Tomorrow 15th of September our Berlin artists will be competing against Copenhagen to be the winners of the second edition of the DRAW YOUR OWN LINE series. Since it is election time in both Berlin and Copenhagen, this battles theme will be: Fucked Up Politicians.

WestBerlin Gallery is proud to present Berlin’s line up with plenty of new blood in our ranks. Starting with….

DeeDeeKid!!! – The youngest of our four artists. With only 21 years old DeeDeeKid is a master on illustration and apparel design. His work is well known in Berlin, where he works as a freelancer. Tomorrow it will be his debut fighting for Berlin!

Jakob Tolstrup!!! – The danish artist is a veteran of the Vector Lounge. However, since he now lives in Berlin, this time he will be battling against his usual team mates. Some call him a traitor, but he can’t be blamed for knowing what’s best for him, can he? we are glad to have him in our ranks!

Beware!!! – With a strong graffiti background, this Berlin based spanish artist’s work goes through illustration, photo and video, to music and design. There is no creative field Beware doesn’t master, and so he comes ready to show Copenhagen what he is capable of!

Federico De Luca!!! – Coming all the way from Rome, Italy, Federico is a freelance graphic designer who move to Berlin two years ago and began a new live in this city. Part of this experience will be battling for his foster city tomorrow at WestBerlin Gallery!

Don’t miss out! come by tomorrow and support our team!

Four creative hotspots and European capitals such as Copenhagen, Paris, Berlin and London set up their teams with four local artists, illustrators and graphic designers to battle their styles One-on-One on digital graph pads within 30 minutes. Every drawn line and each creative second can be watched and marveled by fans and followers – a rare interactive experience for artists and audience! From eight resulting pieces of art one will be the chosen winner of each city battle.

After six events across Europe there is going to be the Grand Finale in December when the Vector Lounge online community will vote for one artist who drew his own line to the fullest… STAY TUNED!

At Bright they will exclusively be presenting their latest work. With Alias, SP38, Mymo,  Matthias Gephart, Mein Lieber Prost, Peachbeach (Lars Wunderlich, Falk Hoger, Attila Szamozi), Büro-Büro (Julian Faudt & Stefan Mückner) and Giacomo Spazio, Guillaume Trotin, curator and founder of the West Berlin Gallery, has managed to round up a colorful creative troop of local Berliners and Berlin-former-based artists. For the Artists Kitchen at Bright he is promising a mix of different styles and techniques, exhibits made from stencil art, character and graphic design, as well as illustration on material ranging from wood and canvases to paper and metal. The focus is depicting all various techniques of the urban art machine: including tags, stencil and painting. Following a successful debut at Bright in summer 2010 we’re looking forward to this winter reunion.

Together with Bright and Artig&Co we’re presenting the “Vector Lounge Bright Special” as a special highlight in the large cinema hall – a battle in which some of our graphic design artists will be competing against one another in a simultaneous illustrative contest. So on the very first day, the competing illustrators will be hearing: “on your drawing pads, ready, steady, go!” and the subsequent awarding of the winner over a few beers should be a good enough reason not to miss this creative kick-off.

(Words Nada Carls, Bright Magazine)