472 pages Edited by Tilt Text(s) by David Pontille & Evelyne Toussaint Foreword by Henry Chalfant Designed by Martin Clamens Language: French, English 24 x 16,5 cm Paperback Publisher: Protée Publisher Collector edition of 150 signed and numbered copies, including an original hand-finished 15 x 21 cm print. Both the book and the print are signed and numbered by Tilt. Each print is unique: a yellow throw-up made from a hand-cut stencil, then painted, outlined and buffed on paper Archive edition of 50 signed and numbered hardcover copies of Never Ending Story, built in three layers of uniqueness. The cover: a different material and colour for every copy, with a unique throw-up photograph embossed into it (randomly selected). The 15 x 21 cm print: a hand-cut stencil painted, outlined and buffed in pink, over a photograph selected by Tilt, signed and numbered on the back. The cover and print photographs are never the same. Both the book and the print are signed by Tilt 2026
Please note that the Archive edition will be dispatched as follows: the first 20 copies ship from early July, the remaining 30 from early August. You'll receive a confirmation email with the timing for your copy, and we'll gladly adapt if you'd prefer to delay shipment to late August or September.
"Tilt's throwies are plump, jolly beings, with a wonderful harmony between line and space. They shake, rattle and roll, even on a concrete wall." Henry Chalfant, co-author of Subway Art (1984)
During lockdown, Tilt — a French graffiti artist from Toulouse, internationally renowned for his graffiti — took on a wild challenge: painting one throw-up a day. More than 700 appeared across his city, only to vanish soon after under layers of buff paint.
From this repetitive practice — both ephemeral and obsessive — this book was born. A deep dive into the aesthetics of appearance and disappearance, Never Ending Story documents two decades of gestures, traces, and erasures.
Featuring international legends such as Moses, Taps, Nop2, Seen, Pemex, OsGemeos, Remio, Fish, Puls, Padre… this book is both a tribute to one of graffiti’s most essential practices and a reflection on repetition, memory, and the persistence of the trace.
More than just a photo book, Never Ending Story is a unique visual and theoretical testimony, bringing together Tilt’s hands-on experience, the insights of researchers, and the perspective of a pioneer like Henry Chalfant.
