Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Ukraine: 5, 6, 7 September c.Kamenets Podolsky international festival of street art


Re$publica Festival


Re$publica Festival <press@respublicafest.com>


This year they did not provide English information, but you can use Google Translate on their website. Ukrainian press release:

На стріт-арт фестивалі «Республіка» збирають кошти на створення величезного графіті про Майдан

Цього року під час фестивалю «Республіка», що відбудеться у Кам’янці-Подільському 5-7 вересня, художники планують створити великий малюнок на 5-типоверховому будинку у пам’ять про події на Майдані.

Організатори вирішили зібрати гроші через платформу спільнокошт. До цієї справи можуть долучитися усі охочі. Ідею підтримали майже 50 благодійників й на малюнок зібрали 55% необхідних коштів. Аби проект втілили у життя, залишається менше 20-ти днів. Долучитися можна тут http://biggggidea.com/project/687/
Кожен учасник отримає подяку від фестивалю «Республіка» (квитки, футболки, екскурсії, проживання у готелі).

Новий малюнок («Запальний танок») створять на фасаді 5-типоверхового будинку. Це експозиція художників з арт-групи DRUGYJ FRONT, які створювали свої картини під час подій на Майдані.
Також організатори планують презентувати проект «Листівки з Майдану» під час фестивалю.

Куди підуть гроші
Зібрані кошти будуть витрачені на фарбу, на гідравлічний підйомник, на оренду приміщень для виставки, на організацію приїзду художників.
Фестиваль «Республіка» – це автономний проект який не співпрацює з політичними партіями, без джерел фінансування, окрім коштів з продажу квитків.
“Нам дуже важлива ваша підтримка в цьому проекті, завдяки нашим спільним зусиллям в спальному районі міста з’явиться ще один арт-об’єкт, а люди, які приїдуть на фестиваль «Республіка» з різних регіонів України та інших країн світу, зможуть  переглянути, ознайомитись або пригадати революційні події, які відбувалися на Майдані”, – пишуть організатори.

English Google Translation:

On the Street Art Festival "The Republic" gather funds for the creation of a huge graffiti on the Square

This year, during the festival "Republic" to be held in Kamenetz-Podolsk 5-7 September, the artists plan to create a major figure 5-storey building in the memory of the events on the Square.

The organizers decided to raise money through the platform spilnokosht. This case can engage all comers. The idea was supported by almost 50 philanthropists and collected by drawing 55% of the necessary funds. To design embodied in life is less than 20 days. Join here http://biggggidea.com/project/687/

 
Each participant will receive the gratitude of the festival "Republic" (tickets, t-shirts, tours, accommodation).

New picture ("Hot Dance") to create the facade of 5-storey building. This exhibition of artists from the art group DRUGYJ FRONT, who created his paintings during the events on the Square.
Organizers also plan to present the project "Postcards with Square" during the festival.

Where will the money
The collected money will be used to paint on a hydraulic lift, the rent for the exhibition, the organization coming artists.

 
Festival "Republic" - a stand-alone project that does not cooperate with political parties, without funding, in addition to funds from ticket sales.

 
"We really appreciate your support in this project, thanks to our joint efforts in the residential area of the city will have another art object, and the people who come to the festival" Republic "from Ukraine and other countries of the world can see , learn or remember the revolutionary events that took place on the Square "- written by the organizers.






Magazine: InterRail - Utah & Ether

InterRail

World-renowned graffiti writers UTAH & ETHER take to the road and the rails in Finish InterRail, the premier release from Trespass Press.

The couple is internationally known for being two of the most prolific and cutting-edge artists within the graffiti genre. They have gained global notoriety for their signature vandalistic styles, which can be viewed on the streets, trains and metro systems of over 40 countries, spanning 4 continents.

Each of the 120 full-color pages in this zine document the adventure and spontaneity of their European holiday gone awry. Shot fully on 35mm film in the form of stolen disposable cameras, the images in this publication emanates a rawness and honesty that draws the viewer in to the world of UTAH & ETHER.

This edition is limited to 300 copies and will not be reprinted.

