masks

Jonny Wan is an illustrator based in Sheffield, he studied at Manchester School of Art, graduating in Design and Art Direction. His passions, are facial expressions, shapes and hand drawn typography. via KoiKoiKoi

urban media festival

If you happen to be anywhere near Cologne (Germany) in November, make sure to check out the Urban Media Festival: International crews made up of young media talents from France, UK, Israel, Italy, the Netherlands and Spain will develop statements on urban life together with their Cologne hosts. Watch, discuss, join and grab some ideas: From November 25th to 29th, the Urban Media Lounge at Alte Feuerwache Cologne will open doors for all young media afficionados. Starting from 14:00 CET, urban Gemütlichkeit will be re-defined here on a daily base. With snacks, drinks, workshops and exhibitions. And on Sunday, the „Film Makers‘ Coffee Circle“ invites movie makers and cineastes to cake, talk and freshly pressed video productions. From workshops on After Effects and digital graffiti to light tagging and sound design: There's a little bit of everything for everyone!

the reverse graffiti project

Meet English graffiti artist Moose's eco friendly art:

the eye writer

The Eyewriter from Evan Roth on Vimeo.

The EyeWriter project is an ongoing collaborative research effort to empower people, who are suffering from ALS, with creative technologies. It is a low-cost eye-tracking apparatus & custom software that allows graffiti writers and artists with paralysis resulting from Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis to draw using only their eyes.

a goldfinch soars in scampia

via Wooster

100 to watch

100 to watch - Directory of Contemporary Romanian Artists

"The creative scene in Romania is one of the most vibrant and exciting in Europe. This directory was put together to illustrate what makes it so special. A listing of 100 of the most talented artists in Romania today, from conceptual art to contemporary dance, literature and theatre to music and fashion, it’s a snapshot of an entire generation – the Romanian New Wave. Every single artist between these pages is part of the reason why Romania is such an exciting place to be right now. It’s indicative of just how much talent there is in the Romanian New Wave." via please hide

never-ending piece

This is The ABC 2009, an art project by Halle- & Berlin-based Klub7 (a collective of 6 designers and artists):

THE ABC 2009 // KLUB7 from KID CASH // KLUB7 on Vimeo.

hud mo

Hudson Mowhawke (a.k.a. Hud Mo, DJ Itchy) is a young, genius electronic music producer/DJ from Glasgow, Scotland. I adore his sound, a mix of hip-hop and digital,definetely fresh. Can't wait to get a hold of his new album "Butter". Here is his tune "Zoo000o00m" (credits for the wonderful clip go to MaSSoN):

ghostvillage

"Ghostvillage" is an interesting project: Six urban artists, Remi/Rough, Stormie, System, Timid, Derm and Juice 126, were given free reign of an abandoned village on the west coast of Scotland.

by Agents of Change via Arrested Motion

Ghostvillage from Agents Of Change on Vimeo.

stupid skeleton

"BOZO SKELETON" is a very funny piece by Japanese artist Shohei Takasaki (one of the first urban artists I have become interested in). I especially like the author's comment:

"This 'BOZO SKELETON (aka Stupid Skeleton)' is obviously what a person looks like after death. But BOZO SKELETON handsomely wears a tight suit and a fancy hat, holds a flower, key, gun, pen...and looks in some sense adorable and also cool. It almost seems like he's trying to do what he wanted to do before he died, and he's enjoying himself while he whistles in the dark. You never know when you are going to die in the world today, and you can feel the effort of a human trying to live the life to the fullest through this dead BOZO SKELETON. This is a story of a departed soul trying to bring back the passion of a normal human being, the passion that living human beings hold."

It is a stupid skeleton after all. Because it is irrational. I highlighted some of the words that made me smile. In my opinion, they are the key words that illustrate how an ambiguous image can tell a complex, multi-facetted story. What it is, what it wears and holds is not as important as how it does all that. This comment is a wonderful example of how the work tells more about the artist than the artist about his work ;)

if graffitti were alive

After Blu's wonderful piece "Muto", here comes "Combo", a collaboration with fellow artist David Ellis. It's so original and truly amazing!

And since we're at urban art that should be alive: I would love to see an animation of Sail's work (picture source: NeochaEDGE):

"I think graffiti should really appear 'alive' on the wall, so my pieces are quite dynamic and powerful in style. It’s almost like you can feel them moving. They’re not just sitting still for people to take pictures of them."(Sail)

jim mahfood

Jim Mahfood a.k.a. Food One is an American illustrator/comic book artist/muralist/live art rocker residing in LA. Projects include illustrating Kevin Smith's Clerks comics, his own Grrl Scouts books, several Spider-Man books for Marvel, (and tons of other comics), the ad campaign for Colt 45 in 2007-08, the murals in the Sarah Silverman Program, his ongoing artbook series, Mixtape, the Kick Drum Comix mini-series (both published by Image Comics), and more (source & picture source). Check out his website.