Punk rock, new wave, experimental music and avant-garde art movement of the 70's and the 80's are portrayed in No Wave: Post-Punk. Underground. New York. 1976-1980, the first book to visually chronicle the collision of art and music of said movement by means of 150 photographs, most of which have never been published, and hundreds of hours of interviews made by Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth) and Byron Coley, a veteran music critic.
The L.A.-based artist Joshua Callaghan is also known as The man who turns street objects invisible. Especially the objects occupying the public space, since his work consists in disguising utility boxes with the environment with such precision that a distracted runner could trip over them.
Administered by
real curators of street art —the art created without authorization and derived from graffiti, — the site Streetsy uploads everyday almost 10 photos displaying works of art from all over the world. As if it were a catalog of this discipline that
combines art, freedom spirit and social denunciation, they listed of the 40 street artists to watch that, apart from
Banksy, leave their original mark in the city.
The project Creative 30 is in its final stage. This English contest aims at discovering 30 young creative wonders that stand out in a wide range of creative disciplines, such as body art, journalism and furniture design. Vivienne Westwood, Wiley and Klaxon's James Righton are part of the panel of judges that will choose one of the two winners of the competition, since the other will be decided by the public's votes.
From being an idea of a bored DJ to becoming an Internet phenomenon in a couple of months,
the art of putting a sleeve in front of your face and striking a pose for the photo is called
Sleevefacing, and now it is introduced to the world of objects.
Sleeveface - Be the vinyl,
a book including the 200 best photos received from different users of social networks, such as Flickr and Facebook, will be out in December.
On the street, we find the real fashion pioneers that combine clothes and accessories with a casual, sophisticated and organic style. Encouraged by the accessibility of blogs, this new tendency is established and there are a lot of sites that publish, one after the other, photos capturing the most personal and current looks in different cities around the world.
Famous for painting graffiti with messages at the Louvre or on
the wall that separates Israel and Palestine, the slickest street artist walked down the streets of New Orleans, US, and
left his mark on the walls of the city ravaged by Hurricane Katrina three years ago and that literally sank into Lake Pontchartrain. Take a look at
Banksy's graffiti
on the tragedy.
Well, only if you had the chance to assist to any show of the French duo and register it in photos and videos. Justice started working on
Cross the Universe,
a CD/DVD that includes a live set and a documentary directed by the band, Romain-Gavras (author of "Stress"), and
So Me (of "DVNO" and "D.A.N.C.E.".) The release will be available in November, and
they are currently receiving material from fans and detractors.
Apart from good music, a sold-out show and the energy wasted in each party, the
17th edition of Moonpark Buenos Aires counted with a birthday celebration.
At 3am, dozens of fans sang 'Happy Birthday' to James Zabiela. Take a look at this photo and many more in this
exclusive gallery that includes pics of SOS, Zabiela and the audience.