We got the scoop from our boy MAPLE on a recent trip he made across the border to paint in Canada. “It’s always been important to me to have a good relationship with the writers in Canada writing Maple ‘n’ all! “I decided to take my second trip for a month vacation to visit Toronto. […]
When U.S. President, Donald Trump and British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson appear alongside each other in the media, you can not help but think of the 15-foot tall Kiss of Death mural painted by The Paintsmiths in Stokes Croft, Bristol back in May 2016. Inspired by Dmitri Vrubel’s 1990 Berlin Wall graffiti piece titled, ‘My God, Help
It’s pretty hard to do unique graffiti in 2019. With the internet and the social media black hole, a lot of style is rinse and repeat. When I first met this Welshman on a trip in 2015, I was struck by his distinctive approach to letters and the whole process in general. Obscure letter connections, shines and
When you get home from a long day of work or spray and open up that browser ready for an even longer night spiralling down a YouTube black hole, it’s easy to forget that the content you’re consuming has been created by somebody. Countless hours of planning, executing and editing goes into every video we
The LA homie YANOE linked up with BOOGIE SML on this Deutsche Bahn ICE train in Germany and they got pretty nice with it! Peep the flicks they sent through and get the first-hand account from YANOE. “I recently took a little adventure back to Germany to Visit my boy Boogie SML… “Last time I was
Kosuke Sugimoto’s project Shoetree, continues to exhibit under the title of ‘Justification of Deterioration’. Most recently Shoetree showcased select works in pop-up displays hosted by Osaka’s Book and Bed and Tokyo’s CIAOPANIC. Sugimoto, the self-taught Japanese film-maker, illustrator and motion graphics artist created Shoetree in 2016 when the project was initially reported as a creative social media account. However,
In the Winter of 2015 we brought the New Zealand members of the Ironlak Family together (plus Vans the Omega from Adelaide, Australia) for a tour of Aotearoa. Narrated by ASKEW the video follows the crew through some of the countrys major cities – Christchurch, Wellington, Auckland, and Hamilton. The sense of community in New
In little over a month the Spanish duo, Pichiavo have painted numerous murals – a number that you can just count on one hand. Most recently, on July 18, the pair completed a 25m high urban street art representation of Athena on the side of the Livensa Living Diagonal student residence in Esplugues de Llobregat, Barcelona. However, their version
Saïd Kinos opens his new solo exhibition ‘Lost In Thought’ at Root Gallery in Rotterdam this Saturday night. Ahead of the opening we hit him with a few quick questions about the show. Hey Saïd, thank you for taking the time for to let us in on what you’ve got happening. What can you tell us about your exhibition? This
Concept artist, Sheng Lam recently captured the internet’s imagination when he redefined popular online platforms by translating their digital purpose into analogue application. In a post on Art Station earlier this month, Lam presented in anime format: Facebook as a floppy disk unit, Spotify as a cassette player, Twitter as a morse code sender and receiver, Youtube
On July 22 this year, the French duo Monkeybird released a wrap up vid of their mural painted in Decazeville, France painted as part of the Murmurs festival of street art. Sponsored by graffiti artist Jo Di Bona, the festival ran from May 25 to June 29 when a host of internationally renowned artist transformed the old mining town into an open
The ongoing lawsuit against Volkswagen by the artist and political and human rights activist, Ai Weiwei came to a close in mid-July this year with a landfall win in favour of Ai Weiwei. The dispute arose when in October 2017 Volkswagen Denmark used an unauthorised photo of Ai We Wei’s installation “Soleil Levant” in an
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