Graffiti Research Lab (GRL) developers Evan Roth and Julien Tèchoueyres recently published prototype presentation of their latest laser tagging intervention which is simply called Laser Knuckles! Laser Knuckles is a devise which combines several laser pointers, some more hard- as well as software to write texts, which can be made visible using long-exposure photography, on any imaginable surface… Evan Roth, who invented the Graffiti Markup Language, is the major head behind the worldwide Graffiti Research Lab. Again he showed what’s possible when you combine artistic aspirations and technical knowledge! ...

Graffiti artists upgrade their tools: Berlin-based graffiti and intervention artist DTagno just came up with a crazy train graffiti installation, what he calls Morphogenetic Field Device… The device consists of a solid metal frame and several spray-cans, which can be triggered all together at the same time via a single metal bar. Although the recently published video documentary is a bit long-winded, it demonstrates the workings of this unique graffiti tool quite well. ...

Moscow-based art collective Faceheads just meet up with Russian probably the best street artist ever, who sometimes is named the new Banksy - His name: ATO! The special thing about ATO is that he creates beautiful street artworks without having any noticeable concept - A fact, a lot of other street artists should also keep in mind as not to get too conceptual with their street art. Worldwide Street Artists: Banksy, ATO, Brainwash - Not sure what to believe? Then you definitely should read our Street Artist Interviews! ...

As some of you already know my Urban Artists in Action photo-show at Westberlin Gallery finished today and will be taken to the upcoming Bright Trade Show. That’s why I took some exhibition shots showing a few insights into the show for those who had no chance to swing by and have a closer look at my photos (including mainly special edition* in an edition of three), featuring top urban artists like Buff Diss (AUS), Titi Freak (BRA), Czarnobyl (GER), Dan Kitchener (UK), Ben Eine (UK), Emess (GER), FinDAC (UK), Herakut (GER), Augustine Kofie (USA), Mode2 (FRA), Nychos (AUT), Run Don’t Walk (ARG), Remi/Rough (UK) and Morten Andersen (DK). ...

Seems like almost every more or less bigger city, like New York, Berlin, London, or Valencia has already its own street art book. Of course they have different formats, qualities and focuses, but in the end each of those books gives a brief overview about what’s happening in streets. Today I bumped into Seattle Street Art by A. Tarantino, which was published earlier this year and includes about 100 colorful pages, documenting a small part of Seattle’s street art life… ...

What have SheOne, Duncan Jago, Jaybo Monk, Matt W. Moore, Augustine Kofie, Nawer, Morten Andersen, Poesia, Derm, and Mark Lyken in common? Right, they are all urban artists, famous for their graffiti-inspired abstract art around the globe and are altogether going to open a group-show in Glasgow this Friday! Entitled Rudimentary Perfection Scotland’s Recoat Gallery will host the UK’s first comprehensive Graffuturism exhibition… The exhibition pulls together an impressive group of notable international artists linked by their innovative spirit and shared graffiti heritage. (Recoat Gallery) ...

Вечный Огонь (or Eternal Flame in English) is the name of an spectacular urban art installation in Yekaterinburg, Russia. To remind of fallen Soviet soldiers during World War II, an artist group burned the soldiers faces on wooden panels using Molotov Cocktails. The results are just great and are now part of an abandoned hospital. It’s amazing to see, how weapons can be used in a unusual way to create art. The roughness, flames and burned faces are probably the best solution to visualise brutal war, for what reason these unique Molotov Cocktail artworks are in my eyes a good way to commemorate… ...

Hamburg-based Spacedepartment is, after Gaffa-Urbanism and Copy & Paste, right now planning the next Urban Spacemag issue (number 4!), for what reason they are calling loud and far for your ideas, texts, questions, images, diagrams, stories and opinions! This issues main topic is Ego-Urbanism. You know it’s about questions like who is positioning opinions in public urban space, how much power one single person has in the urban environment or which different interests in urban space exist. ...

Narcelio Grud from Brasil came up with one of those amazing ideas, only DIY experts can hit on. He developed Splay, a simple but effective low-tech spray-can made of recycled spray-can parts and other commonly found resources like car tyres! Low-tech systems aim to develop strategies and mechanisms, bringing solutions that replace and expand the uses of material and techniques for street actions. I really like that idea although I can’t imagine to take some tyres with me the next time. But in times like these, when spray-cans are getting more and more expensive spray-can recycling is probably the best thing to save some cash…

Shepard Fairey, Logan Hicks, Burning Candy, Nychos, Elph and other interesting urban artists are featured in the latest issue of the Very Nearly Almost magazine, which also includes one of my Urban Artists in Action shots and photo-specials not just about London and LA, but also about Berlin! Because of so much awesome, the VNA crew had to squeeze in extra 32 pages to make it all fit, which is why this issue is the biggest in VNA history! Fortunately I recently received two issues of the number 15, for what reason I am able to give away one VNA mag for free… ...