Stats:
120 Full-Color Pages
120g Woodfree Paper
5A Size (148mm x 210mm / 5.83" x 8.27")
Full Bleed
Heavy Card Stock Cover
Edition of 300

http://www.trespasspress.com/

Germany, Crimmitschau: Aug 29 - 31 - 80 artists at IBUg



IBUg 2014: 
Festival for urban art and culture in Crimmitschau, Germany

This weekend the IBUg is going to the next round! For the 9th time this unique festival transforms an industrial wasteland into a synthesis of the arts. Started 2006 by Tasso (Maclaim Crew) as a small and unofficial graffiti meeting in Meerane the project became a festival of international renown over the years, featuring artists from all over the world, fascinating art pieces, a colorful program and an unique atmosphere. In 2014 IBUg festival is taking place in Crimmitschau, the “city of a hundred chimneys”, for the first time – and this simultaneously in two locations: the former brothers Pfau cloth mill and the nearby area around Schützenplatz!

Since last Friday more than 80 artists - creative folks of the steady growing IBUg-family - will transform both locations into a total artwork by graffiti, paste ups, impressive murals, detailed illustrations, spectacular installations and multimedia projections within a one-week creative phase. There will be Zone56 (Glauchau), Flamat (Leipzig), Threehouse (Leipzig), HiFi (Dortmund), Quintessenz (Berlin) or Loomit (München)  and international guests like Faunagraphic and Rocket (Great Britain), Amin (France), Duncan Passmore (Ireland), Pinche (Spain), Key Detail (Belarus), Akuma und Digo (Brasil), Alaniz (Argentina) or Benuz (Mexico), to just name a few.

The results of their work is gonna be displayed from Friday the 29th till Sunday the 31st of August as part of a festival called "IBUg fabric + leather“. The extensive program furthermore includes guided tours of the IBUg area and the historical production facilities of the west saxonian textile industry that not just shows multifaceted, high-standard art, but also let the visitors explore more than 130 years of industrial history. On Saturday numerous lectures about „street culture and creative industries" are given by taking the example of tree creative enterprises. The following Sunday experts discuss the question of „How do we want to live and work?“. Besides that the festival-weekend comes up with the exhibition "IBArt" of various artist´s artworks, movies, an art market, chillout area and a silkscreen printing workshop. Of course there´ll be the traditional IBUg-party – which is going down twice this year!  Acts like DJ Marc Hype (Dusty Donuts, MPM Rec, Berlin), Franz! (Muna, Paracou, Thurania), Iknaz and Bear With Me (Das Konglomerat, Weimar), Beppo S. & Peter B. (Staubsound, Leipzig), Jahmica & die Obskuriosen (Zwangsvulgaristen, Leipzig) or  DJ Sir Mole (Dresden) gonna be live on stage and will certainly inflame the mood to the boiling point.

Further information about IBUg: http://www.ibug-art.de
[The English site does not work for some reason, but it might auto-redirect you.]

IBUg 2014 teaser: http://vimeo.com/103398243

Selected artists of IBUg 2014:
Akuma (Brazil), Alaniz (Argentina), Amin (France), Andy K, Arijmoka, Atem, Beastiestylez, Bender, Benjamin Frischbier, Benuz (Mexico), Bond, Bonk, Chemis (Czech Republic), Christian Rug, Dial, Duncan Passmore (Ireland), El Bocho, Elmar Karla, Farbgefühl, Flamat, Fogel Junge, Gebrüder Onkel, Guido Zimmermann, HiFi, Innerfields, Jolly Fellow, juliaH, Kera, Key Detail (Belarus), Konglomerat, lagqaffe, Loomit, Mad Flava, Marx, Maximiliane Beck, Miez Wars, Mimicry, Momo, Monarch, MXZEHN, Okle, Orble, Patu, Pinche (Spain), Quintessenz, Raffael Jesche, Rebelzer, Rico Gruner, Royal TS, Shortee, Simo, Threehouse, Wästegäng, Won, Zone56, Faungraphic (Great Britain), Rocket (Great Britain), Jan Thau, Woodland, Digo (Brazil)

The schedule:

Friday, 29th of August 2014
15.00 - Schützenplatz & brothers Pfau cloth mill (Leipziger Straße 125) - 08451 Crimmitschau

"IBUg fabric + leather" - Festival for urban art and culture with guided tours of the transformed festival area, exhibition "IBArt", cinema and chillout...


