Wooster Collective http://www.woostercollective.com/ Wooster Collective en woostercollective.com Copyright 2012 2012-05-24T16:47:25+00:00 woosterhttp://feedburner.google.com New Work From Zonenkinder http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wooster/~3/Evr02px3gYo/new-work-from-zonenkinder /post/new-work-from-zonenkinder#id8673

"CityBilder - Kunst auf Brandwänden" in Dresden, Germany.  The art project aleady started at the end of 2011 and continues in 2012 and is meant to co-create the city and to enrich the urban surrounding in the quarter "Friedrichstadt".

featuring FRM & Otecki (Wroclaw, Polen); Jens Besser (Dresden); Zonenkinder (Hamburg); Ryan Spring Dooley (Mineapolis, USA) & Moneyless (Lucca, IT); Other (Montreal, CA) & Saddo (Bukarest, RO); Kenor & H101 (Barcelona, E); Graphic Surgery (Amsterdam, NL); More (Sofia, BG), Xpome (Sofia, BG) & Jens Besser (Dresden, D).

 

]]> Guerilla Gardening, Legal, Murals 2012-05-24T16:47:25+00:00 http://www.woostercollective.com/post/new-work-from-zonenkinder Wooster in Sheboygan http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wooster/~3/g8R5ezvBuJQ/wooster-in-sheboygan /post/wooster-in-sheboygan#id8672 If you are in Sheboygan join us for a presentation and salon at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center on Saturday May 19th from 1:00 to 4:00 PM.  We will be presenting an overview of what is so inspriring about street art and discussing how the city could embrace street art in a major project to be realized in 2013. 

]]> Events 2012-05-11T21:48:58+00:00 http://www.woostercollective.com/post/wooster-in-sheboygan New Work from JORGE RODRÍGUEZ-GERADA http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wooster/~3/i31XaztioPk/new-work-from-jorge-rodriguez-gerada /post/new-work-from-jorge-rodriguez-gerada#id8669  

Soon after returning to Spain I was invited to go the Middle East. I went to the city of Manama in Bahrain to make a mural as part of the Alwan 338 festival put together by the Al Riwaq Art Space. Knowing the current situation there, I was a little apprehensive but a good friend working with the gallery explained the special nature of what the Al Riwaq Art Space was doing. I met some truly extraordinary people who believe in the role of contemporary art in their country's future. Against all odds they strive to change the barren artistic landscape that exists in Bahrain today. There are so many layers to Bahrain. There is a huge class division, exotic cars, colossal images of the king everywhere, boundless hospitality, arrests, the smell of tear gas every weekend, road blocks, women who can drive and are free to dress as they wish, a graffiti war between dissidents and the police, an American naval base since 1947, Fuddruckers, Sizzlers, a clamp down on dissident areas, the legal sale of alcoholic beverages, a rich cultural history...

It is easy to resort to the didactic or aesthetically pleasing image, but it is much more difficult to create poetic and emotionaly charged art that can reach you at different levels. There are few Bahraini artists creating profound work about this multilayered place and time. Al Riwaq Art Space is trying to change that and I have nothing but admiration for their efforts. I decided to create a mural of Yousif, a traditional Bahraini fisherman, one of a few hundred that are left. My Identity Series murals fade away with the wind and rain."
Jorge Rodríguez-Gerada

 

]]> Video 2012-05-10T16:08:37+00:00 http://www.woostercollective.com/post/new-work-from-jorge-rodriguez-gerada New Work From Specter http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wooster/~3/NEkGkBpG7ZY/new-work-from-specter /post/new-work-from-specter#id8668 From Specter: I recently finished a wall in baltimore for Open Walls Baltimore it's a faux billboard that tells a story of a changing neighborhood through the adds.

Hand painted as always. Its named "Confessions of a Billboard"

]]> Billboard Liberations 2012-05-10T15:46:41+00:00 http://www.woostercollective.com/post/new-work-from-specter One Not To Miss: Prune’s Holy River http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wooster/~3/B_Tv_mRDUyE/one-not-to-miss-prunes-holy-river /post/one-not-to-miss-prunes-holy-river#id8667 We're big fan's of Prune's work and this is one of her first be expositions in New York City.  At Invisible Dog, opening night includes not-to-miss performances.

