{"author":"Jan Brennenstuhl","categories":["Street Art"],"cover":{"alt":"Uncommissioned Urban Art: Trespass","height":840,"src":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/trespass-urban-art-book/trespass-urban-art-book.jpg","width":1880},"credit":"","date":"2010-09-22T15:57:58Z","description":"The Wooster Collective, WK Interact, Martha Cooper and some other people recently sat down to talk about “Trespass - A History Of Uncommissioned Urban Art”, a new and interesting urban art book...","html":"\u003cp\u003eThere are a lot of good and often interesting \u003ca href=\"/book/\"\u003estreet art and graffiti books\u003c/a\u003e out there, but another one you should keep in mind until its release in October, because I highly recommend it, is “Trespass - A History Of Uncommissioned Urban Art”!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat book contains not only street art and graffiti but with interventions, artistic protest and propaganda art a more general urban art context, a bit like I do on this blog\u0026hellip;At the moment, a lot of people around the world, including the Wooster Collective, \u003ca href=\"/focus-on-martha-cooper/\"\u003eMartha Cooper\u003c/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"/wk-interact-new-york-mural-art/\"\u003eWK Interact\u003c/a\u003e drum up business for the book and that Banksy has written the introduction should also be not that bad\u0026hellip;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI was 16 years old when I first trespassed onto some railway tracks and wrote the initials of the graffiti crew (of which I was the only member) on a wall. Afterwards the most incredible thing happened - absolutely nothing. No dog chased me, no thunderbolt from God shut down to punish me, and my mum didn’t even notice I’d been gone. That was the night I realized you could get away with it. (Banksy)\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMore info and a review will follow when I’m back in Berlin, having the book, which will be available for example \u003ca href=\"http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/3836509644?ie=UTF8\u0026amp;tag=berlinstreeta-21\u0026amp;linkCode=as2\u0026amp;camp=1638\u0026amp;creative=6742\u0026amp;creativeASIN=3836509644\"\u003evia Amazon\u003c/a\u003e, in my hands\u0026hellip;\u003c/p\u003e\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=Rt70ACT1-ms\" rel=\"noreferrer\"\u003eWatch on YouTube\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cbutton type=\"button\" data-video-src=\"https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/Rt70ACT1-ms\" data-video-title=\"YouTube video referenced by Uncommissioned Urban Art: Trespass\" hidden\u003eLoad YouTube player\u003c/button\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"video-player\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/section\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eVia \u003ca href=\"http://verynearlyalmost.com/blog/2010/09/21/trespass-a-history-of-uncommissioned-urban-art/\"\u003everynearlyalmost.com\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUpdate:\u003c/strong\u003e\nThe book’s publisher Taschen allows it to take a look at \u003ca href=\"http://www.taschen.com/lookinside/05719/index.htm\"\u003ethe first 100 pages\u003c/a\u003e\u0026hellip;thanks!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUpdate 2:\u003c/strong\u003e\nI visited London’s Tate Modern yesterday and had a quick view into that great book, including really nice photos and interesting articles! It’s on my wish-list now\u0026hellip;\u003c/p\u003e\n","markdown":"\n\n\n\nThere are a lot of good and often interesting [street art and graffiti books](/book/) out there, but another one you should keep in mind until its release in October, because I highly recommend it, is “Trespass - A History Of Uncommissioned Urban Art”!\n\nThat book contains not only street art and graffiti but with interventions, artistic protest and propaganda art a more general urban art context, a bit like I do on this blog...At the moment, a lot of people around the world, including the Wooster Collective, [Martha Cooper](/focus-on-martha-cooper/) and [WK Interact](/wk-interact-new-york-mural-art/) drum up business for the book and that Banksy has written the introduction should also be not that bad...\n\n\u003e I was 16 years old when I first trespassed onto some railway tracks and wrote the initials of the graffiti crew (of which I was the only member) on a wall. Afterwards the most incredible thing happened - absolutely nothing. No dog chased me, no thunderbolt from God shut down to punish me, and my mum didn’t even notice I’d been gone. That was the night I realized you could get away with it. (Banksy)\n\nMore info and a review will follow when I’m back in Berlin, having the book, which will be available for example [via Amazon](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/3836509644?ie=UTF8\u0026tag=berlinstreeta-21\u0026linkCode=as2\u0026camp=1638\u0026creative=6742\u0026creativeASIN=3836509644), in my hands...\n\n[Video on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rt70ACT1-ms)\n\nVia [verynearlyalmost.com](http://verynearlyalmost.com/blog/2010/09/21/trespass-a-history-of-uncommissioned-urban-art/).\n\n**Update:**\nThe book’s publisher Taschen allows it to take a look at [the first 100 pages](http://www.taschen.com/lookinside/05719/index.htm)...thanks!\n\n**Update 2:**\nI visited London’s Tate Modern yesterday and had a quick view into that great book, including really nice photos and interesting articles! It’s on my wish-list now...\n","tags":["Documentary Film","Banksy","Art Book"],"title":"Uncommissioned Urban Art: Trespass","url":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/trespass-urban-art-book/"}