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Entries from March 2009

Joker and Batman Breakdancing

March 31st, 2009 · Comments
by Quincy Moore

As promised here’s another video by Patrick Boivin. This time he goes interactive with batman and the joker breakdancing. Choose your character, there can be only one winner! Check it out!
*A extra little something here…a video showing the creation of the first video. Enjoy!
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Tags: Toys · Videos

New Toys from Suckadelic

March 31st, 2009 · Comments
by Quincy Moore

Jailbreak friend Suckadelic has a few sweet, limited edition toys available for purchase on their website. Go pick one up and support one of the most innovative toy makers out there.

The Monsters in Drag Miss Thing Bootleg. Only two of these badboys, er girls, are left for $35.oo so hurry up and pick one up!

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Tags: Jailbreak Product · Toys

Officially Unofficial: Chicago 2009

March 30th, 2009 · Comments
by Quincy Moore

The Officially Unofficial art exhibition opens tomorrow (March 31st, 2009) at the Chicago Tourism Center in Chicago, Illinois. Artists showing at the event include Shepard Fairey, Ron English, Ray Noland, SimpleScott, Bask and many more. The purpose of the exhibit is to showcase artwork that supported Barack Obama for President and will include photos, prints, [...]

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Tags: What Is Art Anyway?

Zombama Brains T-Shirt

March 30th, 2009 · Comments
by Quincy Moore

This is social commentary at its absolute finest. Designer Jared Moratis created this as, “a commentary about rabid Obama fan-mania coupled with his missteps as a new leader, as well as a commentary about appropriation art.” The piece is entirely hand drawn and then rendered abstract with the use of Illustrator. You can pick one [...]

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Tags: What Is Art Anyway?

Toy Wars: Iron Man vs. Bruce Lee

March 29th, 2009 · Comments
by Quincy Moore

This is a sweet video of Bruce Lee and Iron Man fighting as toys. I think the creators of this need to do one with the Obama Action Figure fighting the recession, or Iran, or something else entirely…
*Update: This was created by former comicbook writer turned moviemaker, Patrick Boivin. This short is very well done [...]

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Tags: Jailbreak Product · Toys · Videos

Pixação–Brazilian Street Art

March 29th, 2009 · Comments
by Quincy Moore

Coolhunting just released this interesting video of a street art phenomenon in Brazil called Pixação. It’s a form of graffiti that has spread throughout the Brazilian culture and can be found on walls and buildings all over the country. Check out the informative video.
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Bovinyl and Moody DIY Designer Toys

March 29th, 2009 · Comments
by Quincy Moore

The good folks over at Moody DIY designer toys (Bovinyl in particular) created this unique platform, utilizing the Obama Action Figure. The custom piece is titled “I.W.G. is in da house” and will be featured at the “Humans Beware” show at Rocketworld in San Francisco, which will be running from April 10, 2009-June 6, 2009.
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To Make Art Out of…

March 29th, 2009 · Comments
by Quincy Moore

This is an image created by an artist simply known as Iri5, who is a freelance painter and sculptor out of England. This particular photo is President Obama’s face made out of pictures from his historic rise to the presidency. According to her Flickr page, Iri5 is:
“An artist who specializes in using non traditional media…old [...]

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Tags: What Is Art Anyway?

Fresh New Street Artist: Phil Lumbang

March 29th, 2009 · Comments
by Quincy Moore

This guy, Phil Lumbang, has been making some waves in the street art world recently so I figured I better jump on the bandwagon before it gets too late. In truth, he does some really cool, progressive stuff and actually has an honest and respectable message behind his work. He was or is an assistant [...]

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Giant Hello Kitty Eats NYC

March 23rd, 2009 · Comments
by J*Rock

I’m giving birth to brand new category on The Jailbreak today! As of now, we’re going to be using our iPhones to catalog and tag cool public/street art on the blog.
I hope we can find ways to geotag these at some point but till then we’ll just make do with old fashioned directions like this…
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