July 23, 2005
Photos From The Dark
We're thrilled to see that one of our favorite
artists, The Dark from Vancouver, has a Flickr photostream. You can peep it here.
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| New York | July 30 | HUSTLENOMICS II :Return Of The Hustle
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Melbourne | August 5 | Spray & Wipe
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Concept Box Book - Call For Submissions
We've been fans of TVboy and his Concept Box Magazine for quite some time, so we were thrilled to learn that TVboy has gound a publisher for a Concept Box Book. The book, to be published by Arpabooks will be in both Italian and English and will be released in December.
So if you would like to submite your sticker logos (see above) you need to send Tvboy the image on a white background. Digital files(VECTOR OR JPGS 5x5 CM - 300DPI) should be emailed to conceptboxthebook (at) libero (dot) it
Or send stickers by mail to:
CONCEPT BOX (r) THE BOOK
C/O TVBOY
C/ DE LA MARINA 92, 5e, 2a
C.P. 08018 BARCELONA
(BCN) CATALUNYA
SPAIN
The deadline is September 1, 2005
For more info, go here.
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Costa Mesa | July 23 | Buddy System
Costa Mesa, Ca-Over/Under is proud to present BUDDY SYSTEM by BUDDY LEMBEK :
Opening at The ARTery in The LAB on July 23, 2005 from 7pm-11pm, buddy
system is an exhibition of photos, video, and recent 2Dworks that takes a
look into the names, means, and documentation employed by the artist to
proliferate and celebrate high-risk street art in the public arena.
The ARTery sponsored by Over/Under Magazine is an 8³ x 40³ shipping
container transformed into a walkthrough community art gallery. Located at
The LAB in Costa Mesa, The ARTery is at the heart of the urban resurgence of
Southern California. The ARTery is dedicated to supporting emerging artists
through their exhibitions. Each artist will be presented in a solo or group
show that will last the duration of one month. In addition to the show, each
artist will be featured within Over/Under, The SoBeCa Newsletter as well as
promoted through The LAB³s collaborative efforts to further support the
artisan community.
Over/Under (www.overundermag.com) is an independent quarterly publication
that bridges the gap between artists of all mediums, cultural communities,
and the general public, resulting in an exposé of underground, accessible
slices of passion and expression. Exploring worldly destinations and
suburban sprawls, Over/Under aims to dissect the mainstream to find what is
often looked ³over² and never looked ³under.²
The ARTery @ the LAB
2930 Bristol St.
Costa Mesa CA 92626
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Shit We're Diggin'... The Public Art of Seyed Avavi
"Signs of the Times" was conceived in direct response to the location and function of the traffic utility boxes, and uses the pedestrian stick figure in order to present a series of poetic vignettes. This site specific project utilizes a context familiar to the viewer, in order to present situations that are funny, accessible and engaging. Each artwork aims to be read as a sign, which asks one to reflect on some of the issues surrounding the nature of our lives as human beings.
The designs for each of the seventeen boxes were developed in collaboration with eight students from Emeryville High School, (Taruna Aggarwal, Brittany Drummer, Alonzo Gomez, Lisa Kuma, Sanjeshni Lata, Kevin Lazo, Jose Martinez and Ashlee Sentman) over a period of two months.
"I met with ten high school students over the course of ten weeks to explore this concept; encouraging them to create their own "portrait of self" utilizing the various tools and techniques of photography. Starting with pin-hole cameras and then using 35mm, the participants engaged in a process of insightful play. Afterwards, they digitally manipulated and constructed their images; layering them with meanings, moods and emotions. The participants studied the unique characteristics of the site and set out to use the medium of large format prints, to create pieces that at first glance referred to the advertising images that are displayed in similar "store" contexts. However, these images would, on closer examination, reveal greater depth and complexity."
