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Banksy’s in NYC: Better Out Than In

From Marcy LaViollette: Banksy has taken up residency on the streets of NYC for the month of October, 2013

From Banksy’s Better Out Than In Website:

October 6 – No posts today due to shocking footage found on YouTube:

October 5

A New York delivery truck converted into a mobile garden (includes rainbow, waterfall and butterflies) will visit a different location every evening from dusk.

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Images found around town (some have already been tagged over) from October 2nd & 3rd: Continue reading “Banksy’s in NYC: Better Out Than In”

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UK Graffiti Artists Create Coded Murals

From Emerson Dameron:

Code Graffiti Contains Hidden Messages
by Kristen Nozell
August 16, 2013

A new kind of street art featuring coded messages is emerging across the UK in anticipation of international technology festival Campus Party, also known as “˜Glastonbury for Geeks.”™ The renowned event commissioned the series in celebration of the 75th anniversary of the team that went on to break the Enigma code and as a method to build buzz leading up to festival, which will take place during the first week of September at London”™s O2 center.

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The complex street art includes Morse, JavaScript and Binary codes, ready to be decoded by tech-savvy viewers, alongside images of coding celebrities Alan Turing, Samuel Morse and Tim Berners-Lee. Those who successfully decode the messages and enter the correct response on the Campus Party website will be entered to win two free tickets to the technology festival. The works are appearing in various cities across the country, including London, Manchester and Birmingham, throughout the month of August, and are also available to view (and decode) on the Campus Party website.

Watch the video: Continue reading “UK Graffiti Artists Create Coded Murals”

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Fresh Street Art from Around the World

More great urban art from Street Art Utopia:

As seen March 2012 in Chiang Mai, Thailand:

Lace Fence by Demakersvan:

In Sao Paulo, Brazil. Photo by Felipe Carrelli. A car was abandoned 2 years ago. It burned and Filipe and his friends decided to make a garden on it. Before, during and after the intervention!

Continue reading “Fresh Street Art from Around the World”

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Art Vs. Vandalism: LA’s Unsanctioned Mural Debate

Saber, Graffiti Artist, Fights To Lift Mural Ban In LA
by Andrew Reilly
Huffington Post
October 14, 2011


For the artist Saber, participation in the democratic process has always been complicated. He’s an international graffiti legend, holding the world record for the largest graffiti piece, done along the LA river in 1997. Despite its place in the history books, the city of Los Angeles spent a whopping $837,000 to paint over it in 2009. Now Saber is approaching public art laws from a different angle, spearheading an effort to reform Los Angeles’ mural policies.

At the moment, LA’s regulations don’t begin to reflect the city’s vibrant public art culture; uncommissioned murals are banned outright, even if the mural is painted on private property with the consent of the owner. Violators are subject to serious punishment, as was the case with prominent LA artist Revok, who received 180 days jail time over various vandalism charges. Continue reading “Art Vs. Vandalism: LA’s Unsanctioned Mural Debate”

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See No Evil: Street Art Goes Main Street

From See No Evil Project – Nelson Street Bristol

From YouTube:

This is See No Evil, the UK’s largest street art project.

72 artists including some of the biggest names in graffiti in the world descended on Nelson Street in Bristol, painting masterpieces through the night to create a permanent cultural legacy for the city.

Dozens of buildings, a bridge, 6 mega cranes, 326 metres of street, 26 scaffold towers, 325 litres of emulsion, 13,400 cans of paint and thousands of happy visitors

See it through the artist’s eyes and get a sneaky peek at some amazing pieces of art.

Organised by Inkie, Team Love and Weapon of Choice with the support of Bristol City Council and Nelson Street’s building owners, we celebrated the project with an NYC style block party and three ‘Hear No Evil’ events in the incredible disused Westgate building.

Recorded over a week and edited in just 8 hours, special thanks go to Hurricane Media for this video.

Take a look and then come on down and see it for real…

Read more at Huffington Post.

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