Ono’ u Tahiti Graffiti Battle 2015 Part 2

Posted by Donna on 11th May, 2015
Filed under: From the Street

Ono’u Tahiti Festival battle is back for 2015! Twenty Five international competitors and five Tahitian artists were selected to participate in the ONO’U Battles in Tahiti from May 5th to 9th, 2015.

This year all these performances and these qualifying events are scheduled over several days from Monday to Friday, not just on a weekend like last year. Most tests will take place on the walls of Papeete. Thirty talented artists have different challenges every day of the week.

The aim this year is to reveal more accurately the talent of these graffiti artists, highlighting their artistic and technical quality, individually or collectively. Each day of competition, the various facets of graffiti will be explored:

Lettering,
Characters and scenery,
Team performance …

Of the thirty artists selected for the contest, five seats were reserved for Tahiti artists, that French Polynesia is strongly represented in this international event, followed in many foreign countries. A direct way to promote them in the international network and help them to be better known.

Sarah Roopinia, the creator of the Festival and Contest ONO’U, wanted references to the Tahitian culture, as international artists will incorporate in their creations therefore the “lettering” was based on Tahitian words.

Day 1 was dedicated to lettering. Writers were given five hours to complete their artwork on panels of approx. 4m x 3m.

: Phobia

: Competitors

: Competitors

: Competitors

: Fare – Abuz

: Fare – Abuz

: Fenua – Cher1

: Fenua – Cher1

: Here – John Kaye

: Here – John Kaye

: Here – John Kaye

: Itoito – Dvate

: Itoito – Dvate

: Maeva – Stae2

: Maeva – Stae2

: Manao – Gorey

: Manao – Gorey

: Maohi – Gent48

: Maohi – Gent48

: Moana de Berst

: Moana de Berst

: Moana de Berst

: Motu – Phat1

: Motu – Phat1

: Motu – Phat1

: Oaoa – Host18

: Oaoa – Host18

: Oaoa – Host18

: Onou – Gimiks Born

: Onou – Gimiks Born

: Opere – Chemis

: Opere – Chemis

: Ora – Jops

: Ora – Jops

: Ora – Jops

: Papai – Scaf

: Papai – Scaf

: Papai – Scaf

: Reva – Mast

: Reva – Mast

: Taere – Sajme

: Taere – Sajme

: Taere – Sajme

: Tahiti – Scred

: Tahiti – Scred

: Tane – Katun

: Tane – Katun

: Tane – Katun

: Tapu – Rath Ups Cod

: Tapu – Rath Ups Cod

: Tapu – Rath Ups Cod

: Tatau – Space

: Tatau – Space

: Tatau – Space

: Tiama – Mr Cenz

: Tiama – Mr Cenz

: Tiare – Jim Vision

: Tiare – Jim Vision

: Tuaro – Nilko

: Tuaro – Nilko

: Tuaro – Nilko

: Tuaro – Nilko

: Turu – Poiti

: Turu – Poiti

: Ui api – Dater127

: Ui api – Dater127

: Vahine – Inkie

: Vahine – Inkie

: Vahine – Inkie

: Vini – Boogie

: Vini – Boogie

: Vini – Boogie

Second day of competition starts. Candidates were given five hours to complete a setting and/or character in compliance and coherence with a theme selected at random. Media of approx. 6m x 2m.

: Berst

: Berst

: Boogie

: Chemis

: Cher1

: Dater127

: Dvate

: Gent48

: Gimiks_Born

: Gorey

: Host18

: Inkie

: Inkie

: Jim Vision

: John Kaye

: Katun

: Kingston

: Mast

: Mr Cenz

: Nilko

: Phat1

: Phobia

: Poiti

: Rath Ups Cod

: Sajme

: Scaf

: Scred

: Space

: Stae2

: Day 2

Third and last qualifying round before the finale. Competitors were randomly divided in teams of three to complete a themed wall painting of approx. 50m².