Oddstream Festival - Nijmegen

 

Oddstream has a musical programme, art and multimedia installations, debates and lectures. The theme of the first festival edition of Oddstream is: love and conflict.

Oddstream is a communication and multimedia festival where the participation of the visitor and the interaction with the location of the festival plays an important role. It will take place between the 31st of May and 5th of June 2011 at the Vasim (a former factory) in Nijmegen, the Netherlands.

We use the word participation as opposite of passivity and indifference. Oddstream brings and shows inspirational examples of participation from the arts, culture, communication and media together, let the visitors participate in the festival and doesn’t avoid the debate.

About
http://www.oddstream.org/4-3/oddstream-festival-music/?lang=en

Programme

http://www.oddstream.org/festival-programme/?lang=en

Upfest 2011 - Bristol UK

The Tobacco Factory
North Street
Bristol, United Kingdom

THE FESTIVAL TO BE AT THIS SUMMER

UPFEST 2011

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Europe’s largest free urban paint festival; Upfest, is now in its fourth year and is preparing to take over its cultural home Bristol by welcoming over 250 artists and 40 DJs, Groups & Human Beatboxers to the event this summer between 4th and 5th June 2011.

‘The Urban Paint Festival’ is now firmly established as the main event for street art in Europe. The two day explosion of events attracts urban artists from all over the world who flock to The Tobacco Factory - the festival’s birthplace, as well as a number of locations across the city.

Big names in national street art culture Don, Inkie and Spqr set up their temporary home alongside home grown talents Cheo, Jody and Lokey.

Upfest partner Stephen Hayles explains why this has become such an integral part of the UK graffiti scene:

“Bristol is established as the home of graffiti in the UK; the whole country and now even the world has attributed this to the City. We are proud to be a part of this movement and will continue to provide a platform for brand new artists to break onto the UK urban art scene. The fact that it’s free just makes it even more exciting.”

- STOP PRESS - STOP PRESS - STOP PRESS -

We can confirm that HERAKUT - JAGO - CASE will paint live at Upfest'11

- FULL ARTIST AND MUSIC LINE UP COMING SOON -

The festival helps raise funds and more importantly awareness for the Bristol based charity NACOA who work to address the problems children have growing up in families where one or both parents suffer from alcoholism. Upfest is a completely volunteer led festival and has so far raised £15,000 for the charity.

And finally... Did we mention it is FREE to Attend
full info here

http://www.upfest.co.uk/page/history

Upfest 2011 - Bristol UK

Upfest'11
4th & 5th June 2011
South Bristol
http://www.upfest.co.uk/

The Upfest Gallery
198 North Street
Bristol, BS3

Upfest'10 in pictures
http://www.upfest.co.uk/gallery/album/upfest10

Over the last three festivals Upfest has worked with a local charity called Nacoa, this amazing charity support many children across the UK, who live with alcohol or drug dependant family members. We would like to thank all the artists that attend for helping us raise over £15,000 so far for Nacoa and just as important, raise awareness of the vital work they do.
http://www.upfest.co.uk/page/history

on facebook
https://www.facebook.com/upfest?ref=ts

Nuart - Norway

On september 26. 2010 200 people lay there sundaywalk through Østre Bydel in Stavanger on the grand tour of Nuart 2010 "Landmarks".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vARfE-dEJM&feature=player_embedded


Nuart is an annual international contemporary street and urban art festival established in 2001. The Festival is based in Stavanger on the West Coast of Norway.

From the first week of September an invited international team of street artists start to leave their mark on the city's walls, both indoor and out, creating one of Europe's most dynamic and constantly evolving public art events.

This page is a constantly updated source of information on the event, artworks and the artists featured at Nuart. In addition the Nuart crew brings you the latest news from the world of streetart, post-grafitti and urban culture.

http://www.nuart.no/

Nuart 11 on Flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nuart/with/5181000135/

Irene Underground Arts Festival

The Irene Underground Arts Festival is a celebration of art and diversity, with a focus on non-conventional art forms and the cross pollination of ideas through collaboration between different artists and mediums.The festival will invite over 60 street artists from across Australia and around the world to create artworks within the Irene space, or to be exhibited at the space during the festival events. Spread over the festival weekend will be an exhibition opening, live painting/graffiti, stencil and paste up jams, an art market, workshops, talks as well as live music and video projections.

