Around 30 artists taking part, live painting, giant knitting, sunshine, DRINKS! If these are some of your favorite things you need to head to the Whitecross Street Party this weekend. Some of the artists include Paul Insect, Best Ever, Burning Candy, Mysterious Al, Shepard Fairey, Dr.D and Inkfestish, if that line-up doesn’t butter your muffin then I don’t know what will.
If you look skyward you’ll see this piece by me which will be available to buy and better still, 25% of all sales will be donated to SHP, a London charity that works with the homeless.
For more info go to www.wxstreetparty.co.uk The party is on both 24th and 25th July with all the work staying up and around until the 5th of September
Robots, like monsters, zombies, gods, aliens, spaceships and owls, are cool. Not just cool, really fucking cool. This set of wooden robots by Tyler Jackson are no exception. Set in a post-apocalyptic world, the BLANKS series are created from found wood and other objects, reflecting Tyler’s need to spread awareness about how our lives effect the environment as well as reducing his own robot shaped carbon footprint.
So here we have it, the results of the Vader Project competition. The question was What’s one of my earliest memories as a snot nosed kid…’ 60 of you guessed the right answer, which was………C. Me being lifted out of my pushchair by Darth Vader when I was about 3 or 4. Although someone quite rightly commented on what I was still doing in a pushchair at the age of 4, which is a good point. I’m afraid I have no answer to that. Moving on…
Using an online random number generator to select 4 numbers between 1 and 60, the following numbers were chosen.
And those numbers match up to the 4 people below, so well done to you!
1. benoups.
2. spud.
3. fullproof.
4. Kes.
I’ll be dropping you 4 an email shortly and your signed copies of the awesome Vader Project book will be sent out asap. A big thanks to everyone who registered with the blog and took part. Will probably do more of this kind of thing from now on so if you didn’t get lucky this time, don’t get tear stains all down that nice new blouse you’ve got on, you’ll get another chance to put free stuff on ebay soon enough.
Received an email today from another crazy lady who’s decided to have my Lost piece put on her body forever. Looks like a pretty good job if you ask me.
Big thanks to Saoirse for the photo and flattery. Here’s a photo of the street piece in Dublin that pushed her over the edge.
An artists I’ve pretty much been in awe of for a very long time is Mr Jago. I’ve loved watching his style progress over the years and his latest piece, The Hades Shot, which I think is in the new Stolen Space group show in London, is absolutely beautiful. For me, a great piece of art has the power to stop you in your tracks and transport you instantly to another place; your senses become completely shut off to everything else going on around you and for that moment, it’s just the 2 of you, connecting, communicating.
Jago’s latest piece has that quality to it and I can’t stop looking at it. I even made a trip up to London today to get a proper look but stupidly didn’t realise that the gallery is closed Mondays. Idiot. So for now I shall just have to gaze into this decent sized image he very kindly emailed me until I can see it in the flesh and converse with it in person.
My sources tell me that Mr Jago himself will be going into The Bunker very soon, so watch this space.
Ladies and gentlemen, I have some terrible news. In early hours of the morning, a number of vast chasms have appeared across the globe, and from out of these dark wounds, things have emerged. I’m afraid to say that these ‘things’ appear to be giants, straight from the pages of a children’s book, only I fear that this particular story will not have a happy ending. Sources are saying that these monsters are between 18 and 25ft in height and human-like in form, the one terrifying difference is the single, lone eyeball in the middle of their forehead. Yes ladies and gentlemen, we are under attack by Cyclopses, Cyclopi, Cyclopes, you get the picture.
Reports are saying that these Cyclopes are eating anything and everything that comes their way, one witness even claiming he saw what appeared to be a giant grinding bones in an effort to make bread! My sources tell me that the elite of the world have already been rounded up and taken away to that safe place hidden underground. That secret facility where the likes of you and I will never venture, the place known as, The Bunker.
I wonder if it’s sheer coincidence that the latest person to be granted a place in this safe haven is the member of the Burning Candy Crew, the artist, the photographer, Lucas Price, AKA CYCLOPS!
Originating from Bristol, it’s common knowledge that Cyclops is an integral member of the hardest working crew in the UK. But it’s not all about graffiti. Lucas is obviously a born creative and has that force inside him that drives his work into many artistic directions, he isn’t afraid to explore or question, he also isn’t afraid to produce work without reason and it’s that quality that attracts me to his work. His paintings now demanding high figures in galleries and auction houses as he seems to have effortlessly and quite successfully made that transition that so many graffiti artists try and fail at.
Whether you prefer his street work or his more serious fine art direction, the one thing you can be sure of is that with Lucas, making art is as much of a necessity as breathing, it’s a vital part of who he is and why he’s here.
So here it is, Lucas Price, welcome to The Bunker.
TB:We can allow you access to 1 music video. What will it be? LP:
TB:There is room on the wall for 1 piece of art. What would you like? LP: Doug Aitken – Electric Earth.
TB:There is a small bookshelf with room for 1 book. What will it be? LP: The DIY guide to building bigger bookshelves.
TB:You’re allowed 1 film. What will you watch? LP: Jean Luc Godard – Histoire du Cinema.
TB:There are bunk beds inside the room. Who gets the other bed, and which bunk would you like? LP: My son Ren, he gets whichever bed he wants .
TB: You’re allowed 1 small treasured item. What is it? LP: My Guitar.
TB: We’ve managed to get you a CD player. What album would you like? LP: MBV – Loveless.
TB:We are willing to cook you 1 meal of your choice on your first night in The Bunker. What would you like? LP: Bangers and mash, strawberries and cream…..
TB: All inhabitants of The Bunker MUST have their memories of Old Earth erased. However, we will allow you a single memory of your old life. What will it be? LP: Summer time Kisses.
You can keep up to date with the BC crew’s antics here and his own website here. Lucas is also helping to raise money for fellow BC crew member Rowdy who recently lost his entire worldly possessions when his flat burned down. Artists such as Bansky, Paul Insect, Cept, Mudwig and SweetToof to name a few have all donated artwork to be auctioned off in the hope of getting Rowdy back on his feet. You can see all the items up for auction here.
A long time ago, in a galaxy…well, this galaxy, 100 artists were asked to customize 100 Darth Vader helmets. You can see the results via the links at the bottom of the previous post. If you’d like to get your sticky little fingers on a copy of the project catalogue, I’ve got 4 that I’ll sign and give away if you can answer the following question.
Q: What’s one of my earliest memories as a snot nosed kid…
A: Discovering I had the Force when I paralysed next door’s cat with mind bullets. B: Coming home to find my house on fire and my aunt and uncle burned to a crisp. C: Being lifted out of my pushchair by Darth Vader when I was about 3 or 4.
Just leave your answer, A,B or C as a comment to this post and in exactly 1 weeks time I’ll randomly select 4 winners who will get a signed copy of the catalogue.
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