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QUOTE OF THE DAY

 

 "Can you put a value on a beautiful day, when the birds are singing and people are walking around together? How many dollars anhour does it take to pay you to stay inside and sell things or file papers? What will you get later that could make up for this day of your life?"

 

by crimethink 

 

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 Download crimethink's book "days of war, nights of love" right here

STEADMAN ART

By Steadman

More on this artist can be found here

SOUNDSYSTEMS DESIGN TECHNIQUES

 

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PHAT BUS

COPS AT THE GATE

Jerome G* Demurth, Madrid

PIC OF THE DAY

By Ale

MUTOID

Rimini, Italy. 2009. 

Mutoid's totem 

in Mutonia - Santarcangelo di Romagna (RN)

ACAB

THE FREEDOM TUNNEL

The Freedom Tunnel is the name given to the Amtrak tunnel under Riverside Park in Manhattan, New York City. It got its name because the graffiti artist Chris "Freedom" Pape used the tunnel walls to create some of his most notable artwork. The name may also be a reference to the freedom one may find in this tunnel, the freedom to live unobserved, the freedom to create artwork, and freedom from rent.

"Under Manhattan’s Upper West side, runs the “Freedom” Tunnel. Built in the 30’s by Robert Moses, the passage boasts legendary graffiti murals and piles of debris remaining of the past homeless city era. After using it for only a coupleof years, Amtrak discontinued the line and left a massive cavern which later became a shelter for street people. Progressively, the tunnel turned into a veritable underground metropolis where thousands of homeless were living in organized communities underneath the city’s skin.

The tunnel also became a prime spot for graffiti artists. Chris Pape, aka Freedom, was one of the pioneers and his work inspired the name of the tunnel. “Freedom” painted immense murals utilizing the unique lighting provided by the ventilation ducts, turning the tunnel into an extraordinary underground art gallery. Some of his most notable paintings survived for decades and are still conspicuous today (“Venus de Milo”, the “Coca-Cola Mural”, Dali’s “Melting Clock”,a self-portrait featuring a male torso with a spray-can head, etc.).

In 1991, Amtrak decided to reopen the tunnel. The shanty towns were cleared out by the police and homeless were evicted. Although deserted, the tunnel is now an active train line and a stunning experience for urban explorers.

It is a bizarre blend of dark and light, silence and rumble, solitude and multitude. As you penetrate the tunnel and walk along the tracks, the sunbeams perforating the ceiling and highlighting the railway gives the place a post-nuclear feel. Voices from children playing above in Riverside Park sound like lost souls and trains whistling and roaring through the ruins of the shanty towns send chills down your spine.

Freedom Tunnel from Charles le Brigand on Vimeo.

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PHAT BUS

FRESH ROA

By Roa

@ Zaragosa - Spain

MASKED

By the porg

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MUTOID PIC

"krafterman & Feuervogel "

mutoid waste company

Pics are not that good, but decided to share them anyway. 

Photos of these sculptures are hard to find...

More on the robot sculpture here

More on the bird sculpture here

THE CYBERPUNK EDUCATOR

This is the independent creation of a group of filmmakers going by the name Cyberpunk Films. This film is composed of clips from various 80's and early 90's cyberpunk films, as well as pictures and diagrams, with a synthetic voice over dissecting the way that cyberpunk movies portray the world around us. Aside from being a nice nostalgia trip through those movies I haven't watched in awhile, this film makes some interesting observations. Sometimes it strains a little too far out in some inferences and comparisons, however in general it makes valid points. Interestingly, it often brings in some biblical comparison's, between the heavenly and the hellish and the way they are depicted in this genre of science fiction. I was irked initially by the biblical comparisons, but found it to give this film a different perspective. Production-wise, this film feels much like some of the instructional films I used to watch in middle-school (not entirely sure if that was intentional), however, having the title 'The Cyberpunk Educator' certainly does set that tone. Stop reading this and just check it out yourself if you are interested. Although it doesn't get to the roots of cyberpunk limiting this information a bit, I still think it was a good watch.

http://rapidshare.com/files/202367740/Cyberpunkeducator-by-jarabito.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/202350629/Cyberpunkeducator-by-jarabito.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/202321211/Cyberpunkeducator-by-jarabito.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/202303137/Cyberpunkeducator-by-jarabito.part4.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/202289747/Cyberpunkeducator-by-jarabito.part5.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/202277781/Cyberpunkeducator-by-jarabito.part6.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/202266126/Cyberpunkeducator-by-jarabito.part7.rar
 

PIC OF THE DAY

By ALe

ALAN MOORE 1989

More on Moore here

STREET LOGOS

by Tristan Manco

Graffiti art is constantly changing. Fresh coats of paint and newly pasted posters appear overnight in cities across the world. New artists, new ideas and new tactics displace faded images in a perpetual process of renewal and metamorphosis. From Stockholm to Tokyo, Barcelona to Los Angeles, Melbourne to Milan, wall spaces are a breeding ground for graphic and typographic forms as artists unleash their daily creations.

Current graffiti art is more reflective of the world around it. Using new materials and techniques, its innovators are creating an original language of forms and images infused with contemporary graphic design and illustration. Fluent in branding and graphic imagery, they have been replacing tags with more personal logos and shifting from typographic to iconographic forms of communication. Subverted signs, spontaneous drawings, powerful symbols and curious characters represent an unstoppable worldwide outdoor gallery of free art.

Street Logos is an international celebration of these developments in 21st-century graffiti, an essential sourcebook for all art and design professionals and a delight to everyone excited by the vitality of the street.

With 485 illustrations, 463 in colour.

- via streetlogos.com

We posted another book by Tristan Manco a while ago.. Stencil Graffiti (2002). 

STREET LOGOS (150dpi PDF)

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AFRAID OF SHEEP

By the porg

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GROOVE

An underground rave in San Francisco is the meeting point for many people from different social backgrounds and beliefs. Throughout the night and the many DJ's performing in the party, they will discover love, friendship and many other emotions that will change their lives forever.

Plot:

On Friday, a single e-mail blips through the Internet. The word spreads quickly through the city: the party is on. Saturday evening, two hundred people secretly converge at an abandoned San Francisco warehouse. As the sun sets the records start spinning, setting into motion a night that no one will forget. Meet David Turner, a Midwest transplant. He moved to the city with aspirations of starting his career as a writer but his hopes have stalled. After four years he finds himself writing instruction manuals for a computer company. Overworked and with little social life, David spends his time alone, his dream of being a novelist a distant memory. That night, his brother Colin Turner invites him to GROOVE. Colin has a surprise for his new girlfriend, young raver sprite Harmony Stitts, and he wants David there. David reluctantly agrees and is shocked when Colin proposes to Harmony at the party. In the ensuing celebration, they take Ecstasy and suddenly, David is thrust into the world of the San Francisco underground. In a chance encounter, David meets longtime New York raver Leyla Heydel and makes an unlikely connection. Through their budding relationship, they're reminded of a sense of possibility and freedom in their lives they had all but forgotten. But as the party rages on, Colin reveals a deep secret, one that threatens to destroy his relationship with Harmony. When the sun rises the party disappears, and the chaos of the last twelve hours changes the two brothers forever.

http://rapidshare.com/files/237333355/Groove.2000.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/237338657/Groove.2000.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/237343556/Groove.2000.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/237348865/Groove.2000.part4.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/237354798/Groove.2000.part5.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/237360244/Groove.2000.part6.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/237365705/Groove.2000.part7.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/237370670/Groove.2000.part8.rar
 

SL1200 SHARK

By Banksy

TEKNO PIC OF THE DAY

By Ale