DONATIONS WELCOME PLEASE BRING THE FOLLOWING ITEMS

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Donation Requests for Local Organizations

The Henry Ford Academy: Alameda School for Art + Design Graffiti Club – Spray paint cans

–  Markers –  Notebooks – Graffiti art books – Graffiti movies

Haven for Hope –  Deodorant

– New socks – Flip-Flops (all sizes) – Bags, backpacks –  Shampoo/conditioner – Toothpaste/Toothbrushes

 

If you have any of these items please bring them to the events.

thank you

Clogged Caps Staff

Clogged Caps 8 …FRI SAT & SUN MUSIC LINE UP

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Clogged Caps 8 – DJ Line-Up FRIDAY
Time DJ
12:00 PM DJ Direct
1:00 PM DJ Trouble
2:00 PM DJ Rudy
3:00 PM Ferno
4:00 PM Paz Joaquin
5:00 PM DJ Freeverse
6:00 PM Daecos
7:00 PM Kico
gged Caps 8 – DJ Line-Up SATURDAY
Time DJ
12:00 PM LouieDollars
1:00 PM Seven-One
2:00 PM Lenyrd Spynrd
3:00 PM Toney Phoenix
4:00 PM DJ Terpsi
5:00 PM DJ Presto
6:00 PM Perish One
7:00 PM Chacho
Clogged Caps 8 – DJ Line-Up SUNDAY
Time DJ
12:00 PM DJ OddBox
1:00 PM DJ Hectik
2:00 PM Pak Man
3:00 PM Celina Jennee
4:00 PM DJ Notion
5:00 PM DJ Charlie
6:00 PM DJ Siderail
7:00 PM DJ M

Clogged Caps 8 taking over the city

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Clogged Caps: Taking Over the City By Chad Hankins
Clogged Caps is San Antonio ’s premier graffiti event. Every March, the best artists from around the world descend upon our city, and spend three days pushing their art to a new level. This year’s event will be no exception! With right around a hundred of the best of the best coming from near and far to paint large murals on the expansive walls of Backstage Live (1305 East Houston Street San Antonio, TX 78202), and live music for the 18 and up crowd every night, one can’t help but be curious about what this subculture has to offer the community as a whole. The following is my journey for the answers to that very question.
I figured that talking to the head promoter was the best place to start. He’s a local graffiti artist, who will also be participating in the event, that goes by Supher. He was more than happy to share the ins and outs of launching an event of this proportion. According to Supher, all of the permits and approvals from the city don’t go through until about thirty days before the whole spectacle is set to occur. This gives him, and his modest collection of associates, about a month to put the entire affair together. It sounds like a reasonable period, until you consider the conclave of artists and musicians that they have to assemble. And it’s not as if they’re just driving down the street to put some pictures on a wall. Artists like the LAWS crew of Texas , Haste from L.A. , New York’s Bekit , Perish from New Mexico , and even Rei from Spain, are all going to great lengths to travel to S.A. for the chance to spread their work . It seems like a year of brainstorming funneled into a month of desperately scrambling to get the details under some semblance of control. In spite of all of this, Supher and company are notorious for putting on a cutting edge and fulfilling experience every year.
Clogged Caps always features live music and, thanks to a spirit of friendly competition and a desire to innovate, new additions to their artistic styles. This year the promoters are also collecting donations for various local charities. Alameda School of Art and Design’s Graffiti Club will benefit from paint can, notebook, and marker donations, and Haven for Hope will be receiving any deodorant, toothpaste, socks, and other donated house wares that the C.C. Promoters receive.
I asked him if he could put me in touch with anyone else who might be able to satisfy my questions about graffiti in general, and he answered with “Call Sloke.”
I got a hold of Sloke, in Austin , the next day and shot him a battery of questions, including things like why so many people pursue this medium in spite of legal implications? If he could paint any structure in the world, what would it be? What are some of your favorite cities to paint in? And I gained an entirely new perspective on this ever expanding art form. I’ve always wondered what caused so many graffiti artists to gravitate toward train cars over the decades, so I asked him why he thought this was. His response was that it’s “All nation. More people can see it.” It’s such a simple concept, yet incredibly innovative. It’s pretty amazing that the simple fact that graffiti predates the internet caused such a well known and iconic part of our every day lives. The most efficient way to move your art from Oakland to Jersey in the 1970’s has become the synonymous image of an entire art form.
I also found out that Sloke has been coming to Clogged Caps since 2003. When I asked him why he was compelled to return year after year, he said “It’s a chance to see and meet new people… we’re all just wanting to paint.” That communal sensibility has universal appeal. It’s like summer camp when you’re a kid, but way cooler.
After about thirty minutes, we’d discussed his graffiti company that does commissioned walls in Austin and L.A. called All City Branding, the new, more technical direction that graffiti artists are going in, his desire to one day paint a DC-10, his mentor Skam, the joys of painting in the artistic climates of San Francisco and New York, and the art form that he describes as “Stylized typography,” and “Pretty self indulgent… writing my name over and over and over,” which made me laugh. Then it was time to go.
I guess that in the end Clogged Caps is a labor of love for the handful of people that give up their time to host the event, an incredible opportunity to expand their art for the people who come to paint, and an unforgettable exploration through a historically misunderstood artistic medium for the rest of us.
All of the shows are as follows:
March 8, 2012: Meet & Greet Artshow featuring DJ Vicious & DJ Hectik @ Hi-Tones (621 E. Dewey, San Antonio, TX 78212) 9pm – 2am No Cover 21 & UP $3 Minors March 9, 2012: Live Painting 12pm – 8pm FREE ALL AGES Backstage Live Courtyard; Kick Off Party featuring Apaso, GhostPizza, Milli Mars, & DJ Spinner T at Backstage Live (1305 E. Houston St., San Antonio, TX 78205) 10pm – 2am $5 21 & Up $8 Minors March 10, 212: Live Painting 9am – 7pm FREE ALL AGES Backstage Live Courtyard, Hip-Hop Heavyweights Night featuring Clemits & MSG Crew, Evolve, DJ Trouble, Paint By Numbers & DJ Charlie at Backstage Live (1305 E. Houston St., San Antonio, TX 78205) 10pm – 2am $5 21 & Up $8 Minors
March 11, 2012: Live Painting 9am – 8pm FREE ALL AGES Backstage Live Courtyard, Closing Party featuring BetaPlayer, AURAself and DJ Gibb, Black Note, & DJ Donnie D at Backstage Live (1305 E. Houston St., San Antonio, TX 78205) 10pm – 2am $5 21 & Up $8 Minors
For more information on events and charities, go to http://www.cloggedcaps.wordpress.com.