Friday, 29th of August 2014
20.00 – Schützenplatz - 08451 Crimmitschau

"Electric eclectic IBUgig" - Party with Marc Hype (Dusty Donuts, MPM Records Berlin - www.marc-hype.com), Franz! (Muna, Paracou, Thurania - www.facebook.com/franzausrufezeichen), monotype & flomotion (Mopedgang Records), Iknaz and Bear with me (Das Konglomerat, Weimar - www.daskonglomer.at). Deco: IBUg & Lonesome Riders (www.facebook.com/LonesomeRiders)

More: http://www.facebook.com/events/504772623002362


Saturday, 30th of August 2014
10.00 - Schützenplatz & brothers Pfau cloth mill (Leipziger Straße 125) - 08451 Crimmitschau

"IBUg fabric + leather" - Festival for urban art and culture with guided tours of the transformed festival area, exhibition "IBArt", cinema, discussions and lectures, art market, silkscreen printing workshop and chillout...


Saturday, 30th of August 2014
20.00 – Schützenplatz - 08451 Crimmitschau

"IBUg Night Fever" - Party with the PAINT CLUB Marker Battle and Monkeyman (7Schläfer), DJ Sir Mole (Dresden), Beppo S. & Peter B. (Staubsound, Leipzig - www.facebook.com/beppo.rap), Jahmica & die Obskuriosen (Zwangsvulgaristen, Leipzig - www.facebook.com/jahmica), DJ Free-Kee (Impfbass, Leipzig - www.soundcloud.com/free-kee). Deco: IBUg & Lonesome Riders (www.facebook.com/LonesomeRiders). Sound: Ultraschall PA (www.ultraschall-pa.de)

More: http://www.facebook.com/events/796212500398535


Sunday, 31st of August 2014
10.00 - Schützenplatz & brothers Pfau cloth mill (Leipziger Straße 125) - 08451 Crimmitschau

"IBUg fabric + leather" - Festival for urban art and culture with guided tours of the transformed festival area, exhibition "IBArt", cinema, discussions and lectures, art market, silkscreen printing workshop and chillout...


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picture credits:

Impressions of the IBUg 2014 creative phase in Crimmitschau, Germany (® Thomas Dietze)








MO, St. Louis: Aug 29 - Sept 1 - PAINT LOUIS



Paint Louis
Official: http://stlpaintlouis.wix.com/paintlouis

"This year will mark the 10th annual PAINT LOUIS event since its establishment in 1998.  Paint Louis is a graffiti art/HipHop music and dance event that is dedicated to showcasing the country's best HipHop artists in approved public spaces.  Paint Louis is an all-ages event lasting 4 days, featuring 300 artists and over 1,000 attendees that come to appreciate the art."

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DATES:    Friday, August 29, 2014 to Monday, September 1, 2014

TIME:    8:00am-8:00pm  (and times vary for nightly after parties)

LOCATION:    The Flood Wall, located at Chouteau Ave. at S. Wharf St., 63102.  The Flood Wall is 1.9 miles in length.  

Susan says: This event is amazing. It's probably the biggest painting event in the USA. You should go. Some extra things you might want to take (see website for more info):

* water
* sunscreen
* hats
* bandanas
* ice 
* hand cleaner
* towels (ice water->head and shoulders)
* ladders
* rollers and extensions
* snacks/picnic
* camera supplies
* sketchbooks
* stickers
* folding chairs you can easily carry
* umbrellas

What not to bring: giant SUVs. It's super hot and dusty and the road is narrow. 

Tip: Hotels with pools will be just the thing. 

Please pass this info to your social networks!

Call for artists: Sticker Phiends Vol. 6: Phoenix Arizona - Deadline October 4, 2014


"Sticker Phiends" Vol. 6!

Phoenix, Arizona (October 2014) - Street/Gallery artist "Mad One" will team up with cartel lab to host and curate the annual "Sticker Phiends", a showcase of local and international adhesive, street and graff artists for yet another round. The show will feature adhesive art and other interactive activities, plenty of sticker giveaways, limited edition prints and other mixed medium works produced by showcasing artists. 

