June 8, 2007
The Graffiti Project Completed
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| Shit We're Diggin: Doris Salcedo's Stacked Chairs
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"...This amazing art installation was made by Colombian sculptor Doris Salcedo for the International Instanbul Biennale in 2003. She used over 1,550 chairs stacked on an empty lot between two buildings!"
"Doris Salcedo makes sculptures and installations that function as political and mental archaeology, using domestic materials charged with significance and suffused with meanings accumulated over years of use in everyday life. Salcedo often takes specific historical events as her point of departure, conveying burdens and conflicts with precise and economical means." --White Cube
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Human Topiary Seen On The Streets of Vancouver
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Thanks, Kathreen!
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ABOVE's SIGN LANGUAGE TOUR: ROME, ITALY
Vatican city is a landlocked sovereign city-state whose territory consists of a walled enclave within the city of Rome. The Vatican is the smallest independent nation in the world. With Religion as the back/bone the Vatican is a naturally a Mecca for many visiting Nuns from around the world.
A Dyslexsic is able to find Amor in Roma without much effort! Many people associate Roma with being Romantic. I personally associate Roma with sore abdominal muscles due to leaning over and hanging upside down while painting backwards from a rooftop all night long.... Above
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June 7, 2007
Two Events Worth Attending On Saturday
There's two events this coming Saturday here in New York that we highly recommend checking out....
First, from 10am - 12pm, one of our favorite artists, James De La Vega, will be creating interactive artwork as part of the first ever public demonstration of Microsoft's new Surface Computing platform that was unveiled to major acclaim last week. The event will take place at the Sheraton New York Hotel & Towers at 811 7th Avenue (at 53rd Street)
Then, at 4pm Sara and I will be moderating The New Urban Interventionists panel at the Creators Series event here in Manhattan at the Altman Building at 135 West 18th Street
in Chelsea.
Here's the description of the panel:
How are street artists changing the way they interact with the urban canvas?
While street art is still widely created by spraying, pasting, stenciling, or stickering on public surfaces, it has also become a fertile ground for artists experimenting with more conceptual approaches, both high- and low-tech, for altering the urban canvas, sometimes permanently, sometimes momentarily. While New York-based Graffiti Research Lab takes a “geek graffiti” approach of creating open source technologies for the modern street artist, Leeds-based Paul Moose Curtis opts for more rudimentary methods, using a shoebrush and water to create wall art by selective erasure. Their discussion will examine the politics of reclaiming the streets; the urban artist’s evolving toolkit; the uneasy relationship between street art and commercial signage; and the value of impermanent, low-impact approaches to urban interventionism.
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WijKunst: Bringing Art to Grey Satellite Dishes
'WijKunst' (translated 'District-art') is a new project from Autobahn in Utrecht, Holland.
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Fresh Stuff From Cut Up Collective
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FedUp With Excess
Seen in Columbus Ohio
Artist: Vinchen
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Street Art in Google Street View
Ever since Google launched their Street View enhancement to Google Maps people have been on the hunt for interesting images that have been captured during the process. Matty found this piece by Adam5-100 in San Francisco.
Has anyone found any other examples?
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June 6, 2007
Faile's New York Show
As promised, here's the address for tomorrow night's public opening for the Faile show in Lower Manhattan. It's by far one of the best shows we've seen all year. It's definitely worth a trip downtown and proves that you don't need white walls and a Chelsea address to make an impact.
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Seen On The Seaside of Brighton
photo by: JAmp5
From Jan - "I really like how the rusty metal makes a crown of thorns"
We do too.
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June 5, 2007
KNOW HOPE's Beautiful Candlelit Street Art
KNOW HOPE is an artists from Tel-Aviv who creates handmade drawings out of paper and then lites them up with candles.
The artists tells us:
"What i like about the lanterns is that it deals with the frail temporary aspect of putting up art in street.if i take the best case scenario (that nobody takes the piece after a short while and there are no extreme winds or rain) then the longest life span of these pieces will be that of the candles, which is probably just a few hours. therefore, when someone runs into it on the street they know that it was placed there not so long ago and they, by coincidence, got there in the small time frame that the piece was "active", hopefully giving them the feeling that it was placed there especially for them, and maybe guiding them,following them home and subtly lighting up their way."
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Fresh Stuff From Bonom & Lork
The latest work from Bonom & Lork runs the length of an entire block in the center of Brussels, near the Central Station and directly opposite to the statue of the former King Boudewijn/Baudouin the First.
The King was known for his fierce stance against abortion.
(Thanks, Alex)
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Seen On The Streets of Leerdam in the Netherlands
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Project Chimera
Seamlessly integrating photography into the natural environment, Project Chimera is the latest work from Anastasia Muna. You can see more of her wonderful work here.
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ABOVE's SIGN LANGUAGE TOUR: BELGRADE SERBIA
"The first time I went to Belgrade was from Budapest and the train ride was probably the most unpredictable and uneasy ride of my life. The Second time I went to Belgrade I was arriving from Sofia, Bulgaria was one of the most scenic train rides I feel I have ever experienced. The Train route went thru thick Forrest's that ran parallel to a blue and green rivers and large mountain ranges. Once in Belgrade this city was something like none other city I could relate to. The city had a European Feel but at the same time still held true to its natural charms and characteristics. The Graffiti and Street scenes in Belgrade appeared to be young but growing at their own unique pace and style.
*A big thank you to OGI for letting me sleep on your floor and ANGEL, BOEM, LORE and KATA for taking me around Belgrade for painting and late night fun.".. Above
On May 7th, 1999 Operation Allied Force (NATO) bombs hit the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade. The United States and NATO later apologized for the bombing, saying that it occurred because of an outdated map provided by the CIA. The Building of the Ministry of Defence which is considered to be the masterpiece of post-war architecture was also
bombed in 1999 from NATO attacks. Both Bombed out NATO buildings are on the same street line that runs thru Belgrade. That Street is known by locals and news reporters as the DEAD/LINE. It was very shocking I must add to say that the bombed out Embassy and the Ministry Buildings remains are still very visible and un-repaired.
In Serbia the Alphabet is called Cyrillic. Cyrillic has a lot of edges and angles in their letter structures. Not many alphabets can even come close to Cyrillic in style and form. Unfortunately these letters are made a free/style and have nothing to do with the Cyrillic Alphabet. Shame on me!
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Masthead by Fletch
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June 4, 2007
Shit We're Diggin': Rockin Blocks' Graffiti ABC Blocks
As seen on Etsy.
(via daddytypes)
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