Oh yeah, it’s Friday afternoon and there are only a few hours to the opening of this years Backjumps, but before I go off immediately, I will present you the three urban top shot of the week! For those of you, who haven’t heard something about the weekly urban top shots, I will explain it shortly: Every week I feature the three best Urban Artcore shots of the last seven days. Perhaps you have a great shot of urban art, graffiti, architecture, street design, or other urban impressions, too – Become a member of the Urban Artcore Flickr-group and add your photos! ...

Backjumps, the legendary magazine and exhibition project on street art, urban communication and aesthetics is back! After two years of abstinence, Germany’s most famous urban art curator Adrian Nabi invited seven Berlin-based artists to present their engagement with the city of Berlin. For this reason, I will give you an short overview of the history of Backjumps, so that you are able to understand, why this street art event is so important! ...

He’s one of the best-known young graffiti artists worldwide, his artworks has a high recognition value and he is a friend of very popular writers around the globe. Yes, I’m are talking about Brazilian urban artist Nunca! He was part of the graffiti festival in Gdansk, painted at the Tate Modern in London and collaborates with Jonone at the “Graffiti meets Thalys” event in Paris some weeks ago. Latin American cable television channel I.Sat recently published a documentation, called “Talking Walls” about the unique world of street art and graffiti in São Paulo, Buenos Aires and Mexico City. One of the protagonists is already Nunca! ...

Do you know the British artist Stephen Wiltshire? No? Me neither, but today I read an very interesting article about him and his great Manhattan Skyline drawing… …He is the world’s leading architectural artist! Stephen Wiltshire was born on April 24, 1974 in London. When he was about three years old, he was diagnosed as autistic. The special thing about him is, that he is able to draw intricate buildings and cityscapes completely from memory! And I meen not only small villages or urban scenes, but whole cities or skylines. “In 2005, for example, following a short helicopter ride over Tokyo, Japan, he drew a stunningly detailed panoramic view of the city on a 10-meter-long canvas.” ...

This is an amazing video - silver drips on black metal! As I already told you before, I love the abstract style of KR’s artworks. And when I saw the nice photos of the “Krinked” Mini Cooper, I was really charmed! Yesterday, Mini and KRink published the corresponding video clip, which shows KR while customizing the car, the car itself and the beautiful drippy lines on it. ...

Some weeks ago (almost a year after the first test issue), the new, second Crack Mag issue was published! The urban magazine delivers urban culture and lifestyle feeling and features a exquisite selection of work from street artists, photographers and musicians. This time, the “Crack For Your Eyes” crew collected art by Snub23, Fake, Mr. Zero, Chase and other famous people. The mag itself is very clear, structured and convinces with great photos. The about 180 colorful pages and is available online for free! ...

Stickers, they are creative, often independent and one of the fastest ways to be present on the streets. Stickers are “an integral part of [nowadays] contemporary street art and visual culture” (hooked), even if they are steady used for advertising campaigns. Used by street artists, typographers, graffiti artists or graphic designer, the small sticky notes, signs, logos and messages have become popular in cities all over the world in the last years. ...

Do you know Glitsh? I think she’s a Swedish designer and urban artist with some really interesting intervention concepts. She has a partiality for changing the content of things you could buy at the supermarket. For example for her “Hello Shitty” action from 2008, she replaced a “Hello Kitty” puzzle with a puzzle of a soldier… ...

South-African graffiti artist Faith47 is one of the best-known female urban artists worldwide. Yesterday, she uploaded her recent and very interesting video, called Epitaph. Epitaph is an exploration of lost spaces entered through sounds and images to reveal the echoes of empty rooms, flakes of paint, swollen curves, fragile lines, stories hidden in the flat colors broken apart by wood and steel… Faith47’s artwork, which was part of the last urban top shots, was created for this documentation of abandoned places. Take a look! ...

Imagine an ancient castle, its weathered stones suddenly pulsating with vibrant colors and dynamic shapes. This is the captivating experience offered by Seeper’s “Battle of Branchage,” a groundbreaking 3D architectural projection that pushes the boundaries of light and art. Seeper, an interactive arts and technology collective founded in 1998, was invited to the Branchage Film Festival in Jersey to create this mesmerizing installation. Using a single Christie 25k projector, they meticulously mapped their animations onto the façade of a historic castle, transforming its static architecture into a dynamic canvas. ...