There have been several Graffiti/Urban art themed shows throughout the valley over the past decade. This is one of a kind for sure; its name explains itself “Sticker Phiends” an array of street/gallery artists throughout the world have come together year after year to make this a must see show.

 Mad One, a former based Arizona street/gallery artist, had the opportunity to lock down local and international artists both established and up and coming. “In the past shows we have had artists ranging from Arizona, New York to Brazil, Spain and beyond". Sticker Phiends is about the adhesive art movement and bringing awareness of stickers and how they have gone from the streets to a modern medium of art being displayed in today’s galleries.

-Please send in posters/stickers for our installation piece (no larger than 24x36in.)

-Artwork you would like to display please have the following included:

(Ready to hang, artist info and price) Reminder: the gallery will be taking 50% of sales so please price accordingly.

We would also like to request items to be donated so they could be given out over the course of the opening night like Tee-shirts, sticker packs etc.. If you would like to contribute anything specifically for the merch/sales area please indicate in package and or via communication (e-mail preferred)

If you have any questions regarding submissions/sponsoring the event or shipping please contact

Madizmprojects@gmail.com

DEADLINE IS OCTOBER 4th 2014!!!!

Delta does concrete

Asphalte; Biennale d'art urbain - Charleroi Belgium

10k kg concrete and metal piece by Delta


Asphalte #1 - Le Teaser
from BPS22 on Vimeo.



CA, Los Angeles: Jun 8 - Sep 21, 2014: Scratch

Experience 11: Scratch


Many events, check the link. Zine fair and calligraphy course are next.

http://esmoa.org/experience/experience-11-scratch-june-8-until-september-21-2014/

SCRATCH Artists   AiseBorn | Alex “Defer” Kizu | Arbe | Atlas | Augustine Kofie | Axis | Big Sleeps | Bob Roberts | Charlie Roberts | Cryptik | David Cowan (Miner) | Demer One | Design 9 | Devin Flynn (Relm) | Dr.Eye | Earn One | Eder | Enkone | Eric “Cre8” Walker | Eyeone | Fearo | Fishe | Gajin Fujita | Gorgs | Heaven | Hert | Jeffrey Saunders(Dye5) | Jose “Prime” Reza | Kasl | Keo One | Kopey | Korea | Kozem | Krush | Kyle Kyote | Lokus | Mark 7 | Patrick Martinez | Nuke | Pedro Balugo (PJ) | Plek | Pyer | Raymond “Gramps ”Green | Roder 169 | Saber | Sano | Steven Tishkoff (Mist) | Swank | Tanner | Tempt | Thanks | The Phantom Street Artist | Versus 269 | Vyal | Wram One
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Call for artists: Washington, DC: Sept 14th - October 4th, 2014 - G40 Art Summit

G40

G40 Art Summit is a yearly group art show that brings together world renown artists for a month long exhibit with a different theme every year. This year’s show focuses on artwork that goes beyond the traditional two dimensional canvas. Artists are challenged to approach their work in a multi dimensional format which will expand boundaries and grow possibilities. Artwork will include layered canvases, art on found objects, free standing pieces, and many more creative approaches to the challenge at hand. The exhibit will take place at Blind Whino for the second year running. The building’s many nooks and ample spaces provide the ideal backdrop for installations that will transform the space into living art.

This festival is still accepting artists, vendors and performers. More info:
artwhino.com/exhibitions-1/2014-g40

Mirrored alphabet

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BvDjx4xCYAMpAYt.jpg

Regrettably, I can't find the origin of this, but it's lovely and I wanted to share it.

New comic book: TEEL ONE - Chicago: Modern Urban Legends

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Modern Urban Legends

Momentum Art Tech brings the gritty passion and often misunderstood graffiti world to life comic-book-style with Modern Urban Legends, the first comic book series visualizing the realities and harshness of graffiti-writing culture.  This story, written by artist TEEL ONE, is artistically created to open your eyes on this overshadowed society. 

