my work/ Longterm sponsor and Family! Thanks for the funky fresh Models!!

Dieter Funk der George Clinton unter den Brillendesigner/ Münchener Oldschool BBoy/ wird seine Produktion komplett zurück nach Deutschland verlegen/ die grossen Marken biten ihn schon seit Jahren, ist mal wieder grosszügig.
Werde Seit ich als Auftrag den legendären Funk Mercedes Truck besprüht habe, regelmässig mit seinen Brillen ausgestattet.

Diesmal habe ich es nicht bis in den Flagshipstore nach Berlin geschafft, sondern mir die Modelle bei Oberländer in Köln auf der Ehrenstrasse, gegenüber vom Carharrt Shop angeguckt. fertig gemacht werden sie dann in Berlin.

Vielen Dank für neuen geilen Modelle gehen raus nach Bayern und Berlin!!!

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best of SEAK`s Mexico Graffiti Tour 2007

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English:

Here you have a little inside view of what happend during my 1 month invite to Guadalajara. Mexico.

Iwas invited there for a huge Graffiti and Streetart-Festival.

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Someone more serious then me advised to absolutley not mention here all the decadent partys, crazy afterhours, scaringly huge amount of drugs ,the Mr.big´s and there Soldados, the big estates, police officers with black books, did i mentioned the police officers with the great connections to even more high quality… (biting my tounge now), oh yeah all the crazy super fresh/hot lookin chula sabrozas, Mami Lindas, emo bunnys, and crazy American locster who cant go back to the states for the next 13-20 years…

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Instead my anonymous adivsor told i should focus on pointing out the great big hearts of the people ive met, which invited me, which i became friends with, and which embraced me into there family. Oops, iam almost sliding back into the whole Ubergangster talk.
And the amzaing character writers mexico, the best food in world, the fact that i had the chance to art direct and paint an early building of louis barragan with the local graffitikings.
Funny was although the situation where a certain entreprenuer was offering me seriously a Kilo of topnotch perico for painting a wall in his office.

Thanks: to Tekpatl/Vrs and cara for flying me in and taking care,
Redbull mexico for backing up my flight tickets, Nike.germany for the fresh gear.
Kenji, Erik and Matika for their Friendship, Tipex from Tribalgear Mexico for the good vibes, Hector Nagarro for the wonderful Photos, and Bernhard for the last minute support.
German:

Hiermal eine Auswahl einer Auswahl von Bildern meiner anderthalb Monate in Mexico.

Eingeladen war ich mit anderen Interntionalen Graffiti und Street Art Künstlern, alles alte Kollegen.

Ich sollte an dieser Stelle vielleicht nicht die dekadenten Partys, Afterhours, Frauen Geschichten, die Chula Sabrozas, die Mami Lindas, die Drogen, Dorgenbarone, die Cessnas, die vielen bunten Vögel, die ungwöhnlichen Angebote um an Leinwände ranzukommen, die Villen, die Anwesen, etc sowie die korrupte Polizisten erwähnen.

Stattdessen erwähne ich lieber die liebevolle Betreung, die leidenschaftlichen Menschen, die grosse Herzen, die beste Volkstümliche Küche der Welt, mal abgesehen von der bayerischen, Polizisten die ihr Blackbook für Autogramme dabei haben, die gute freunde die mich im wahrsten Sinne des Wortes in ihr Familie aufgenommen haben. Oder wie ich dazu eingeladen wurde eines der Frühwerke von Louis Barragan(Bauhaus) zugestalten.

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Danke an Cara und tekpatl/vrs für die Einladung, Redbull-Mexico für die Tickets, Nike-Deutschland fürs Schuhwerk, Kenji und Matika für die Freundschaft, Hector Nagarro für die tollen Bilder, Tipex von Tribal für den guten Einblick, Bernhard für Rettung in letzter Minute.

Birthday Deluxe für House DJ Timo Maas

Seak x Timo Maas @ casa maas

quasi von lebender Legende zu lebender Legende.
zu Gast beim König des International DJ Jetset.
Ich war quasi indirekt das Geburtstagsgeschenk für Timo von einem Guten Freund, und habe gleiche neue Freunde kennen gelernt. Auetal, 2007 represent. Timo rock on!!!

It feels good to be a Birthday Present, this Time for the infamous Timo Maas and his Family on his Estate near Hannover/Auetal.
Timo is topranking the International Dj Jetset with House collegs like Sven Väth, Carl Cox, and Paul van Dyk since ever.
While i was Gun slinging the spraycans, and doing my lines, Skin from Skunk Anansie was keeping it real and kicking some live Vocals. great Party, great People.

invited/eingeladen Art Basel Miami Beach 2006


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In den letzten 3 Jahren war ich von Scion einer Submarke von Toyota in den Usa als Testimonial Künstler immer wieder für eine Skulpturen Tour angefragt worden. Nachdem, 2005 die Skulputren von einem Freund von

Mit  dabei waren so illustre Künstlerkollegen wie Rammellzee, Ron English, Estevan Oriol, Ricky Powell, Andre, Daim, Mr. Cartoon, Crash, Daze….

Die Abschluss Veranstaltung sollte dieses mal

neues Geschenkpaket von Nike: für Subkulturelle Verdienste

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the first time i became hooked into the whole Sneaker thing was thru the CoCurator of a Show i had in Portland Oregon. Someone in the Nike Headquarter thought SEAK would might like some brand new dunk low supreme`s. (really really rare, and super comfortable!!)

i think it was a year later when weve met here in Cologne thru a friend and ex graffiti writer the head guys of nike europe in Hilversum. a few meetings later the plan was to get a signature shoe.
well the show project never really became realized. But Nike didnt wanted to let me go either, being kinda friends now. In good company now with eisfeld, sido, harris, several very good artist friends of mine, oliver korritke, and other german hipsters: Please welcome the sneaker flatrate/crazy secret vip mansion partys/ invites to berlin!!