Blek Le Rat Box Set
Fri >> Dec 25, 2009
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From Villas:
"This year was a really "baby boom" in my little circle of friends... I got really touched more than one time when I had this nice surprise hearing that a big friend was becoming a father/mother... That really inspired me in a production of a serie of graffiti attacks called "my little playground", that is all about kids playing arround.
I´m sending some photos of my last one as my christmas card so we can share this love with all the childrens of our lives and for the children that whe have inside as well...:) This piece is a special tribute to love and it´s dedicated to Lola, Bruna, Marti y Lluc, Theo, Miguel, Antonio Laudo, Pedro, Gustavo e Eduardo, Vitória, Violeta, Antonio Pedro, Beatriz and all kids of your friends too!" Have a nice christmas and a wonderful 2010!"
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Artist: Dimitris Taxis
Wed >> Dec 23, 2009
Title: Money makes the merry-go-round
Date: 21st December 2009
Site: Bank of England/The Royal Exchange, City of London
Twelve carousel horses created from recent issues of The Financial Times, with garlands made from replicated international bank notes. The bucking and galloping horses sit upon golden poles, circling the area. Reflecting the ups and downs of the world’s stock market, and financial climate.The carousel placed in London's financial district of Bank reflects on the city as a financial playground.
The Ghostvillage Project from Agents Of Change on Vimeo.
The Ghostvillage Project was created over 3 days on the west coast of Scotland. 6 artists - Timid, Remi/Rough, System, Stormie Mills, Juice 126, Derm - were given free reign to paint in an abandoned 1970s village.
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Artist: La Robot de Madera
Artist; CEKIS
If you're in Los Angeles, today (Wednesday) is the final day to see Chile Estyle, Pablo Aravena's wonderfully curated street art show at the Carmichael Gallery. It's the first time anyone has mounted a show of this kind in the US. Artists include Cekis and Inti, Horate, La Robot de Madera and Agotok.
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Mon >> Dec 21, 2009
More from Dan here.
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Why is it ok to take down someone else's work (/advertisement) and put my work up instead:
The message of this work is not "buy! buy! buy!" it is "look, enjoy, think, like, don't like, form an opinion." It engages viewers in a dialogue which advertisements do not. Each piece of art put in a public space, in place of an ad, is an opportunity for viewers to reconnect with the space they inhabit.
I didn't sign this work:
If this poster were an advertisement for me-as an artist-it would be just as problematic as a conventional, legally paid for ad. Jordan Seiler uses this quote from Lewis Hyde's The Gift to describe his work: "unlike economic exchange, a gift has no expectation of return." As a gift to the city, I have no expectation that this work will garner recognition or accolades. It was a very small way to change a very large cityscape. It was perhaps a utopian gesture which has the potential to lead to more concretely efficacious ones.
Just getting my feet wet:
As I prepared for my project (reading about street art, about Jordan Seiler's work, about resident/public-space interaction) the holes in it became quite clear to me. I'm not sure such an obviously political work is the best use of reappropriated ad space; it's a case of the message is the medium; I think just putting a piece of art in a space conventionally used for advertisements is enough of a message itself. Or perhaps I just needed to put my work in a more specific location---out side the TimeWarner center or maybe even very close to a news stand. My lack of experience entering the instillation limited me in some ways in these options.
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More from Alexandros here.
(Thanks Maria)
More from David here and Pablo S. Herrero here.
Photos by Romanywg
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Wed >> Dec 16, 2009
EL CAMINOxEXIST 1981xTOCAYO from EXIST1981 on Vimeo.
Cuban-born illustrator (Tocayo) collaborates with San Diego street artist (Exist 1981) on El Camino restaurant in Little Italy, SD.
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From David:
"I was recently invited by Vhils to Lisbon as a guest painter at the annual VSP (Visual Street Performance) show. VSP is an annual live painting event which takes place in the Portuguese cities of Porto and Lisbon. This year VSP took over a huge semi-derelict school in the heart of Lisbon to be decorated by a host of Portuguese talent (including Vhils, Hium, Klit, Mosaik and more) Previous guests include CASE, Xenz, Sickboy.
I spent an amazing 5 days there painting, meeting all the crew, eating great seafood and talking to some very passionate and inspiring artists and art lovers. Thanks to all that made it a great trip."
Show runs 26th Nov - 20th Dev 2009
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