{"author":"Jan Brennenstuhl","categories":["Street Art"],"cover":{},"credit":"","date":"2010-02-23T22:35:43Z","description":"Did you see the new woodcuts by famous street artist Swoon in Philadelphia? Urban art documentarist Becki Fuller took some nice shots! Take a look...","html":"\u003cp\u003e\u003csection class=\"external-video\" aria-label=\"YouTube video\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVideo / YouTube\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe YouTube player loads only when you choose to load it; YouTube then receives your connection information.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0uyIv6oKhs\" rel=\"noreferrer\"\u003eWatch on YouTube\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cbutton type=\"button\" data-video-src=\"https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/-0uyIv6oKhs\" data-video-title=\"YouTube video referenced by Paper Art: Swoon Interview \u0026amp; New Artworks!\" hidden\u003eLoad YouTube player\u003c/button\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"video-player\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/section\u003e\n\n\u003csection class=\"external-video\" aria-label=\"YouTube video\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVideo / YouTube\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe YouTube player loads only when you choose to load it; YouTube then receives your connection information.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IduFfrQE1qY\" rel=\"noreferrer\"\u003eWatch on YouTube\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cbutton type=\"button\" data-video-src=\"https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/IduFfrQE1qY\" data-video-title=\"YouTube video referenced by Paper Art: Swoon Interview \u0026amp; New Artworks!\" hidden\u003eLoad YouTube player\u003c/button\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"video-player\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/section\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor some weeks, the print festival “Philagrafika 2010”, which thematizes the role of print in contemporary artistic practice, takes place in North Philadelphia.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMore than 300 artists participate, including famous, New York based street artist \u003cstrong\u003eSwoon\u003c/strong\u003e, who was recently interviewed by Douglas Kelley and is known by most people through her wheat-pasted cut-outs, which have appeared throughout New York for the better part of the last decade!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWell-known street art documentarist Becki Fuller visited “Philagrafika”, which includes etchings and woodcuts, vinyl graphics, comic books, videos, and other interesting stuff, and took a lot of nice shots!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Swoon’s colorful woodcuts on brown paper can be found scattered amongst businesses with names such as Don\u0026rsquo;s Doo Shop, burnt out buildings, art parks, and a long-abandoned gas station.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey are, as Swoon says, a moment of recognition, a wink from another human presence which is there and not there.”\n(The Street Spot)\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou can find Becki’s photos on \u003ca href=\"http://www.robotswillkill.com/streetspot/2010/02/swoon-in-philagrafika-2010.php\"\u003erobotswillkill.com\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n","markdown":"\n\n\n\n[Video on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0uyIv6oKhs)\n[Video on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IduFfrQE1qY)\n\n\nFor some weeks, the print festival “Philagrafika 2010”, which thematizes the role of print in contemporary artistic practice, takes place in North Philadelphia.\n\nMore than 300 artists participate, including famous, New York based street artist **Swoon**, who was recently interviewed by Douglas Kelley and is known by most people through her wheat-pasted cut-outs, which have appeared throughout New York for the better part of the last decade!\n\nWell-known street art documentarist Becki Fuller visited “Philagrafika”, which includes etchings and woodcuts, vinyl graphics, comic books, videos, and other interesting stuff, and took a lot of nice shots!\n\u003e “Swoon’s colorful woodcuts on brown paper can be found scattered amongst businesses with names such as Don's Doo Shop, burnt out buildings, art parks, and a long-abandoned gas station.\n\u003e\n\u003e They are, as Swoon says, a moment of recognition, a wink from another human presence which is there and not there.”\n\u003e (The Street Spot)\n\nYou can find Becki’s photos on [robotswillkill.com](http://www.robotswillkill.com/streetspot/2010/02/swoon-in-philagrafika-2010.php).\n","tags":["Photography","Interview","Swoon","American Street Art","Print"],"title":"Paper Art: Swoon Interview \u0026 New Artworks!","url":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/swoon-interview-new-artworks/"}