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!!!

The Street Art Game!!

This fun little game was created as part of London’s Tate Modern Street Art exhibit. The highly anticipated show opened last weekend, featuring work from legendary artists: Blu, Faile, JR, Nunca, Os Gemeos, and Sixeart in the first commission to use the building’s iconic river façade, and the first major public museum display of street art in London.

Check out the game: http://kids.tate.org.uk/games/street-art/
or
Read more about the show: http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/exhibitions/streetart/

The Last Laugh

Mister Cartoon, Estevan Oriol and Upper Playground have collaborated in the opening of four seperate retail expieriences in the heart of downtown Los Angeles.
Each storefront will offer customers a unique fashion and fine art expierience. In celebration of the new project, the group will host an open house on Saturday, May 31, 2008 that will feature a special art exhibit from the likes of Sam Flores, Jeremy Fish, David Choe, Ron English, San, Retna, Saber, Alex Pardee, Doze Green, Slick Armsrock, David Ellis and more.

Grand Opening: Saturday May 31
From: 1 - 8 p.m.
125 E. 6th Street (between Main and Los Angeles)
See you there!!