Last year, Jordan Seiler of Public Ad Campaign, orchestrated a massive one-day takeover of illegal, street level ad space in New York City. This video gives an overview of the project and features yours truly (in the blond long hair). Also check out the flickr photostream dedicated to the day’s events and expect to see some more action in the future!
Graffiti and street artists would not have the same global community they are fortunate to have today if it weren’t for all the great photographers out there documenting their every move and sharing what they snap with the rest of the world. I think we sometimes take for granted how important a good photo is in commemorating a great mural, wheat paste or installation.
German photographer Just has given us ten years worth of amazing photos of some of the best in the scene. It’s nice to see his hard work recognized. If you’re in Berlin tonight, make sure to check out the opening of his exhibit of artist portraits and street art photos at ATM Gallery. And take lots of pictures!
Just caught this new piece by Fauxreel in Toronto that Simon Cole of Show and Tell Gallery just posted on his Juxtapoz Blog. That’s a lot of links for one sentence, all well worth checking out.
Went to the opening of Luc Price’s solo show at Black Rat Press tonight. Just had a quick thought about the general vibe I guess…
Happy birthday to Vandalog. October 15th is the 1st birthday of Vandalog. In the last year, there have been 600-some posts from 7 different writers (not including the Great in 08 series), the addition of Gaia and Elisa Carmichael as contributing writers, interviews with artists like Veng and Matt Small and a bunch of other bits. Well over 1000 people are reading Vandalog every day, and next week I’ll be launching an internet tv series. Basically, it’s grown a lot this year and been extremely fun to write.
Enough self-congratulations. I really want to thank everybody who reads Vandalog and has been supportive of what I’m trying to do with it. And if you haven’t emailed me before, please know that I’m pretty good about responding to just about any email within 24 hours, so if you need any street art related help, do not hesitate to ask. Interaction with the art community is why I post here.
This looks awesome…
Ghostvillage from Agents Of Change on Vimeo.
Remi says…
Curated by Agents of Change, The Ghostvillage was conceived as an antidote to a world of ever increasing safety and mediocrity. Six artists were given free reign of a never inhabited village on the west coast of Scotland – working on pristine walls Remi/Rough, Stormie, System, Timid, Derm and Juice 126 have created a gallery like no other…..and finally given the village the ghosts it deserves…..
If you missed the Shepard Fairey retrospective Supply and Demand while it was in Boston recently, you can still catch it at the Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh starting October 18th (17th if you want to pay $35 to get into the opening party).
Almost makes me wish I wasn’t on a gap year right now because I almost decided to go to university in Pittsburgh.
And if you have already seen the show in Boston, you can still check out all the pieces Fairey has been placing in the city streets. One way to do that is wander around central Pittsburgh until you see something. A quicker way to to use this Google Map with all the locations already marked for you (some with pictures).
