Dirty Car Art

Similar to the "Reverse Graffiti" post i made last week, this is also a form of art created by the act of cleaning. Well Kinda...

"Like any reasonably creative and curious human, Scott can't resist a dirty rear window. We suspect that Scoot started off with the cleaver sayings, like, "Wash Me" or "Is your wife this dirty too?". Probably his first was the ubiquitous smiley face. Unlike most folks however, Scott lives on a mile and a half of dirt road - caliche, as the locals call it, road-base: a blend of limestone dust and gravel and clay. Driving over this surface results in a fine, white dust that billows up behind any vehicle driven faster than a galloping turtle, coating the rear window. Being an experienced artist, it wasn't long before Scott was experimenting with techniques to achieve these amazingly detailed and shaded drawings."

Check out more...they're amazing!

http://www.dirtycarart.com

Soda Play Constructor

Some may remember this site from long ago!
Soda Constructor is the Java based physics engine, central to Soda Creative's collaborative learning environment Sodaplay.com. It was created by Ed Burton, Soda's Research and development Director, in April 2000 and won an Interactive Arts BAFTA Award in 2001.

With the Soda Constructor users create and share "models". These models are made of "masses" and "springs" and follow strict physical laws. By turning springs into "muscles", models can be animated and made very lifelike.

At times it can be very frustrating...but fun once you get the hang of it!

Go check it out here @ http://www.sodaplay.com/

Reverse Graffiti!!

The British artist Paul Curtis is not sure what to call his version of vandalism. “People call it ‘reverse graffiti,’ ” he says, “but I prefer something less sinister: ‘clean tagging’ or ‘grime writing.’ ” Curtis, a.k.a. Moose, selectively scrubs dirty, derelict city property (tunnel walls, sidewalks) so that words and images are formed by the cleaned bits.

On April 15, 2008 in San Francisco, Green Works brought together an English
reverse graffiti artist and a critically acclaimed documentary filmmaker, to create an environmentally friendly work of art and a film about a philosophy of clean.

Check out their site for more info http://www.reversegraffitiproject.com/

Roots of Breakdance

This is where it all started!!
Some of these moves are still too advanced for today!!

M-City Constructor

M-City is a very interesting street art collective from Poland.
They do amazing city scapes using stencils. Every building, road, person, statue, is a seperated stencil. The end results are amazing!!
www.m-city.org





At http://www.m-city.org/m-city/konstruktor/konstruktor.html you can find an interactive application for constructing the cities on your own, from the same elements as were used in the real world.

Venice Locals!!!

I moved to Santa Monica in 1979. Although some of these pictures are a bit before my time, most of them are of the Venice kids i grew up with. This site features tons of black and white pictures taken by an obvious Venice Local!!
Some great historic shots!!
Check it out here http://www.pbase.com/venicepix/root

Dirt Nasty

Too Funny!!!