Another Christmas and another raft of eye popping street art led exhibitions. As mentioned POW are wheeling out some Mexican flavoured art eye candy with The Fiesta Resistance and, propping up their easels, Castro art caps and felt tips in 27 Cork Street, Mayfair, London Town, is the Flying Eyeball team.
Curated by Inkie, it features a bevy of street talent including She One, Kid Acne, Eine, Insa, Pure Evil, Zeus and Andy Council, and promises to offer a real eyeful and, with obligatory shop, will be a great place to find some quirky artistic influenced presents either for loved ones or for your own four walls.
Flying Eyeball exhibition, open from 10am to 8pm and running from 8th to 12th December.
POST UPDATE: copies of Bonafide will be on sale at the exhibition, cheers for Inkie and Lisa for making it possible.
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One of the perils of running a magazine both online and offline is that as soon as the print deadline looms for the hardcopy stuff, the digital side of things go out of the window. Not to worry, 03 is now in the bag and being prepped to be unleashed on the world. In the meantime, why not join us and get in the vibe by listening to some DaM FunK. DaM’s in the new issue and I’d like to say he’s the star of it but, truth be told, everyone in this new issue is a certified star.
Oh and if that’s not enough for you on Friday, check this gem of a mix by J Rocc for Stones Throw. As the jazz man says in the Fast Show, nice.
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I met Dave, from the FriiSpray team, during late Summer. Over a pint he introduced me to the concept of FriiSpray and outlined how the project evolved and what other exciting (non-FriiSpray) things they have in the pipeline. I have to confess, though, that shortly afterward our chat I lost my interview notebook and in the process dropped a proper journalism clanger. Apologies Dave!
What the mini-interview did reveal is that the beauty of the open-source technology that they have developed and myriad of possibilities it presents; from graffing in your own room sans fumes, illegality and dirty hands to running workshops in school to ‘painting’ live on the facades of buildings. With details such as encasing the Wii remote in a used spray-can, this is, quite frankly, an innovative, inclusive and exciting use of technology. All the instructions you need to turn your Wii into a virtual Etech A Scetch are available at their website. What are you waiting for? Go get creating!
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The work of Mark Chiarello caught my eye earlier this year when he was commissioned by streetwear giants Carhartt. Chiarello provided the artwork for their Spring/Summer 2009 campaign, creating some fantastic watercolour and ink rendered illustrations. A little digging and it becomes clear that Chiarello wields a brush at the highest level – he’s only the art director at DC Comics.
He has a brilliant ability for interpreting people - his John Coltrane portrait on his blog is fantastic – and what I really like about the work is that it gets you thinking how traditional materials can used to be used to create contemporary illustration.
Warming to the Carhartt theme, next Monday the label will be holding a BIG hip-hop event at their London HQ on Neal Street, Covent Garden. The main draw is Phoenix Da Ice Fire promoting his Baptism Under Fire LP and support comes in the shape of Triple Darkness, The Irs, Cappo (!) and Endemic, all dropping lyrical ruggedness and heavy musical notage. With free drinks by Mean Time Brewery it all sounds like a winner.
Gig details; Monday 7 December, 7.00pm to 9.30pm at Carhartt, 55 Neal Street, Covent Garden.
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There’s an insane line-up at Fabric this Friday for Buraka Som Sistema’s album launch party, and the Portugese nutters have got Skream, Scratch Perverts, Andy C and Roots Manuva in on the act!
What’s more we have 2 tickets plus a copy of the album up for grabs, all you have to do is leave a comment below anwsering the following question; who are the members of Buraka Som Sistema?
Get your skates on, the competiton closes at 4 PM Friday 4th December.
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Still on the contemporary art and design tip, Intercity and Studio55(DSL) are currently organising a series of exhibitions entitled Pic + Mix. The concept revolves around collaboration with an artist hooking up a talent of their own choice with the idea of creating some artistic juxtaposition. The second show kicks off this Thursday, where graff veteran Chu is sharing his pencil case with street artist and illustrator Disco Teck. The duo have decked the walls of Studio55 with a full on installation piece. Check their website for further details.
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