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From Beats to Brushes (and Cans): Bushwick Collective Block Party 2025 – Part 1

From Beats to Brushes (and Cans): Bushwick Collective Block Party 2025 – Part 1

Welcome to Part I of II of our photo collection from the 14th Annual Bushwick Collective Block Party. This year’s edition, held on May 31, 2025, brought together a powerful fusion of beats, paint, and community spirit—just the kind of vibrant energy we at BSA love to celebrate.

Capturing the spirit! SEF.01 (photo © Jaime Rojo)


The day’s star performer, hip-hop legend Rakim, set the stage alight with an electrifying set that fused old-school authenticity with Bushwick’s forward-thinking street culture – an intelligent merging of underground and old-school. Sharing the spotlight were dynamic artists Statik Selektah, Gorilla Nems, Termanology, and Evil Dee, among others.

On the mural front, the Block Party again transformed Troutman Street into a living gallery. This year’s visiting muralists included Sef1, Contrabandre, Huetek, Gigstar & Minus One, Tymon de Laat, Ashley Hodder, and Enzo a psychotropic summer stew that again sampled from acrss the graffiti and street art spectrum.

It was a weekend where paint met poetry, beats met brushstrokes, and each corner of Bushwick told a fresh story. We hope these images capture the creative dialogue that unfolded. Stay tuned for Part II, where we continue to explore more of this year’s murals and moments.

SEF.01 (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Vargas (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Tymon DeLaat (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Some of the personalities who loomed large this year at Bushwich Collective, by HUETEK (photo © Jaime Rojo)
CES (photo © Jaime Rojo)
CES. HUETEK. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Shane Grammer. Detail. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Sean Duval Price (March 17, 1972 – August 8, 2015)[1] was an American rapper and member of the hip hop collective Boot Camp Clik.[2] He was one half of the duo Heltah Skeltah, performing under the name Ruck, along with partner Rock. Artist Shane Grammer (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Shane Grammer. Detail. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
The God, Rakim, by Contrabandre (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Urban Ruben. Detail. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Urban Ruben (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Mate. Detail. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Mate (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Miami Nate (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Ashley Hodder (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Zach Curtis (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Zach Curtis. Detail. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Jerkface (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Patrick McGreggor. Mr. Stash. Detail. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Patrick McGreggor. Mr. Stash. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Kane (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Urban Ruben (photo © Jaime Rojo)
DepsOne (photo © Jaime Rojo)
DepsOne. Detail. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
PHD (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Humble (photo © Jaime Rojo)
PHD. Humble. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Mustart (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Minhafofa (photo © Jaime Rojo)
CEKIS (photo © Jaime Rojo)
DEK 2DX (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Golden305. Fo Estudio. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Mr. June. Detail. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Mr. June. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Chris Haven (photo © Jaime Rojo)
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BSA Film Friday: 09.13.19

BSA Film Friday: 09.13.19

Our weekly focus on the moving image and art in the streets. And other oddities.

Now screening :
1. “Word on the Street” Debut
2. INO – “Freedom For Sale” in Athens
3. Two in a Row from Alex Prager: “La Grande Sortie” & “Despair”


BSA Special Feature: “Word on the Street” Debuts

“Fuck the old days. Graffiti is now!”

The last five years have been explosive for Street Art worldwide, and with “Word On The Street” you have a good indicator that the graff writing game is alive and well in New York as well – and tenaciously prolific.

Anonymous filmmakers infused the doc with vibrating audio and visual distortion and a sense of ever-present surveillance, or the implication of it cloaked in darkness. Interviews, late night runs, frozen wire fences, loose footing, bloody scrapes, and the sweet smell of aerosol lightly purring from cans across a shadowed wall. The labor of love for the filmmakers is the only thing that pushes a project like this to fruition. And fumes of course.

It’s first public screening is coming up September 29 in Brooklyn. Click HERE for more information.

It’s first public screening is coming up September 29 in Brooklyn. Click HERE for more information.

Featuring 143, AJES, BIO, BRAT, CASH4, CARL WESTON, CLAW, CHRIS RWK, DEK 2DX, DIVA, DSR, EDO, EL7, FAES, FLASH, JAKEE, JESUS SAVES, KLOPS, LEX, LOOSE, MERK, MRS, MUTZ, NEG, NOXER, PANIC, PLASMA SLUG, POE, SCAE, SEO, SILON, SMURFO, SPRAY, STOR, STU, and VEW.

INO – “Freedom For Sale” in Athens

Constantino Mass adds just the right amount of slickly pounding wipes and cuts to this installation by INO in Athens. We published photos from this a few days ago so have a look and enjoy the video.

Two in a Row from Alex Prager

Alex Prager debuted a new short film at Lehmann Maupin Gallery in New York this month, and it has piqued the interest of many in her work of disconnected, reconnected narratives. Impeccably styled, humorously shot, it’s a staged invoking of old Hollywood and street scenes, enveloped in drama and frequently suspense. Often the LA born director provides just the deconstructed portion of the scene you have seen, and keeps reworking it in surprising ways. Go to the gallery to see the new “Play the Wind”. Below are two of her short films from five and nine years ago respectively.

“La Grande Sortie” by Alex Prager

“Despair” by Alex Prager

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