{"author":"Jan Brennenstuhl","categories":["Graffiti, Marker \u0026 Spray Cans"],"cover":{"alt":"","height":1620,"src":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/graffiti-meets-thalys-photos/jonone-graffiti-paris.jpg","width":2432},"credit":"","date":"2009-09-16T18:04:43Z","description":"What happens, if train operators and writers work together? It will be a great graffiti event! Take a look, what 4 European graffiti artists have done with a Thalys train...","html":"\u003cp\u003eAs I wrote two days ago, international high-speed train operator \u003ca href=\"/graffiti-meets-thalys-in-paris/\"\u003eThalys invited me\u003c/a\u003e to document the “Graffiti meets Thalys” live event, which took place at “Gare du Nord” (North Station) in Paris yesterday.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cdel\u003eFour\u003c/del\u003e \u003ca href=\"/jonone-156-nunca-opak-seakone-sozyone-zedz-thalys/\"\u003eSix well-known and famous European writers\u003c/a\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eSeak One\u003c/strong\u003e (Cologne), \u003cstrong\u003eSozy One\u003c/strong\u003e (Brussels), \u003cstrong\u003eJonOne 156\u003c/strong\u003e (Paris) and \u003cstrong\u003eZedz\u003c/strong\u003e (Amsterdam) - had to paint a train as fast as Thalys will soon take to get from Paris to Cologne or Amsterdam, 3 hours and 15 minutes.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt was a great graffiti event! I took about 600 photos, spoke to \u003ca href=\"http://www.seakone.com/seak-painting-the-thalys-gare-du-nord-station-paris/\"\u003eSeak One\u003c/a\u003e and JonOne 156, who are really nice guy and had a nice time with other selected bloggers and journalists from Germany, France, Belgium, Holland and the USA.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou want photos? Here they are (\u003ca href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/streetart-berlin/sets/72157622387635634/\"\u003emore on Flickr\u003c/a\u003e):\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOh, by the way, the CEO of Thalys, Olivier Poitrenaud, said, that one reason for this event was, that Thalys doesn’t have a problem with graffiti on trains\u0026hellip;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cpicture style=\"--image-width: 2432px; --image-ratio: 2432 / 1256\" data-source-width=\"2432\" data-source-height=\"1256\" data-width-cap=\"1440\" data-height-cap=\"1256\"\u003e\n  \u003csource type=\"image/avif\" srcset=\"/graffiti-meets-thalys-photos/seakone-paris_hu_656818074c60ebd7.avif 480w, /graffiti-meets-thalys-photos/seakone-paris_hu_a5b58820001ac8c2.avif 960w, /graffiti-meets-thalys-photos/seakone-paris_hu_2f4a1ed01abef9f0.avif 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n  \u003csource type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"/graffiti-meets-thalys-photos/seakone-paris_hu_cfd6bbfdaf7798c5.webp 480w, /graffiti-meets-thalys-photos/seakone-paris_hu_3e60c2e195c8b34a.webp 960w, /graffiti-meets-thalys-photos/seakone-paris_hu_b4427305be11c3b1.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg src=\"/graffiti-meets-thalys-photos/seakone-paris_hu_fa90bfd275f46dfe.jpg\" srcset=\"/graffiti-meets-thalys-photos/seakone-paris_hu_83e868e66982f981.jpg 480w, /graffiti-meets-thalys-photos/seakone-paris_hu_9eb6db9bd8af7f45.jpg 960w, /graffiti-meets-thalys-photos/seakone-paris_hu_fa90bfd275f46dfe.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\" width=\"1440\" height=\"744\" alt=\"seakone in paris\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\u003e\n\u003c/picture\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003eseakone in paris\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n \u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cpicture style=\"--image-width: 2432px; --image-ratio: 2432 / 1620\" data-source-width=\"2432\" data-source-height=\"1620\" data-width-cap=\"1440\" data-height-cap=\"1620\"\u003e\n   \u003csource type=\"image/avif\" srcset=\"/graffiti-meets-thalys-photos/seakone-graffiti_hu_9d5c86d34aa462da.avif 480w, /graffiti-meets-thalys-photos/seakone-graffiti_hu_dd6b263d9106803.avif 960w, /graffiti-meets-thalys-photos/seakone-graffiti_hu_eaa559933ea3b614.avif 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n   \u003csource type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"/graffiti-meets-thalys-photos/seakone-graffiti_hu_214bafa27f53d781.webp 480w, /graffiti-meets-thalys-photos/seakone-graffiti_hu_16aa8163e179dc16.webp 960w, /graffiti-meets-thalys-photos/seakone-graffiti_hu_5b0c57383bc2b402.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n   \u003cimg src=\"/graffiti-meets-thalys-photos/seakone-graffiti_hu_8960aa0032656b8e.jpg\" srcset=\"/graffiti-meets-thalys-photos/seakone-graffiti_hu_eb68ab160a3976b9.jpg 480w, /graffiti-meets-thalys-photos/seakone-graffiti_hu_f3d8c6e0e3dc9285.jpg 960w, /graffiti-meets-thalys-photos/seakone-graffiti_hu_8960aa0032656b8e.