Faith of Graffiti Book & Print
Blek Le Rat Box Set
Tue >> Jul 13, 2010
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One Not To Miss: Kelsey Brookes Now at New Image Art in Los Angeles
Wed >> Jul 7, 2010
"Here is our latest wall. This time my friend Paris Koutsikos and I had the pleasure to collaborate with the 73 years old Greek painter Andonis Kyriakoulis. Andonis had never done a mural before and at this age it would be a bit risky to climb on the crane and paint directly on the wall. So the wheatpaste was a sort of comfortable solution. The piece writes (actually demands) "Mάσα, Ξάπλα, Τέμπελιά" which can be somehow translated as "Eat, Sleep and Shit"... Alexandros Vasmoulakis
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Posted by marc at 9:23 PM in Walls |
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"After Polonia, I travel to Miajadas (Extremadura) in the center of Spain. I was there i a really great event curated by San. Miajadas is a very small town and the experience was crazy and very very sunny. I meet there also some good friends like Sam3, Nano4814 and Herbert Baglione. I hope that more pics will be uploaded in the blog from the event" ... escif
Posted by marc at 9:14 PM in Walls |
Wed >> Jul 7, 2010
"Jay Shells is the man behind Subway Etiquette, a new project that uses silk screen signs, which look identical to official transit signs, to speak not just to New Yorkers but all commuters, asking for a simple thing: Respect. Jay’s signs request that the reader does not do things like eat messy foods, preach their own religious beliefs or cut their toenails while riding the subway. What seems to be common sense is actually happening at every turn - bothering everyone around them. However our own concern with politeness keeps us from speaking up. We follow Jay from his silk screening studio in The New School, through the stairwells and tunnels of the New York Subway System, posting signs that hopefully remind us all to be a little more courteous. "
Posted by marc at 9:01 PM in Activism |
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More from the Festival here.
"As most who live in or visit Lisbon and most southern European cities will know from experience, there exists an eagle-eyed population of women who spend their days keeping watch over the street outside their window, one phone call away from reporting any wayward activity to the police – in effect, functioning as an alternate version of CCTV in these neighbourhoods. So within Collective CC’s intervention – in addition to the clever re-contextualization of the role these women serve – is another great visual joke. The signs that Collective CC has secretively placed beneath these women’s windows is a perfect copy of the omnipresent Securitas security/CCTV company visual identity."... Scott Burnham -
From Alexander:
"My art practice focuses on the notion of the “inner landscape”. Using generally discarded materials, I make objects as an invitation to the viewer to engage her/his own inner life in order to assign meaning to the artwork.
The cut book art has been made by working through the books, page by page, cutting around some of the illustrations while removing others. The images seen in the finished work, are left standing in the place where they would appear in the complete book. As a final step the book is sealed around the cut, and can no longer be opened. As we remember the books from our own past, certain fragments remain with us while others fade away over time – phrases and passages, mental images we created, the way the stories made us feel and the thoughts they inspired"
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Photo by Ana Alvarez-Errecalde
Photo by Ana Alvarez-Errecalde
Jorge Rodriguez-Gerada's latest sand painting was created (transformed and undone) on July 3rd, 2010. The portrait is of Enric Miralles, a Spanish architect who died at the early age 44 leaving an amazing legacy. His wife, architect Benedetta Tagliabue and their studio EMBT, organized the work and a picnic for family and friends to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Enric´s death.
Freedom Tunnel from Charles le Brigand on Vimeo.
"Under Manhattan’s Upper West side, runs the “Freedom” Tunnel. Built in the 30’s by Robert Moses, the passage boasts legendary graffiti murals and piles of debris remaining of the past homeless city era. After using it for only a couple of years, Amtrak discontinued the line and left a massive cavern which later became a shelter for street people. Progressively, the tunnel turned into a veritable underground metropolis where thousands of homeless were living in organized communities underneath the city’s skin.
The tunnel also became a prime spot for graffiti artists. Chris Pape, aka Freedom, was one of the pioneers and his work inspired the name of the tunnel. “Freedom” painted immense murals utilizing the unique lighting provided by the ventilation ducts, turning the tunnel into an extraordinary underground art gallery. Some of his most notable paintings survived for decades and are still conspicuous today (“Venus de Milo”, the “Coca-Cola Mural”, Dali’s “Melting Clock”,a self-portrait featuring a male torso with a spray-can head, etc.).
In 1991, Amtrak decided to reopen the tunnel. The shanty towns were cleared out by the police and homeless were evicted. Although deserted, the tunnel is now an active train line and a stunning experience for urban explorers.
It is a bizarre blend of dark and light, silence and rumble, solitude and multitude. As you penetrate the tunnel and walk along the tracks, the sunbeams perforating the ceiling and highlighting the railway gives the place a post-nuclear feel. Voices from children playing above in Riverside Park sound like lost souls and trains whistling and roaring through the ruins of the shanty towns send chills down your spine.
This is one of the most uncommon and fascinating journeys I’ve ever taken."
Posted by marc at 7:15 AM in Video |
Having been fans of STRANGEco's for a while now, we loved seeing that they're still putting out terrific products. Their latest production is Mr. Spray designed by Shepard Fairey, based on a wheatpaste he created in 2004 as a riff on an advertising character of the 1950s.
More details are here.
Posted by marc at 7:05 AM in Toys |
Mon >> Jul 5, 2010
More from NEVE here.
Posted by marc at 10:58 AM in Walls |
If you're heading to San Diego for the "Viva la Revolucion" exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art of San Diego (from July 17th) be sure to take the "Space Invader Walk" around the city and find the 21 space invaders that Invader placed in in Downtown San Diego.
As you can see the photo above, the tiles were placed in the city to create a huge space invader on the map.
Posted by marc at 10:28 AM in Walls |