BETTER OUT THAN IN BY BANKSY

Better Out Than In was a residency undertaken by pseudonymous graffiti artist and political activist Banksy in New York City during October 2013. Banksy unveiled at least one work of art daily, documenting it on both a dedicated website and an Instagram account. The majority of the works were stencil graffiti and chiefly political, a distinctive characteristic of Banksy. Other pieces and multimedia exhibits toyed with dark humor and satire. The unpredictability of the show and Banksy's elusive nature stirred excitement amongst fans, while defacement from competing street artists and vandals became an imminent problem. While Banksy's works were inherently illegal, no official complaints were reported to the police; most property owners praised the art and some took measures to protect it. The month-long residency drew controversy amongst some locals for its more politically strong pieces, and received mixed reviews from critics. (source)

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RIP 5POINTZ

Some sad news for once.. The mecca of tagging in NYC has been whitewashed over night. I have no words... RIP 5POINTZ.

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RIP P183

Today the street art movement lost an upcoming icon. Russian street artist P183 (or Pasha 183) died at the age of 29 (source). Nicknamed as the "Russian Banksy" by The Guardian he was known for his own playful way to express social commentary and mock politics.

RIP, see you in space!

Moscow's Banksy: the street art of P183 – in pictures

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COPENHAGEN STREET ART

Source: My Anarchist Pilgrimage

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BOOOOOOOOOOOM!

p.s. : The header with the artwork by Cirkus Alien is gone, forever. Since people often thought I stole this image.. whilst I credited the artwork in our GET CONNECTED! page. But nobody seemed to notice.. I just liked it. But anyway.. fuck you - you won :D I changed it now.. and will never use anything I like again. Idiots :]

BANKSY QUOTE

“the people who run our cities dont understand graffiti because they think nothing has the right to exist unless it makes a profit...

the people who truly deface our neighborhoods are the companies that scrawl giant slogans across buildings and buses trying to make us feel inadequate unless we buy their stuff....
any advertisement in public space that gives you no choice whether you see it or not is yours, it belongs to you ,, its yours to take, rearrange and re use.Asking for permission is like asking to keep a rock someone just threw at your head..”
― Banksy

MIXEDMEDIA

Art by ryz (aryz.es) and grito (gr170.com) from MixedMedia sent in by Pau from Spain. Thanks for sending this in!

Hello, i thought that this could be interesting for the page! The artists are aryz (aryz.es) and grito (gr170.com) both are MixedMedia. The walls are standing our home, the free fucktory. Squat from xpain.
Nice work with the page!!! Thanks for making it.
At your attention,
pau reyes

1984 IS HERE

So true..

Orwell's Prophecy Has Become Reality

1984

Oh the irony..

..this picture symbolizes the statement above. 

ROA @ SAN FRANCISCO

Roa @ White Walls Gallery- San Francisco

April 9- May 7, 2011

Street artist ROA got his start by painting intriguing murals of animals in hidden places – underneath bridges and on walls that strayed from the beaten path. A darling of the underground street art scene, photos of his work regularly appear on Vandalog, Brooklyn Street Art, Wooster Collective, Unurth, and a fury of London newspapers and blogs running to his defense when a street piece he did in Hackney faced removal late last year. ROA is earnestly repopulating the cityscape with animals, as a way to have them re-enter the contemporary landscape that was once theirs. With a style all his own.

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BOMB : A MANIFESTO OF ART TERRORISM

BOMB is part personal reflection, part social critique. A pointed and opinionated observation about graffiti culture, media terrorism, art "education", corporate control, and the ills of the current art world.

by Raymond Salvatore Harmon

MANIFESTO (excerpt from BOMB)

• Art is an evolutionary act. The shape of art and its role in society is constantly changing. At no point is art static. There are no rules.

• The power of art lies not in its interpretation but in the form of its experience. To perceive art, to become aware of art, is to know art.

• Art terrorism is an act of cultural insurgency designed to bring attention to the ‘third world’ status of art in contemporary society.

• The objectification of art is dead. Art is experience, not ownership.

• Art is a language by which mankind expresses itself, a universal language that is not dictated by critics, journalists or academics.

• The art terrorist seeks the secession of art from the financial/academic infrastructure of the supposed ‘art world.’

• Art terrorism is intrinsically related to contemporary media and its manipulation.

• Supposed art educational institutions are merely focused on financial gain and should be condemned and destroyed.

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STREET ART COMES ALIVE IN SUBWAY

Description:

This is a video I took on the Q train, going from Brooklyn to Manhattan. The work appears on the BK side, right before you get out of the tunnel and onto the Manhattan bridge. You will see it by looking out the south side of the train.

ANARCHY RECORDS

THE GHOSTVILLAGE PROJECT

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This short documentary was shot in October 2009 on the remote Cowal Peninsula in the west of Scotland. It details arts collective Agents Of Change's transformation of an abandoned village of Pollphail into an open-air art gallery.

Six artists - Timid, Remi/Rough, System, Stormie Mills, Juice 126 and Derm - were given free reign to paint anywhere in the complex.

The brutalist 1970s concrete structures had never seen human inhabitants - the site was constructed ostensibly as a base to house workers needed to construct concrete oil rigs, but the plan was subsequently abandoned - but were ideally suited to the separate styles and methods employed by the collective.

Working together on huge collaborative walls and individually in hidden nooks and crannies all over the site the artists realised long held dreams and were inspired by the bleakness and remoteness of the site. Drawing on the history of the village the artists' stated intent on completion of the project was to populate the ghostvillage with the art and characters that it deserved.

Inspired by the marked contrast between the architecture and the surrounding landscape of rolling hills, forests and lochs, the artists worked for three days through challenging physical conditions to produce foreboding yet hauntingly beautiful artwork all over the site. The viewer is rewarded with a unique insight into the world of the graffiti artist and an opportunity to experience the creative process behind such a huge undertaking.

Short fact:
Word spreads fast in the highlands of scotland - 10 minutes after arriving on a site 3 hours from the nearest large settlement we had a crowd of children and the local police for company.

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WE RULE YOU

RECESSION TIP

MCSHIT

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