Beautiful Losers

Beautiful Losers celebrates the creative spirit behind one of the most influential cultural movements of a generation.

In the early 1990's a loose-knit group of likeminded outsiders found common ground at a little NYC storefront gallery. Rooted in the DIY (do-it-yourself) subcultures of skateboarding, surf, punk, hip hop & graffiti, they made art that reflected the lifestyles they led. Developing their craft with almost no influence from the "establishment" art world, this group, and the subcultures they sprang from, have now become a movement that has been transforming pop culture.

Starring a selection of artists who are considered leaders within this culture, Beautiful Losers focuses on the telling of personal stories...speaking to themes of what happens when the outside becomes "in" as it explores the creative ethos connecting these artists and today's youth.

Featuring Ed Templeton, Barry McGee, Margaret Kilgallen, Jo Jackson, Chris Johanson, Thomas Campbell, Geoff McFetridge, Mike Mills, Stephen Powers, Harmony Korine and Shepard Fairey.

A film by Aaron Rose with brand new music by Money Mark.


www.beautifullosers.com

The Cheaper Show

"The Tenth Anniversary of The Cheaper Show in Vancouver on June 25, 2011.
Featuring 400 highly curated pieces of art from 200 international artists, all priced at $200 for one night only.""


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The Cheaper Show

"Gaming The Streets: Uncommissioned Art"

The Mission Map Project

Illustration legend Mike Giant speaks about the hand illustrated map
of the Mission district in San Francisco, for The Mission Map Project. 

WeFab

"WeFab is a three-day event during the Milano Design Week. It is hosted by OpenWear a collaborative clothing platform,  and by Vectorealism, a digital fabrication facility based in Milan.

WeFab offers Milano Design Week’s visitors a way to explore creative possibilities with new technologies such as 3D printing and laser cutting but also the new opportunities that open source approaches and collaborative processes can bring to the creative sector.

WeFab exhibition will feature objects, workshops, installations and performances that explore the cross-fertilization of new production technologies and collaborative ways to design and make products."

From the Arduino Blog

Meet Your Maker

Meet Your Maker:
Follow the journey of a hand built guitar with stringed instrument maker, Joe Yanuziello.

Lee Quinones

If you think that graffiti art (in the contemporary NYC sense of the term) begins with  Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat, you're wrong...
Back in the day the real street legend was Lee Quinones, he's considered the single most influential artist to emerge from the graffiti era. He started with subway graffiti in 1974 and by 1976 he was a legend.
He worked in the shadows for years, then in 1983 he played Raymond Zoro in the most influential movie of the hip hop culture: Wild Style

This is a rencent interview for Life & Times:

Transforming packaging into playable music device

from the Kelli Anderson's website:


"I just finished up a really fun project—a paper record player wedding invitation! In the booklet-style invitation, a bit of paper-folding amplifies the sound of a sewing needle moving along the grooves of a flexidisc record. The hand-spun record yields a garbled, but scrutable listening of an original song by the couple. It requires a bit of tinkering and folding —effectively championing the inner science-nerd kid in the recipient. The whole thing serves as an interactive packaging for the song—which can be experienced on the paper record player, unscrewed + set on a regular turntable, or enjoyed online (for the non-nerds and/or audiophiles out there.) "

Shepard Fairey at MOCA “Art in the Streets”

Shepard Fairey at MOCA “Art in the Streets”: "



Shepard Fairey wants you to OBEY. The street artist has become synonymous with his many works including the ubiquitous Andre the Giant stencil and the now legendary Obama campaign “Hope” print. Fairey’s gallery of work at the MOCA allows exhibitors access to the distressed and red-tinted aesthetics seen in his work.


Photography: Brandon Shigeta


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Futura at MOCA “Art in the Streets”

Futura at MOCA “Art in the Streets”: "
Encompassing a career in graffiti, graphic design and apparel, Futura’s influence reaches far and wide. Pioneering abstract street art has subsequently made Futura’s designs synonymous with the concept, allowing for a multitude of collaborations and making appearances from clothing to record albums. MOCA celebrates the artist’s achievements with a space of his own.


Photography: Brandon Shigeta


Read more at Futura at MOCA “Art in the Streets”

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