Mutate Britain October 21, 2009
Posted by admin in : Street Art , comments closedMutate Britian “One foot in the Grove Exhibition finishes 1st November
A 15000 square foot open air exhibition of Street Art, giant Sculpture and Installations, fully licensed for 1250 people, underneath the West Way Road Bridge next to Portobello Road, Ladbroke Grove, London.
Following the success of their debut show ‘Behind the Shutters’ at the infamous Cordy House, the Mutate Britain team are pleased to announce One Foot in the Grove, an exhibition of painting and sculpture located in the heart of West London on the Portobello Road.
Since artists such as Futura 2000 (then touring with The Clash) and Mode 2 first painted the huge walls supporting the iconic West Way in the early 80s, they have been cited as a birthplace of British graffiti/street art culture. Almost 30 years later Street Art is a global artistic movement, rich with talent, diverse aesthetic styles and momentum sustained by passion. Now over 50 of its old school pioneers, infamous names and future masters are back to build a show that celebrates the depth and heritage of the movement. Expect surprise announcements to add to the mix of works by Mode 2, Matt Small, Dr. D, Part2ism, Best Ever and too many more to mention here.
Thanks to Sam Harman for finding this one.
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Moth TV October 15, 2009
Posted by admin in : Installation, Street Art , comments closedHere is Elliott’s video of the Moth TV guys visit he other day. Anyone else got any footage we can put up here?
http://www.vimeo.com/7060518Moth TV October 11, 2009
Posted by admin in : Announcements, Ideas, Street Art , add a commentWe are pleased to announce that Moth TV will be coming in to talk about their work and run a workshop on Monday 12th October after all at 13.30. The workshop will go on until 8.00 in the evening so we are able to do projections outside. This is an essential session for all second years studying the Future Cinema unit and is also open to any interested third years.
“MOTH formed in November 2008 in the shadows of East London warehouses, flyovers and canal towpaths. Comprising digital artists Ed Firth and Shaun O’Connor, MOTH is united by a passion for experimental technology and for pushing the boundaries of traditional VJing. MOTH bridges the divide between video mixing and street art, generating site-specific video graffiti designed in response to the morphology, texture and ambience of the spaces and structures of the outside world.
In freeing projected visuals from the confined interior, the rectangular screen and the static projector, and introducing the dimensions of time and motion to street art, MOTH aims to develop a new discipline by exploring and exploiting the possibilities of roaming projection and the concept of psychogeography. Two wireless, wearable projection units connected to media tablets allow the artists to move freely around their environment, selecting and relaying pre-produced film and animation designed specifically for that arena.
MOTH’s approach is to explore a space, a structure or an area and respond to its shape, history, context and connotations through projected film and animation, treating the surfaces not just as a screen but as an element of a cinematic and theatrical installation. Recent commissions have revolved around exciting architecture and interesting, unloved fixtures of London’s urban landscape, from the Bow Flyover and Ladbroke Grove’s West Way to Heritage-Listed national treasures such as the Trellick Tower and the V&A Museum, and the De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill-On-Sea.”
The Un-Grafitti Man August 27, 2009
Posted by admin in : Street Art , add a commentPaul ‘Moose’ Curtis, San Franciscan street artist. Making art by removing dirt.
Fantastic Street Art August 27, 2009
Posted by admin in : Street Art , add a commentThis is a really great idea. The sculpture relies on the air of a passing subway train to inflate. I love the fact that the piece is only there for a short period of time and then deflates again appearing just as a pile of rubbish
