{"author":"Jan Brennenstuhl","categories":["Graffiti, Marker \u0026 Spray Cans"],"cover":{"alt":"","height":1272,"src":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/all-city-writers-graffiti-book/all-city-writers-book.jpg","width":2432},"credit":"","date":"2009-10-07T14:16:54Z","description":"The graffiti book “All City Writers” documents as an imaginary newspaper New York’s influence on European graffiti in the ’80s. 1230 pictures, 250 involved writers, ...","html":"\u003cp\u003eToday, I read about a new graffiti book, which will be released on November 7th - its name “All City Writers”.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe “All City Writers” book is a collaboration between \u003cstrong\u003eAndrea Caputo\u003c/strong\u003e and the fashion label Carhartt. They combine 1230 pictures, 620 articles, 410 full-colour pages, and more than 250 involved writers to an amazing documentation of New York’s influence on European graffiti in the ’80s.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“The book, a massive volume of more than 400 pages, has been conceived as an imaginary newspaper. The chronicles it contains have not been penned by real journalists or narrators, but by people who define themselves as ‘writers’.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this volume, a chorus of uncensored voices in the first person reveal their knowledge of European cities, their infrastructures, interstices and neighbourhoods. This is the generation who in the last two decades of the 20th Century imported the countercultural phenomenon from New York commonly known as “Graffiti”.” (\u003ca href=\"http://www.allcitywriters.com/\"\u003eallcitywriters.com\u003c/a\u003e)\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInteresting to know is for my European readers that there will be an European exhibition series with the participation of “All City Writers” contributors at selected Carhartt stores early next year! I will remember you.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHere are a few insights:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cpicture style=\"--image-width: 2432px; --image-ratio: 2432 / 1484\" data-source-width=\"2432\" data-source-height=\"1484\" data-width-cap=\"1440\" data-height-cap=\"1484\"\u003e\n  \u003csource type=\"image/avif\" srcset=\"/all-city-writers-graffiti-book/all_city_writers_book_05_hu_17a700107a27fa0d.avif 480w, /all-city-writers-graffiti-book/all_city_writers_book_05_hu_861a0ba69a1595c6.avif 960w, /all-city-writers-graffiti-book/all_city_writers_book_05_hu_169bb48fe0239438.avif 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n  \u003csource type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"/all-city-writers-graffiti-book/all_city_writers_book_05_hu_cabb0507c18011fb.webp 480w, /all-city-writers-graffiti-book/all_city_writers_book_05_hu_4fc58fac8f620ce5.webp 960w, /all-city-writers-graffiti-book/all_city_writers_book_05_hu_ecaea1ec1ee5f901.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg src=\"/all-city-writers-graffiti-book/all_city_writers_book_05_hu_d51870e7562c5898.jpg\" srcset=\"/all-city-writers-graffiti-book/all_city_writers_book_05_hu_977601b71c0b8e47.jpg 480w, /all-city-writers-graffiti-book/all_city_writers_book_05_hu_d6ea85f24775dbe8.jpg 960w, /all-city-writers-graffiti-book/all_city_writers_book_05_hu_d51870e7562c5898.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\" width=\"1440\" height=\"879\" alt=\"all city writers book insight \" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\u003e\n\u003c/picture\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003eall city writers book insight\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n \u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cpicture style=\"--image-width: 2432px; --image-ratio: 2432 / 4364\" data-source-width=\"2432\" data-source-height=\"4364\" data-width-cap=\"1440\" data-height-cap=\"4364\"\u003e\n   \u003csource type=\"image/avif\" srcset=\"/all-city-writers-graffiti-book/all_city_writers_book_06_hu_ae38ec106faf07cb.avif 480w, /all-city-writers-graffiti-book/all_city_writers_book_06_hu_72be48a9ac5515c2.avif 960w, /all-city-writers-graffiti-book/all_city_writers_book_06_hu_c4d44c49e650c29b.avif 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n   \u003csource type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"/all-city-writers-graffiti-book/all_city_writers_book_06_hu_37293cc3d6ca46c5.webp 480w, /all-city-writers-graffiti-book/all_city_writers_book_06_hu_8d65081b6daf9ee5.webp 960w, /all-city-writers-graffiti-book/all_city_writers_book_06_hu_8d2503e8dcabd067.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n   \u003cimg src=\"/all-city-writers-graffiti-book/all_city_writers_book_06_hu_f943441c1fd7f7e.jpg\" srcset=\"/all-city-writers-graffiti-book/all_city_writers_book_06_hu_e4d94b31ee32f55f.jpg 480w, /all-city-writers-graffiti-book/all_city_writers_book_06_hu_9f74d0f7dcd52b2c.jpg 960w, /all-city-writers-graffiti-book/all_city_writers_book_06_hu_f943441c1fd7f7e.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\" width=\"1440\" height=\"2584\" alt=\"all city writers graffiti book\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\u003e\n \u003c/picture\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003eall city writers graffiti book\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n \u003c/figure\u003e\n “All City Writers” book\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVia \u003ca href=\"http://english.mashkulture.net/2009/10/07/carhartt-x-all-city-writers-book/\"\u003emashkulture.net\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n","markdown":"\n\n\n\nToday, I read about a new graffiti book, which will be released on November 7th - its name “All City Writers”.\n\nThe “All City Writers” book is a collaboration between **Andrea Caputo** and the fashion label Carhartt. They combine 1230 pictures, 620 articles, 410 full-colour pages, and more than 250 involved writers to an amazing documentation of New York’s influence on European graffiti in the ’80s.\n\n\u003e “The book, a massive volume of more than 400 pages, has been conceived as an imaginary newspaper. The chronicles it contains have not been penned by real journalists or narrators, but by people who define themselves as ‘writers’.\n\u003e\n\u003e In this volume, a chorus of uncensored voices in the first person reveal their knowledge of European cities, their infrastructures, interstices and neighbourhoods. This is the generation who in the last two decades of the 20th Century imported the countercultural phenomenon from New York commonly known as “Graffiti”.” ([allcitywriters.com](http://www.allcitywriters.com/))\n\nInteresting to know is for my European readers that there will be an European exhibition series with the participation of “All City Writers” contributors at selected Carhartt stores early next year! I will remember you.\n\nHere are a few insights:\n\n![all city writers book insight ](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/all-city-writers-graffiti-book/all_city_writers_book_05.jpg\u003e)\n\nall city writers book insight  ![all city writers graffiti book](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/all-city-writers-graffiti-book/all_city_writers_book_06.jpg\u003e)\n\nall city writers graffiti book “All City Writers” book\n\n\nVia [mashkulture.net](http://english.mashkulture.net/2009/10/07/carhartt-x-all-city-writers-book/).\n","tags":["Art Book"],"title":"“All City Writers” Graffiti Book","url":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/all-city-writers-graffiti-book/"}