About

Secret Wars is the World’s premier live art battle – working in similar ways to Fight Club, Secret Wars battles are set up and promoted through word of mouth.

Secret Wars began back in 2006, it was small, and intimate yet had the potential to be so much more. Years of hard work, dedication and a strong following has meant Secret Wars has pushed the boundaries and raised the bar for artists and promoters alike.

It’s all culminated to this, present day, present time, 16 European locations…The Secret Wars Euro League has finally arrived!

Boasting a range of cities including London, Lisbon, Berlin, Copenhagen, Dublin, Amsterdam and many more proves that there really isn’t a stage big enough for the groundbreaking and award-winning event.

Terry Guy, founder of Secret Wars wasn’t content with carrying on with the same original one on one concept. Always wanting to push the limits and give the public something bigger and better, he decided to put all the cities together that already host a Secret Wars, add a couple of new, artistic and culturally hungry towns in the mix, set them the task of putting together a team of established and up and coming artists to help produce what can only be best described as the Champion League, but with pens and enough attitude to put Mr T to shame.

2009 was a great year for the brand, a number of successful trips, including a weeklong tour in New York thanks to a U.S introduction from Kanye West to winning the award for innovation at the prestigious 31st arts and business awards held at the V&A.
With the Euro League in full swing 2010 is already looking good and it can only get better.  This is history in the making, are you ready to be a part of it?

For media enquiries about Secret Wars and any other related material please contact Secret Wars HQ by email on studio@secretwars.co.uk

 

FACTS AND STATS

Cities involved (drawn into 4 groups)

Top two from each through after all games go through – points are given per judge vote – with 3 available at each battle (2 x guest judges and crowd vote).

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Group 4
Glasgow Bristol Malmo Warsaw	Bournemouth Birmingham Berlin Lisbon	Southampton Dublin Copenhagen Paris Barcelona	Cardiff London Hamburg Amsterdam

 

RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE COMPETITION

On the night

• 90 minutes on the Casio battle clock
• Only black edding markers and black acrylic paint can be used to paint
• No other markers can be used
• No pencils / sketches should be on stage or used (loose rule)
• Each team has to stay within the allocated space, if they creep over then there will be a 1 point deduction
• All teams are made up of 6 selected artists, but only 3 can travel and battle per event
• Battles are judged by 2 nominated and neutral guest judges + crowd vote

Competition

• The competition starts as a 4 grouped league concept
• There is a point gained for every vote (3 points in total available for each battle)
• The top two teams from each group will go through into the Q-finals
• If for some reason there is a draw of points with two teams in second place, then we will favour and send through the team with more away points
• Each team will play each other twice (home & away)
• The Q-finals / S finals will all be based on (home and away) knockout games
• The final will be held in a neutral city (preferred venue will be London / Birmingham)
• The grand final will be judged by an extra 2 judges, making 5 in total

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P=Played / W=Won / L=Lost / A=Away points

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