confirmed artists so far - Ha Ha (melb) , Junky projects (nsw) , Ben Howe (melb) , Presto (nsw) , KA'a (france) , Zombie arms (usa) , Moutard Zlodeykin (russia) , Drab Art (nz) , Will Coles (nsw) , Paul Kalemba (melb) , Radical Cross Stitch (melb) , Aeon (melb) , Urban Cake Lady (melb) , Seekayem (nz) , Georg (melb) , Dieter/Zakatak (melb)


IRENE community arts warehouse
5 pitt st brunswick 3086
Melbourne, Australia

11 - 13th June

on facebook

Big Screen Graffiti - Bristol

http://www.vimeo.com/10348102
http://www.facebook.com/YrWall?v=wall

A collection of artists used Lumacoustics YrWall digital graffiti wall to create individual and detailed collaborative works which in turn were beamed onto an entire building using two state of the art projectors. YrWall allows users to create graffiti digitally using a modified spray can on a three metre wide screen.

The installation was part of the Bristol Festival 2009 that took place in the centre of Bristol on the 18th, 19th and 20th September. Artists were able to scroll around the buildings surface using the digital wall, zoom in on any part of the wall and paint their designs. Visitors to the festival saw everything created thanks to the enormous 290 square metre projections with projectors provided by Central Presentations Ltd. The projected images were mapped to the buildings surface using Lumacoustics custom software. Tom Hogan of Lumacoustics Limited said:

"It was breathtaking stuff as people were able to see these massive artworks take shape in front of their eyes."

"There have been laser pens used to digitally ‘tag’ the side of buildings but with this you can do full colour and detailed graffiti artwork. This is definitely a world first.”

Visitors not only had opportunity to paint on the building using the digital graffiti wall but also play with an added extra digital element. A Wiimote controlled virtual helicopter, modelled on a Avon and Somerset Police helicopter, could be flown around on the side of the building, highlighting the live painting with its simualted search light mounted on its nose. The system used cutting edge mapping techniques to make the helicopter appear undistored as it flew over parts of the buildings. It even correctly casted shadows where you’d expect, adding to the belief that this was a real helicoper.

A Lumacoustics' Product > lumacoustics.com

Thanks to The Bristol Festival (thebristolfestival.org) for all their support, Central Presentations (cplav.com) for the projectors and rigging, Weapon of Choice (weaponofchoicegallery.co.uk) for bringing the artists down to paint, and PANTyRAID (pantyraidmusic.com) for the music.

Sweet Dreams - Adelaide

Building on the success of 2009’s ST5K festival, the Adelaide urban art community returns with Street Dreams. This four-day festival, running concurrently with the Format Festival during the Adelaide Fringe, is a celebration of all forms of street art and graffiti.

For the community at large, it is a chance to investigate and appreciate the work done by these artists. For the artists themselves, it’s a chance to feature their work, and to discover new legitimate spaces and unique methods in the art of getting over.

website

flickr

facebook

Picnic 09 - Amsterdam

Lots of videos have been produced during PICNIC. We have used the technology of our partner Yubby to aggregate them on different channels. Watch the conference sessions, interviews, promos and everything that happened during PICNIC ‘09

http://www.picnicnetwork.org/page/65571

yellowBird used their 3D video technology during PICNIC '09 to give you a walk around the event. While the video is playing you can look around in every direction by clicking and using the cursor.

The video will show you around the Westergasfabriek grounds, the Conference Hall and the PICNIC Club.

http://www.picnicnetwork.org/page/65565/en

http://www.picnicnetwork.org

Dont Ban the Can - Photos

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XfPnPjsViU







The Croft Alley Project - on facebook
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=128615072524

The Photos on Flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dontbanthecan/

see earlier post
http://blakkbyrd.blogspot.com/2009/09/dont-ban-can.html

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Yes guys, in Australia the chicks paint topless...

I can see you all scrabbling for plane tickets.. grin

Artefact - New Media Festival

BEHIND THE IMAGE | THE IMAGE BEHIND
on covering and uncovering media

An exhibition, performances and concerts by artists with different backgrounds meet at the Artefact festival for media art.

Behind the Image | The Image behind (on covering and uncovering media) presents work that investigates what’s hidden or invisible behind images. . The technological and ideological/political dimensions are often strongly connected. A medium or technology can both cover and reveal by using the very same mechanisms, but images inevitably show and hide at the same time.

