Berlin gets Colorful - Quintessenz Extinguisher Action

Last Friday, Berlin-based Quintessenz Creation crew (don’t forget their upcoming exhibition together with Danny Doom in Hamburg!) was invited by a somehow popular sporting goods manufacturer to paint a mural at Sage Club in Mitte, which is why Berlin now has another colorful facade…

Using nothing more than liters and liters of paint together with several alienated fire extinguishers, the Quintessenz boys bombarded the prepared wall (they previously painted a shoe silhouette using latex-paint) and created in that way meters long drips in different colors which now are visible from long distance. I for one took cover from the paint-rain and tried to take some photos from the roof, documenting the action.

Quintessenz perfected the extinguisher-paint on latex system for their True Colors stop motion production, creating that mysterious paint effect you can admire around minute four in the video! To cut a long story short, here are some of my shots…