]]> Events, New York, Performance 2012-05-10T15:40:22+00:00 http://www.woostercollective.com/post/one-not-to-miss-prunes-holy-river Bella Gaia: Beautiful Earth an Experience by Kenji Williams http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wooster/~3/82sdNQ3fNzQ/bella-gaia-beautiful-earth-an-experience-by-kenji-williams /post/bella-gaia-beautiful-earth-an-experience-by-kenji-williams#id8666 Many of you know that we are supporter of EYEBEAM Art + Technology, a not-for-profit organization that combines technology and the arts to do amazing things which are mainly open source.  Wonderful members of the street art community have been part of EYEBEAM such as Graffiti Research Lab and Steve Lambert.

We would like to invite you to a special performance of  BELLA GAIA: Beautiful Earth an Experience by Kenji Williams and supports EYEBEAM.

This is a rare and unprecedented opportunity to see the award winning show which combines large-scale NASA imagery of the earth with live music and dance performance.

 

Please introduce yourself to us if you come - we'd love to meet you.

Showing two nights:  Tuesday, May 15th + Wednesday, May 16th at 8:00 PM each night. 

Location:
EYEBEAM Art + Technology, 540 W 21st Street, New York, NY

Tickets:
$25 advance tickets purchased at https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/246161
$30 at the door

Visit bellagaia.com | eyebeam.org
Email: info@eyebeam.org

 

]]> Art, Events, New York, Performance, Photography 2012-05-08T20:13:09+00:00 http://www.woostercollective.com/post/bella-gaia-beautiful-earth-an-experience-by-kenji-williams Ethos Hits Columbia and Brasil http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wooster/~3/5CuvODHlJRg/ethos-hits-columbia-and-brasil /post/ethos-hits-columbia-and-brasil#id8665

]]> 2012-05-08T16:52:32+00:00 http://www.woostercollective.com/post/ethos-hits-columbia-and-brasil Things We Shouldn’t Talk About: New Video From Anthony Lister http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wooster/~3/cWCcuHMPC40/things-we-shouldnt-talk-about-new-video-from-anthony-lister /post/things-we-shouldnt-talk-about-new-video-from-anthony-lister#id8664

]]> Video 2012-05-02T18:06:39+00:00 http://www.woostercollective.com/post/things-we-shouldnt-talk-about-new-video-from-anthony-lister New Work From Ludo http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wooster/~3/ctABg2aavxg/new-work-from-ludo /post/new-work-from-ludo#id8663 New work from Ludo in Katowice, Poland. It's called "Palynology"

]]> 2012-05-02T17:57:25+00:00 http://www.woostercollective.com/post/new-work-from-ludo Mentalgassi Hits NYC http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wooster/~3/BCmVSqIyVaQ/mentalgassi-hits-nyc /post/mentalgassi-hits-nyc#id8662

]]> 3D, Events, New York 2012-05-02T17:38:04+00:00 http://www.woostercollective.com/post/mentalgassi-hits-nyc FIRST LOOK: Obey The Giant - A Narrative Drama About Shepard Fairey http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wooster/~3/baN0GVn7csk/first-look-obey-the-giant-a-narrative-drama-about-shepard-fairey /post/first-look-obey-the-giant-a-narrative-drama-about-shepard-fairey#id8661

Here's a Kickstarter campaign that sure to peak the interest of street art fans.  Story goes that Shepard gave a RISD student named Julian Marshall the rights to make a dramatic film on the beginnings of the whole OBEY GIANT phenomenon.  The film is at a state where Kickstarter is being used to generate the remaining funds needed to complete the film.  To learn more about the project and contribute to its funding, click here. 

