Walking into the huge creative space that is the Village Underground, we were welcomed by artists drawing Japanese themed illustrations, drum’n’bass tunes and lots of people drinking and generally soaking up the atmosphere.
As we wandered around the room, there was more art from Monorex on sale with a silent auction and it included all types of illustrations, paintings and graffiti style street art.
With two of the artists flying in from Japan the day before, the Secret Wars battle started at 9pm. Limited to using black pens or paint, the teams were quickly split into England Vs Japan and they went to work…
After reading about Secret Wars, I was pretty damn excited to see how the artists would create something from scratch in just 90 mins, but they covered the entire white canvas approaching it with a laid-back attitude and complete ease doing what they love.
A random DJ set accompanied the art battle in the form of Eliza Doolittle, who appeared unable to mix any kind of beat but managed to surprisingly pull out some cracking tunes from Frank Ocean to the White Stripes.
With much of the audience having enjoyed Streetfest the day before, many recognised one of the illustrators named Reeps One. Aside from his artistry skills, he brings another ridiculously amazing talent to the table as a beat box extraordinaire. He shocked the crowd for about 15 minutes with non-stop dubstep beats and became my highlight of the evening.
Ending with Session on the decks with the best mix of dubstep tunes, this charity fundraiser was a storming success raising loads of money for a great cause.
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