This is an ill time lapse of street artist INTI painting a gynormous mural in Puerto Rico. Peep the bullets in the corner laying in front of a blood red heart. The nun’s bottom hand near the gun’s handle is tattooed with currency symbols: Japanese yen, American dollar and Euro. Shorty’s international, an intelligent hoodlum. Her prayer beads are jalapeno. She gotta a hot hand, gambling her life for c.r.e.a.m. So fresh. Tost films, a small production company in Puerto …
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Street artist Swoon (aka Caledonia Curry) has recently been vocal about her childhood and dealing with her mother’s drug addiction. In the video below Swoon talks about her parents and growing up in Daytona Beach, Florida. Her talk took place in 2013 at the Feast Conference. She also wrote a compelling opinion piece for CNN. At the beginning she describes a scene where her mother tried to commit suicide with a shot gun, but was afraid of pulling the trigger. Unfortunately her mother …
Artist, graphic designer and hip-hop head Jay Shells created red street signs engraved with lyrics from classic rap songs. The rap quotes are lines describing specific locations. Early last year, armed with screws and a stepping stool, Shells installed the signs at the exact sites described in the quotes. Animal New York filmed him driving around New York City putting them up and keeping it moving. Shells curated some tasty treats like “I’m blacker than midnight on Broadway and Myrtle” …
Viral Art is an online book about the intersection between street art, graffiti and the internet. Written and arranged by RJ Rushmore, the ebook explores the internet’s long shadow casted over contemporary artists gaining exposure. Rushmore’s releasing it here. In a recent interview with Graffuturism he said he’s “frustrated by the lack of scholarly material out there about street art and graffiti.” Although I love his popular site Vandalog, I’m still weighing in on his perspective. He raises some interesting …
Street artist Peter Drew just made this short documentary film about tagging. The city council dug his portraits of past time outlaws and allowed his work to stay on public walls. Drew started to wonder why his work was ok, but other forms of street art, like tagging, were not? The film explores the idea of street artists jamming the system while it embraces their work. Some people in the film see tagging as a road to nowhere. It lacks …
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