]]> Film 2012-04-19T21:47:02+00:00 http://www.woostercollective.com/post/first-look-obey-the-giant-a-narrative-drama-about-shepard-fairey Shit We’re Diggin: Viktor Hertz’s Alternative Poster For MARLEY http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wooster/~3/r90VZXHtEEE/shit-were-diggin-viktor-hertzs-alternative-poster-for-marley /post/shit-were-diggin-viktor-hertzs-alternative-poster-for-marley#id8660

Through my "day job" running BOND Strategy and Influence, and working on the marketing for Kevin Macdonald's upcoming documentary MARLEY, Sara and I were introduced to the amazing work of the Swedish designer Viktor Hertz.

The other day, after debuting a fantastic video created by Street Virus of artist Phil Frost talking about how his work has been inspired by Bob Marley, Viktor sent us his own tribute to Bob, an alternative movie poster for the MARLEY documentary. We loved it so much we wanted to share it on the Wooster site. 

Viktor explains - "The idea behind the pictogram mosaic portrait, is to show the complexity and all the different things that made the man behind the music."

If you haven't yet seen the trailer for MARLEY, here it is (The film will be available in theaters and on demand in the US on 4/20):

]]> Art 2012-04-05T11:34:52+00:00 http://www.woostercollective.com/post/shit-were-diggin-viktor-hertzs-alternative-poster-for-marley Street Art At Its Best: “Take The Stairs” http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wooster/~3/fLS6kwNSqRU/street-art-at-its-best-take-the-stairs /post/street-art-at-its-best-take-the-stairs#id8658

]]> Fun 2012-04-04T12:07:22+00:00 http://www.woostercollective.com/post/street-art-at-its-best-take-the-stairs Shit We’re Diggin: The Neon Graffiti Of SHOK-1 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wooster/~3/5eUMCmfZoms/shit-were-diggin-the-neon-graffiti-of-shok-1 /post/shit-were-diggin-the-neon-graffiti-of-shok-1#id8656

 

 

More from SHOK-1 here.

]]> Graffiti 2012-03-30T12:57:10+00:00 http://www.woostercollective.com/post/shit-were-diggin-the-neon-graffiti-of-shok-1 Florian Rivière - Urban Hacktivist http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wooster/~3/OahPGbvb2MI/florian-riviere-urban-hacktivist /post/florian-riviere-urban-hacktivist#id8655

"Florian Rivière is an "urban hacktivist". He founded and led from 2008 to 2012 the collective “Democratie Creative” very active in the public space of Strasbourg.

Inspired by the hacker culture, he reinvests and diverts public space to allow citizens to reclaim their environment. His interventions, between urban design "Do It Yourself" and upcycling, have the particularity to be spontaneous and raw, exclusively made with objects found in the street, and always with humor.
Games, furnishings, traps, maps, instructions ... : so many urban tactics to show the functionality of sites, and direct action of the user on urban space.
A space unfortunately controlled for too long by professionals and bureaucrats of the city, and now lacking in humanity and sensitivity."

]]> Activism 2012-03-30T12:50:21+00:00 http://www.woostercollective.com/post/florian-riviere-urban-hacktivist “Nice Inch Snails” - OX and Ludo Collaborate in Paris http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wooster/~3/gTBt8rzwUwI/ox-and-ludo-collaborate-in-paris /post/ox-and-ludo-collaborate-in-paris#id8654

]]> Billboard Liberations 2012-03-29T11:55:37+00:00 http://www.woostercollective.com/post/ox-and-ludo-collaborate-in-paris Laura Keeble’s Confessional http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wooster/~3/-X9Hgz8dAgU/laura-keebles-confessional /post/laura-keebles-confessional#id8653

 

Title:Confessional
Date:19th March 2012
Site: Royal exchange buildings,Bank,London
Media: Found Stained glass,Mixed media,Solder,Lead.

