David Choe

http://www.davidchoe.com/

Another video of David Choe, (as seen here) this one is less about his story and more  about his early work. nice video, sort and too the point.

Epitaph

epitaph from rowan pybus & faith47 on Vimeo.

This is a very tastefully done graffiti video, it is not like the others that tend to be fast and loud. Its obvious from the beginning this is planned well and uses some nice filters to give a good look to the video.

"epitaph is an exploration of lost spaces entered through sounds and images
to reveal the echoes of empty rooms, flakes of paint, swollen curves, fragile lines, stories hidden in the flat colors broken apart by wood and steel...

rowan pybus, faith47 and inge beckmann worked closely together to produce this short video piece...
this is the third in a series of videos that faith47 and rowan pybus have been working on."

RVCA's HQ

RETNA / The Mac from RVCA on Vimeo.

http://www.rvca.com/

Was browsing the internet the yesterday and found this video. I think this is one of the most impressive wall pieces I've ever seen, its a collaborative piece between RETNA and THE MAC. Its been painted onto the side of the RVCA HQ. RVCA claim to be: "Transcending the boundaries of traditional action sports apparel, RVCA is a design-driven lifestyle brand free from passing trends." not too sure what to make of them myself but I think this piece is great. Nice iconography, good photo realism, good choice of colour and i love the patterns used. All round this is a decent piece.

David Choe - An Introduction by KQED (From 2004)

http://www.davidchoe.com/

Wow quite a touching video to be honest. slightly clique d:   brilliant street artist goes to jail in a foreign prison and finds god. This shows some of David Choes work, a brilliant artist who works in a very fast and erratic manner. impressive spray work, Choes is now working in many different medias. recent work doesn't appear to be as conflicted as he was back in 2004. Great to see he has sorted himself out.

MuTATE britain

 http://mutatebritain.wordpress.com/

Mutate Britain has been going on all this month and ends soon, here is a clip from the show. all the information about it can be found on the above link. I really like the idea of this, this is the type of event that shows how graffiti/street art is changing. It is evolving into something better than it once was. Its no longer about the spray can and just covering everything you can find. instead it is an art style in its own right and uses multiple technics to present what it is showing.

The NYSAT Project

http://www.publicadcampaign.com/

The New York Steet Advertising Takeover has very strong views on the illegal advertising that is plastered up in the middle of city centers. They take it upon themselves to cover up and replace such adverts with original pieces of artwork. I like this project for two reasons, one, this has a very strong spirit about it that stands tall with it morals held high. Also the project is well executed with decent artists helping out to replace the advertising.

I will be keeping a close eye on this campaign.

Amose

http://amose.free.fr/

Amose is a french graphic artist who works in his home town of Lille. He is a member of the Mercourocrom Collective along with Spher, Erone, Nada and Spear. Together they work on graffiti, illustration, screen prints and graphic design.

Amose's work takes on many forms from walls to canvas and even digital work and can be easily recognised due to his unusual human forms. small heads with tiny beady eyes and unusual perspectives. his faces seem confused and remorseful, with a feeling of loneliness. His bodies are imposing and strong and almost robotic in design yet have a very human feel to them.

 

This is an artist I find to be very inspiring, his work unique in style and has something for everyone to appreciate, with much more than what is here.

I always advise Amose to any alternative illustrator.

Bomb it: The Movie

http://www.babelgum.com

This is a documentary film on the life of graffiti, right up to modern day. standing at 1 hour 33 minutes I found this film was hard to follow at first, i wasn't too fond of the gangster taggers that dominated the first quarter. I mostly don't agree with what they say but they are also too aggressive as far as i'm concerned.

The rest of the film though presents great views and amazing pieces from every corner of the world. this includes famous artists such as Os Gemeos, Pez and Blek le Rat.

This doesn't just talk about the good points of graffiti, it also tells us the dark side of graffiti , the gang culture, the crime and even the deaths caused by graffiti.

I found this film to be a high quality, informative and certainly worth a watch to anyone interested in finding out more about graffiti.

Sweatshoppe

SWEATSHOPPE, 4spots, the landing extras from SWEATSHOPPE on Vimeo.

"Multimedia performers Sweatshoppe have been wheat pasting buildings with moving images all over New York. Mapping video projections to LED-lit paint rollers, Sweatshoppe lay their projections on a surface, paint-stroke by paint stroke. They call new digital performance style "Video Painting".

How it works: The software controlling the video was written in Max. The paint roller does not use any sort of paint, it simply contains green LEDs. The software tracks the color green and outputs the x y position which are sent to drawing commands and the strokes are textured with video.

Sweatshoppe is video artists Bruno Levy and Blake Shaw. They plan on eventually releasing the software, but only after it is much more refined, buffed up with features and is user-friendly."

Lost

I personally love my stickers and this is a brilliant example of how a simple idea can spiral into something wonderful