Time-lapse Slick/Persue/Brisk/OG Able

fun in Southern California

The Gateway project: Crol and Werk with Victor Ochoa

Twist (Barry McGee) interview

via Rory Ahern - VICE/VBS.tv

Another article about graffiti innovations

Breakthroughs? You be the judge. Some cool stuff in there for sure, but plenty to get riled about as well. As a commenter put it, graffiti is usually associated with "a certain demographic" but apparently when people of other demographics do it, it's cool. Can you smell the racism there?

Benelux B-Boy Battle Winners

See the link above for all the available videos from the battle. Here's a taste:

The war that lasts another 6 months, then another 6

MoveOn is a political action committee that is antiwar, pro-environment and active on progressive issues. They make it easy to send email to your Congresscritters and they buy advertising to help educate Americans on important issues. They endorsed Obama this year by popular demand (landslide) from a majority of their members, even though they normally don't pick a candidate. And best of all, they'd rather have your signature on petitions than your money.

Ronald Jenkees - YouTube musical superstar

Disorganized Fun. Tons more at the link above. CD and iTunes available.

Do schools kill creativity? Sir Ken Robinson - TED 2007

For the ADHD kid in all of us. You'll be glad you watched it.

If you have trouble playing this video, go to the link above and download the video for smoother playback.

Speaking of Obama: The Mac's print

Nicely done, as are all The Mac's pieces. Sadly the limited editions were all gone instantly.

In related news, Move On is having a contest for voter-created Obama video ads.

Faux "News" smears Obama in desperate disinformation campaign

FOX: all hogwash, all the time

And that's not the only site of disinfo about Obama. The link goes to an Alternet article with more.

California teen killed for being gay

Another way that fear destroys us.

How to create your own viral videos on YouTube

Wired how-to wiki has the nitty gritty.

Live action train footage wanted for music video

"I am looking for a train or metro-graffiti for a music video clip.

"At the following link, you can see two examples:
[youtube]

"I pay $ 1000 and do not need a finished video, only the material that I can edit.

"If you are interested, send a message to :
klausgcb@live.de

Molotow TV

From Australia. Currently featuring W4G and Whole Train.

Artist interviews - original videos from On Point

Delta, Martha Cooper, Sozyone Gonzalez, Stak, and more.

Alex has some podcasts on this site too.

Making original content is so much better than chopping up someone else's videos. Yay Alex.

Style animation, political satire

This is supposedly by IGT/Phase2. Nice styles in any case.

The Story of Stuff

A quick and engaging overview about the state of the world, who profits from our destruction, and what we can do about it.

Anonymous vs Scientology

Vigilante hacking crew goes after dangerous cult: awesome manifestos on YouTube. Plotting continues at Project Chanology.

Slick painting a low rider in LA

"Slick and Danny D combine the world of graff with custom low-rider culture on this paint scheme for Ford's pre-production prototype of their latest model 'Flex' due to drop summer '08 (paint scheme not included!!)"

Jazi paints Jesse Al Malik promo wall

Jazi is one of the most famous writers from Switzerland and he's got some new stuff here.

Chris Jordan's "Running the Numbers" - Why you matter

Green jobs for all - Van Jones and GreenForAll.org

Van Jones explains on video the important relationship between minority kids in places like Oakland and the coming "green-collar" job needs.

Did you know ... Shift happens

Mind blowing facts about the rapidly changing world we live in.

via Todd Warfel

German Christmas Calendar

Here's a modern interpretation of the traditional German Christmas calendar. You are supposed to open one day at a time in December.

Made by Malte at GRACO (artist agency) in Berlin

Why pay attention to the threat of climate change?

There's no debate among climatologists about whether or not global climate change is happening. It is. The only debate is between those who hope humans didn't cause it and those who hope humans can change it. That debate is meaningless. If we might be able to change it, we have to try, because it's our survival as a species that's at stake. The only smart thing to to is to try to curb the changes before life on Earth becomes difficult or impossible for humans.

We're the last generation of people who have a chance to try before it becomes too late, because the changes are not going to be gradual or incremental. Climate changes happen when conditions tip into a new dynamic and then become inevitable.

Don't let the wishful thinking of the anti-science people lull you into a false sense of security. Climate change is not something in the far future, it's something that will make our own lives and the lives of our children very different and difficult indeed. The earlier we act to curb human pollution the less expense and disastrous results we'll have.

The first step is to get everyone on board. Spread the word.

Thanks to Roger for the heads up on this video.

