David Choe in London

David Choe talks through how he came up with the idea for an eight-legged horse and painting at the speed of thought.

Mantis and a Broken Toy Truck

Nope it isn’t another Banksy as many people were quick to assume. This neat stencil actually belongs to Mantis, check his website if you don’t believe us! Find the broken boy and truck between two phoneboxes in Homerton, London. Close up over the jump. Read more »

“How can I tell her we are both just stencils?”, Chance Street

London’s Chance Street has been romanticised in stencil form by Id-Iom. This wall is the new neighbour to a piece by Eine who has his work on the shutters adjacent.

Want to see the wall being produced? Check out the video over the way.
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INSA x NIKE Exhibition | Something for the Weekend

In 7 days INSA ran east London, painting 35 pieces along Charlie Dark’s map for The IAM1 Journey Nike Sportswear project. Produced by Protein and documented by INSA’s long time collaborator, photographer Ethel, each of the 35 hand painted pieces form one of the centre pieces of INSAs major London solo show for 2009. This IAM1 Journey animation will be deconstructed within the “Looking For Love In All The Wrong Places” show with behind-the-scenes processes alongside the original painted objects that make up the individual frames.

Show details over the jump.

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Mantis Creates a Banksy Banana Parody

New Banksy on Old Street? Nope… it looks like a Banksy but was actually put together by Mantis. The spot in London’s Shoreditch area had been used by Banksy a few times before. Mantis’ use of bananas has been drawn from the previous Pulp Fiction mural Banksy did a while back.

Check out the evolution of this space over the jump.

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Street Fest 24 May ‘09 Review

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.

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Jeff Soto is in London

The Californian pop artist Jeff Soto is in town with his first ever UK show. Soto’s style is inspired by science fiction, childhood toys, the colourful lifestyle of skateboarding and graffiti, hip-hop and popular culture. The Inland Empire exhibition at Stolen Space features over 20 new wood panel paintings, focusing on the theme of recession in the area in which Soto lives and how it reflects what is happening the world over, open to view until 7 June 2009.

A few more images of Soto’s work over the jump.

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New NIKEiD.STUDIO Colour Palette

NIKEiD Studio in London have released a new palette for their bespoke colourway trainers. Customising your footwear just got A LOT better. The new palette brings a formal look to the Studio, all materials; colours and etchings have been inspired by formal attire and footwear.

More details and images over the jump

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Inkfetish x Cargo Nightclub

Inkfetish is a illustrator whose client list includes Marvel, MTV (Europe), Nike and Carhartt. His distinctive colour palette is used when putting together pieces on walls across our city. Above is the latest from Inkfetish entitled The Carrier, find it at the garden entrance of Cargo.

Watch a video of another mural being created last year outside Cargo by Inkfetish alongside Dibo.
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Last Night A DJ Saved My Life Poster Alterations

The adverts read “Last Night A DJ Saved My Life” as the Metropolitan Police attempt to recruit Volunteer Police Officers.  The Space Hijackers have added their own spin on the poster by including a dark figure symbolising police brutality. Only noticeable at night when it gets dark, the poster lights up to release the shadowy figure upon the unsuspecting public. Alterations to the adverts have been made in light of the controversial death of Ian Tomlinson at the recent G-20 London summit protests.

Take a look at the altered posters over the jump.

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