BORF Strikes Back
On Saturday, July 29, members of the Borf Brigade threw a roving street party in Washington, DC. About 200 people marched in the streets to celebrate the spirit of graffiti artist(s) Borf, in an event that looked like something straight out of Fight Club and was the most spirited anarchist march in DC in quite a while.
The party started at 10 pm at 11th and O Streets with the projection of the new Borf communique video onto the wall of a building. The police were there in full force, even maintaining a helicopter overhead, but were unable to do anything to interfere with the festivities.
After the video screening, the crowd took to the streets for a march that snaked through the neighborhoods; at one point looked like it would turn into a Reclaim the Streets when everyone stopped, blocking off 14th Street.
Agents Q and fi5e from the Graffiti Research Lab built a bike-mounted sound system for the event and documented the whole extravaganza.
The video communique and footage of the street party
The upcoming issue of Rolling Thunder, which is currently at the printers, features an in-depth pictorial history of Borf graffiti and an interview with John Tsombikos, who recently did time for alleged Borf activity. On Saturday, July 29, members of the Borf Brigade threw a roving street party in Washington, DC. About 200 people marched in the streets to celebrate the spirit of graffiti artist(s) Borf, in an event that looked like something straight out of Fight Club and was the most spirited anarchist march in DC in quite a while.
The party started at 10 pm at 11th and O Streets with the projection of the new Borf communique video onto the wall of a building. The police were there in full force, even maintaining a helicopter overhead, but were unable to do anything to interfere with the festivities.
After the video screening, the crowd took to the streets for a march that snaked through the neighborhoods; at one point looked like it would turn into a Reclaim the Streets when everyone stopped, blocking off 14th Street.
Agents Q and fi5e from the Graffiti Research Lab built a bike-mounted sound system for the event and documented the whole extravaganza.
The video communique and footage of the street party
The upcoming issue of Rolling Thunder, which is currently at the printers, features an in-depth pictorial history of Borf graffiti and an interview with John Tsombikos, who recently did time for alleged Borf activity.