You can see more of Seyed's projects here
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Seen On The Streets of Vancouver
Artists: The Vandel Squad
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DUIU Invisible NYC in collaboration
DUIU
Invisible NYC in collaboration with Metro Color Collision is pleased to present DIY: The Aesthetics of Life. Unlike other group shows, the artists here have created works directly pertaining to their lives as artists who choose to dissociate from corporate strongholds and make their own clothes, jewelry, stuffed animals or anything that turns unique art objects into a lifestyle and vice versa. Did they figure out the perfect existence to incorporate punk rock productivity and creative innovations? Their creative drive is entirely infused into their daily existence; for them, art is inextricably linked to life as creation is the sole means of survival. This exhibition hopes to convey not only their DIY aesthetics of self-reliance and self-sufficiency but also a philosophy carried on in the true spirit of modern anarchy.
From earlier situationist ideas regarding radical currents of change came the modern notions of social anarchy that these artists embrace. Their work is redolent with many of these ideas including the reclaiming of the contemporary industrial environment, the refusal to fall prey to marketing schemes and enticing labels (think AdBusters), and the liberation of the person from the social and psychological impositions inevitable in urban situations. The artists featured in this exhibition provide a new vision of an old concept that seeks to investigate and assess the mechanics of modern life.
Each featured artist has adapted the DIY ideas that we are presenting as objects of use but more importantly as singular pieces of art. The work of Milton Carter, Joanna Stein, Christine Cioffari, Kayte Terry, Vadis Turner and Kim Cherubin presents an alternative to brand names and corporate logos in this group exhibition. This show is curated by Metro Color Collision, the curatorial team of Julie Fishkin and Matt Lucas. Metro Color Collision is an independent curatorial collective whose aim is to combine creativity and originality in an idea-based exhibition without space constrictions and specific wall obligations. In existence since 2003, MCC works with local artists and galleries as a continuous conduit for creative energy.
DIY: The Aesthetics of Life will be on view from August 4th to September 3rd, 2005. There will be an opening reception on August 4th from 6 to 9 PM.
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July 22, 2005
Fresh Stuff From Os Gemeos in Sao Paulo, Brazil
(Thanks, Ricardo!)
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Vitamin_F Mix by Maya Hayuk
This week's Vitamin_F mix was put together by Maya Hayuk in New York. If you're not yet familiar with the Vitamin_F Podcast series, every Friday we put up an exclusive mix of music from a different artist from the Wooster Collective website. The Vitamin_F series is curated by Vinnie Ray
Vitamin_f Podcast #12: Maya Hayuk "Summer of Love Battles" Mix
Length: 1 hour 14 min 47 seconds
1 x ray specs-Germfree Adolescents
2 julie ruin-Breakout a Town
3 Back In The New York Groove
4 brian eno-passage of time
5 damned-Dozen Girls
6 dre. dre-surgery
7 revolutionary control committee-rebel without a pause
8 track 8-aldo nova-juice newton (maya's mash-up)- fantasy
9 freak nasty - da dip
10 gary numan-Cars ('E' Reg Extended Model)
11 gun club-She's like Heroin to me
12 langley school project- Mandy
13 led zep-Down By The Seaside
14 mellow candle-Lonely Man
15 nanette natal-annies magical brew.
16 olivia tremor control-California Demise
17 os brazoes-tao longe de mim
18 poppy family-evil grows
19 sammy johns- chevy van
20 sniff & the bears-drivers seat
21 Welcome Back
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Seen On The Streets of Mexicali, Mexico
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Shit We're Diggin'.... The Murals of Die Laughing in Hobart, Tasmania,
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I <3 MY VAGINA
From Kate:
"lots of sweet graffiti in ann arbor, mi. pro- feminism. positive body image. uterus with heart, and i (heart) my vagina.
i like to sit near my graffiti on saturday afternoons and listen to little kids shout "I heart my vagina!!!" as they pass by... innocently reading my message as they step over it, but hopefully internalizing it as well."
