Modern Urban Street Art

It seems one of the things I haven’t kept my eyes on lately has been that of Art of any form (although I did attend the National Art Gallery which was interesting in its own way but I find some the art REALLY BORING.) So here’s some examples of modern urban street art.

This is by Aakash Nihalani and if you look at the NYPD cop car in the background, you can see that he hails from New York! Simple and Brilliant.

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And… more technologically advanced and making gangs look all the more cooler –> LED Spray Paint!

While there are more than a few exceptions to the rule, most graffiti is nothing more but lame, self-serving tagging. But combine simple signatures with LEDs and slow shutter photography, and the genre is born anew:

Halo is a concept by French designer Aissa Logerot. Shaped like a bottle of spray paint, the LED light can change colors on the fly and while it’s powered by an internal battery (that recharges with a simple shake of the can—a cutesy but awesome idea).

Combine this LED light with slow-shutter photography and you can freeze light graffiti in thin air without ruining a facade in the process. Of course, that non-destructive practicality probably eliminates any incentive for about 99.9% of graffiti enthusiasts.

– Gizmodo

By far one of the coolest mash-ups of Culture, Technology and Design I’ve stumbled across on the net. Love it.
Technorati Tags: Cool, Urban, Street, Art, LED, Gangs

Yeah Baby! Social Media is the New PUNK ROCK!

I’ve always seen Punk as a philosophy rather than a once off bunch of noisy kids with spiked hair and bad attitudes. It was about standing up to the establishment, breaking the rules, going against the norm.  They are the ultimate modern form of talking straight back with their own interpretation of how to talk back in the first place.  Hence, the below video, is a bit misplaced with comparing punk rock only to social media… it’s bigger than that.  The philosophy, I believe, transcends all media because it addresses the underlying intentions behind WHY we communicate.

So if you question the norms, don’t agree with them and voice your opinions with any media whatsoever… you are a PUNK.  Word… Enjoy the video :)

Technorati Tags: Punk, Punk Rock, Music, Philosophy, Social Media

Battlestar Galactica: “Let’s get this Genocide Started!”

The trailer for the new TV movie – ‘Battlestar Galactica: The Plan’ chronicling the battle between the Humans and the Cylons, this time from the viewpoint of the Cylons. I assume it would be summarised seeing as the human side was told across five seasons and this new movie is only two hours long. But check out the Trailer below… it looks AWESOME.

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The Tarantino Mixtape by Electic Method… WHOA!

Eclectic Method – The Tarantino Mixtape from Eclectic Method on Vimeo.

This is the Best Damn Thing I’ve seen all Year. Wow. Bloody Hell, that was a trip.

Technorati Tags: Tarantino, Mixtape, Music, Movie, Eclectic Method

Wolverine Meets Salvadore Dali – Awesome Comic Book Cover

How absolutely cool is this comic book cover! It’s the Amazing Spiderman #592 Wolverine Art Appreciation cover and it emulates Dali’s style perfectly. I really, really like this. I wonder if there are any more, Google here I come.

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Technorati Tags: Wolverine, Art, Comic Book, Covers, Dali

Absolutely Beautiful Stop-Motion Music Video

Beautiful Stop Motion Music Video. The song is ‘Her Morning Elegance’ by Oren Lavie. Gorgeously done with appropriate lighting and effects. Stop Motion art at the best I’ve ever seen it. I wonder if there’s any more like this on the net.

via MissGeeky

Technorati Tags: Art, Oren Lavie, Music Video, Stop Motion, Beautiful, Gorgeous

What Arab Boys do at Shopping Malls…

This is an interesting twist for in-store marketers… The opportunities if we only had our target markets just sitting and staring at our store displays!

Can you imagine the statements after some official gets to see this picture? It won’t be that young men should control their hormones and get a clue… it’ll be that shop owners are no longer allowed to display mannequins in their underwear in the window.

I guess with the current laws in place in a heavily restrictive society, you can’t expect anything else. A trend which may arise from this… Increased internet purchases of Blow-up dolls? Rise in female clothing retail stores, owners being young men ofcourse?

Special Victims Unit: Gotham City Edition

da dum da dum da dum da dum dum dummmmmm… this is by Brandon Bird… Funny as Hell :)

Quotes for Science Fiction Writers…

“Perhaps most famously, Gibson wrote Neuromancer without the aid of a computer, and indeed, without knowing much about computers at all. This ignorance led to a lesson that every scifi writer, fan and everybody else should learn: your knowledge might be crippling your imagination. Gibson was free to imagine virtual social networks and complex visual interfaces primarily because he had no reason to think otherwise.” — Avi Abrams, DarkRoastedBlend

“It’s actually harder to write science fiction, because you have to know more. I’ve never been a hard science fiction writer, but even writing a non-hard science fiction story you have to know a lot more about science and the world and how things work than you do to write a fantasy.” — Veteran SF editor Gardner Dozois, interviewed in Locus.

That’s just al ittle inspiration to get your juices flowing next time you try to put pen to paper.  Actually I would encourage anyone reading this to put pen to paper anyway. Write anything… just write… I’d venture to say it’s good for you and the entire Universe. No shit.  Try it and you’ll see what I mean.

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Mos Def- Life in Marvelous Times

Life in Marvelous Times: An ill track I came across features Mos righteously spittin “Whatever you ride, whatever your lane, this thing called life its a beautiful thing. We are alive in Amazing times.” The Brooklyn Mc’s next record will be The Ecstatic with production and features from Madlib, Oh No, Chad Hugo, Slick Rick, Kanye West, Mr. Porter and the late great J.Dilla ( R.I.P). Due out in February of 2009.

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I’m excited about this… the track is Awesome! Lyrics to move your soul and the beat to make your body bounce… Heavily :)

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