ARTEFACT is initiated by provincie Vlaams-Brabant
and STUK arts centre

http://www.artefact-festival.be/2009/index_en.php

Artists 2009
http://www.artefact-festival.be/2009/099_expo_en.php?id=001

Artists 2008
http://www.artefact-festival.be/2008/08_expo_en.php?id=01

Artists 2007
http://www.artefact-festival.be/2007/07_installaties_video_en.php?id=01

Dont Ban the Can

http://www.dontbanthecan.com/category/news/

Don’t Ban the Can (DBTC) is a non-profit arts and culture movement with an underground urban philosophy, formed as a result of harsh, unjust anti graffiti laws within Victoria, Australia. Jeremy Gaschk together with the We Make Stuff Good collective felt the need for a voice from the streets. Created and run by artists for artists, the movement began with a stand against the new anti graffiti laws introduced into Victoria in June 2008. With a successful initial event in September 2008, the project received support from tens of thousand’s of people from around the globe. DBTC has felt the need to expand into a world wide pro graffiti and street art movement. This has involved tackling issues that inhibit the art form’s culture, ethos and creativity to successfully prosper, evolve and expand.

The Croft Alley Project will bring together an all-star line up of artists from around Australia to create a world-class, large-scale, urban masterpiece. Using graffiti, street, stencil, sticker and paste up artists the project will transform the Croft laneway from a dirty back alley into a creative, colourful and socially innovative thoroughfare visited by tens of thousands of tourists each year.

Here’s a link straight to the event on Facebook :
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=128615072524

Nuart 09

NUART 2009. STAVANGER. NORWAY

Sept 10-Oct 11. Opening night : 1900-2100

Skur 2 Gallery and the city streets.

Fri/Sat/Sun 11-13 Sept : 1200-1800

Fridays : 1500-1900

Sat & Sundays : 1200-1600

Nuart is an annual international street art festival based in Stavanger on the West Coast of Norway. From the first week of September an international team of street artists start to leave their mark on the city's walls and contribute to a one month long Nuart static show.

This page is a constantly updated source of information on the event, the artists and the works featured on Nuart. In addition the Nuart crew brings you the latest news from the world of streetart, grafitti and urban culture.

http://www.nuart.no/

FAME Festival - Italy

Studiocromie is pleased to announce FAME festival for what it is: the meeting of a dozen international artists in a small italian centre, Grottaglie.

The idea is to host the artists for variable length of time (from 1 to 4 weeks) and to offer them the cooperation of the local artisans for the production of pottery works and limited edition prints.

Furthermore the artists will have at their disposal several walls to paint around the city, in order to upgrade a few areas which are aesthetically depressed.

At the end of their stay, everything created, including new original artworks, screenprints and ceramic pieces made with the collaboration of local artisians will be showcased in a final group show.
it will take place in one of the most ancient ceramics workshop of the area, the opening is set to be on the 19th of september



Artists
http://www.famefestival.it/?page_id=6

http://www.famefestival.it/

2008
http://www.famefestival.it/?page_id=48

SmARTarts 2009

smARTarts Exhibition: Showcasing the best of local emerging artists from 25 March - 18 April.

WHEN: 12.30pm until 6.30pm, Saturday 4 April

WHERE: Pine Street Creative Arts Centre, 64 Pine St, Chippendale

COST: Free

WEB: www.pinestreet.com.au/smartarts

Celebrate the creativity of the 'youth of today' at the City of Sydney's annual smARTarts Festival on Saturday 4 April.

smARTarts is Sydney's funkiest one-day arts and cultural festival event produced by young people through the City's Pine Street Creative Arts Centre. It is the City's flagship community youth event.

"smARTarts gives creative young people the opportunity to share their talents with the wider community," Lord Mayor Clover Moore MP said. In its fourth year, smARTarts is part of National Youth Week which runs from 28 March - 5 April 2009.

This year's event will feature two stages of live music and dance, open mic sessions, free workshops, design art markets, stencil art and food stalls.

Live bands: CUTHBERT & THE NIGHT WALKERS, SuperFLORENCEjam, ALICE, THE FONTAYNES, MAD POLLY, The Bennisons, Mudd Club, TRUE VIBENATION and Junk Funk and more.

YOUTH ART EXHIBITION 25 March - 18 April 2009
Opening night: Wednesday 25 March 6pm – 9pm
First Floor Gallery, 64 Pine Street Chippendale
Pine Street Gallery will be closed for the Easter long weekend
Friday 10 - Monday 13 April 2009.
Usual gallery hours are:
Monday – Friday 9:30am - 5:30pm,
Saturday 11:00am – 4:00pm, Sunday Closed.