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July 21, 2005
Style in Progress - Toronto
"SIP = Style In Progress went down this weekend in T dot. an annual summit revolvin round graffiti/hippidy hop culture. Rhythmicru was invited to paint Saturday at Yonge and Dundas Sq. Toronto's grotesque copycat of times square. flashy billboards everywhere and tons of people so the Snowyowl and I (charlie green) rocked sum media bombardement messages tons of mad talent and cool encounters" charlie green, www.rhythmicru.ca
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Jenny Holzer's "For Pittsburgh" - Photos?
Last night Jenny Holzer was to illuminate the city of Pittsburgh with a new projection project called "For Pittsburgh" in which the text of three books set in Pittsburgh would scroll into the sky using Holzer's signature blue LED lights.Anyone have any photos?
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Mexico City | July 30 | Casa Contaminada
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Pasadena | July 23 | The Everywhere Show
The EVERYWHERE SHOW
Exhibition runs July 23 - Aug. 16, 2005
Opening Reception Sat, July 23, 7-9 pm
Gary Baseman
Tim Biskup
Marcel Dzama
Friends With You
Camille Rose Garcia
James Marshall (Dalek)
Mark Ryden
Shag
Shepard Fairey
The EVERYWHERE SHOW is a celebration of artists leaving their mark
on all media everywhere. The new generation of fine artists whose voice
comes from Popular Culture and uses their new language to find small
human truths about our generation through their art. Many came from
commercial art, like Warhol, learning to become Master Visual Message
Makers, eventually rejecting the confines of compromise in message.
MENDENHALL SOBIESKI GALLERY
40 Mills Place € Pasadena, CA 91105 € ph: 626-535-9757
Tuesday - Friday, 10am to 6pm Saturday, noon to 6pm
Sunday, noon to 5pm. Closed Monday.
http://www.mendenhallsobieskigallery.com/contact/email/0705/main0705.htm
http://www.garybaseman.com
http://www.friendswithyou.com
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Peep The You Are I Am Book Project
The amazing team at You Are Beautiful have put online a sneak peak of their incredible "You Are I Am" book project111 books were sent to people all over the world. Each book was returned a year later with the 300 pages filled with art from probably thousands of people from all over the world. The books will be on display in Chicago in late July & the month of August.
You can find out more about the project here.
#53 New York, New York
Host: Nina Mouritzen
#41 Cape Town, South Africa
Host: Circus
Ninjas
#56 Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Host: Justin Kees
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Seen On The Streets of Southampton
(Thanks, Carlton!)
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July 20, 2005
Wooster Hits Nolita - This Coming Monday, July 25
This coming Monday, July 25th, Sara and I will be
moderating a terrific panel on street art at the Mc Nally Robinson Bookstore in
Nolita, not too far from where we live.
It's a fantastic panel consisting of some of our favorite people - the amazing Martha Cooper, Dan Witz, Michael DeFeo, and Kelly Burns.
We'll be meeting up with everyone for beers afterwards, so drop us a note if you plan on coming along. We'll most likely hit the Spring Street Lounge after things wrap up at Mc Nally Robinson.
See you there!.
It's a fantastic panel consisting of some of our favorite people - the amazing Martha Cooper, Dan Witz, Michael DeFeo, and Kelly Burns.
We'll be meeting up with everyone for beers afterwards, so drop us a note if you plan on coming along. We'll most likely hit the Spring Street Lounge after things wrap up at Mc Nally Robinson.
See you there!.
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Beautiful City Billboard Fee
Our friend Dixon in Canada sent us a note yesterday with what we thought was a terrific idea. Them.ca has launched a new project called "The Beautiful City Billboard Fee" (BCBF) in which billboard companies pay an annual fee with proceeds going to support public art. Sort of balancing out the scales a bit.
According to a Pollara public opinion poll, a majority of Canadians support the institution of a fee on billboard advertising that would be redirected into public art. A total of 2006 Canadian adults participated in the survey, 66% of which supported the fee and 11% were opposed. (?2.2%, 19/20) This result was closely mirrored in Toronto, with 66% of participants supporting the proposal and only 15% opposed (?8.3%, 19/20).
