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Nuart Festival - Norway

2011-09-28T12:42:00.000+10:00

In July-August 2011, five street artists were invited to NHH Norwegian School of Economics to give their comments on capitalism directly on the schools huge white walls. The project was a collaboration with the Nuart Festival, and what Escif, M-City, EINE, DOLK and Hyuro came up with can be seen from this video. For more information, visit CAPITALISM.NO "From Ad busting critiques to

People Staring at Computers

2011-09-25T15:12:00.000+10:00

" "People Staring at Computers by Kyle McDonald “People Staring at Computers” is a photographic intervention. I wrote a simple application that took one picture every minute. If it found a face, it uploaded the photo to my server. I installed the app around NYC over three days, collecting more than a thousand photos. Before sharing the photos online, I decided to exhibit them in the same

Pictoplasma - NY

2011-09-25T13:01:00.002+10:00

Pictoplasma NYC CONFERENCE: 4 + 5 NOVEMBER 2011 PARSONS THE NEW SCHOOL FOR DESIGN TISHMAN AUDITORIUM 66 WEST 12TH STREET, NEW YORK EXHIBITIONS: 3 - 6 NOVEMBER 2011 The PICTOPLASMA NYC FESTIVAL once more stages ... a ... celebration of contemporary character culture, with a dense, extended weekend program of inspiring artist presentations, conference lectures, animation festival,

Inside Outside

2011-09-24T18:12:00.000+10:00

Inside Outside: Art on both sides of the law Follow artists from 4 cities on 3 continents who blur the lines between legal and illegal art. http://www.babelgum.com/insideoutside

Space Patrol 60's Sci Fi TV

2011-09-24T10:59:00.000+10:00

The futuristic 1963 series "Space Patrol" ("Planet Patrol" in the US) was an extraordinary, but not widely distributed, puppet show set in the year 2100. For further investigation, the ultimate Space Patrol resource is undoubtedly: http://homepages.tesco.net/~space.patrol/SpacePatrol/Home.htm . ========== +++++++++++++++++++

Apple ipad and 2001

2011-09-24T09:45:00.000+10:00

As any 5-year-old is all too happy to point out, most things look like other things. The ongoing slapfight over patent infringements that’s defining the mobile technology market these days is largely based on everyone’s little black-or-white rectangle looking identical to everyone else’s. No company appears more intent on blocking everyone else from selling tiny black rectangles than Apple

Secret History of Social Networking

2011-09-24T09:31:00.000+10:00

In this three-part series the BBC's technology correspondent Rory Cellan Jones traces the hidden story of social networking, from the early days of computing and the 60s counterculture through to the businesses worth billions today. http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/shsn

Protest and media - de balie

2011-09-17T20:06:00.000+10:00

Social protest has become almost inseparably linked to a plethora of media images and messages distributed via internet, mobile phones, social media, internet video platforms and of course traditional media outlets such as newspapers, radio and television. A popular category to have emerged recently is the 'twitter-revolution'. In almost all cases (Iran, Tunisia, Egypt, London) the role of

Abner Preis - Superheroes

2011-06-17T09:46:00.000+10:00

Abner Preis Kickstarter from Harlan Levey Projects on Vimeo. I picked Abner Preis as an upcoming talent to watch back in 2007, and his name keeps cropping up throughout Amsterdam events blogged here on Blakkbyrd. Abner on Blakkbyrd Now he's off to the States with his Superhero Project. ======================= “Trained as a painter, Abner Preis has been making waves over the past several

Sacha-Goldberger

2011-06-16T18:19:00.000+10:00

sacha goldberger website sacha goldberger book pictures sacha golberger @ facebook via viciouss vé source http://jeffblind.blogspot.com/

Pick n Play - Stockholm

2011-06-08T08:56:00.000+10:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7u0ij9D5S4Y In a new approach to mobile coupon distribution, McDonalds is inviting consumers in Sweden to earn free food by interacting with a giant digital billboard using their mobile devices, in a campaign called "Pick n' Play." Mobile phone owners passing a digital out of home sign in Stockholm are encouraged to partake in a giant game of pong, which they

Blakkbyrd & MoMA Modern Art

2011-06-07T06:23:00.000+10:00

I recently set up a Blakkbyrd Twitter account and started using it to follow arts news. I trawled through several friends' following lists to quickly find the feeds that interested me including @MomaModernArt from the USA which I assumed was associated with the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). Approx 2 weeks after I opened the account I received a direct message to my email account. It was

Graffiti - Libya

2011-06-05T17:47:00.000+10:00

"... death found Kais al-Hilali in more traditional revolutionary fashion this week: at night, in a hail of bullets fired by unknown assailants barely an hour after he finished his latest work."I was standing by Kais as he painted," recalled Abdullah al- Zawway, a Benghazi businessman sponsoring his art. "He was doing a large caricature of Gaddafi on a roundabout which we're renaming

