Jisoe

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Justin "Jisoe" Hughes
Born1977 (age 4647)
Victoria, Australia
NationalityAustralian
OccupationArtist
Notable workJisoe (2005 film)

Justin "Jisoe" Hughes (1977) is a Melbourne-based graffiti writer. [1] He is also known as Jizlad, and is the subject of the 2005 film Jisoe, directed by Eddie Martin, which gained a cult following among graffiti writers. [2] Critic and filmmaker Megan Spencer hailed the documentary as one of her favorites. [3]

Jisoe won the Audience Award at the 2005 St. Kilda Film Festival and competed for featured documentary at the 2005 Slamdance Film Festival. [4] [5]

The film follows a 24-year-old Hughes over a period of a few months in 2001, in which he is at large as a notorious graffiti artist who specializes in the spontaneous and rapid style of tagging trains or "train bombing". [6]

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  1. "ThreeThousandReview". threethousand. Archived from the original on 11 March 2010. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
  2. Rigg, Julie (30 August 2012). "Amiel Courtin-Wilson on Jisoe". ABC Radio National. Jisoe has become something of a cult hit among graffiti fans for its frank depiction of Jisoe and his friends defacing Melbourne trains.
  3. "Megan Spencer ACMI". ACMI. Archived from the original on 11 March 2011.
  4. "Eddie Martin (AUS) Director, Independent". Australian International Documentary Conference. Eddie Martin's debut film Jisoe (2005) was praised as "one of the best, most significant documentaries to be produced in Australia". It won the Audience Award at the St Kilda Film Festival and has since developed a cult following.
  5. Brooks, Brian (14 December 2004). "Slamdance Bookends Docs for 11th Park City Event". IndieWire.
  6. Fazal, Mahmood (25 May 2017). "What Happened to Jisoe?". Vice. The film followed Justin (Jisoe) as he sunk into an existential crisis, torn between getting a job to care for his family and continuing his "crooked," train-bombing lifestyle to deal with the fallout of his own upbringing.