The primary objectives of the BCBF are: 1) beautification of the city; 2) creation of employment for artists and 3) diversifying access to visual communication in public spaces to reflect the creativity and multiplicity that exists in Canada's urban centres.
Them.ca proposes a charge of $6.00 per sq. foot of billboard space per year. Those funds will then be redirected towards public art. Thus, five 15'x25' billboards could subsidize one small art piece for the cost of $10 000.00 (allowing $1250.00 for administrative and maintenance expenses incurred by city and granting bodies).
On a larger scale, the estimated 5000 billboards in Toronto could generate six million dollars for public art per year.
Jim Garrard, a previous Executive Director of the Toronto Arts Council said - "...To me there's room for advertising in the world in moderation and in balance with other kinds of messages. We don't have that. Our 'pure' artists are certainly at a disadvantage when it comes to resources. A reasonable balance between conflicting agendas is what we always hope for. Seeing more of the best work of our best artists in public places would contribute to that. That would also make this city and the world better places to live in,""
For more information including: quotes, sources, FAQ, a copy of the full proposal, resources, images and the findings from poll, fo to - http://bcbf.them.ca
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Fresh Stuff From 10 troi syl20 in Le Havre , France
(click to enlarge)
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July 19, 2005
New York | July 21| Tony Bones and Resk
Orchard Street Art Gallery presents Tonybones & Resk
This Thursday night, July 21, from 7-10pm
Tonybones hails from the wilds of east texas, not much is known about
this illusive wretch other than that he has a taste for cheap liquor
and a passion for powertools. once thought to be part alligator,
researchers have concluded that he is in fact just ugly.
little or less is known about Resk. while mining for precious ore in
the hills, south american miners found him drinking the blood of a
large chilean woman. some signs point to mental retardation but most
who know him agree he's probably just drunk.
the two of these apes plan to make a really big mess, and eventually
set the gallery on fire. no less than four fights will break out and
at least 3 people will be killed. no arrests will be made as the
police will be busy trying to solve the case of the missing twinkie.
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Seen On The Streets Melbourne
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M-City Hits Budapest
M-City has put up a new mural this week. This time in Millenaris Park in Budapest, Hungary. You can check it out here.
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Catchin Up With... Justin Kees in Amsterdam
"Just wanted to let you know about a collaboration wall that went up here in Amsterdam on Sunday afternoon. For the cheap price of a "few" beers 7 shots of tequila (actually turned out more like 21 shots) and materials, Galo arranged for a new collaboration wall to be drawn in Cafe De Buurvrouw here in Amsterdam's Red Light District. Armed with a hand full of black markers, 5 hours later the wall was finished, just in time for the bars nightly dregs to begin to arrive.
The artists included; Galo, Justin Kees, Two Things, Aiko, Tina Villa, Abnormal, Cold World, and Imtek. For more pictures click here.
This is the same wall that Skewville wrote about last year."... Justin Kees
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July 18, 2005
WK's EXTERIOR INTERIOR
Congratutions to our friend WK on the release of his book, WK INTERACT, Exterior Interior act 2.After over two years of working on it with the German publisher DGV the book is finally available in EUROPE: UK,Paris, Italy, Berlin, and Spain. Look for it soon at WK's store in New York's Lower East Side.
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Storker--Pollock Pigeons Invade Baltimore
"just checkin in with some new stuff. i did some tape pigeon installations with a friend this weekend in baltimore. (up there for chris stain/billy mode's street art show)."... storker
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July 17, 2005
New Swoon In Soho
It's been quite some time since Swoon has put up any
new pieces in downtown Manhattan. So we were pleased to see that last week, to
coincide with her opening at the Deitch Gallery, Swoon hit Soho with some new
work. The piece above can be found on Mercer near the Angelica Film Center
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