Berlin-lad and street artist Irgh and New York City’s street artist Erik Burke aka Over/Under recently teamed up in Staten Island, NYC for a painting session in an abandoned warehouse! Over/Under’s latest work can be seen in the book Street Art New York (2010), his solo exhibition Building on Building, Minneapolis, MN (2011), or on the streets of NYC whereas Irgh’s murals can mainly be found in decayed buildings and old factories in and around Berlin. ...

Berlin-based street artist El Bocho has been working on the streets since 1997. His Little Lucy series (a little girl killing cats), the two CCTVs Kalle and Bernd as well as the new large-scale painted paste-up series are well known not only in Berlin! Recently Paula Kohlmann talked with him about his characters, street-art, life and communication… When I was three or four years old I watched my cousin drawing with crayons. I simply wasn’t able to understand how she was doing it. She gave me the crayons and since then I have never wanted to do anything else but drawing and illustrating. (El Bocho) ...

Roa: An Introduction To Animal Representation by Mammal Press is the first limited edition book by famous Belgian urban artist Roa! As announced I was able to get some quick photographically insights into it during the opening of Roa’s currently running exhibition in Berlin, for what reason here are the first and exclusive insights… Although the book I looked over was just some kind of a quick prototype (the final version will by slightly different), it felt good in my hands and seems to be a must to have not just for collectors. It includes not just photos of Roa’s murals from all over the globe, but also a great collection of Roa sketches and drawings as well as corresponding text describing animals. ...

Two days ago, the first episode of the urban exploring video series Crack The Surface was published, giving some interesting and also spectacular insights into the small but exponentially growing, worldwide urban exploring scene and its culture. Those who risk it all to access and infiltrate closed, abandoned or forgotten spaces explain the what, whys, and how to’s of exploring urban space… Garnished with some extraordinary film sequences, showing people entering underground drains and stations, climbing on roofs (Check out 12:37 - I think it’s taken from the top of The Shard tower’s construction area in London, the upcoming tallest building in the European Union!) or wading through sewage, the interviews reveal not just but also difficulties and other things urban explorers should think about. ...

Famous for his large-scale depictions of animals on city walls around the world, Belgian urban artist Roa brings the creatures which inhabit the fringes of human society back to the metropolis. Recently Skalitzers Gallery opened its doors for his first solo-exhibition in Berlin, including again brilliant paintings, sketches and drawings of animals in his unique style… Of course I joined the opening ceremony, chatted with the man of the day, took some photos for those of you who can’t make it to visit the show and had some first insights into Roa’s first limited edition book Roa: An Introduction To Animal Representation by Mammal Press (Photos of the book will follow - I just can say it’s simply great!). Other good news is, that he will add some new animal murals to Berlin’s streets in the next days, be curious! ...

What sounded first like one of those normal stupid ad events by a big company worked out as a nice get together by artists from all over the world in Berlin. Last Friday, Adidas invited to their Urban Artists Series exhibition at Westberlin Gallery and teamed up with some really impressive artworks by some really talented urban artists like Mr. Jago (UK), Chow Martin (Canada), Pomme Chan (UK), Ville Savimaa (Finland), Russ Mills (UK), Rubens LP (Brazil), Robbie Wilkinson (UK), Claire Scully (UK) and Calvin Ho (China)… ...

This fantastic Graffiti Mobile is a dream for every graffiti enthusiast, old or young, talented or not. Famous Australian Everfresh crew (Yes, that are the boys with the biggest marker worldwide!) had the idea to create this fully furnished van, including everything you need for having some good fun in a city. The load contains in addition to a shelf full of cans and caps, paint bucks, rollers, KRink fire-extinguishers, a crowbar, a side cutter and also a mask, a keg of beer and (as a special gimmick) a old-school boombox, what makes it possible to hit the streets totally independent for some days! ...

After that nice Spray Paint Skateboard Interface by D*Face became popular (just check e.g. hypebeast, ukstreetart, urbanshit or welikethat) well-known, Berlin-based urban artist Dave the Chimp created his own DIY Skate & Paint Device and sent in that way some beef over to LA… You don’t need money, famous friends, and months of research and development to create something - you just need to think and to play. So switch off your computer, switch on your brain, and go create something fantastic yourself - you’ll be amazed at what you can achieve!!! (Dave the Chimp) ...

D*Face is skateboarding addicted - We knew that not just since he transformed the Ridiculous Pool into a skull-hell back in 2009! But know there’s no open question left… The famous urban artist recently went back to Peter King’s backyard in LA having a new invention, the so-called DFace Spray Paint Skateboard Interface*, in his bag, which allows skateboarders to add a spray-can to their deck. This can be easily triggered using a wireless clicker, what makes it possible to skate and paint the floor concurrent. ...

prost think bright This week I got the chance to spend some hours together with the two Berlin-based street artists Prost and Think during their preparations for the upcoming Bright Trade Show in the former Stasi headquarter in Berlin. They really messed around with spray-paint (keyword: Graffiti Without Caps) and I was lucky having a mask with me… Prost, or Mein Lieber Prost, is well-known in Berlin for his subversive and simple character as well as several ad-bustings. Think started in 2001 to hit Berlin’s streets with his multi-faceted style including e.g. stencils, material mix collages on metal or marker drawings… ...