INFINITE is an amazing timelapse of Australian graffiti artist Sofles painting an abandoned warehouse.
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posted by quin
on Jun 13, 2013 -
8 comments
Lego Bombing and the Art of Infrastructure: "Oftentimes the displays are little more than attempts at drawing the eye or conveying a message. Sometimes, though, the two combine to great effect, pointing out glaring, gaping holes in the world around us. In the case of
Lego Bombing, as it has become known, those holes -- and therefore, that art -- crop up in our crumbling infrastructure. The colorful plastic blocks are being snapped into walls, streets, and buildings all over the world courtesy of
Dispatchwork."
posted by jammy
on Mar 6, 2013 -
21 comments
Ghost town in Belgium will lose its street art when it ceases to exist. "
For 700 years, Doel stood near Antwerp along the Scheldt River in Belgium. As Antwerp expanded in the 20th century, its port needed more space, and Doel quickly became a target for demolition. Trying to force residents out, the government scheduled demolitions multiple times, but were beaten by popular protests from the 1970s through the 1990s. But despite the will of the people, Doel could not be saved and in 1999, the town was officially scheduled for complete demolition. Since that time, residents have trickled out, but artists have made their way in. As more of the town became abandoned, street artists from across Europe came and began to debut their works around Doel."
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posted by filthy light thief
on Apr 19, 2012 -
9 comments
Oakland's Turf Feinz (
previously)
dance in memorial for Oscar Grant (
previously). While the riots in Oakland received more media coverage (
previously,
previously), there's been
several memorial murals painted across Oakland and
numerous songs channeling local anger,
outrage,
observations,
lamentations,
reflections, and
frustration. The news gave the nation broken windows and burning cars, while the town continues peaceful protest, 2 years later.
posted by yeloson
on Jan 1, 2011 -
11 comments
The Pink Lady of Malibu "One Saturday morning, on October 29, 1966, a massive 60-foot-tall painting of a nude pink lady holding flowers suddenly appeared as you headed into the tunnel on Malibu Canyon Road."
Yep, that could be a
bit distracting..
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posted by HuronBob
on Dec 1, 2009 -
17 comments
Street With a view On May 3rd 2008, artists Robin Hewlett and Ben Kinsley invited the Google Inc. Street View team and residents of Pittsburgh’s Northside to collaborate on a series of tableaux along Sampsonia Way. Neighbors, and other participants from around the city, staged scenes ranging from a parade and a marathon, to a garage band practice, a seventeenth century sword fight, a heroic rescue and much more...
Street View technicians captured 360-degree photographs of the street with the scenes in action and integrated the images into the Street View mapping platform. This first-ever artistic intervention in Google Street View made its debut on the web in November of 2008.
posted by srboisvert
on Nov 11, 2008 -
25 comments
