Secret Wars Bournemouth vs. Birmingham >> The Event

Hello there. Right, well a 3-0 loss but a hell of a trip oop north to Brum saw a real team effort as we pulled together properly for the first time in the competition - perhaps aided by the fact of a 45 minute standstill on the motorway including an airlift escape. Tragic yet interesting nonetheless. However, we finally arrived in Birmingham at our hostle - which resembled a technicoloured Biker Grove...

Fellow artist Denni surveys the scene...

The actual event took place in an abandoned industrial estate right in the middle of town. Such an amazing venue for such an event, a place where authority turns a blind eye to street art - and because of that there is some brilliant work going on down there. If only the same could apply in Bournemouth...that said Bournemouth is a picturesque seaside town with idyllic views, and not so many city centre abandoned industrial estates...but there is an art college?! Thats a rant for another time me thinks.

The team prepares for battle with a quick pit-stop...

>>Back to the event in hand, and here is some pictures of what me, Denni and Rob created and flip reverse to the Birmingham creation in the final pic...

>> us...
>> them...

Secret Wars seems to revolve about the idea of having sly digs at the opposite team over 90 of art battling. Similiar to a rap battle (8 mile for instance) we, the artists, are supplied with pens and half of a big white wall; with which we have 90 minutes to create a piece of street art in front of a baying mob! Our idea was centred on the fact that Birmingham has a shopping centre called the Bull Ring - and to turn this attraction on its head we implied that Brum was a bit of a shithole and made a bulls ring-piece the focus of our composition.

>> a panoramic of the board as a whole...

It actually turned out quite well, with me and Rob drawing with Denni for the first time but gelling nicely together with our styles. At times it has felt like a bit like a conference team playing premier league opposition in this competition but I felt genuinely this time that we represented Bournemouth with pride here and deserved at least a point - but thats the monopoly of a home battle. Here is a time lapse of how events unfurled. (us on the right - click on it to make larger)