Hundreds of books and magazines have told the story and documented graffiti culture, but this is the first comic book series based on real life stories from one of Chicago's most well-known graffiti writers. The series portrays the challenges its main character, RAZE faces in school, with his peers and living this underground lifestyle. Creatively designed visuals support the story with background tags and subtle references to past and current writers and artists.

Modern Urban Legends is the first edition in this series and was designed for both the graffiti writers and those looking for more insight into this world. The ten-page story can be purchased for $3 at the store or ordered by contacting Momentum Art Tech at 1-773-441-4842 or via email at Momentumarttech@gmail.com

CA, Los Angeles: Aug 30, 2014: Blade - King of Graffiti book signing & Freedom show opens (through Sep. 13)

BLADE

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BLADE is considered “The King of Graffiti” because by 1980, after painting 5,000 wildly creative trains, he stopped counting. Known and loved by the graffiti community, BLADE is not a myth but a crowned head visionary who has painted a rich collection of artwork on the street and on canvas.

BLADE’s first solo show in Los Angeles, this exhibit features new large-scale spray paint and paint marker artworks on canvas and NYC subway maps. Inspired by his own characters, letters, colors, and abstract imagery from some of his own subway train masterpieces from the 1970’s, the collection of artwork is a throwback to his innovative style that influenced generations of contemporary artists all over the world. Titles like “METALLIC MADNESS” and “METEROIC RAINBOW ” are reminiscent of the silver spray paint and metal trains that BLADE painted fiercely. His gifted perception for color and letter style are not just nostalgic but defining for the golden era of subway art. In “JOINT MAN ,” BLADE paints a character he originally created in 1976, at age 19, on an IRT Train. These new paintings are a look at the past fused with BLADE’s ever-future imagination of today.

BLADE: KING OF GRAFFITI is a colorful hardbound collectible book about BLADE, the prolific and legendary graffiti artist from the Bronx. BLADE’s career has spanned over forty years and writer/NY graffiti artist Chris Pape, aka FREEDOM , sits down with him to recount his high’s and low’s in this 250 page book, packed with vintage photos of his life and artwork. This book parallels the New York graffiti movement almost from its inception, moving through its glory years in the mid-1970s, when BLADE earned his title, and ending in the global art scene, where he remains a major presence. BLADE helped New York graffiti become internationally famous by making it look fun, and, for reasons of quantity, quality, and, perhaps above all, for sheer spirit, BLADE may very well be the most popular graffiti artist with his peers. This recently released book is available for sale at THE SEVENTH LETTER STORE for $39.99.




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FREEDOM



FREEDOM grew up on the Upper West side of Manhattan and his name became cemented in graffiti history when he painted what became known as the Freedom Tunnel from 1980 - 1996. The tunnel underneath NYC was once FREEDOM ’s personal hall of fame, featuring many of his silver and black spray paint masterpieces, which included recreations of great artworks from history to specifically homage the importance and influence they have on graffiti art.

The city of New York and Amtrak have since buffed much of the Freedom Tunnel unfortunately but FREEDOM has found another a tunnel to paint in Rochester, upstate New York.

Inspired by his new work in that tunnel, THE ROCHESTER SERIES is a collection of 12” x 16” paintings on wooden panels, larger works on canvas, and traditional NYC wild style piece book drawings reinvented with added collage. Exploring pop objects from his youth, FREEDOM is mining vintage imagery as if he is sifting through subway grating looking for urban archaeology.

Using color in ways he never could in the 1980’s, these works are bright with exciting hues. FREEDOM paints iconic comic book heroes and classic products with graphic cartoony logos incorporating distressed backgrounds to bring into the gallery walls his musings from his current tunnel spray paint installations. In “THE THING ,” FREEDOM tags up historical NYC graffiti writers FLINT , MIKE 171, TAKI 183, and many others, again referencing the impact and gravity of his graffiti community, the writing idols of the walls.

Sunday, August 10, 2014

RIP King ROBBO

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11021922/King-Robbo-obituary.html

King Robbo, who has died aged 44, was one of the founding fathers of London’s graffiti scene. The Telegraph honored him with a great obituary.

He will be greatly missed. Condolences to his family and friends.