{"author":"Jan Brennenstuhl","categories":["Guerrilla Art"],"cover":{"alt":"Brad Downey \u0026 Akay Paint Bombs","height":1228,"src":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/brad-downey-akay-paint-bombs/brad-downey-akay-bomb.jpg","width":1840},"credit":"","date":"2012-07-05T09:29:23Z","description":"Exploding Paint: For Fame Festival 2012 in Grottaglie, Brad Downey and Akay (Brakay) built paint bombs to beautify an abandoned building! ","html":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"/brad-downey-spontaneous-sculptures/\"\u003eSpontaneous sculpture\u003c/a\u003e artist \u003cstrong\u003eBrad Downey\u003c/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eAkay\u003c/strong\u003e (tenderly named Brakay) \u003ca href=\"http://www.hookedblog.co.uk/2011/09/brad-downey-akay-fame-festival.html\"\u003eagain\u003c/a\u003e visited the lovely Italian city of Grottaglie! For \u003cem\u003eFame Festival 2012\u003c/em\u003e, both artists created an explosive paint installation consisting of several paint bombs, colorizing an abandoned house\u0026hellip;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNot sure how they initialized the detonations, but it looks like they did not use electricity to do that. Maybe it’s some kind of yeast or something like that. If anyone has a clue, please write a comment - I’d love to have some details!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor more info about Brad Downey, check out \u003ca href=\"/brad-downey/\"\u003eour archive\u003c/a\u003e or \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Downey\"\u003ehis Wikipedia\u003c/a\u003e page!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cpicture style=\"--image-width: 1840px; --image-ratio: 1840 / 1228\" data-source-width=\"1840\" data-source-height=\"1228\" data-width-cap=\"1440\" data-height-cap=\"1228\"\u003e\n  \u003csource type=\"image/avif\" srcset=\"/brad-downey-akay-paint-bombs/brad-downey-akay-paint-bomb_hu_b6be2caa5a92097d.avif 480w, /brad-downey-akay-paint-bombs/brad-downey-akay-paint-bomb_hu_63d866b4222543b5.avif 960w, /brad-downey-akay-paint-bombs/brad-downey-akay-paint-bomb_hu_4e159a99e2b2113f.avif 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n  \u003csource type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"/brad-downey-akay-paint-bombs/brad-downey-akay-paint-bomb_hu_e07e8a66306ade27.webp 480w, /brad-downey-akay-paint-bombs/brad-downey-akay-paint-bomb_hu_74a7064f9f41fc7e.webp 960w, /brad-downey-akay-paint-bombs/brad-downey-akay-paint-bomb_hu_93177d43a99bb46.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg src=\"/brad-downey-akay-paint-bombs/brad-downey-akay-paint-bomb_hu_b7dd720560998930.jpg\" srcset=\"/brad-downey-akay-paint-bombs/brad-downey-akay-paint-bomb_hu_be7e94b1242d15cf.jpg 480w, /brad-downey-akay-paint-bombs/brad-downey-akay-paint-bomb_hu_79774034d63631df.jpg 960w, /brad-downey-akay-paint-bombs/brad-downey-akay-paint-bomb_hu_b7dd720560998930.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\" width=\"1440\" height=\"961\" alt=\"Paint Bomb by Brad Downey and Akay\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\u003e\n\u003c/picture\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003ePaint Bomb by Brad Downey and Akay\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\nVia \u003ca href=\"http://ilovegraffiti.de/blog/2012/07/05/grottaglie-brad-downey-akay-fame-festival-2012/\"\u003eilovegraffiti.de\u003c/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"http://www.famefestival.it/?p=2458\"\u003efamefestival.it\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n","markdown":"\n\n\n\n[Spontaneous sculpture](/brad-downey-spontaneous-sculptures/) artist **Brad Downey** and **Akay** (tenderly named Brakay) [again](http://www.hookedblog.co.uk/2011/09/brad-downey-akay-fame-festival.html) visited the lovely Italian city of Grottaglie! For *Fame Festival 2012*, both artists created an explosive paint installation consisting of several paint bombs, colorizing an abandoned house...\n\nNot sure how they initialized the detonations, but it looks like they did not use electricity to do that. Maybe it’s some kind of yeast or something like that. If anyone has a clue, please write a comment - I’d love to have some details!\n\nFor more info about Brad Downey, check out [our archive](/brad-downey/) or [his Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Downey) page!\n\n![Paint Bomb by Brad Downey and Akay](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/brad-downey-akay-paint-bombs/brad-downey-akay-paint-bomb.jpg\u003e)\n\nPaint Bomb by Brad Downey and Akay \nVia [ilovegraffiti.de](http://ilovegraffiti.de/blog/2012/07/05/grottaglie-brad-downey-akay-fame-festival-2012/) and [famefestival.it](http://www.famefestival.it/?p=2458).\n","tags":["Brad Downey","Explosion Art","European Urban Art"],"title":"Brad Downey \u0026 Akay Paint Bombs","url":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/brad-downey-akay-paint-bombs/"}