Graffiti
This weekend 1 billion people worldwide will be celebrating Diwali “The Festival of Light”. One way that Hindus and Sikhs celebrate the festive season is to decorate the doorways of their houses with elaborate, intricate geometrical patterns called Rangoli as a sign of warmth and hospitality for guests - that are usually bringing some tasty Indian sweets too. Rangoli designs can be made out of virtually anything from petals, rice to the more commonly used coloured layered powders. A happy Diwali from 30gms!
Vikesh Bhatt
Posted on Friday, 20th of October 2006 Permalink
The c.M.O.N.S. are apparently an alternative rock formation out of Barcelona. They are a mixed group with three men (White - drums, Red - bass, Blue - vocals) and two women (Cherrie - guitars, Moo - keyboards). Their last names are a secret. They appear to be like the knitted Rock version of Gorillaz, they dabble in street art, make films and even have their own clothing range, they also have a great website and considering their only lyrics are C’MON, C’MON, C’MON their music ain’t all that bad! listen to 3 of their tracks at MTV’s UNDERTHERADAR.
Dave Brown
Posted on Thursday, 28th of September 2006 Permalink
I am frequently annoyed by one dog in our neighbourhood who persists in playing naughty bingo on my lawn. I’ve thought about getting the George Bush flags out but out here in rural America that might be mistaken as support. Perhaps I should follow Sprinkle Brigade’s lead and dress them up a bit? Scatological!
David Rainbird
Posted on Wednesday, 13th of September 2006 Permalink
While a certain British graffiti artist is grabbing headlines and staging an LA show next month, it’s the quiet ephemeral art of Slinkachu that has caught my eye. His Little People project is a modest intervention – “Little hand-painted people, left in London to fend for themselves.”
David Rainbird
Posted on Tuesday, 12th of September 2006 Permalink
From Melbourne. Coming soon: Shipping Container Tetris – looks like Freitag have already made a start. (via Wooster Collective)
David Rainbird
Posted on Thursday, 6th of July 2006 Permalink
The island of Salina in the Aeolian Islands was the beautiful location for the classic Italian film IL POSTINO. These beautiful hand painted villa numbers must give Mr Postino a daily nightmare!
flickr set
Dave Brown
Posted on Thursday, 18th of May 2006 Permalink
In Montreal, lassoes appear from drains, pedestrian crossings become giant footprints and vines grow on stop lines. In Spacing, Laura Boudreau writes about Peter Gibson aka Roadsworth who since 2001 has been transforming street markings and furniture with some very witty stencil graffiti.
In November last year Peter was arrested on 51 counts (count ’em) of mischief by Montreal Police that sparked a debate about whether this was art or vandalism. Roadsworth must have stencilled a window in his cell and climbed out of it – he’s just had all the charges dropped. His only punishment is a minor fine and 40 hours of community work – namely a public art commission.
See more of Roadsworth’s work at Zeke’s Gallery on Flickr. (via Brand Avenue)
David Rainbird
Posted on Tuesday, 28th of February 2006 Permalink
The Graffiti Research Lab has been messing around with conductive paint, magnetic paint and LEDs to create Electro-Grafs. The video instructions on their recently switched-on blog look complicated to say the least – you’ll need an electronics expert and several hours to create one of these.
The Lab has also switched on it’s own blog with video how-tos of this and another project – LED Throwies.
David Rainbird
Posted on Monday, 27th of February 2006 Permalink
If you’ve stumbled across any framed texts in public places around London lately, Jeremy Kunze is probably the culprit. They are literally framed texts, because graphic designer Jeremy has been collecting text messages, then framing and leaving them in spaces that relate to the original message, for example a text conversation about a tennis match is hung on the net.
He’s also collaborated with his partner Jane to create Jane & Jeremy – a website of their creative projects. The thrift-chic clothes, arty photographs and handmade books are all available to buy. My favourite is the collection of kisses from films – like the end bit of Cinema Paradisio in book form.
David Rainbird
Posted on Friday, 17th of February 2006 Permalink
There are no well-designed graffiti typefaces – until now. Typographers Christian Acker and Kyle Talbott collaborate with graffiti artists and release the work as Handselecta fonts. They argue that just as calligraphy inspired the type designs that we use today, today’s urban glyphs should inspire future type designs. The first volume includes graf artists such as Joker, Mene, Mesh, Mesk, & Sabe – (tip for graffiti artists – get a four letter name) and the results are stunning. See the font, then buy the T-shirt – designed by Sabe. Dope!
David Rainbird
Posted on Tuesday, 31st of January 2006 Permalink
