Taking a deeper insight into
the irreverent nature of his work,
Banksy released a series of new drawings on his official site. In the freehand pencil drawings, the artist presents already known characters such as
Roller Rat; in others, like
TV Monster, he makes collages and, in other drawing, he reveals he would use a Mac to create his works.
Using communication tools and developing daily products from their origin, design seems to be one of the first disciplines to be related to the new green trend. And that is the goal of Sustentable, the first Argentine design festival with environmental awareness, to be held from November 28 to December 2, 2008, at the Jardín Botánico of Buenos Aires.
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.
3966 designers from 91 different countries participated in Green Earth, a graphic design contest that combines creativity and green conscience. Each participant had to create a graphic artwork that illustrates how human beings and nature could coexist in a greener world. Check out the winning artworks.
In November, Get Physical celebrates its 100th release, which will pit some of its best artists in what the tech-house label calls Battle Tracks (the same track produced or remixed by two different artists). Some of the artists are M.A.N.D.Y., DJ T, Booka Shade, and other international artists such as Italoboyz or Nôze.
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.
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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.
Used to write music criticisms, Pitchfork's staff decided to pick the 500 best songs of the past three decades and compiled them into The Pitchfork 500: Our Guide to the Greatest Songs from Punk to the Present, a book featuring all-new essays and reviews written with a sharp wit that also present a new paradigm. What songs? Check out lala.com playlist.