From Babelgum "When artist Aakash Nihalani moved from the suburbs to NYC he was compelled by its symmetry. As an organic response he started laying down tape on the streets and on buildings, creating brightly colored sticker tape boxes framing aspects of the city he wanted to show people, creating tableaus from real life. Both uncomfortable at potentially defacing property by using permanent materials, and enraged at the continued treatment of public artists as vandals, we join him as he brings 3D to his work for the first time, via use of mirrors and passers-by, and discuss why impermanence is important to the acceptance of street art." Watch in big on babelgum.com
Another wicked stencil of the week chosen by the good people from StencilhistoryX. I had not heard about the artist Two Twelve (2:12) before but his works looks very promising. More important then the picture this week, is the timelapse movie. Check it after the jump. Oh and don't forget to visit SHX .
There's no better way for a spray paint brand to be represented than by street and graffiti artists. Ironlak appearantly weaponed themselves with a writers team as well, and one of their honorable knights is the skilled Mr Wany. Watch him kill it in this video and pull out your wallets for some Ironlak. Thanks 2 nine-o for finding the video.
If you've never seen Inside/Outside by Rosforth, here's your chance! Instead of downloading it from slow torrents or order it from the middle of fuckwhere USA, you can now stream the whole movie from your favorite whacking chair! Inside/Outside by the Swedish production house Rosforth is THE movie to watch when it comes to street art in it's current form, featuring some of the most inspiring artists they could find like the wise Swoon, KR, Posterboy and the best character in street art: ZEVS. It's definitely worth watching, actualy I wouldn't be surprised if this public release leads to mass defacing of advertisement and 'krinking' of mailboxes. Anyway, enjoy.
And the best wishes to the LSD Massives! These guys make it obvious there's something more going on then just a few dudes painting on the streets. Check the recap of 2009 and enjoy all the wonderfull things done that year. Let's make 2010 even more amazing. Join the movement!
I don't own an Iphone, but this is pretty wicked! Link thanks to meneerdezwart.
" DustTag is an iPhone application designed for graffiti writers that visualizes the motion involved in the creation of a tag. It is basically the iPhone version of Evan Roth his Graffiti Analysis tool, just with a little less bells and whistles but some typical iPhone features. You can write tags on the iPhone and upload them as .gml files (Graffiti Markup Language) to the 000000book.com website. Evan designed this app together with Chris Sugrue. Support them and buy this app for just $1.99!"
This project reminded me a bit of the Belgium village Doel we went to and reported on a few months back. But where Doel is a village abandoned by it's previous inhabitants because of the expansion of the harbor of Antwerp, this village on the coast of Scotland never has seen any villagers, because they never came! It's been since the 70's that these houses have been empty and now the Agents of Change have honored their name by transforming this abandoned village in an amazing art gallery. The artists that participated are Timid, Remi/Rough, System, Stormie Mills, Juice 126 and Derm.
Please believe me, this video is absolutely worth ten minutes of your time! You don't even have to stop stuffing your face with x-mas cookies to watch it, so just put it on HD and full screen and enjoy it!
Seems interesting enough! Keep an eye out for this upcoming DVD with 100% hardcore bombing action on trains and subways in Paris, Milano, Rome, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Hamburg, Antwerp, Utrecht, Bologna, Lisbon, Barcelona and beyond
Since I've been roaming Vimeo and Youtube anyway, found this nice video on the (r)evolution of urban art. An exhibition currently going in the Warrington museum, UK. Seems quite interesting. More info here.
"Urban Art has its origins in street graffiti, spray-paint and stencils, but now it can also be seen on canvas and limited edition prints, making it a mainstream movement. This exhibition explores how Urban Art references the history of art. Through observation, research and discussion with some of the artists, similarities in styles and ideals are highlighted.
(R)Evolution of Urban Art brings together work from 15 internationally acclaimed artists: Banksy, Blek le Rat, Gavin Turk, Adam Neate, David Choe, Faile, Lorraine Robbins, Antony Micallef, Ron English, José Parlá, Elbow-toe, Sam Taylor-Wood, Candice Tripp, Swoon and Takashi Murakami."