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\" width=\"1440\" height=\"959\" alt=\"seak one graffiti\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\u003e\n \u003c/picture\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003eseak one graffiti\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n \u003c/figure\u003e\n \u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cpicture style=\"--image-width: 2432px; --image-ratio: 2432 / 1620\" data-source-width=\"2432\" data-source-height=\"1620\" data-width-cap=\"1440\" data-height-cap=\"1620\"\u003e\n   \u003csource type=\"image/avif\" srcset=\"/graffiti-meets-thalys-photos/spray-cans-paris_hu_caaa58ad8eb365c.avif 480w, /graffiti-meets-thalys-photos/spray-cans-paris_hu_48358bc131aa69ae.avif 960w, /graffiti-meets-thalys-photos/spray-cans-paris_hu_cc670d6cb42e5cd2.avif 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n   \u003csource type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"/graffiti-meets-thalys-photos/spray-cans-paris_hu_aed22b76827ba356.webp 480w, /graffiti-meets-thalys-photos/spray-cans-paris_hu_52026cf277625442.webp 960w, /graffiti-meets-thalys-photos/spray-cans-paris_hu_208870559ae78532.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n   \u003cimg src=\"/graffiti-meets-thalys-photos/spray-cans-paris_hu_33d07fbc63d82b3f.jpg\" srcset=\"/graffiti-meets-thalys-photos/spray-cans-paris_hu_2aed3286abebbe74.jpg 480w, /graffiti-meets-thalys-photos/spray-cans-paris_hu_7f0f58dc704e80b8.jpg 960w, /graffiti-meets-thalys-photos/spray-cans-paris_hu_33d07fbc63d82b3f.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\" width=\"1440\" height=\"959\" alt=\"spray cans - paris\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\u003e\n \u003c/picture\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003espray cans - paris\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n \u003c/figure\u003e\n \u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cpicture style=\"--image-width: 2432px; --image-ratio: 2432 / 1756\" data-source-width=\"2432\" data-source-height=\"1756\" data-width-cap=\"1440\" data-height-cap=\"1756\"\u003e\n   \u003csource type=\"image/avif\" srcset=\"/graffiti-meets-thalys-photos/sozyone-graffiti-paris_hu_8645d45ef4cf9a35.avif 480w, /graffiti-meets-thalys-photos/sozyone-graffiti-paris_hu_5a84a106237bdaf1.avif 960w, /graffiti-meets-thalys-photos/sozyone-graffiti-paris_hu_a270fdc731724b68.avif 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n   \u003csource type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"/graffiti-meets-thalys-photos/sozyone-graffiti-paris_hu_c05c51226989e0c2.webp 480w, /graffiti-meets-thalys-photos/sozyone-graffiti-paris_hu_7b0fc0095149587c.webp 960w, /graffiti-meets-thalys-photos/sozyone-graffiti-paris_hu_bff612db57e5cf19.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n   \u003cimg src=\"/graffiti-meets-thalys-photos/sozyone-graffiti-paris_hu_ace641ba5e958272.jpg\" srcset=\"/graffiti-meets-thalys-photos/sozyone-graffiti-paris_hu_83fff3704ac35f86.jpg 480w, /graffiti-meets-thalys-photos/sozyone-graffiti-paris_hu_e558d596cb978ebd.jpg 960w, /graffiti-meets-thalys-photos/sozyone-graffiti-paris_hu_ace641ba5e958272.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1040\" alt=\"sozyone graffiti paris\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\u003e\n \u003c/picture\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003esozyone graffiti paris\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n \u003c/figure\u003e\n Graffiti meets Thalys in Paris\u003c/p\u003e\n","markdown":"\n\n\n\nAs I wrote two days ago, international high-speed train operator [Thalys invited me](/graffiti-meets-thalys-in-paris/) to document the “Graffiti meets Thalys” live event, which took place at “Gare du Nord” (North Station) in Paris yesterday.\n\n~~Four~~ [Six well-known and famous European writers](/jonone-156-nunca-opak-seakone-sozyone-zedz-thalys/) - **Seak One** (Cologne), **Sozy One** (Brussels), **JonOne 156** (Paris) and **Zedz** (Amsterdam) - had to paint a train as fast as Thalys will soon take to get from Paris to Cologne or Amsterdam, 3 hours and 15 minutes.\n\nIt was a great graffiti event! I took about 600 photos, spoke to [Seak One](http://www.seakone.com/seak-painting-the-thalys-gare-du-nord-station-paris/) and JonOne 156, who are really nice guy and had a nice time with other selected bloggers and journalists from Germany, France, Belgium, Holland and the USA.\n\nYou want photos? Here they are ([more on Flickr](http://www.flickr.com/photos/streetart-berlin/sets/72157622387635634/)):\n\nOh, by the way, the CEO of Thalys, Olivier Poitrenaud, said, that one reason for this event was, that Thalys doesn’t have a problem with graffiti on trains...\n\n![seakone in paris](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/graffiti-meets-thalys-photos/seakone-paris.jpg\u003e)\n\nseakone in paris ![seak one graffiti](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/graffiti-meets-thalys-photos/seakone-graffiti.jpg\u003e)\n\nseak one graffiti ![spray cans - paris](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/graffiti-meets-thalys-photos/spray-cans-paris.jpg\u003e)\n\nspray cans - paris ![sozyone graffiti paris](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/graffiti-meets-thalys-photos/sozyone-graffiti-paris.jpg\u003e)\n\nsozyone graffiti paris Graffiti meets Thalys in Paris\n","tags":["Photography","Train Art","Street Art Paris"],"title":"Graffiti meets Thalys Photos","url":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/graffiti-meets-thalys-photos/"}