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1. 1UP is Fire in “The Graffiti Olympics”: Selina Directs
BSA Special Feature: 1UP is Fire in “The Graffiti Olympics”: Selina Directs
All the subversive drama of a terrorist cell, all the color of Mardi Gras, all the pomp and ceremony of an Olympic triathlon. Wielding the long-handled roller like a javelin in the hands of Järvinen, weight lifting multiple backpacks full of paint cans, climbing and jumping walls with speed and dexterity, the 1UP team goes for the gold.
Debuting today on BSA is the flaming new 1UP crew video directed by the ingenious Selina. Slicing the streets with the drone camera like a hot knife through butter, she follows the unruly yet highly organized vandals from overhead in a manner more melodic than menacing as Miles lines up one shot after another in this instantly classic continuous thread of aerosol mayhem.
Passing the aerosol can like a baton, this relay race puts 1UP over the finish line while many rivals would have just blasted out of the blocks. But will those Olympian circles turn into golden handcuffs before the closing ceremony?
“GRAFFITI OLYMPICS” Directed by 1UP & Selina. Drone photography by Selina.
Feating @goodguyboris and #BerlinKidz @1upcrewofficial @s__e__l__i__n__a__
1UP . Berlin Kidz. Graffiti Olympics. (image courtesy of One United Power/Selina Miles)
1UP / Berlin Kidz. Graffiti Olympics. (image courtesy of One United Power/Selina Miles)
1UP / Berlin Kidz. Graffiti Olympics. (image courtesy of One United Power/Selina Miles)
1UP / Berlin Kidz. Graffiti Olympics. (image courtesy of One United Power/Selina Miles)
1UP Graffiti Olympics. (image courtesy of One United Power/Selina Miles)
1UP Graffiti Olympics. (image courtesy of One United Power/Selina Miles)
1UP Graffiti Olympics. (image courtesy of One United Power/Selina Miles)
1UP Graffiti Olympics. (image courtesy of One United Power/Selina Miles)
1UP Graffiti Olympics. (image courtesy of One United Power/Selina Miles)
1UP Graffiti Olympics. (image courtesy of One United Power/Selina Miles)
1UP Graffiti Olympics. (image courtesy of One United Power/Selina Miles)
1UP Graffiti Olympics. (image courtesy of One United Power/Selina Miles)
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