PLATFORM 2 HIP HOP FESTIVAL

PLATFORM 2 HIP HOP FESTIVAL
A TWO DAY FESTIVAL CELEBRATING HIP HOP CULTURE
PRESENTED BY CARRIAGEWORKS

After the success of 2008’s Platform 1, PLATFORM 2 HIP HOP FESTIVAL will take over CarriageWorks’ urban jungle with two days of high-powered Hip Hop culture representing Breaking, Graffiti, Beatboxing, MCing and DJing.

Old skooler’s, hip hop novices and everyone in between can get into the vibe of true Australian Hip Hop culture at PLATFORM 2. Over 50 emerging and established artists and performers will be featured and everyone can join in the many free events, activities, workshops and two huge nights of entertainment.


PLATFORM 2 HIP HOP FESTIVAL INCLUDES:

FRIDAY NIGHT - FLEXING SKILLZ FREESTYLE JAM
Opening night brings over 20 of the best Australian Hip Hop artists together live on stage for Flexing Skillz - Platform 2’s high energy Hip Hop improvisation comp. Artists from each element form a crew and improvise on random topics, showcasing fearsome freestyle skills. Hosted by Morganics, accompanied by Metabass Allstars and judged by the crowd. ADULT $18 / CONC $15 / GROUP 8+ $12

SATURDAY NIGHT - FREAK THE TECHNIQUE | B*BOY / B*GIRL BATTLE
Australia’s hottest breaking crews battle it out for the Platform 2 title and $1000 prize money. Guest live acts include the Killer Queens, The Last Kinection, DJ Mathmatics and Good Buddha. Interstate judges are Demolition B*Girl (Demi from So You Think You Can Dance), Pepito and Granite Rock. Hosted by B*Boy Rely. ADULT $18 / CONC $15 / GROUP 8+ $12

SATURDAY | WORKSHOPS:

WORKSHOPS | BREAKING, POPPING, LOCKING, STREET FUNK AND MORE...
Skill up with the most experienced teachers in hip hop, beatboxing, MC technique and Graffiti Art conducting workshops all day. Tickets available through Ticketmaster soon.

SATURDAY | FREE STUFF:

CAN CONTROL | GRAFFITI DEMO & COMP
Sydney’s finest graffiti artists demo murals, throw ups and tags in a fierce competition. Check out open tag and sketch comps during the day, piece comp with quality writers, MC’s and DJ’s dropping tracks and more…. Hosted by local graffiti artists Chez and Days 1. Winners announced at 6pm.

CHALK IT UP | STREET ART ACTIVITIES
All visitors to Platform 2 can create their own chalk graffiti artwork on the CarriageWorks floor, supervised and guided by experienced street artists.

http://www.carriageworks.com.au/whats_on.php?event=platform2hiphop

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CHECK OUT FOOTAGE FROM LAST YEAR’S PLATFORM 1 FOR A TASTE OF THE ACTION

Check out what Artistic Director Nick Power had to say to 3D World about last year’s Platform 1
Footage of last year’s Platform 1 on CarriageWorks’ Facebook page
Street TV footage from last year’s Platform 1
Ubergroover.tv footage from last year’s Platform 1
Last year’s Freak the Technique finalists rip it up
All Consciousness Crew take out the Platform 1 title at Saturday night’s Freak the Technique Battle
Last year’s free Breaking Shakedown in the foyer

MAY'S LANE STREET ART RETRO

MAY'S LANE STREET ART RETROSPECTIVE
A FREE EXHIBITION OF AUSTRALIAN STREET ART
PRESENTED BY CARRIAGEWORKS AND MAY'S LANE

DATES 25 MARCH - 6 APRIL
OPENING TIMES MONDAY TO SATURDAY 10AM - 6PM,
SUNDAY 12 - 4PM
FREE

Street Address
245 Wilson Street Eveleigh NSW 2015
Corner of Codrington Street


The May’s Lane Street Art Project emerges from their renowned St Peters laneway to take over CarriageWorks’ vast foyer in a huge retrospective exhibition.

Curated by May’s director Tugi Balog, the exhibition will include a diverse selection of enormous artworks created at May’s Lane between 2005 – 2008 by legendary graff artists of Sydney as well as celebrated international street artists. Vibrant and immense, the retrospective will span a range of styles; New York graffiti, spray paint, paste ups, stencils and sculpture are featured in old and new panels.

