So deadlines loom for Glastonbury 2011 final line ups, art work and details of new attractions. New and improved is the watch word of the field this year, knocked up this ad for Bez’s tent. Details of the new oncer Ol’ Boney to roll out over the coming weeks…
If your going to do a graffiti show then expect some body to hit up your gallery wall. Kastu shows us how its done, I remember being chased off the Baltic during the spank the monkey show….should of used an extinguisher
Took part in the Madrid Street Advertising Takeover, I was put in touch with these guys through Dr D, thanks D. Glad they got away with it, heres how it went:
April 30th we set out at 5:30am in 4 teams, each consisting of a trolley filled with posters, 3 installers, and one photographer. The action took less than an hour and I sit writing this only hours after we finished. As it looks now, Cemusa has discovered that they have been targeted and we have been watching workers check and count the takeover locations. While I would expect them to remove our work immediately, they have not. This is either because they do not have commercial content to fill these spaces, or like in Toronto, they are documenting the damage. Read more here
There is no Subculture only subversion.
A childhood dream was realised on thursday as i was invited for drinks at the GPO tower (now called the BT tower). I always visit revolving restaurants when i travel and have always wanted to visit Londons only one. Closed since 1980 after a bomb attack by the IRA, the security involved in a visit is super tight, the lift travels at a ridiculous speed (the fastest in europe) and your ears pop as it hurtles up. I have to thank Bene for buying the charity tickets for the evening (White Hat Ball) , a great night!
So i’ve been fairly tight lipped about Glastonbury, but the bugger is in full effect this month. Unfairground returns, the sideshows of last year are being added to with a monster 25′ Striker (test your strength machine). Don’t want to show too much at the moment, but it has a voodoo skeleton theme. Just been making some prototypes for the prizes, featured below are Mark I, Mark II and Mark III.
Still not there…..its going to take a few more trials but you kinda get the nasty idea. Hand sticked evil dolls, may even go for a few different designs. Lets hope the weather is as good as last year, the Unfairground looks like its set to go from strength to strength.
So…Got some work in the Dreweatts Urban Contemporary auction. Auction is 06 April 2011, 18:00 at Dreweatts London. View days 2nd April 12.00pm – 4.00pm, 3rd April 12.00pm – 4.00pm, 4th April 9.30am – 5.00pm, 5th April 9.30am – 5.00pm, 6th April 9.30am – 4.00pm.
Its easy to complain and harder to fix complaints. In this time of public spending cuts the friction between supply and demand of society and its infrastructure are at crisis. In the end i suppose, the message is if you want it done then fix it yourself. So we did, the loos for years 5 + 6 were in poor order and the parents teachers and care-taking staff all pitched in to repaint and spruce them up. A long day for the one coat crew and the kind help of Zadok from dead leg and Plastic bones.
Kameha residencies Dusseldorf launched last week, I was commissioned to produce a series of cushions for the showroom and add a little stencil fun around this amazing hospital in the heart of Dusseldorf old town.
