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Entries from July 2009

Shepard Fairey Interviews Banksy for Swindle Magazine

July 31st, 2009 · Comments
by Quincy Moore

For someone who has been following both of these artists pretty extensively over the past six months, it’s quite a joy to see one of them interviewing the other. Not only does Shepard Fairey ask good questions, he gets honest, refreshing answers out of the most mysterious man in the art world: Banksy.
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Tags: Events · Interviews · Jailbreak News · Politics · Public Art / Street Art · Toys · What Is Art Anyway?

Flight Patterns

July 31st, 2009 · Comments
by Quincy Moore

Charlie McCarthy took long exposure photos of bugs under a street light and looped them together to create this cool 45 second video clip. McCarthy has done a bunch of imaginative stuff, making his vimeo page a must visit.
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Tags: Photography · Videos · What Is Art Anyway?

Obey Iraq?

July 31st, 2009 · Comments
by Quincy Moore

The Art Collectors came upon this interesting photo of an Obey sticker on the back of a truck in Iraq. Pretty cool.
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Tags: Photography · Public Art / Street Art · What Is Art Anyway?

Ron English’s MC Supersized Toy

July 29th, 2009 · Comments
by Quincy Moore

Ron English (interviewed) collaborated with Secret Base to create this toy version of his well-known MC Supersized figure. The orange shell breaks off, revealing the skeleton, which also glows in the dark! Each toy comes in a special “popaganda” french fries box.
No information yet as to where one of these can be purchased.
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Tags: Events · Interviews · Public Art / Street Art · Toys · What Is Art Anyway?

Strawberry Swing

July 29th, 2009 · Comments
by Quincy Moore

The song is Strawberry Swing by Coldplay, and the video is one of the coolest I’ve ever seen. It was created by London-based artist collective Shynola.
I’d watch this right now because the studio will probably take it down in the next hour or so. I’ve been searching all week for a legit version and it [...]

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Tags: Animation · Photography · Videos · What Is Art Anyway?

Animate the Day: Knight Fever

July 29th, 2009 · Comments
by Quincy Moore

Knight Fever was written, directed and animated by Christopher Minos. He’s a Disney alum and currently holds the position of animation director at CRUSH, a directorial collective and fully integrated production company.
It took Minos over two years to create Knight Fever due to the hybrid nature of 2D and 3D in his work. The film [...]

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Tags: Animation · Videos · What Is Art Anyway?

Alex Pardee x Sucker Punch

July 29th, 2009 · Comments
by Quincy Moore

Sucker Punch is a movie by Zack Snyder–the visionary director who brought us the much-maligned Watchmen last year–that will be released in March of 2011. The image above was created by artist Alex Pardee for a T-shirt that was distributed to fans at Comic-Con.
Here’s the plot synopsis for the film: “Set in the 1950s, Sucker [...]

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Tags: Public Art / Street Art · What Is Art Anyway?

Animate the Day: Blip

July 28th, 2009 · Comments
by Quincy Moore

By Sean Mullen and Ben Harper.
courtesy of drawn.
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Tags: Animation · Videos · What Is Art Anyway?

On the Verge: KENYONB

July 28th, 2009 · Comments
by Quincy Moore

Philadelphia native Kenyon Bajus (KENYONB) is a self-described graphic satirist who creates subversive designs that resemble the wit, thoughtfulness and sarcasm of the great Ron English. He’s been featured multiple times in Juxtapox Magazine, and creates T-shirt designs for everyone from Akomplice to Upper Playground.
Check out an interview with him here.
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Wu-Tang Lego: Da Mystery of Chessboxin’

July 28th, 2009 · Comments
by Quincy Moore

The stop-motion work here is something to be admired…
Created by Davo.
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Tags: Animation · Photography · Videos