Full episode & video, available on our Patreon. In the early 2000s, New York’s economic landscape created a world in which one could survive off of little. Artists, skaters, graffiti writers, poets & musicians inhabited the city, organically creating style & culture in a way that permeated into the life of the neighborhood. Common streets became legendary as the 14 block radius of downtown New York housed a thriving underground scene flourishing in a carefree time of unhindered creativity. At this time Alain Levitt was hanging out in the Lower East Side on a daily basis with a small film camera on his person. Spending the early 2000s living amongst the people, Alain shot the downtown New York Scene during an era that laid the foundations for events & people that went on to deeply influence the world of skate, graffiti, art & culture. His debut book 'NYC: 2000-2005' is a collection of these photos.
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Full episode available on Patreon. DBRAD is an artist & graffiti writer who is part of the renowned THR crew. He speaks on perceptions of masculinity, mental health, life philosophy, what it means to be human, New York’s graffiti scene & more. 
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Full episode available on our Patreon. SMOE is a graffiti writer whose aggressive approach to street bombing garnered attention in recent years throughout New York City. Representing the LNE, H2K & 6BC graffiti crews, SMOE’s approach ranges from tagging passenger filled buses on main avenues to large rollers & technical pieces.
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Ryan Mettz is a painter, photographer, skateboarder, tattoo artist and videographer.  Most known for his distinct approach to traditional tattoos and paintings inspired by New York City life. We speak on New York City Graffiti, making art & finding balance in day to day living. Full Streets Talking* episode available on our Patreon.
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Full episode available on our Patreon. Marina Inoue is a tattoo artist living & working out of London, England; with an upbringing rooted in writing graffiti within New York’s scene. She speaks on her experience in the male-dominated culture of graffiti, cultural dynamics, racking, life philosophy & more. Ian de Beer & Marina Inoue in conversation.
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ALOY is a legendary graffiti writer native to Los Angeles with a career spanning decades. Representing the great MSK crew, known for exemplifying a bold, legible & large letter structure; creating a high degree of visibility off the freeways & billboards he frequents.
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Full episode on Patreon. Dylan Kraus is an artist who explores the sublime aspects of the world, both grand and minute. Inspired by the dynamic energy of New York City, his work embodies a contemplative quest for wonder and equilibrium. He currently lives and works in Berlin.
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GKAE SKREW MSK is an internationally acclaimed graffiti writer whose name is synonymous with the title of ‘king’ from New York to Los Angeles. Getting down in MSK during the summer of 1992 when the crew was still an offshoot of AWR, GKAE approached graffiti with relentless will-power matched by few. He explains his reason for painting was to rid himself of depression, to impose against the status quo that property is more valuable than life, to achieve a primal feeling of self-worth. Over a period of 30 years he came to represent the legendary MSK crew, face time in LA county prison over vandalism charges; experiencing loss & gain whilst creating a legacy that inspires writers world-wide. 
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Full episode available on Patreon. Bea Levy is a Manhattan based sometimes-writer, sometimes-musician, full time lover of the built world.
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Full episode on our Patreon. KRUSH is a graffiti writer from the city of Pittsburgh. Beginning graffiti in 1993 at 13 years of age, KRUSH lived a life in and out of street life that culminated in a mindset shift at 25 years old. Having experienced both loss and gain, KRUSH prefers to focus on the positive celebration of the good in life.
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Full episode available on Patreon. Born in 1986 in Milan, Italy, Francesco lives & works in Brooklyn, New York. Established in the contemporary art world & showing internationally, his practice is just as likely to manifest as a drawing, a painting, or a sculpture, often blurring the distinction between these forms. Drawing from a unique variety of found images, he seems to create an archive in which there is no hierarchy between contemporary events & historical facts. Deiana actively uses landscape, portraiture & iconography in an effort to conjure the detached & unsettling feeling of our fractured contemporary world. His top 5 handstyles are Petro, Specy, Brite, Skuf, & Twist.
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