JERSEY JOE PIMP MY TRAILER!

Posted on 06/02/2009 by admin

On May 22, 2008 a 50-something year-old woman by the name of Patty Mayo sent out a desperate plea over YouTube. Her cries echoed through cyber space, receiving over 8,000 hits in just 2 days. Her wish was simple: for her favorite graffiti artist, Rime aka Jersey Joe, to paint a peeing dog on the side of her trailer. This was no ordinary trailer. During the last 10 years it has housed over 200 rescue dogs, abandoned and rescued, and is currently home to eight. Touched by Patty’s heartfelt message, Rime booked a flight and headed back to the armpit of America: New Jersey. Now for the first time the public is invited to witness the event unfold.


RIME, PIMP MY TRAILER! from Young & Balding Productions on Vimeo.

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Booyabase says BOMB IT!

Posted on 05/02/2009 by admin

“For all of you who haven’t seen the film BOMB IT yet, go check it out! One of the most comprehensive films about graffiti and streetart culture ever made in the United States. As some of you know Booyabase contributed a little something to the movie. By now the producers of the documentary are getting ready to launch the international dvd-edition (for more info check the site www.bombit-themovie.com).”

For more and their review of BOMB IT, click here.

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AP Accuses Shepard Fairey Of Copyright Infringement

Posted on 05/02/2009 by admin

From the Huffington Post:

The image, Fairey has acknowledged, is based on an Associated Press photograph, taken in April 2006 by Mannie Garcia on assignment for the AP at the National Press Club in Washington.

The AP says it owns the copyright, and wants credit and compensation. Fairey disagrees.

“The Associated Press has determined that the photograph used in the poster is an AP photo and that its use required permission,” the AP’s director of media relations, Paul Colford, said in a statement. “AP safeguards its assets and looks at these events on a case-by-case basis. We have reached out to Mr. Fairey’s attorney and are in discussions. We hope for an amicable solution.”

Click here for the entire story.

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Melbourne Screenings!!

Posted on 04/02/2009 by admin

Australian Centre for the Moving Image

Dates:

Thu 12 Feb 2009, 7pm
Fri 13 Feb 2009, 10pm
Sat 14 Feb 2009, 7pm
Sun 15 Feb 2009, 5.30pm

Click here for more.

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West Bank wall graffiti pics, 2005 – 2007

Posted on 02/02/2009 by admin

West Bank wall graffiti 2005 – 2007. Click here for more from Reuters.

Members of the art project “Face to Face” paste a photograph on the controversial Israeli barrier in the West Bank town of Bethlehem March 4, 2007.

REUTERS/Ammar Awad

Israeli soldiers walk next to Israel’s separation barrier during clashes at the Qalandiya check-point near the West Bank city of Ramallah February 10, 2007.

REUTERS/Ammar Awad

Iranian-born singer Fereidoun Nassiri (C) spray paints graffiti on the controversial Israeli barrier as he films a music video for his single “Love Sees No Colour” in Abu Dis, just outside Jerusalem, October 9, 2006.

REUTERS/Ammar Awad

A Palestinian woman and her children walk past a drawing by British graffiti artist Banksy, along part of the controversial Israeli barrier in the West Bank city of Aram August 10, 2005.

REUTERS/Ammar Awad

A Palestinian boy plays in front of a concrete wall, part of the controversial Israeli barrier, in West Bank town of Abu Dis, on the edge of Jerusalem, December 27, 2005.

REUTERS/Mahfouz Abu Turk

A Palestinian girl plays with a soccer ball beside the controversial Israeli barrier in the village of Masha near the West Bank city of Nablus August 3, 2005.

REUTERS/Abed Omar Qusini

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