Thursday, April 23, 2009
Titi Freak's Koi Fish
Found at NOTCOT, this is fresh work from Brazil's Titi Freak. "Hamilton Yokota (aka Titi Freak) is a São Paulo native with Japanese ancestry, resulting in a mixture of personal qualities that stem from his combined cultural backgrounds" (taken from here). Apparently staying in Osaka, Japan for the past three months, he has painted some amazing koi fish on the streets:
Friday, April 17, 2009
The Cape Of Good Hope
Amazing work by South African street artist Faith47:
Faith47-The Cape Of Good Hope from Rowan on Vimeo.
Faith47-The Cape Of Good Hope from Rowan on Vimeo.
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Good Local Shots
More shots from around Columbus...
(Left:factory entrance; Right: CARMA, DUB)
(Left:BREM; Right: SAYER)
(Left: SUBAR(?); Right: ELMER)
(Left:factory entrance; Right: CARMA, DUB)
(Left:BREM; Right: SAYER)
(Left: SUBAR(?); Right: ELMER)
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Saturday, April 11, 2009
Easter AIG Hunt
I saw this on Wooster Collective and I had to pass this on... new stenciling and street art by ABOVE, speaking to the current economic crisis and the AIG scandal...
EASTER AIG HUNT from ABOVE on Vimeo.
EASTER AIG HUNT from ABOVE on Vimeo.
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Urban Astronomy: New from ENESS
The latest project from Melbourne-based ENESS, a design/public installation/software development group, is The Humble Telescope:
Taken from their website:
Many of us are curious about the universe around us,
however for most of us the task of star gazing is out
of reach. Light pollution in our cities prevents us from
seeing the marvel that is the night sky.
The Humble Telescope is designed as an interactive
civic sculpture that brings the wonders of space down
to earth and into our cities, to encourage us learn more
about the universe and perhaps appreciate our own
world a little more.
Inside the telescope exists a 3D simulation of our entire
known universe. Pointing the telescope in any direction
immediately shows us what exists in that area of space,
so now we can get a greater understanding of where
the planets are and where we live in the Milky Way
Taken from their website:
Many of us are curious about the universe around us,
however for most of us the task of star gazing is out
of reach. Light pollution in our cities prevents us from
seeing the marvel that is the night sky.
The Humble Telescope is designed as an interactive
civic sculpture that brings the wonders of space down
to earth and into our cities, to encourage us learn more
about the universe and perhaps appreciate our own
world a little more.
Inside the telescope exists a 3D simulation of our entire
known universe. Pointing the telescope in any direction
immediately shows us what exists in that area of space,
so now we can get a greater understanding of where
the planets are and where we live in the Milky Way
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Day 4 and 5 in NYC: Poetics
Sunday was a great day of relaxing. We got brunch from Park Slope's V-Spot and watched a documentary, Dark Days, about a community of homeless people who lived near Penn Station in the tunnels of the NYC subway system. One of the men living in the community was a graf writer, MentOne.
Monday we walked around Alphabet City/the East Village and stumbled on these (the first one made me think of Cincy, the second one is called "Abraham Obama" by Ron English):
That night was the open mic and slam poetry competition at Bar 13. Start tried out two new pieces and took third. Two of his friends read poetry as well, Victoria went in the open mic session along with a host of other great poets/performers, and Jared took second in the slam. After the show was over we went to Reservoir Bar and acted a fool in the back corner of the place until late into the night... the pictures are dark 'cause I didn't want to use a flash.
It was also a special evening because it was renowned poet Marty McConnell's last night in New York. Tuesday she and a friend drove to Chicago where she will continue doing poetry. Marty will be in Columbus in the spring (not sure when but I'm sure I'll post it when I find out). If you're close enough to make it up here you should, she's worth your time and any minimal cover there might be. Here's a video of her on HBO's (or is sit Showtime's?) Def Poetry Jam:
Monday we walked around Alphabet City/the East Village and stumbled on these (the first one made me think of Cincy, the second one is called "Abraham Obama" by Ron English):
That night was the open mic and slam poetry competition at Bar 13. Start tried out two new pieces and took third. Two of his friends read poetry as well, Victoria went in the open mic session along with a host of other great poets/performers, and Jared took second in the slam. After the show was over we went to Reservoir Bar and acted a fool in the back corner of the place until late into the night... the pictures are dark 'cause I didn't want to use a flash.
It was also a special evening because it was renowned poet Marty McConnell's last night in New York. Tuesday she and a friend drove to Chicago where she will continue doing poetry. Marty will be in Columbus in the spring (not sure when but I'm sure I'll post it when I find out). If you're close enough to make it up here you should, she's worth your time and any minimal cover there might be. Here's a video of her on HBO's (or is sit Showtime's?) Def Poetry Jam:
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