A cool interactive map for Nuart has been made by an unlikely source Aftenbladet you can see it here.
When i say unlikely it is because, as Stavangers widest read local paper it was astonishing to find absolutely no coverage of the event with in its pages during the weeks that it occured. The paper refused to cover the event stating (from an unnamed source) “that the paper had covered the festival for the last 9 years and didn’t see why it should cover the festival in its 10th year” of course this sort of logic is obvious to a provincial paper, ignoring the fact that the event was covered from the 4 corners of the planet by papers, magazines blogs and the like.
I’d like to thank Aftenbladet for the map, better late than never. Its a cool Map and shows each of the locations of the works as well up as pop up pictures of the works.
Author: swinhoe
Going soft
Its your last chance to get your Dotmasters cushions, there are only 12 of these one off editions left. All of the cushions are unique, hand pulled by the artist and professionally tailored. There are 34 in this initial edition and they will not be repeated. To buy click here.
Each cushion comes with a patterned front with the back bearing the Dotmasters crest. Corded in complimentary colours fitted with invisible zips and filled with high quality duck down. Don’t miss your chance to own these one of a kind blandalist soft furnishings.
Tire Decals
Better shots of the decals i and Alex from Plastic Bones made for Bene and Glen for the White hat charity rally from london to Venice, good luck boys!!!
While in Stavanger a friend from last year asked me to brighten up a wall or two at their cafe in neighboring village of Sola . Run by two sisters Camilla and Amy the “thirsty sisters” is a coffee shop with a difference, if your landing at the airport at Stavanger its worth dropping in for the best coffee in the region.
Decals
Last night put some decals i designed and Alex from Plastic Bones cut onto a friends car entered for the White Hat Rally to Venice, excuse the poor photo we didn’t finish till the early hours. Agent 008 and Agent 008 & 3/4 are at this moment tearing across France if you want to donate then follow this link . Its all in a good cause with the money going to the NSPCC. Good luck fellas don’t pick up too many tickets.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BG4c2CWEqI]
Well this blog has been somewhat short of entries the last couple of weeks, mostly due the amount of work involved in Nuart and the subsequent partying. For those of you that don’t know i am the head of production for Nuart, so not only do i paint in the festival but i solve problems for the artists, fix cherry pickers, gather equipment and generally give the crew a hard time….they love it though 🙂 The weather for the last week of Nuart has been awful, some days saw 50mm of rain and despite this we managed to produce a hell of allot of large landmark works around the town. Sten & Lex were the worst hit, pasting a 11m by 6m poster then cutting it on the wall is not the easiest thing in driving rain, although Dolk came in as a easy second, my god it rained. Spent Friday up a cherry picker with Dolk sketching out his piece 12m in the air on the Norwegian coast in a full gale. Had to do the same job the next night as he was painting on water and nothing stuck to the wall. Roa, Blu and Eric il Cane had the best of the weather although they didn’t get off lightly. In the end we succeeded, The crew were amazing, the organisation faultless and the artists persevered through all that Stavanger could throw at them, both on and off the cherry pickers. I can still see Vhils and Joal wide eyed and dancing at the K-bar at the after party of Numusic an hour before their filghts. Allot of fun and allot of work, a good mix.
A blitz spirit developed among the crew and artists during the extended festival with all becoming great friends in the face of adversity. Big love to all involved
So its over for another year, there are still a few loose ends to tie up there are rumors of a book and there is a planned release of the film Eloquent vandals soon to be realeased, shot in 2008 its a backstage look at the festival. stay tuned
Vote Vexed
It takes a minute, but please take the time to Vote vexed http://www.innovate10.co.uk/video/exerpet. Vexed are old friends, i have worked, shared a drink or two and collaborated with these guys over the last 10 years. Their design is second to none and i know they would produce a hell of a product if they win this fund. Its a great idea a its a combination of a virtual pet, a pedometer and an odometer and is aimed at getting kids to walk and cycle more. No more Fat kids, cant be a bad idea
If its not big….
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1W55Uv8Zms0]
filmed in a couple of evenings, Jon, Frank and myself…..very silly