Artist SpY put together this buggie instillation on the side of a building in Madrid. 150 fake cameras on a grid, pointed in a single direction. It’s an obvious, simple, but effective symbol for social commentary on the invasion of privacy. The fact that they’re fake cameras does little to diminish their significance, unless you know it’s an art project. It’s enough to disrupt a pedestrian’s day, as if the NSA decided to be cute. To quote Radiohead’s “There There,” …
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Two new Drake tracks have been released. “We Made It (Remix)” Feat. Soulja Boy and another track called “Trophies”, released just in time to kick off the new year. “Trophies” was produced by Hitboy, co-produced by Hagler and 40. “Trophies” was left off Nothing Was The Same, because Drake felt it needed more work. In my opinion”Trophies” is the stronger of the two. “We Made It (Remix)” is cool too but Soulja Boy’s part is unnecessary, which shows Drake’s skills for outshining people …
The talented rapper and late Pro Era member Capital STEEZ died a year ago, December 24, 2012. To commemorate the one year anniversary of his death, Pro Era released a video for his “47 Piiirates” joint featuring Joey Bada$$ and Dirty Sanchez. The track is off STEEZ’s first mixtape AmeriKKKan Korruption Reloaded. According to Fader, the video was put together in collaboration with Karmaloop TV and L-R-G. The video features “lost footage” and “nearly 20 musicians, graffiti artists, videographers and fans” worked to put it …
We mentioned “L’Avenir” opening at White Walls earlier this month. Here’s some of the work, along with opening night photos. Definitely an exhibit worth checking out. It’ll be open through January 4th. Images via Graffuturism …
Images from the book Chinese prints 1950-2006 in the Ashmolean Museum were recently posted on 50 Watts. The site featured a collection of these ill prints ranging from otherworldly to everyday life. According to the site, these were “hard-to-find” but East Art Online will make all images in the publication searchable and zoomable online. …
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