Monday, 31 August 2009
SWOON. ON THE STREETS
NUART 09, FRONT PAGE OF NU CATALOGUE
LEON REID IV : ON GRAFFITI PT 1
Part one of Leon Reid's recent talk for Nuart 09 at Rogaland Kunstskolen, check back soon for parts 2-5.
Wednesday, 26 August 2009
GREEN GRAFFITI
Ingredients:
-1 can of beer (or 12 oz yoghurt)
-1/2 tsp sugar
-Several clumps of garden moss (found in damp, shady places)
1. Rip the moss into small chunks, blend with sugar and beer (or yoghurt) until smooth and creamy.
2. Find an appropriate location (fairly moist without too much sun).
3. Using a stencil or freehand, paint your design.
4. Over the next 2–3 weeks revisit the spot and spray-mist your design with water.
5. Watch your green design grow!
From Adbusters
LEON REID IV AKA DARIUS JONES (DARIUS & DOWNEY)
Leon Reid IV, who most of you will know as Darius Jones of Darius & Downey fame just got into town. Leon will be giving a public talk tomorrow at Rogaland Kunstskolen. The talk and presentation starts at 1500. Check the videos above for a taste of what it's about !
Tuesday, 25 August 2009
JUDITH SUPINE ON WILLIAMSBURGH BRIDGE !
An amazing piece from Nuart participant Judith Supine. Can't wait to see what he has in store for us here at Nuart.
Photo by Steven Duncan
Monday, 24 August 2009
NEW BANKSY PIECE ?
WORD TO MOTHER, GETS LIFTED !
Wednesday, 19 August 2009
GRAFFITI RESEARCH LAB & PARTNERS : EYEWRITER
tempt writes tempt from thesystemis on Vimeo.
Behold the latest ocular assault weapon from the Graffiti Research Lab, openFrameworks and The Ebeling Group: The EyeWriter. It is a low-cost eye-tracking apparatus + custom software that allows graffiti writers and artists with paralysis resulting from Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis to draw using only their eyes.
The EyeWriter project is on ongoing collaborative research effort to empower people, who are suffering from ALS, with creative technologies. The project began in Los Angeles, Caifornia in 2009, when members of the GRL, FAT, OF and TEG communities teamed-up with a legendary LA graffiti writer, publisher and activist, named Tony Quan, aka TEMPTONE. Tony was diagnosed with ALS in 2003. The disease has left him almost completely physically paralyzed… except for his eyes. But, the ALS hasn’t touched Tony’s sharp mind, creative energy or his desire to write graffiti. In August of 2009, artist from around the world: London, Hong Kong, Madrid, Amsterdam and New York City, converged for 10 days in southern California, converted Mick and Caskey Ebeling’s Venice Beach house into a laboratory and began to work with Tony on a low-cost, open source eye-tracking system that would allow ALS patients to draw using just their eyes.
Follow the story on F.A.T and watch out for Eyewriter at this years NUART
Tuesday, 18 August 2009
CHRIS STAIN NUART 08 VIDEO
Monday, 17 August 2009
BRAD DOWNEY "Making Illegal permanent" Sweden
One of the finest pieces of public art we've seen in a long time. Though born in beleaguered communities like the Bronx, the tag and it's near descendant the "throw up", have become as intrinsic to the urban landscape as the ever present billboard. The attitude towards graffiti seems to be making a shift in a more positive direction and it's works like this that are leading the charge. Slowly it's been recognised that there are practitioners of street art and graffiti out there who are far from being just vandals, and it's this type of work that will hopefully lead people to "look" at graffiti in a new way. Once people start "looking", maybe they'll start learning and recognise that the streetart and graffiti communities have as much to offer as your state funded art institutions.
Thursday, 13 August 2009
DAVID CHOE : DIRTYHANDS
If we get our act together, then hopefully we'll be sorting a screening during Nuart.
Wednesday, 12 August 2009
SKEWVILLE MTV BRAZIL
Great little video of Skewville for MTV Brazil, intro in Portuguese but then switches to English so stick with it. Just hired a Van so we can trawl the city looking for wood for these guys to use at Nuart. Can't wait, the plans they sent over look excellent !
Tuesday, 11 August 2009
DFACE ON WALRUS TV
Nice little interview with Nuart regular Dface, courtesy of Upperplayground's Walrus TV
DAVID CHOE DECKS FOR GIANT ROBOT
David Choe's new pair of decks for Giant Robot have just been made available online. One of the best designs we've seen. Titled "Fairey" and "Sweater". Check out the original painting of "Sweater" over at Lazinc. Alternatively, you can turn up at this years Nuart and watch pieces develop live on the street !
Monday, 10 August 2009
COPE2 IN STAVANGER
Legendary Bronx writer Cope2 has been in Stavanger over the weekend for a Graffiti Jam. The event was organised by local Hip Hop Festival Xplosif, much respect for pulling it off. Inspiring to see the man giving workshops to the local writers !
Thursday, 6 August 2009
NUART COMP
To all of you from all of us! NUART COMPETITION!
To keep your festering art-loving minds occupied until Nuart kicks off the 10th of September, the lovely and considerate Nuart crew have arranged for a little competition. We have 5 limited edition Nuproductions t-shirts made in collaboration with Shit Skateboard Company up for grabs, we might even throw in some other bits and bobs too.
To enter, simply write a line or two, in English or Norwegian, about why you think that street art is important. Post your answer on our facebook group under the topic NUART COMPETITON.
And for you paranoid folks who don't want the CIA sponsored facebook to see your answer, no reason to panic! Just mail your answer to comp@numusic.no and you will be included in the competition. Write NUART COMPETITION in the subject header.
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The winners will be announced on the 10th of September, good luck to all of you!
Sunday, 2 August 2009
NUART 09 & SF KINO present
We've secured two of the most exciting films on the block for this years Nuart film screenings, a premiere of the excellent New Brow and the classic Beautiful Losers. Films will be screened at the cities main cinema SF-Kino on Friday 11 and Sat 12 Sept. Tickets available soon.New Brow
First hand accounts from the artists, galleries and collectors who started and continue the new american art movement. Pop Surrealism and Low Brow is a wide spread populist art movement with origins in Low Brow art, underground comix, punk music, hotrod street culture, Kustum culture, Street Art, Graffiti, Graphic Design, Tattoo, Surf Culture, Tiki Culture and other California sub-cultures. Watch as this new movement rises from the streets and into the galleries.
In the early 1990's a loose-knit group of likeminded outsiders found common ground at a little NYC storefront gallery. Rooted in the DIY (do-it-yourself) subcultures of skateboarding, surf, punk, hip hop & graffiti, they made art that reflected the lifestyles they led. Developing their craft with almost no influence from the "establishment" art world, this group, and the subcultures they sprang from, have now become a movement that has been transforming pop culture. Starring a selection of artists who are considered leaders within this culture, Beautiful Losers focuses on the telling of personal stories. It speaks to themes of what happens when the outside becomes "in" as it explores the creative ethos connecting these artists and today's youth.
Saturday, 1 August 2009
LUCY MCLAUCHLAN AT FAME.
Beat13 / Lucy McLauchlan - Fame Festival 2009. from Beat13 on Vimeo.
Lucy McLauchlan painting an electricity tower in Italy during Fame Festival. Check out more images and the curator Angelo's mum on his blog. Here
STREET/SKATE ART COMBINED