Write and Unite

"Write and Unite" will be shown starting this Friday evening at microcinema.imeem.com

"Write and Unite" presents some of the world's greatest graffiti artists live in action. From subways to huge productions, street bombing to organized events, never before has there been such a complete, global documentation of today's top aerosolists and their work.

ATOM, CAP, CODEROCK, COPE2, DASH167, DENZ, FX CREW, GOAL, GREY, JUST195, KACAO77, KENT, MAC CREW, MEAR, MOAS CREW, RISKY, SABE, SABER, SEEN, SKETCH, SMASH, SWET, T-KID, TOOMR, ZEBSTER, AND MANY, MANY MORE.

[We carry this DVD in the Art Crimes Store for only $17.50, and we'll match anyone else's price to earn your business.]

Slick/Dissizit in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles - time-lapse video

Atlas CBS

Video interview and action with Atlas on pingmag. Thanks to Ian.

Berok - Barcelona, in action

Those other writers and their beef -- let's hear it for the WGA

If online content is worth arresting grannies over, the corporations need to pay the people who create the material. Otherwise, it's all youtube.

Google Sketchup (free 3D drawing program) has a get-started book now

New book, some how-to videos online too.

Mark Klein vs Big Brother

* US spooks tap the net illegally (not just tapping terrorists, they hoover as much as they can get of everybody's business into storage)

* Mark Klein blows the whistle

* Telecoms want immunity from prosecution

* Congress, White House, (spooks), and newspapers want the story to go away

If only the truth would set us free...

Meanwhile, there's no reason to think the tapping has stopped.
Every time you talk about bombing trains in email or in a forum, think of the fascinated audience you'll have.

Thanks, Mark! This is what heroes do.
If only we had people like him in office instead.

Midwest Teen Sex Show

Sex ed by and for teens. Video podcasts. Also available on iTunes. Watch theirs, make your own. Scholarship prizes.

"Young people (15 to 30) are invited to submit new digital videos showing how they envision the sex ed experience. The grand prize winner will receive a $3500 scholarship or cash equivalent."

Street art: Orion and Blu

Ossario : Alexandre Orion


Blu

PowWows.com live webcast

Another reason I love the Web.

I'm really grateful that the Native American tribes have shared some of their traditional celebrations in this way.

All Writes Reserved - Seventh Letter Artists

From the current NYC show of LA superstars: Retna, Revok, Saber







The powerHouse Arena
37 Main Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201
For more information please call 212-604-9074 x101
until September 2, 2007

Maywa Denki

The link goes to more info and pictures about this interesting musical group, called "the first to use a true robotic vocalist." I like everything about this, but I'm especially fond of the guitar-replacement instruments.

via BoingBoing

Finally some good news about seed patents

Monsanto has had 4 patents rejected, finally.

This is excellent news, because their patents were putting honest traditional farmers out of business and creating new dependencies and weaknesses that threatened the world food supply.

Before Monsanto tried to own all the food we eat, all farmers saved and traded their seeds, but Monsanto tried to make them buy and plant sterile seeds, so they would have to buy seeds every year. Some farmers can't afford to buy seeds every year, and many didn't understand that free sample seed would lead to them going out of business before it was too late.

Other farmers were vigorously and cruelly sued out of business when Monsanto's genetically modified crops pollenated their fields accidentally via the wind.

GMO contaminated crops could not be exported to some other countries, ruining the farmers' ability to sell their crops.

Monsanto's farming practices also lead to dangerous mono-cultures, where only one genetic strain of corn or wheat, etc., is planted in most plots, paving the way for killer diseases to wipe out a whole year's crop at once.

Profit today, while the world starves tomorrow. Brilliant.

The article talks about US farmers, but Canadian farmers were also hurt, and the most damage was likely done in India, Africa and poorer countries. I sure hope this patent rejection has a positive effect on the worldwide Monsanto problem. What we need is some unbought politicians to make some better laws around patenting food crops and the GMO contamination of traditional foodstocks. Mexico's traditional maize crop's genetic heritage is now under serious threat from the GMO cross pollination.

Related food facts here:

Future of Food documentary (Bittorrent)
Harvest of Fear (PBS documentary)

More info: Google search for Monsano Terminator

Sirena Huang - Virtuoso at 11 years old

I don't generally even like violin music, but Sirena brought tears to my eyes with her incredible musical skill.

