Self-portrait by Tek 13 OTP at the Cans Festival, Leake Street, Waterloo. Tek, aka James Jessop (born 1974), is a London-based graffiti artist who began aged 11 years spraying ‘Break’ and ‘Hip Hop’ on fences in NE London. He is inspired by 1980s New York graffiti and claims he “does it for the buzz and trying not to get caught.”Cans Festival, which ran from 3rd-5th May, was organised by Pictures on Walls with the collaboration of Banksy and Eurostar. It was the world’s largest ever exhibition of street art and featured over 40 international artists, attracting 30,000 visitors over the Bank Holiday weekend. Digital image of 26th May 2008. From the Graffiti Gallery recording Lambeth’s urban art.Ref: D88\/141<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Self-portrait by Tek 13 OTP at the Cans Festival, Leake Street, Waterloo. Tek, aka James Jessop (born 1974), is a London-based graffiti artist who began aged 11 years spraying ‘Break’ and ‘Hip Hop’ on fences in NE London. He is inspired by 1980s New York graffiti and claims he “does it for the buzz and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24689,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[307,213,15,7,34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2000-2025","category-digital","category-entertainment","category-street-furniture","category-waterloo"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n