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March 26, 2013March 24, 2013

Rawhide solo show in Austrailia

Opening this Friday, Australian paint-roller connoisseurs “Rawhide” (aka Ankles and Smile) have decided to display their craftsmanship through collage in their show • C R E W / C U T S •. The video echos a few themes of the show, which Ankles describes best: “the visual equivalent of sample-heavy scratch DJs such as Cut Chemist, Kid Koala and The Avalanches. It is a time-consuming process digging through crates of pre-1970s magazines and books, removing type and image from their original context and rearranging it to form some self-referential narrative.”

If you’re in the Adelaide, South Australia area on Friday, March 19th, stop by Magazine Gallery to check out the work!

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Photo by Ankles

November 25, 2012November 21, 2012

One tasty mural

This mural in Adelaide, Australia by Numskull, Run Cracker, Ankles, and Smile is a great example of how mural can relate to the business whose wall it’s on (it’s on the side of a diner, presumably one with some tasty food) without simply being another giant billboard polluting the city. Here’s a video of the wall coming together:

Tasty! from Capital Waste on Vimeo.

Photo courtesy of Capital Waste Pictures

September 4, 2012

Rawhide rollers

There’s something about these RAWHIDE rollers by Ankles and Smile that I really like. Obviously they’re influenced by ReadMoreBooks, Steve Powers and maybe AvoidPi, but that’s alright by me. These guys are doing some rollers that are a step above what you’re likely to see day-to-day. And they are (or at least Ankles is) based in Adelaide, Australia, so it’s cool to see something so nice coming out of a city that isn’t internationally known for their street art or graffiti.

Photos courtesy of Ankles