Banksy, quiet of late, has just unveiled his most extensive project to date. Banksy’s creative vandalism now ironically inhabits the council-owned City Museum and Art Gallery in Bristol. Keeping the project under wraps, staff and passers by were told that the museum had been closed for filming. The exhibition is free to view throughout summer and features animatronics, installations and a sensory display.
Across the way the BBC also report from inside the museum!
Street Fest promised to be a “new breed of festival… promoting and merging creative talents”. It did exactly that by putting skaters, artists, fashion designers and a surprisingly loud sound system all under one roof, producing an aura of creativity rooted in true Hip Hop culture.
Check out the review and images we took over the jump.
Every Friday at 9am we will be posting up something for the weekend, our top pick of what’s going on between now and Monday. You can also check out the events page for other ideas.
This week we think you should seriously consider heading down to Streetfeet ’09. The event on Sunday is described as a “new breed of festival… promoting and merging creative talents”. On the day you’ll see live painting, skaters (they’ve built a halfpipe), fashion shows and cinema screenings. Music being provided by the people at Real Hip Hop in London and if you get hungry they’ll be food from Japan to Jamaica.
Here is the video for Ramadanman’s new track Humber which is forthcoming on Apple Pips. The label developed by Appleblim is proving to be one of the most interesting Dubstep labels out there. This is the label’s first video, a colourful vector animation which incorporates the label’s graphics.
For the launch of the Rufige Kru’s latest LP, Memoirs of an Afterlife, last night we saw a heavyweight lineup take over D&B TV. Spectrasoul kicked things off with a moody solid set, Goldie played some heavy hitters whilst doing the robot, the BPM was taken down by Skream with a Dubstep set and finally Flight went through a priceless crate full of old school classics. Unfortunately Loxy was unable to make it but DJ Loxy turning up in the end; going dark and dirty with his selection. A top session which was all captured on video, check it out at D&BTV.
Digitally produced music becomes live, we saw KJ Sawka emulate Drum and Bass last year and now Tek-One is doing something similar with Dubstep. The new live Dubstep act consists of an acoustic kit, beats, bass and synths, with performances built upon original material as well as some easily recognisable Dubstep tracks.
Go over the jump for more of Tek-One’s live Dubstep videos.
James Jarvis is an illustrator most known for his Amos Toys brand. Having decorated NikeTown London last year Jarvis builds his relationship with Nike by producing a short cartoon entitled Onwards. In the video, having warmed up the skinny large headed yellow character runs through an imaginary world with changing landscape and fun occurrences.
An informative Dubstep documentary, created two years ago by Mike and Mark of the Mashup MafiaLiving Inside the Speaker has recently been released for free download. Being somewhat Bristol-centric it features words from Pinch, Peverelist and HENCH Crew as well as Skream plus others. It is well recommended that you take some time to watch this one.
Abstract graffiti expressionist José Parlá gives us a look into his Brooklyn habitat; studio, streets and neighbourhood. The artist also known as Ease discusses his skills, by taking his admiration for manmade deterioration in the city and replicating its beauty in his peices. The prolific New York based artist looks set to have a big year, having just auctioned work on Sothebys for over fifty thousand dollars.
Art, Video | nerdbanite.com | 
June 12, 2009 11:57 PM | 
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