Category Archives: Video
The Boneyard Project
As long as we have dreamed we have imagined flight, it’s a myth as old as Icarus, and the visual arts, as the primary expression of our visionary impulses has long held a particular fascination for the flying- as far back as Leonardo Da Vinci’s drawings of airplane designs in the late 15th Century. The Boneyard Project is not simply a unique opportunity to give major contemporary artists an amazing canvas of being able to make art out of a plane, it is a chance for us all to examine our own cultural relationship to airplanes and to the archetypal ideal of traveling through the skies. The idea of using an airplane as a vehicle for self-expression is not entirely new. With the first known “nose art”- paintings done on the front of military planes- in 1913, a kind of folk art medium rapidly developed in Europe and the United States over the First and Second World Wars that reflected popular iconography with a kind of visual boldness akin to similar vernacular forms of their day like cartoons, pin-ups and tattoos. Private jets such as those used by rock bands continued the tradition of festooning these flying chariots with art, and certainly the most famous example of an artist putting his work on a plane is when Braniff Airlines commissioned Alexander Calder to paint their fleet of 727s in 1975 to commemorate the Bicentennial.
Beginning with a series executed by some of today’s most prominent graffiti artists, drawing on a medium that gained notoriety as a pictorial elaboration and adornment of subways and trains, with plans to include a broad variety of artists from different fields of practice, The Boneyard Project will seek to re-envision our evolving relationship with flying through populist and fine art perspectives, allowing prominent figures from the fine art world, installation and conceptual art disciplines as well as revered figures of youth culture, to each remind us of that unique romance we have had with planes in our lifetimes. With rising fears, prohibitive costs, and more hassles than seem even slightly reasonable, the great joy of getting on a plane to arrive someplace entirely new and exotic has lost much of its appeal in recent years. Yet to this day this amazing possibility is what flying still represents for us. It is a history and a future we should trust great artists to explore for us. And in our own culture where obsolescence is part of the plan and disposability is a bad habit of commerce we are having a very hard time shaking, the very idea that in the desert there is this wonderful graveyard of disused planes waiting for some new breath of life begs that we ask a generation of creators and thinkers to recycle and re-imagine these former marvels of engineering to take us some place we have indeed never dreamed of before.
OUTSIDE IN : The Story of Art in the Streets
OUTSIDE IN is a celebratory and historical look at street art through the lens of the Museum of Contemporary Art’s groundbreaking exhibition Art in the Streets. The film features renowned artists Shepard Fairey, Lee Quiñones, Swoon, Futura, Mister Cartoon, Revok, Martha Cooper, Invader to name a few. Director Alex Stapleton (Corman’s World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel) documents the artist’s creative process, their pitfalls with the law, the poetic impermanence of their craft and the artists’ evolution from the back seat of a cop car to the walls of a well-respected institution.
- via The Orion
Nychos & Flying Fortress
NYCHOS & FLYING FORTRESS : The anatomy of mother bear giving birth
“Cold winter in Vienna but still not to cold to go big and detailed. Flying Fortress had visit Vienna for a lil mission to see hes fans at the Toydesign World and of course there had to be time to hook up with Nychos .together they made a propper and massive start into 2012.”
GRAFFITI WARS : Banksy vs. Robbo
GRAFFITI WARS : Banksy vs. Robbo
Un documentar realizat de Channel 4 referitor la razboiul dintre Banksy si King Robbo inceput de la interventia lui Banksy peste cea mai veche piesa a lui King Robbo aflata in canalul Regent din Camden, Londra.
Documentarul urmareste evolutia razboiului dintre cei doi artisti, prin modificarea lucrarii, pe rand, de cei doi artisti, dar si ultimile lucrari realizate de King Robbo inainte de accidentul acestuia.
The Whale Story
“A fisherman experiences a moment of connection with a female humpback whale in the waters off of San Francisco. Is this an example of inter-species communication or a mysterious fluke? This true story is retold in paint on a 16 foot high wall with the help of the passing public in Seattle’s Cal Anderson Park.”
Timelapse cu realizarea clipului, clic AICI.
Regizat si animat de Tess Martin.
STENCIL.RO Games presents Marc Eckō’s Getting Up : Contents Under Pressure
“Marc Eckō’s Getting Up : Contents Under Pressure” video pe Vimeo sau YouTube.
Joc valabil pentru PC, XBOX, PlayStation 2 si cateva telefoane Nokia.
Jocul este pana la ora actuala cel mai reusit joc de gen, care incorporeaza graffiti, street art impreuna cu alte elemente urbane, fiind jocul numarul unu’ pentru cei pasionati de graffiti si de jocuri.
Chiar daca uneori actiunea si povestea devin aberante, jocul este foarte bine realizat reusind sa captiveze jucatorul pana la final.
Jucand vei putea vedea evolutia personajului principal Trane, jocul avand o multime de “misiuni”, artisti reali precum OBEY, COPE2, FUTURA, SEEN, DECOY si T-KID.
Getting Up : Contents Under Pressure este un “MUST HAVE”!
Let The Arts Roam
“Wherever they go, they try to make something that makes sense for the neighborhood, and the community. And they always make something positive, something the artists hope people can enjoy — regardless of whether life has greeted them with great fortune. Armed with a vision and their cans of spray paint, El Mac and Retna will transform a forgotten wall into a piece of art.
El Mac and Retna are street artists, born in LA. They use building walls as blank canvases for their imagery, and the duo has collaborated to create murals all over the world. El Mac and Renta have very different styles, and have been collaborating the last few years. They combine their artistic forces in a specific way: El Mac creates huge lifelike portraits and Retna, calligraphic brushwork and decoration. The result is striking imagery that is unique and recognizable as theirs. It’s not uncommon for street art fans and documentarians to gather to watch the progression of an El Mac and Retna work in progress.
El Mac and Retna art feels appropriate for the street because the artists themselves embrace the city streets, the different neighborhoods, and the blend of cultures and backgrounds of the people that fill them. Street art, including the work of El Mac and Retna, also reflects a new attitude about accessibility to art in our environments. “Why not see all the walls painted,” says Retna.”
Created by Joris Debeij & Terence Loos.
Music by The Pilots.
jorisdebeij.com / terenceloos.com / thepilots.nl
True Value
Reverse Graffiti Ad
“Miller Genuine Draft is cold filtered to give it a distinctive smooth, refreshing taste.
To bring this filtration process to life, a new campaign features clean art – a form of street art where people use high pressure water hoses to remove dirt from walls and buildings to reveal extraordinary designs.
The reverse graffiti designs were created by Lotie!
Shot in Bucharest, Romania.
Agency : Leo Burnett London
Director: Lynn Fox”
O parte din desene chiar au fost desenate pe fostul sediu SRI, au rezistat o vreme iar apoi toate fatadele au fost spalate. Foarte rau pentru ca aratau foarte frumos. Locatia AICI.
