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THE HUNDREDS X THESEVENTHLETTER: REVOK 

When MOCA’s Art in the Streets exhibit was in full swing, LA graffiti writer REVOK was sentenced to a much-hyped 180 days in jail for violating probation on previous vandalism charges. One can understand why an artist in one of the most talked-about art exhibitions in recent years would have gripes about the police. In this at-times-dramatized and at-others-endearing interview, The Hundreds asks REVOK to share some stories from his crazy career as one of the world’s foremost writers. 

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THE HUNDREDS X THESEVENTHLETTER PREVIEW - SABER INTERVIEW

The human side of Los Angeles-based graffiti writer Saber is one that he often tries to submerge in his dark and foreboding visuals, while ironically being a major focus in his career full of fights for human rights that should only increase with the birth of his first daughter. The street art collective that he helped create, TheSeventhLetter, is teaming up with innovative street art label and also Los Angeles-based The Hundreds for a collaboration slated to release this June.

A video with Saber’s charismatically pessimistic humor, a dark and grimy studio to match, and commentary on the human condition previews a t-shirt collaboration 22 years in the making through political and cultural transgressions in the city and the world. More details should be available soon.

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THESEVENTHLETTER: 50 CHARACTERS IN MIAMI

Art Basel 2011 has come and gone, but street art and graffiti fans are lucky enough to still be getting a few videos from the giant art festival even as we round the corner into March. MSK’s Rime takes a large wall and uses graffiti’s concept of repetition in a creative way, sprawling 50 characters across the wall with cleanliness and style. It doesn’t get much better than TheSeventhLetter, and Rime is here to prove it.

THESEVENTHLETTER: REVOK - MOTOR CITY IS BURNING VIDEO

Featuring a dope piece by Revok and friends RIME and ROID, and a blues song that captures the feeling of transition in American economy, this short film directed by Willie T is the first of many you can expect out of TheSeventhLetter’s camp in the coming weeks.

(Source: hypebeast.com)