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Tech NewsThe Amazing Artist Who Lets the Real World Paint His Pictures
Some street artists paint awesome murals. Some leave thought-provoking installations in public spaces. That’s pretty cool. But Russian artist Pavel Puhov uses urban objects as his muse—in a very serious way. The eyeglasses are my favorite. How many times a day do you look at a light pole and just see a way to illuminate … Continued
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The Best Street Art of the Year
Good art exists in more places than just galleries. Street Art Utopia has a huge collection of the best street art of 2011, with over 106 different pictures documenting everything from Facebook cigarettes to Lego to 3D street art to your art on a wall. I know some people don’t respect street art as much … Continued
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Artist repairs vandalized mural with giant QR code (that leads back to the pre-defaced artwork)
Here’s a scene I can see becoming increasingly more common as the decades wear on. After a street mural in Vancouver was defaced by an extremely uncreative would-be anarchist (top), somebody slapped a QR code over the half-assed tag (middle). The code leads back to a photo of the piece before it was defaced (bottom). … Continued
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Tech NewsThe World’s Largest 3D Street Art Opens Up a Gateway to Hell
If I stumbled across the world’s largest 3D street art in London, my knees would buckle, pee would tinkle down my leg and I’d probably even cry. That’s because the 3D art transforms a regular street into a frighteningly deep gaping pit straight into the middle of the Earth. Just look at it. The project … Continued
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io9An average water tower, transformed into a Cyclopean walker
For the Nuit Blanche: Bring to Light on October 1, artist Marcos Zota projected a giant eyeball onto the bottom of the Milton Street water tower in Brooklyn. Conceived as a commentary of gentrification in the neighborhood, the piece also makes for a serviceable stand-in for a Martian invader. Explains Zota of the projection: CCTV/Creative … Continued
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Irish scarecrow contest is 75% The Wicker Man, 25% The Prisoner
Last month, the All-Ireland Scarecrow Championship was held in the village of Durrow. This year, over 150 scarecrows were placed all around the town, delighting local aficionados of hay-stuffed manikins. Of course, I imagine this competition is sort of bizarre if you have no idea what the hell’s going on. Indeed, this happened to the … Continued
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io9The spasmodic robot street performer of a Berlin flea market
At the Mauerpark flea market in Berlin, you can watch the stuttering routine of a very unique street performer — a robot who sits on a shopping cart and is overcome by the power of interpretative dance. I’m not sure who created this bot, but there are many videos of it online. Any Berliners out … Continued
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Bulgarian street artists turn Soviet war memorial into Superman, Wolverine, and other superheroes
Yesterday morning in Sofia, Bulgaria, anti-Communist street artists painted over a monument commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Soviet “liberation” (i.e. a Communist coup d’état) of Bulgaria in 1944. Who did they add to the statue? The Joker, among others. Notes The Sofia Echo: [T]he inscription below the composition proclaimed it to be “in step … Continued
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British science fiction book graffiti
The first book in Simon Morden’s post-apocalyptic Metrozone trilogy, Equations of Life comes out this month. Publisher Orbit Books decided to celebrate by creating huge, graffiti-style wall murals related to the trilogy in various English cities. More books should become street art. Equations of Life is out this month, and the next two books follow … Continued
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io9Automated rainbow machine spreads joy, casual vandalism
Looking for a way to spruce up your neighborhood and/or spread the word that you’re a member of a revolutionary cabal devoted to getting a certain LeVar Burton-hosted pro-literacy show back on the air? Akay’s Robo-Rainbow lets you create polychromatic street art in a jiff. Now everyone will know that your turf belongs to Rainbow … Continued
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A leering wooden griffin is on the prowl in Brooklyn
The Brooklyn Griffin is a recycled monster perched near the corner of Meserole and Waterbury Streets in Brooklyn, NY. The British design collective Giant Robots built the beast last month, but not before getting arrested in the name of art. Jimmy Bumble and Leonard White of Giant Robots had begun building the creature on Johnson … Continued
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io9In the streets of Utrecht, cybernetic birds keep tabs on the populace
In streets of the Dutch city of Utrecht, cybernetic ravens and seagulls keep their ever-vigilant electronic eyes on citizens. Has Big Brother begun dabbling in fringe science? No, it’s just a mutant street art project by the artist duo Helden. Here’s how Helden (a.k.a. Thomas voor ‘t Hekke and Bas van Oerle) describe their camerabirds: … Continued
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io9Stop motion graffiti artist paints the beginning and end of the world
We’ve praised street artist Blu’s mutant take over Buenos Aires in 08, but the latest piece of work really sets our world on fire. Watch the beginning and end of our planet, painted across buildings, fences, trash cans and more. http://io9.com/390028/mutant-graffiti-terrorizes-city-streets The title of this exceedingly elaborate piece of work is, “BIG BANG BIG BOOM: … Continued
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Ugly American Propaganda Promises To Kick Your Murder Habit
Spend all day mutilating baby bunnies because someone didn’t refill the coffee, again? Perhaps you should check out the television series Ugly Americans’ propaganda posters and clips, wherein social workers help demons, werewolves and the undead solve their anger issues. Here are a few posters you may see popping up all over town. We really … Continued
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Spray Paint Superheros Get a Street Art Sensibility
Artist Anthony Lister uses spray paint and channels street art to explore the imagery associated with heroes and villains. The results include a gender-bending Robin, a crucified Captain America, and Batmen and Wonder Women of unusual shapes and sizes. Lister is known in the Low Brow art movement for both his paintings and his installations, … Continued
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Giant Green Tentacles Attack Buildings from the Inside
In artist FilthyLuker’s street installations, giant inflatable tentacles emerge from buildings and vehicles, creating the sense that a monstrous kraken or Lovecraftian horror is trapped inside. FilthyLuker creates whimsical sculptures and installations, with pieces that include anthropomorphized trashcans and easy chairs, adding eyeballs to bushes and trees, and giant banana peels placed in the middle … Continued
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Giant Simpsons vs. Marvel Mural in Queens, NYC
A huge mural has just been completed in Queens, NYC, depicting an epic battle for New York fought by Marvel characters done Simpsons-style. We’ve got a bunch of cool images of the cartoon mashup you’ve been wanting. Gusto, who created the mural with help from a team of artists, writes in to tell us about … Continued
