When the new semester begins at the Leuphana University of Lueneburg, one of the most spectacular art events will start lately under Rik Reinking’s guidance! From 5 to 9 October 2009, more than 35 internationally renowned street artists will go through the city of Lueneburg and the University campus and redesign public space and building facades at the invitation of the University. About 1200 freshmen students have the task to document this project and make videos about it. The nearly 360 expected video clips will be published on the internet in cooperation with Google. ...

After I wrote the article about this very impressive lime lapse video from the streets of New York in 2008, I got a lot of submissions with links to other more or less great videos about urban impressions. ...

Something heard about “Stroke01 - Urban Art Fair”? It is the first European art fair for urban contemporary art and the successor of „Kunst im Tresor“, a very big and successful urban art exhibition (more than 1.400 guests and visitors joined the event on two days…) which happened in May. at a (or one) stroke: by a single action ha ing immediate effect Planned and organized by the Munich event agency “Herr Keuner”, the team of “Intoxicated Demons” from Berlin and the Munich “Team from Hell”, about 15 international galleries and urban art projects will show their picture, drawings, toys and other exhibits together in an old car dealership in the heart of Munich. ...

This is the award ceremony of the international Urban Photo Contest! Over 220 people joined the competition with about 700 photos, that’s why it was so hard to choose the top ten winners. But we did it! I want to give thanks to the both jurors, Luna Park and Peter Nitsch, who have crucial contributed to the decision-making, thank you! In order to not unnecessarily prolong the award ceremony, I don’t want to say anything else. Here are the top ten winners of the international Urban Photo Contest by Urbanartcore.eu: ...

About four months has Mark Andrew Webber spent to design his new artwork and the past two months he carves it: An enormous linocut map of Paris! But that’s not the highlight! The whole map is a typographic interpretation of the French street and building names. With its 1.8 metres across, it’s an fantastic artwork! “With this Paris map, I’ve tried my hardest to make it accurate, but I’m not a French speaker so it’s bloody hard. It’s just a lot of checking and I’d rather like the pieces to not have to be chopped up, as that kind of ruins it.” (Mark A. Webber) ...

I love this fresh slow motion video made by Vicente Sahuc with a Casio camera in New York, 2008! The impressions, the cuttings, the details, the colors - Everything fits great together, it’s a feast for the eyes and additionally gives a fantastic feeling of the urban atmosphere in New York! I mostly like the cop, cruising past with his antique police car or the lady with the pantyhose…great! ...

The Basic idea of “555 Kubik - How it would be, if a house was dreaming” by Urban Screen was to dissolve and break through the strict architecture of O. M. Ungers “Gallery of Contemporary Art” in Hamburg. Fortunately they filmed this phenomenal 3D projection! “Large-scale projection on urban surfaces - this is our creative company’s field of activity. We conceive and produce custom-made media installations using high artistic standards, an architectural approach and a consistently professional completion; in doing so, creating uniquely outstandig impressions.” (Urbanscreen.com) ...

Update: Here are the winners of the Urban Photo Contest… In these minutes, the Urban Photo Contest finishes and I have to say, that it was an successful one! Urbanartcore Flickr-group Over 220 people joined the competition with about 700 photos. Although not all photos oblige our idea, this is a great success for this young blog. In the next days, the jury, Luna Park from New York, Peter Nitsch from Munich and I, will decide which ten photos will gain the rich prizes and a lot of fame. ...

Despite, or perhaps because of his traditional graffiti background (he is one of the most central figures of European graffiti), the Briton Mode 2 has developed an offshoot style of more traditional portraiture. His recent art installations consist of hand-drawn motives on cardboards. They thematize different themes like friendship, love and sex and often show daring nude scenes from the porn world. Format: What do you make of the media fascination with graffiti in recent years, particularly with some of the work Banksy has produced? ...

The Phillips Exeter Academy Library at Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, New Hampshire is among the renowned masterworks of architect Louis Kahn. It is a prime example for modern, characterized by decorative concrete architecture. This short film by Alex Roman gives an impressive insight into the fantastic building. It tells the story of various shapes and colors, which interacts with each-other. Via farbwolke (ger)