Devious Doze

Vaughn Bode - at Toronto Comic Con 1974

Be Like Mike DREAM - NUMP featuring Reena Lynn

Musical tribute to Bay Area King Mike Dream TDK from Oakland California, RIP

GRL in BCN

Graffiti Research Lab takes Barcelona by storm. It's hard to know what to make of the laser-maddened crowd. Is it just that everyone wants to get away with drawing genitals and dirty words on buildings? While everyone watches? Really big ones?

7th Day, with Pose

Another time-lapse from Seventh Letter.

DAVe Warnke's Street Styles Class in San Francisco

The students trade stickers by mail. Contact DAVe for more info.

Frontline "Homefront" - Surveillance program podcasts

Unofficial podcasts (Quicktime) of the actual broadcast from the recent Frontline program. Downloadable, scary, in RSS (if your browser does not do RSS, copy the link to your newsreader).

Official site for the Frontline program, which has other forms of video that you might be able to watch online.

Painted motion-animation on Belgium trackside

by Bonom and Lork at Etterbeek Station

Rezine Light Graff

If you're in Lyon France, the closing party is the 31st of May.

Showroom Artstep - 78 rue pdt E.Herriot 69002 Lyon - code porte 1982 - 1er étage

Wanted: Films and Poster Designs for Film Fest in CA

[Got this today, thought some of you might be interested ...]

The 7th Annual Tiburon International Film Festival (TIFF) will be held March 13-21, 2008 in Tiburon, California. Deadline to submit films and posters: December 1, 2007 (Their website, linked above, has details about submitting films.)

Poster Contest

If your poster design is selected, your design will become the face of the Festival; it will be on the cover of the program books, t-shirts and much more--unlimited and priceless exposure. We will also post your photo and biography on the festival website for one year for greater exposure.

Poster Guidelines:

The contest is open to all artists. All entries must be received by deadline. There is no limit to the number of entries submitted.

Use colors and design concepts that create a strong graphic presentation. The design must be easily translated to a variety of print materials such as posters, newsprint ads, cotton t-shirts, bus ads, film, etc.

In the artwork, incorporate the following:

- 7th Annual Tiburon International Film Festival
- March 13-21, 2008
- Our motto: Understanding the World through Film ®
- The theme of the festival this year is: Toward A Global Cinema
- Our web address: www.TiburonFilmFestival.com

Entries will be evaluated based on appeal, content and marketability. The decision of the judges is final. The Tiburon International Film Festival does not assume responsibility for submissions. The winning design is selected by a panel of judges in the fields of design, arts, public relations and marketing. The winning poster will be unveiled in January 2008 in Tiburon.

IMPORTANT: Entries must be mounted on a board 8.5 inches wide x 11 inches high. Include your name, address, email and phone number with each submission. Send submissions to:

Tiburon International Film Festival
1680 Tiburon Blvd
Tiburon, CA 94920
USA

Phone: +1 (415) 381-4123
info@TiburonFilmFestival.com
tiburonfilmfestival.com

Slick's latest time-Lapse video

New time lapse from The Seventh Day Project

Rime, Ruets, and Sever

Run for US President on MySpace

[This should be interesting. This whole 2008 election could be won or lost on YouTube and MySpace anyway, but this show might allow the real issues to be discussed and force them to be addressed across the board - if FOX doesn't manipulate the results. - Susan]

"In INDEPENDENT, the winner will receive an award of one million dollars that they cannot keep. What they do with that million dollars is subject to a list of options, all political in nature, but the choice the winner makes will be greatly influenced by the MySpace community and the viewers of the network television show.

"Will the winner choose to donate the money to a political action group (e.g. global warming or education reform)? Will they provide the initial donation to form a third political party that better represents the voices of young Americans? Will they make their own run for the White House in 2008? All of these decisions will be shaped by viewers who watch the show, and influence our winner.

"With the access that MySpace's powerful social networking tools allow, the candidates will have deep real-time access to their viewers/constituents in a manner that is unprecedented in reality programming.

"All candidates interested in running as INDEPENDENT will submit themselves via MySpace Video. Once the candidates are chosen, each will create MySpace Impact profiles to serve as their campaign platform."

Delta INC Interview 2006

Delta - Interview
Uploaded by on-point

Thanks to Shok1 for the tip.

Delta's work is amazing. Here's a photo of a fine Delta piece I found in Rotterdam in 1995.

Odeith's "anamorphic" style

Odeith, in Portugal, is working on a new kind of 3D that creates optical illusions. Some of his pieces look like they are protruding from the wall, while others ignore the wall surface in order to create a new picture plane, as shown in this video.