This video by Creative Urban Industries and Rowdy features art from Rowdy, one of my favorite British street artists, animated into a short little story about crocodiles in the big city.
Weekend link-o-rama
Happy weekend. Hope you’ve had a less busy week than me.
- Various and Gould spotted this odd but awesome tribute to a piece of graffiti in Berlin.
- Jaz recently visited C215’s town of Vitry, France, where he painted this stunning wall.
- Meanwhile, Anthony Lister is going huge in LA.
- Also on the west coast, Aryz painted one of his best murals to date in San Fransisco.
- In Miami, the city commissioner complains that a mural risks making a neighborhood look like a ghetto. Kinda funny given how muralists have been accused of helping to gentrify Miami’s Wynwood neighborhood.
- Ben Eine is always a joy to watch on camera. A nice, honest guy who just doesn’t feel like giving his friends free paint.
- Mear One and Ben Slow collaborate in LA, and it’s Mear’s first mural with a brush.
- Invader hit London. What do you think about the Star Wars themed piece? It’s not for me.
- Rochester’s Wall Therapy mural project has an IndieGoGo campaign running to try and fund this year’s event.
- A bit late on this one, but tonight the shop/gallery/bookstore Needles and Pens celebrated 10 years of existence with a huge show at The Luggage Store in San Fransisco including work by Know Hope, Deuce Seven, Pez, and so many other talented artists. Luckily, the show is on through June 8th.
- Also late to mention that Martin Whatson had a show opening this week Reed Projects in Stavanger, Norway.
Photo by Unusualimage
M-City paints in F1 racecar
Okay, I’ll admit this is a slightly odd collaboration, but still probably a pretty cool opportunity for M-City and I like the result. Earlier this week, M-City painted a car for the Lotus F1 Team as part of an event for burn, Coca-Cola’s energy drink. Lotus F1 Team driver Kimi Räikkönen even picked up a stencil and spraycan for a little bit. The event took place at burn Yard, a traveling event that will also be headed to Hungary, Korea, Mexico and Brazil. Here’s more from the event:
Photos courtesy of burn
Roa and Colin M. Day in Brussels
Colin M. Day made this video at Roa’s recent show in Brussels, Belgium. It’s not your typical show teaser or post-show wrap up video. Dolin is doing his own thing with what he is passionate about. And I guess I’m not the only one who thinks so, because Brussels TV did a piece about Colin filming Roa. It’s a great little insight into the mind of an art fan. If you’ve ever wondered why people like Colin do what they do or people like me run blogs in our spare time, this should give you some idea:
Kickstarter for LNY, Gaia, Nanook and Mata Ruda
Gaia, Nanook, Mata Ruda and LNY are trying to raise some money on Kickstarter to paint some arabber stables in Baltimore. Arabbers are fruit venders who sell fruit on the street from horse-drawn carts. Gaia already painted one mural at their stable last summer.
These four artists are all known as talented muralists, but they also do great sketches. Which is lucky because funders of the project can get some very affordable sketches for helping out.
Check out more about the mural project here.
New films and a Kickstarter from Dega Films
Brooklyn-based Dega Films launched a Kickstarter last week to fund their upcoming series of street art films, Wild In The Streets. To me, the series looks like Dega Films is trying to make street art videos in the style of skate videos. It’s a really cool idea. I’m not sure if it will work, but it’s definitely worth a shot. Obviously graffiti writers have been making bombing videos for decades that work on that same principle, but those were always circulated among other writers and not really made for the general public.
Here are two of Dega Films most recent videos:
ART POLLUTION: The Yok & Sheryo – 5Pointz – Queens, NY from DEGA films on Vimeo.
Wild In The Streets: Jilly Ballistic from DEGA films on Vimeo.
Melbourne Monthly Madness – March
Damn. It’s almost May! Sorry this is so late but it’s worth the wait. March was another action packed month in Melbourne.
Starting off with Baby Guerrilla‘s show in Footscray. Baby Guerrilla’s paste ups have been adorning Melbourne’s walls for a few years now, and they are some of my favourites, her gallery work was new for me and I loved seeing a different side of the artist.
Adnate was 1 of 3 Melbourne graffiti/street artists that entered the renowned Archibald prize. From the Archibald website “The Archibald Prize is awarded annually to the best portrait, ‘preferentially of some man or woman distinguished in art, letters, science or politics, painted by any artist resident in Australasia’.” It’s great to see some more modern painting techniques making it into this more conventional competition. Adnate painted a portrait of Samantha Harris; an Australian indigenous model. Also make sure you check out the video by Michael Danischewski below.
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Weekend link-o-rama
It’s a shortish link-o-rama this week, but with some really good stories and great walls…
- ICHABOD is one of America’s great freight train writers. He also has Asperger’s Syndrome. This article by Caleb Neelon gives rare insight into the mind of a great graffiti writer and an artist with Asperger’s. It is a must read.
- OX has a new book out with photos of his many ad takeovers.
- Conor Harrington just painted a new piece in East London.
- A1one’s mixture of Persian calligraphy and graffiti is really beautiful.
- Sometimes the world just needs more color.
- AEC of Interesni Kazki recently painted this stunning piece in Croatia. Great site-specific optical illusion.
- If you liked Fra.Biancoshock’s film The Cleaner that I posted earlier this week, you may also enjoy this video.
Photo by Awer
Documentary – Children of The Iron Snake
Pinched this post from Invurt, an absolute MUST see documentary on Melbourne’s graffiti and street art culture. From our awesome train graffiti to street art and gallery art; this documentary gives a great insight into the city I love and the amazing graffiti and street art that I’ve loved since I 1st got on a train as a kid. The movie features friends, favourite artists and familiar places so that makes it even more special.
From Invurt: “Created by Alex MacBeth and Miriam Hison, the documentary ‘Charts the development of the Melbourne street art scene,’ Children of the Iron Snake looks at the last thirty years and tracks the journey of graffiti from railway junctions at night to festivals, abandoned factories, rooftops, drains and galleries. Comprising interviews with over 15 artists, as well as criminologists, anti-graffiti activists, and politicians, the film offers a in-depth look at one of the biggest art movements of our time.”
Check out the preview below.
The FULL film is available online here. Make sure you check it out.
The Cleaner, a film from Fra.Biancoshock
No point in me trying to write much about this film from Fra.Biancoshock and Milkshake Studio. Just watch.