One Year of Klitty Crew, Counted in Walls and Stickers

17 July 2018 · 18:17 · DeeNice

Dada Kaffee, Zurich – 17 July 2018, 18:17.

One year ago today, at 17:17, we founded the crew. We could not all make 17:17 this time because of PoshX's shift, so we chose 18:17. One hour late, but the minutes were right.

The jam

First, the street jam. It was a long, hot Saturday in Kreis 4. Seven painters plus the four of us, one long wall, one pink and blue band connecting every section. Neighbours brought chairs and lemonade. A few children stood at the fence the whole afternoon, drawing on cardboard with our leftover markers. Nobody acted like a star. SinDee checked. We cleaned up until midnight, and the owner says we can come back next year.

A year in one page

I read the list again: KC Hello, the first sticker run, sketchbook evenings, the December swap, Seventeen, New York, the street jam. Kinky wanted to add "my K got better". The others voted against it. It stays in the notes as a dissenting opinion.

The next idea

Those children at the fence stayed in our heads. PoshX said it first: we should do a proper drawing workshop for kids. Small group, simple materials, cats and letters. Kinky knows a neighbourhood youth club leader she says we should meet. We agreed: first kids' workshop in September. PoshX and Kinky will plan it, SinDee will handle the materials, and I will keep the notebook, as always.

One year, many walls, same table. – DeeNice

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