 

 

]]> 3D 2012-03-29T11:51:56+00:00 http://www.woostercollective.com/post/laura-keebles-confessional Fresh Stuff From Iemza in Reims http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wooster/~3/8gYMa-w2B7o/fresh-stuff-from-iemza-in-reims4 /post/fresh-stuff-from-iemza-in-reims4#id8652

Photos by photo M.T.G 

More from iemza here

]]> Walls 2012-03-29T11:45:11+00:00 http://www.woostercollective.com/post/fresh-stuff-from-iemza-in-reims4 Street Art At Its Best: “Cycles Attached Will Be…” http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wooster/~3/uiFy5pe7mcE/street-art-at-its-best-cycles-attached-will-be /post/street-art-at-its-best-cycles-attached-will-be#id8651

]]> Fun 2012-03-28T00:37:57+00:00 http://www.woostercollective.com/post/street-art-at-its-best-cycles-attached-will-be Vhils Hits The Streets Of Shanghai http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wooster/~3/ZWPuiwZkGXo/vhils-hits-the-streets-of-shanghai /post/vhils-hits-the-streets-of-shanghai#id8650

]]> Walls 2012-03-26T11:57:20+00:00 http://www.woostercollective.com/post/vhils-hits-the-streets-of-shanghai Mentalgassi Shows Us How Its Done http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wooster/~3/9xuEiPuei40/mentalgassi-shows-us-how-its-done /post/mentalgassi-shows-us-how-its-done#id8649

mentalgassi Getxophoto 2011 from fermin aio on Vimeo.

]]> 3D 2012-03-26T11:55:51+00:00 http://www.woostercollective.com/post/mentalgassi-shows-us-how-its-done Rojo’s ®Nova Coming To São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, and Barcelona http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wooster/~3/N72Kkf4wOVk/rojos-nova-coming-to-saeo-paulo-rio-de-janeiro-and-barcelona /post/rojos-nova-coming-to-saeo-paulo-rio-de-janeiro-and-barcelona#id8648

Delaere by Emilio Gomariz from ROJO® on Vimeo.

On April 6th, @Nova, ROJO's contemporary culture festival, will launch in São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, and Barcelona.  This year's event will showcase more than 100 artists, more than 50 music and audiovisual live shows, installations, workshops, talks and more.  Participating artists include:

Bill Viola, Mouse on Mars, Jay Jay Johanson, Gonjasufi, Levi Van Veluw, Soley, Yolanda Dominguez, Eluvium, Norman Palm, Rafael Rozendaal, Olek, Sabrina Ratté, Karl Kliem, Patrick Kelleher & His Cold Dead Hands, Ryoichi Kurokawa, Zimoun, Olaf Breuning, Mulheres Barbadas, Nils Frahm, Computer Jay, Frederik Heyman, Byetone, Yoshi Sodeoka, Optical Machines, Atsuhiro Ito, Shima, Hess is more, Ljudbilden & Piloten, Afasia, Boris Hoppek, Yang02, Good wives & warriors, Rosa Menkman, Jesús Olmo, Christopher Scullion, Thiago Pethit, Noia The band, Clemens Behr, School Tour, Beast, Koen Delaere, Quayola, Jason Forrest, Akin, E*Rock, Sophie Gateau, Bosques de mi mente, Graham Caldwell, Mark Jenkins, Catscars, Mirella Brandi e Muepetmo, Jonathan McCabe, Emilio Gomariz, Sebastien Preschoux, Protey Temen, Basavizi, Astrid Rieger, Fupete, Juan Rayos, Thorsten Fleisch, Isaac Niemand…

You can learn more about ®Nova on their website here.

]]> Events 2012-03-26T11:46:40+00:00 http://www.woostercollective.com/post/rojos-nova-coming-to-saeo-paulo-rio-de-janeiro-and-barcelona Collapsing Cooling Towers http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wooster/~3/KojNwEiwEIE/collapsing-cooling-towers /post/collapsing-cooling-towers#id8647

]]> Video 2012-03-24T23:09:40+00:00 http://www.woostercollective.com/post/collapsing-cooling-towers Fresh Stuff From Mark Jenkins On The Streets Of Rome http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wooster/~3/6Yjp0NKYuvI/fresh-stuff-from-mark-jenkins-on-the-streets-of-rome /post/fresh-stuff-from-mark-jenkins-on-the-streets-of-rome#id8646

Photo nicked from The Art Street Journal.

