About Vandalog:
Vandalog began in October 2008 as the place for people to keep up to date on what’s going on with street art. If something matters in the world of street art, you can read about it on Vandalog. This is the blog, but we are also on Twitter, tumblr, flickr and Facebook. And there’s an online shop.
Writers:
RJ Rushmore – Editor-in-Chief
RJ is a 20-something student living in Philadelphia and attending Haverford College. He hasn’t been involved with street art very long, only since early 2008, but it’s quickly become how he spends most of his free time. RJ has written a book, curated some shows, made some videos for Babelgum and is currently working part time at Haverford College’s Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery. When he didn’t get to be editor-in-chief of his high school newspaper, he decided to start Vandalog and show those idiots that they made a big mistake. Some of RJ’s favorite street artists are Jenny Holzer, Shepard Fairey, John Fekner, Judith Supine and Swoon.
Stephanie Keller – Managing Editor
Stephanie is a recent graduate of the George Washington University where she studied journalism and communication. Hailing from the Jersey shore (unfortunately), Stephanie became introduced to street art while studying abroad in London in late 2009. Abandoning her career path in music pr and management, she began to delve into the world of urban art and began reading as many contemporary art books she could get her hands on before graduation. A self-proclaimed Anglophile, Stephanie will be returning to London in Fall 2010 to pursue a Master’s Degree in Contemporary Arts from the Sotheby’s Institute of Art. When she does manage to pull her nose out of art books, Stephanie likes to bike, watch old Hitchcock films, and cook a mean mushroom risotto. Some of her favorite artists include Miss Van, Keith Haring, Luke Chueh, Yoshitomo Nara and David LaChapelle.
Caroline Caldwell – Contributing Writer
Caroline Caldwell is a student, artist, dancer, photographer, DJ, and all-around troublemaker. She enjoys classical music, film and literature, as well as science and culture studies. Caroline grew up on the outskirts of Philadelphia, where she developed an interest in urban culture, dance, and graffiti writing at the age of fifteen. When she was kicked out of a high school art class a year later, this interest grew to include street art. As it turned out, most art looked better on brick walls and train stations then in classroom closets. Enthralled by the idea of visually modifying public space, Caroline soon found her way out of the science section and into a culture that did not seek approval, that was not created for anybody and yet exists for everybody.
Gaia – Contributing Writer
Gaia is a Brooklyn and Baltimore based street artist with a background in Printmaking and Sculpture. Marrying the animal and the human form, Gaia conjures mysterious figures that carry a heavy sense of mythology and recall a past when man and nature were once united. These romantic creatures stand in relief to the urban environment as they lurk and beckon in the city’s forgotten and neglected spaces. The conveyance of their story relies on the chance coincidence with a passerby, and even in that intimate moment, their narrative is precarious and delicate.
Shower – Contributing Writer
Tom, or Shower as he is known to many of his friends, recently graduated with a masters degree in urban design. However his passion for the city; design, architecture, street art and urban interventions was fostered whilst studying for an undergraduate geography degree. Inspired, and with a long standing interest in history, Tom sought to research graffiti’s roots, and as such credits Martha Cooper, Henry Chalfant, Tony Silver, Charlie Ahern, and the plethora of early writers for shaping his way of thinking. This desire to learn more was furthered by regular visits to London’s East End and seeing street work first hand, by artists; Sweet Toof, Cyclops, Rowdy, Sickboy, Eine, Banksy, Faile and Mighty Mo amongst others. Five years later and no longer a student, Tom enjoys any creative individuals who desire to change, adapt and re-think their surroundings with their artwork, with notable nods of appreciation towards Bast, Blu, Invader, Mark Jenkins, Skewville, and Brad Downey.
Lois Stavsky – Contributing Writer
Lois Stavsky is an educator, curator and writer with a particular passion for global street art. She has recently contributed to: Stickers: Stuck-Up Piece of Crap: From Punk Rock to Contemporary Art, Rizzoli, 2010; C215: Community Service, Criteres, 2011 and Graffiti: 365, Abrams Books, to be released in fall, 2011.
Friends of Vandalog – everybody who has contributed to Vandalog at some point as a contributor or guest poster:
Monica Campana – Living Walls: The City Speaks
Elisa Carmichael – Carmichael Gallery
Simon Cole – Show & Tell Gallery
Frances Corry – Columbia Spectator
Dave the Chimp – He’s an artist
Jordan Seiler – Public Ad Campaign
Alison Young – Images to Live By
Comment guidelines:
At Vandalog, we encourage readers to comment on posts. Discussion and feedback can be great. That said, RJ does moderate the comments. The vast majority of comments do get approved quickly, but some are not. There aren’t any hard and fast rules about how comments are moderated on Vandalog, but here are some general guidelines about what will probably not get posted: excessive or unnecessary cursing, obscene personal insults, unnecessarily sexually explicit remarks, threats of violence, anything potentially libelous anything that could put Vandalog in a potentially problematic legal situation, revealing or hints of revealing artists identities and personal insults which are irrelevant to the topic of the post. Do not unnecessarily throw in a link to your website at the end of your comment like an email signature, that’s spammy (you can already have your name link to your website). If you post a comment and it doesn’t appear after 24 hours but you think it should, please email RJ (rj –at- vandalog dot com). Also, if you complain online (such as on Twitter, another blog or a forum) that your comment has not been published before waiting 24 hours and emailing me, that will be a violation of the guidelines and might result in none of your future comments being published. Comments will only be edited before being published if RJ gets the commenter’s approval for the change/changes.
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Text on Vandalog is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. If you want to use anything on this blog for commercial purposes, please email RJ. To be clear, this license applies to content created for Vandalog, not content such as photographs that are credited to others.
