Giant artworks from the likes of Best Ever, Part2ism, Dr. D, The Krah, Dotmaster, Teddy Baden, Paul Insect and more, this is “One Foot in the Grove”, the London-based urban art event by Mutate Britain! One Foot in the Grove - Urban Art Event in London “One Foot in the Grove will be the kind of extraordinary art event […] A festival of art, music and food held in a unique location on the Portobello Road in Ladbroke Grove, West London. […] ...
Some days ago, I read an nice article about urban sports in Berlin in a Berlin-based newspaper. The author of the article gave an introduction into new “in” sports like parkour, freerunning and an interesting one, I never had heard before - Bike Polo: “Polo is thought to be the oldest team sport known to man, dating from the days when Persian warriors first rode horses into battle. Bicycle polo evolved a bit later, having had to wait for some clever chap to invent the modern bicycle. ...
After my photos and the interview, I found a further impression from Futura 2000’s “Odyssey Two” exhibition in Berlin today! Famous graffiti photographer Ruedi One documented the development of some of the artworks, which were shown at the Futura show. The video, which was created thereby, showcases Futura in a classical, beautiful black-and-white shot sequence. ...
As you could read some days ago, graffiti legend Futura 2000 was in Berlin for his recent exhibition Odyssey Two. During the opening, the New York-based iconic artists took some time to answer questions regarding his current work, past exhibition experiences, and so on…Those of you, who respect Futura for his artworks in the same way I do, should take a look at this insightful interview! Via hypebeast.com.
“UrbanoFILMS” is a film series about urban planning, urban and architectural issues. It’s organized by the Berlin-based network for urban culture Urbanophil. In its 10th Issue, named “Beyond Streetart - New trends of an urban culture”, “UrbanoFILMS” will thematize street art, its influences in urban culture and the future trends. On display will be the documentary film “Mambo”, by Anne Buerger, about the Parisian street artists Mambo. Beforehand a member of the artists collective “POST” will present a selection of their street art projects. ...
Uebergrund, by Sebastian Linck is a new urban photo magazine. The issue I recently had in my mailbox, photographically thematizes urban city-photography and is the first one of an ongoing series. The 76-page mag convinces with 66 urban landscape, graffiti, street art, night-shots, street scenes, trains and tracks, facades and skateboarding photos from all over the world. It’s off-set printed in a handy A5 format. As you maybe know, one of Sebastian’s photos was awarded with the third prize of our urban photo contest, so you can be assured of having a brilliant, ad-free, limited urban mag. ...
After modifying stations in Madrid and Valencia, Red Retro renamed some subway stations in Berlin between September 15th and 26th! He changed for example “Alt-Mariendorf” into “Strg + Alt + Apple-Key”, “Alexanderplatz” into “Alexanderspass” and “Pankstraße” into “Punkstraße”. These changes are not digital - Red Retro uses original vinyl-transparency to make his mostly funny wordplays. The aim of this creative urban interventions is to break through the wall of people’s daily routine and monotony and to provoke human emotions. ...
Some days ago, a new, fully illustrated journey about some of the biggest names in street art, such as Banksy, Shepard Fairey, Barry McGee, Os Gemeos, Blek le Rat, Swoon, Dan Witz, Faile, Eine, Pure Evil and many more was published. Its name: “Street Artists - The Complete Guide”! After “Street Art and the World on Terror” from 2007, it’s the second book about urban art by Eleanor Mathiseon and Xavier A. Tapies. With more than 250 photos from the top creative talents of the international street art scene and details, include a biography and a summary of each-ones style, the book is an informative urban art guide. ...
Do you know “Urbanize”? It’s an international urban game which can be played all around the world. “In this game, backpackers compete with each-other in an unknown city. By executing task from locals, they meet them face-to-face and review the undiscovered places of the city.” As the teaser describes, Urbanize is an urban game for travelers without much money. The aim of the game is to be faster as the opponent backpacker-teams. As a reward, free nights in a hotel are waiting for the best team. ...
As you know, I’m featuring the best three photos of the Urban Artcore Flickr group every week! I do that, because I think that there are many good, but mostly unknown photos on Flickr and so I have some interesting visual content, you’ll see new shots with urban character and the photographers and/ or artists will maybe become some clicks and fame. Today, there are dirty tags, beautiful black-and-white shot of Victor Ash’s “Cosmonaut”, and a girl, breaking out of an interesting concrete location. Have a look: ...