]]> 3D 2012-03-23T00:48:01+00:00 http://www.woostercollective.com/post/fresh-stuff-from-mark-jenkins-on-the-streets-of-rome FIRST LOOK:  Phil Frost On The Inspiration Of Bob Marley http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wooster/~3/h93fhlTzitc/title-first-look-phil-frost-on-the-inspiration-of-bob-marley /post/title-first-look-phil-frost-on-the-inspiration-of-bob-marley#id8645

FIRST LOOK: Phil Frost On The Inspiration Of Bob Marley from streetvirus on Vimeo.

In celebration of the upcoming release of MARLEY, Kevin Macdonald's epic feature length doc on the life of Bob Marley, artist Phil Frost (who's known to be incredibly reclusive) participated in an terrific short video in which he for the first time talks about how his work and life has been influenced Marley. MARLEY hits theaters and all the digital outlets (including Facebook) on 4/20 and includes never before seen footage and music.

]]> Video - Artist Profiles 2012-03-14T12:15:58+00:00 http://www.woostercollective.com/post/title-first-look-phil-frost-on-the-inspiration-of-bob-marley One Not To Miss: DELUSIONAL: The Story of the Jonathan LeVine Gallery Book Signing http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wooster/~3/n7k4TpVtBng/one-not-to-miss-delusional-the-story-of-the-jonathan-levine-gallery-book-si /post/one-not-to-miss-delusional-the-story-of-the-jonathan-levine-gallery-book-si#id8644

Delusional: The Story of the Jonathan LeVine Gallery from weholden on Vimeo.

 

The Story of the Jonathan LeVine Gallery BOOK SIGNING 

SATURDAY, MARCH 10th, from 3—5pm

Jonathan LeVine Gallery
529 w 20th Street, 9flr
New York, NY 10011
(212) 243-3822 
www.jonathanlevinegallery.com

See you there!

 

]]> Events, New York 2012-03-09T22:03:36+00:00 http://www.woostercollective.com/post/one-not-to-miss-delusional-the-story-of-the-jonathan-levine-gallery-book-si Between the Lines - Graffiti Talks - Deadboy http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wooster/~3/jwXNAEtKN-8/between-the-lines-graffiti-talks-deadboy /post/between-the-lines-graffiti-talks-deadboy#id8643

Between the Lines - Graffiti Talks - Deadboy from betweenthelinesdoc on Vimeo.

]]> Video - Artist Profiles 2012-03-07T13:18:53+00:00 http://www.woostercollective.com/post/between-the-lines-graffiti-talks-deadboy Fresh Stuff From Stook in Madrid http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wooster/~3/eu08VlPTN8k/fresh-stuff-from-stook-in-madrid /post/fresh-stuff-from-stook-in-madrid#id8642

"This intervention was done on Sat 03/03/2012. In the main street from Madrid Gran Vía. Next to the Puerta del Sol, where the so called "Spanish Revolution" started on March 15th last year."... STOOK

]]> Activism 2012-03-07T12:56:10+00:00 http://www.woostercollective.com/post/fresh-stuff-from-stook-in-madrid Fresh Stuff From TIKA in Rio de Janeiro http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wooster/~3/f2vP0eegQT4/fresh-stuff-from-tika-in-rio-de-janeiro /post/fresh-stuff-from-tika-in-rio-de-janeiro#id8641

More from TIKA here.

]]> Walls 2012-03-07T12:50:42+00:00 http://www.woostercollective.com/post/fresh-stuff-from-tika-in-rio-de-janeiro “Push The Button”—Seen On The Streets Of Vancouver http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wooster/~3/RywOatt9P1k/push-the-button-seen-on-the-streets-of-vancouver /post/push-the-button-seen-on-the-streets-of-vancouver#id8640

More photos here.

]]> Stencils 2012-03-07T12:44:49+00:00 http://www.woostercollective.com/post/push-the-button-seen-on-the-streets-of-vancouver