Oddstream Festival - Nijmegen

2011-06-04T20:21:00.000+10:00

Oddstream has a musical programme, art and multimedia installations, debates and lectures. The theme of the first festival edition of Oddstream is: love and conflict. Oddstream is a communication and multimedia festival where the participation of the visitor and the interaction with the location of the festival plays an important role. It will take place between the 31st of May and 5th of

Upfest 2011 - Bristol UK

2011-06-04T19:59:00.000+10:00

The Tobacco Factory North Street Bristol, United Kingdom THE FESTIVAL TO BE AT THIS SUMMER UPFEST 2011 - FREE ENTRY - - FREE ENTRY - - FREE ENTRY - ... Europe’s largest free urban paint festival; Upfest, is now in its fourth year and is preparing to take over its cultural home Bristol by welcoming over 250 artists and 40 DJs, Groups & Human Beatboxers to the event this summer

LAB ART Opening - LA

2011-06-04T15:14:00.000+10:00

On May 12th, the Los Angeles’s street art community saw the opening of LAB ART Gallery. This gallery is curated by Iskander Lemesffer and his partner/sister Rachel Joelson. The gallery roster included works from over 30 artists, consisting of more than 300 works. The 6,500 square feet of space included work from Smear, Destroy All Design, Kai Aspire, Thank You X, Mar, Army of One/J2,

More MOCA LA II

2011-06-01T08:13:00.004+10:00

"... "Art in the Streets," a controversial exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art. The show has been drawing the ire of social critics, alarmed by what they perceive as an institutional celebration of vandalism, all while drawing curious crowds (often young) to the museum's Little Tokyourban graffiti doesn't drag down neighborhoods, but instead erupts in areas already largely

Subject Index - May 2011

2011-06-01T07:37:00.003+10:00

The AviarySubject Index - April 2011 Subject Index - Aboriginal 2005-10Urban Art/Graffiti Subject Index 2010Editorial / NewsAsiaArt Basel & Hong Kong FairArt HK 2011 Tabiamo - Japan Ai WeiweiFrozen NorthLust & Vice - StockholmRobert MapplethorpePalle NielsenArtists / Exhibitions Art Amsterdam 2011 German Expressionism @MoMaPS1 Peanut Butter Art - Rotterdam Twente Biënnale Wartime -

Porno Leaks

2011-05-21T20:08:00.000+10:00

Now the ability of those pornographic film performers to hide their identity behind sometimes bizarre stage monikers has been shot to pieces after a website published a leaked database containing the real names, dates of birth, and official nicknames of more than 15,000 of the adult industry's hard-working performers, past and present. Most of the information revealed by the Porn Wikileaks

EMESS @ Candyland - Stockholm

2011-05-17T22:42:00.000+10:00

Candyland Gotlandsgatan 76Stockholm, SwedenFriday 20th at 17:00 - 05 June at 17:00 There is no doubt that street art has become part of our everyday lives. Invasive, ...poetic, destructive, provocative, illegal, political, abstract or beautiful, street art has gradually infiltrated urban areas around the globe. It continues to challenge the idea of ownership of the public space and has

Graffiti Burners - Stockholm

2011-05-17T21:14:00.000+10:00

Bokrelease för Graffiti Burners – graffitimålningarna som knäcker allt, med bildvisning och panelsamtal med graffitimålare. Graffiti är en tävling där målningarnas stil och dekoration är två av de viktigaste delarna. Att måla en burner, en målning som överträffar alla andra är det bästa man kan uppnå, men vad är en burner? Och hur vet man när en piece är en burner? Panelen och publiken får

Bin Laden spotted at the Tate Modern

2011-05-15T23:15:00.000+10:00

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Urban Art/Graffiti Subject Index 2010

2011-05-14T11:34:00.000+10:00

Artists / ExhibitionsZevs in Hong Kong Graff Granpa - USAElbow Toe - USA Kimberley Baker - Canada Roadsworth - Canada ROA in ParisVinyl - ParisBig Screen Graffiti - BristolExhibition - LondonYarnstorming - London STREET ART GROUP SHOW - ItalyMike Clark - AmsterdamSk8 Like Canvas - Rome Swoon @ Space Gallery Alter Ego - Amsterdam Gunpowder Stencil Australia Sweet Dreams - Adelaide ST ALI

Goin - France

2011-05-14T11:03:00.000+10:00

Goin, a French stencil artist with a deep-rooted punk legacy, introduces the atmosphere and values of his artistic domicile, the famous Abode of Chaos, near Lyon. He mixes graphics and typography with violent and chaotic panache to produce stunning results. According to the New York Times the Abode of Chaos is 'one of the most important and most emotional artistic adventures of the

ARYZ - Spain

2011-05-11T23:02:00.000+10:00

http://www.aryz.es ============ Video documental del viaje realizado en el mes de febrero del colectivo MIXED MEDIA, con motivo de la exposición de prints en Gko Gallery (Tolosa) ARYZ - GRITO - KIKX - POSEYDON - ROSTRO - RGTD. Special thanks to: GKo Gallery www.gko-gallery.com (Aritz, Gari, Gabi, Ibai, Kizkitza, Xavi ... ,) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-6DX1W31uc&feature=