This is sort of like Muto 2.0, but now David Ellis is involved as well. Watch and be amazed by Blu and Ellis’ artwork. It was made inside an abandoned monastery just outside of Grottaglie, Italy during preparations for FAME Festival.
COMBO a collaborative animation by Blu and David Ellis (2 times loop) from blu on Vimeo.
The film I am most looking forward to in 2009 is Where The Wild Things Are. I could go on and on about how excited I am to see it and how upset I am that I won’t be able to pay to do so (WHY MUST THE FILM BE RELEASED TWO MONTHS LATER IN THE UK THAN THE USA?), but let’s just say I want to see the movie.
Veng and Chris of Robots Will Kill have gotten me even more excited about the film and the book with their latest mural. The piece is at Espeis Outside and was curated by Brooklyn Street Art. Here’s a photo of the finished piece and a time lapse film. For more, check out Brooklyn Street Art.
The blogosphere has been buzzing with news of Barry McGee’s work at the Biennale de Lyon in France and the Armory Center For Arts. Good stuff. I’m hoping to make it out to Lyon in a few weeks.
Here’s a video teaser for Lyon, which opened today:
And a couple of pics:
More Lyon info and photos at Guillotine.
And here’s some photos from Armory:
And you can read more about Armory on Juxtapoz.
Above continues his European tour with this latest piece “When in Rome.” Can you guess where he might have painted it? Although it could be seen as a bit like some of Banksy’s work (CCTV nation, the highwayman, last graffiti before motorway…), I’ll excuse Above here because the piece also reminds me of that great scene in The Life of Brian where the Roman soldiers correct the poor grammar of Brian’s massive anti-establishment graffiti.
Above says:
I found this “gladiator” in front of the Roman Colosseum where he was asking 5-Euros from tourists to take a photo with him. I bargained with him and got waaaaay more than I could of ever imagined.
WHEN IN ROME… from ABOVE on Vimeo.
Most of what I was posting while away in Stavanger for Nuart was prewritten so that I could focus on the festival. The downside being that I missed a bunch of cool potential posts over the last few days. So here’s my usual post holiday link wrap-up:
The London Police has just put out this video, which is quite funny. A bit like Flight of The Concords for art. Very cool. Remember, Brothers in Arms, TLP’s show at The Carmichael Gallery opens on Thursday the 10th.
On Thursday I’m headed to Stavanger for Nuart 2009, so as a little taster, I’ve been checking out this trailer for a documentary about Nuart 2008.
And of course, been looking at the photos coming out of Nuart 2009. Chris Stain is already there and has put up a few stencils. While they have unfortunately already been buffed, Ian Cox of WallKandy was there to snap some pics. You can see more of Ian’s Nuart photos on his flickr stream.
Bomb It is a graffiti/street art documentary with interviews from some of the best known street artists in the world, including reclusive ones like Revs. It’s a great film, but what’s really exciting is that on September 15th it will be available for free online at Babelgum.com. There are already some interviews online with artists like Vitche and Blek le Rat, which you find on the Bomb It microsite.
Also, Babelgum are running a few contests right now relating to street art. The first contest, in conjunction with Bomb It, is the chance to go to Meeting of Styles Sao Paulo. And then there are two contests for film makers. The Metropolis Art Prize is a chance for artists to make films about their work and win $20,000. And there is a separate category for street art videos with a $5,000, so street artists are eligible for both video competitions.
Most of the time I think Dr. D’s work is very hit or miss, but you’ve got to respect the guy for getting up on all those billboards and whatnot. Here’s a new short film about him that shows some of his work and lets the man himself explain a bit why he does what he does.
Here’s part one of a 5 part talk by Leon Reid IV (aka Darius aka Verbs) from Nuart‘s education program. Chris Stain, Brad Downey and Logan Hicks will be doing talks as well.
