FROST 187- 1 Live 2 Live

Frost. His career began in Hamburg about ten years ago. On the one hand inspired by the scene of the 80s in New York City, as well as that of the 90s in Paris and by a simple but essential circumstance: the perception of one’s environment. Anyone who not only accepts the gray of the urban landscape, but perceives it, will quickly develop a desire to use color. It was the same with him. It was the Berlin Wall that he remembers. It was full of color. Full of graffiti. Then the wall was torn down and freedom was there. Graffiti on concrete, as a door opener to freedom. Perhaps this anecdote explains more than just a painter’s love of aerosol fumes from a painter’s spray cans. He, one of the co-founders of the 187 street gang that is gaining a foothold in the music business every day. Several albums, soon the third 187 DVD and popular sweaters and shirts, and recently a double page in the Hamburger Morgenpost. However, one thing has always been preserved with the 187ers: independence. No wall, no cage – always do your own thing and, if necessary, head through the wall. So ‘1 Life 2 Live’ not only gathers graffiti from Frost, but is also support on many sides for his boys. The book has ghetto quality and is more than an illustrated book. It looks like a photo album with photos of walls and tattoos. On the one hand much more intimate than any other title published so far, on the other hand it is even more credible and rougher. The book was only available in Hamburg at DaSource, UnderPressure and JustFitteds. – Part from an article at krisenzeit.blogspot.com, translated from German 2011.