Among the several activities organized by
Looking at Music —the exhibition set up at the MoMA until January 5 that looks at the prosperous creativity of musicians from the 60’s and 70’s, —
the screening of the early music videos by David Bowie stands out. Hosted by Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth), the event celebrates the gift from the David Bowie Archive of music videos to the Museum.
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.
Before releasing their new album, Dave 1 and P-Thugg, the Canadian artists from
Chromeo, designed a T-shirt in collaboration with the sophisticated French fashion house Surface to Air, the same firm that already has the duo Justice
among its designers. Their design consists in a limited edition T-shirt featuring the cover art of
Fancy Footwork (2007), their previous album. However, it is just
the beginning of an entire new collection.
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.
A new street artist emerges from the depths of NYC subway. Under the name Poster Boy, he alters subway poster advertisements and turns them into critical mash-ups with social content by using a razor, glue and some pieces of paper. As he is still anonymous, he is known as the new Banksy. Check out his work.
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.
Not long ago, it seemed music videos have been expelled from the artistic paradise. Cool bands hated making them, MTV had stopped showing them, and innovative directors from Spike Jonze to Michel Gondry had long since moved on. Then, somewhere between OK Go's success on YouTube (more than 37 million views) and Feist choreography lesson turned into an iPod ad, music videos made a comeback. Meet this new generation of directors and their greatest hits.
CreamTVfields is another novelty of the special edition of Creamfields UK due to its 10th anniversary that will be held on August 23 and 24. The new initiative consists in a mobile TV studio where the best UK´s artists interact with other musicians and the public to create contents that will be displayed on the Main Stage screen.
Apart from being a famous quote, Died Young, Stayed Pretty is the name of the documentary that delves into the underground movement behind the indie rock posters. A subculture formed by designers that create, photocopy and walk through the streets to promote concerts, and that share the same identity, ideals and aesthetic. Watch the trailer of this film invited to participate at the World Film Festival of Montreal.