Everfresh: Blackbook Launch

Overview

Sync, Rone, Reka, Wonderlust, Phibs, Meggs, Prizm, Makatron, The Tooth: somebody call Marvel and call for a mass retrenchment. Part street artists, part heroes of graffito, the underground collective known as Everfresh keep the streets of Melbourne colourful and free of aesthetic crimes, saving lacklustre walls one tag at a time. With an original approach to colour, detail and iconography, the elusive crew are bringing their indefinable brand of street art to a more portable medium, with the launch of the Blackbook as a sneaky peer into the works of these 'urban decoration specialists'. With candid photography of their hush-hush Collingwood hub and an inspired attention to detail that translates from their intricate streetwork, this little anthology from beginnings in 2004 is a creative keepsake of those stickin' it to the man and colouring the cityscape.

In a launch more rare, exclusive and grand than a perfect shade of Crayola magenta, the gang are bringing their goods to aMBUSH Gallery this Friday in a celebration of the six years the ‘freshers have been adding their spark to the streets, with an installation, photographic prints by Josh Robenstone and bangin' tunes from DJ buds. With Melbourne already giving their beloved urban embellishers a send-off to boot, it’s time Sydney fronted a similarly welcoming embrace for these radical wallflowers.