Details of all exhibiting artists are on the way...

ABOUT MAY’S LANE
The May’s Lane Art Project is an outdoor gallery space located in St Peters in Sydney's inner west. Each month, several artists are invited to use the entire space as their canvas. The artwork is archived by Tugi and his team, creating a unique historical treasure trove of original Sydney street art.

May's Lane Street Art Retrospective will feature as part of Platform 2 Hip Hop Festival at CarriageWorks on the 27 and 28 March, 2009.

ABOUT PLATFORM 2 HIP HOP FESTIVAL
Platform 2 Hip Hop Festival will transform CarriageWorks into an inner-city hip hop playground with two days of high-powered action representing Breaking, Graffiti, Beatboxing, MCing and DJing. More info about the activities, workshops and two massive nights of entertainment CLICK HERE.

http://www.carriageworks.com.au/whats_on.php?event=mayslane

http://www.mays.org.au/

http://au.myspace.com/maysprojects

On at China Heights

-NEW LOCATION -
257 CROWN ST
DARLINGHURST SYD
NSW AU 2010

http://www.chinaheights.com/html/

Pop the Question

A collision of pop music and graphic art.

Opens Fri 27th February @ 6.30

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BLACK SUN (the Art of Dying)
Photography by BEN ALI ONG
Opening from 6.30pm, Friday Feb 20
Continues 11-5pm Saturday - Wednesday.
257 Crown St, Darlinghurst.

"In this my most recent - and still ongoing - body of work, the themes of death, mortality and consciousness are revisited. Recurrent also are the negative sandwiching, inscription of scratches and the particular sequencing of the images, which encourages a conversation between the landscape and portrait."
-The Artist

http://www.benaliong.com/

"Ben Ali-Ong is going to be a major player in the photographic arena. At only 26 he has achieved a great deal in the way of prizes and awards for his work. He has participated in numerous group shows and has had six solo exhibitions in three years. For such a young artist he shows incredible focus and vision. Using film and his own images, he shoots, scratches, scans, retouches, layers and mixes the works, until the final result yields a mysterious and beautiful black and white world."
-ARTHERE

coming up:
Feb 27 - POP THE QUESTION
Mar 13 - MIKE OMEALLY
Mar 20 - PIERS GREVILLE

Reface Street Art - Perth

At the heart of Re-Face is a website that allows established artists and unknowns, anyone who creates or experiences art, to share their work, their attitudes and their opinions about each other’s work and the value and the future of art in Western Australia.

In addition to the website that allows users to upload, view and comment on art from around Western Australia and the world, Re-Face takes the art to the public via two weekends of night-time projection exhibitions designed to challenge audience perceptions of art, street art and public space. How do people’s attitudes to street art change if the images are impermanent? And are people’s responses to everyday urban spaces made more vibrant?

The building-size projections are a mix of slideshows, interactive screens, curated collections and the backdrop for interactive panel discussions about art and public space.

www.abc.net.au/reface

Stencil Festival 2008

Hi everyone

Stencil Festival 2008 is now calling artists in Australia and overseas for applications to exhibit at this year's event.

The 5th Stencil Festival will be held from 1 - 10 August in Melbourne at the Yarra Sculpture Gallery warehouse and consist of three exhibitions:

- Five Continents - Six Artists, a showcase of six top artists from around the world

- DeVinyl, a special limited edition Vinyl toy exhibition (a call for this will follow soon)

- Stencil Festival Group Show, for which you are invited to apply. Please see the attached document for submission details.

Looking forward to receiving your submissions

Regards

JD Mittmann
for the Stencil Festival team


MELBOURNESTENCILFESTIVAL
celebrating street art since 2004
Level 1, 30 Cremorne Street
Richmond VIC Australia
jd@stencilfestival.com
www.stencilfestival.com

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Article: The Age

The collection includes such street-art luminaries as Marcsta (Marc de Jong), Dlux (James Dodd), HaHa (Regan Tamanui) and Vexta (Yvette Bacina). Their designs will be the focus of an exhibition at the NGA late next year. The 300 stencil designs by more than 30 artists explore the explosion in Melbourne's street art between the 1990s and 2004, before Melbourne City Council undertook a widespread graffiti clean-up operation before last year's Commonwealth Games.

pinkpop 2008

The Netherlands most famous open-air festival PINKPOP

watch the videos

Artists: A selection of acts

Friday
Saturday
Sunday

The other website
http://www.pinkpop.nl/page.php?pagID=445