Graffiti Wars 2011 -> channel4

Nice video documentary on street art vs. graffiti. Lot’s of candid material and great works to be seen, all told from a a street level p.o.v. Well worth the view.

Visit -> http://www.channel4.com/

itdrewitself -> Meggs x Lister x Kid-Zoom

MEGGS x LISTER x KID-ZOOM from itdrewitself on Vimeo.

Nice documentary style and some really nice artwork.

Notes from Vimeo:

“When three renowned Australian street artists all independently visited the UK in June, Very Nearly Almost organised a meet up and invited us to produce a video documenting the day. Featuring Meggs, Lister and Kid Zoom.”

Visit -> verynearlyalmost.com

Visit -> anthonylister.com

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Street Art View -> Google Street View

There have been a few corporate sponsored attempts in the last couple of years to build up a navigable global collection of graffiti and urban art in general. The first one that I took notice of was a mobile experience created by Adidas called ‘Urban Art Guide’, that experience was followed by a similar experience by Nike [...]

Robo-Rainbow, Akay -> Street Act 2010

I thought this well-filmed video and the actual idea of enhancing one’s bike with an automatic rainbow generating machine was pretty clever. I love that there are people out there spending time building things like this, reminds me a bit of Nike’s Chalk Bot. Makes for a fun view.

SleepyCity.net -> Urban Photography Blog

SleepyCity.net is a super interesting urban photo blog that seems to be based out of London. The photos are very well done and they hit a lot of really untouchable abandoned urban places and spaces that most of our eyes will never see. That’s what I really enjoy about what they’re doing. Documenting. Stop by [...]

Grafitti Art Collection -> Jake Dobkin

Flickr is a big part of my world. I check in with it daily, I’ve made really great connections, learned a lot, it’s honestly much more of a social destination than most people consider it to be. One of my favorite contacts is Brooklyn based Jake Dobkin of graffiti arts blog  streetsy.com. He’s amassed an [...]

Tumblingerstraße -> Stop Motion 'yo man'

Tumblingerstraße from yo man on Vimeo.

I grew up playing around with HO scale model railroad sets and building models with my dad. I have a natural love and interest in that kind of thing. Based in Munich, Germany ‘Yo Man’ has taken his model building to another level by not only building amazingly detailed urban [...]

Freedom Tunnel -> Charles le Brigand

Above are a few nice stills from the below short video documentary of one of NYC’s more mysterious hidden underground places called ‘The Freedom Tunnel’ that many New Yorkers may have heard about, but few have actually seen with their own eyes. I really like the degree of contrast and vignette used in these shots, [...]

3d Graffiti -> Graffiti Technica

I don’t have a ton to say here about the many beautiful renderings by ‘Graffiti Technica’ other than I ♥ them. Their latest video update is perfection, from the simple type lockups, subtle dream state music, surreal minimalist arty landscape and then the big finish with the 3D graffiti tag mysteriously hovering like a UFO [...]

Favela Painting Project -> Praça Cantão in Santa Marta

The Fevala painting crew is working on a project called ‘Praça Cantão’ that’s currently taking place in Santa Marta, judging from the photos it’s coming along really well. The scale and overall coverage alone of this community art project makes it an amazing and inspiring feat. Be sure to check out the Fevala site where [...]

kevin Cyr -> Van Drawings (update)

I ♥ the work of Brooklyn based Kevin Cyr and have posted about his amazing paintings and drawings in the past. It’s good to see that he’s continued to hold steady on his subject matter and has updated his site with more great work. This time he’s added some interesting tones and textures to his [...]

Broken Fingaz -> Graffiti Artists/Stop Motion

The Tel Aviv, Israel based group of graffiti artists known as ‘Broken Fingaz’ have some serious hand skills. I’ve been seeing there work pop up all over lately and after watching their stop motion video below I was pretty amazed and impressed. Their creative approach to stop motion alone demands a ‘must view’ status, not [...]

Secret Wars -> World Art Competition

‘Secret Wars’ is a world wide art competition where talented urban artists represent their individual countries. The competition travels from one destination to another where the artists render their creations side by side in front of a large audience, from the pics on the ‘Secret Wars’ website it looks to be quite the traveling party [...]

Olympic Village Digital Graffiti Wall -> Tangible Interaction

Digital Graffiti at the Olympic Village from Alex Beim on Vimeo.

This is a nice, vivid digital graffiti wall created by tangibleinteraction.com using openframeworks.cc as seen in the Olympic Village. Definitely well executed and worth a view. Be sure to visit Tangible Interaction’s website to check out some of the other work they’ve produced for the [...]

El Pez -> Urban Artist Introduction

I really dig the graphic nature and urban graffiti stylings by ‘El Pez’. His work takes on a very disruptive character and emanates an overall good vibe that I find to be a lot of fun to study. Great line work, very much in the same vein of genius that I get from the ‘London [...]