NEW BANKSY, LONDON. POUNDLAND JUBILEE

Brand new Banksy spotted in Turnpike Lane London. Child labour getting the bunting set for the Queen's Jubilee. No accident that it's created on the side of poundland. Astute commentary as usual.

Banksy

Photo's courtesy The Lonely Villein

AFUERA. STREET ART PERU

We're supporting AFUERA, why don't you head over to Kickstarter and do the same. A street Art project with the potential to inspire change.

"AFUERA is a public art event based in Peru which will see local and International street artists painting public murals in some of the country’s most remote and unexpected places. We believe that taking Afuera to areas usually far removed from the world of contemporary street art will not only have a positive impact on these communities but will also immerse the artists in environments which they would not normally have access to and will expose them to experiences which will feed the creative process.

 June 2012 will mark the first edition of AFUERA which will be held in the remote mining community, Cerro de Pasco high in the Peruvian Andes. We believe that this is the ideal location to launch the project as it has a unique urban/industrial landscape and is a powerful example of the complex environmental and social problems faced by modern mining communities.


AFUERA is the brainchild of the independant artist run gallery, MORBO, in Lima, Peru. AFUERA will be funded in part by MORBO, but will also rely on private donations and the support of the Municipality of Cerro de Pasco.

 Events such as Nuart in Norway and Fame Festival in Italy have shown that it is possible to successfully take street art away from urban centers to less cosmopolitan areas, and personal projects such as El Tonos ‘Proyecto Barios’ and JR’s ‘Women Are Heroes’ have shown that street art can engage and revitalise marginalized communities. AFUERA hopes to draw on these past successes and apply them to Cerro de Pasco. 

Find AFUERA ON KICKSTARTER HERE

KATOWICE STREET ART. DAY 3

Nuart's Kristel Talv

Hyuro

Moneyless BBQ

Roa

The wonderful people at Katowice Street Art Festival in Poland invited Nuart to participate on various panels etc. Kristel Talv and GT flew over late last week and have been reporting back. Here's day 3.

Mariacka street is the heart of the city. The pedestrian street is lined with spotless cafes and pubs with spotless people. Parallell to it is the Mariacka alley, which is another world. This is the backside, facing the noisy railway lines. This is the main spot for the murals of Katowice Street Art Festival. Tellas and Moneyless finished their wall here yesterday, and Moneyless made an installation in a backyard today. Roa continued on his walls of swallows. One of his lifts broke down, but the company guys came to the spot and fixed it. Roa managed to finish his piece in the dark tonight.

We rented bikes to get to the more remote spots. Hyuro's wall of gunwomen is in the west part of town. In a busy underpass local artist have taken over one side. Mona Tusz was working on painting/mirror installation, while Drobczyk, Vero King and Raspazjan had finished their pieces. Rumour has it that Swanski finished his giant wall today as well, he was even offered coffee through the window of a friendly inhabitant. Kristel made a presentation of Stavanger and Nuart before the screening of the Nuart documentary «Eloquent Vandals». And the evening ended with a barbecue in a backyard of Mariacka alley, where the festival team and the artists partied under the stars and the constellation made by Moneyless.

 GT

 pictures by kalevkevad

KATOWICE DAY 1

Tellas and Moneyless

Olek

Nuart's GT and Kristel are in Poland at the moment participating in the Katowice Street Art Festival panels as well as hosting a screening of Nuart's documentary  Eloquent Vandals.

Here's the first of several reports from the frontline.

In the center of Katowice, at what is called The Eye of the City, is a pink toy excavator. Approaching it I realize it is an excavator of regular size, but it is dwarfed by the large plaza and the giant stadium disc it is placed nearby. And it is cozyfied by its croched cover of colourful yarn made by artist Olek. The machine that is so present in rapidly changing and constantly rebuilding Katowice is turned into a plaything that locals even hang out on.

 Katowice Street Art Festival seems to be a well organized festival with exhibitions, concerts and academical happenings in addition to the murals. This day there was a debate where Ixi Color of Warsaw, Urban Forms of Lodz, Fame of Grottaglie and Nuart of Stavanger was represented. The debate concentrated on questions like: Who are a street art festival for? Why do you organize a street art festival? What happens with the art when there are so many festivals?

 At the same time an impressive amount of artist are working on their murals. Some have finished already, some are yet to come. Tellas and Moneyless have almost finished. And the risk of their work being buffed during the night is zero, as there is a guy sitting in a car making sure that nobody steals the lift. Everything seems to be taken care of here.

GT

 Photos by Kristel Talv and kalevkevad

ROA'S IN VIENNA

After his successful show in the city with Inoperable Gallery, Roa is back in Vienna to hit up some walls.

Roa Tumble here

Photos courtesy Inoperable

THE RISE

Shepard talks about the influence graffiti, skateboarding and punk rock had on his life and the ways it shaped his art career. Key moments such as a school trip to NY and the melding of styles by brands such as Shut Skateboards allowed him to develop his techniques. Look out for some classic 90's skate footage as well.

Shepard Fairey