Thursday, February 25, 2010
Kid Robot x De La Soul
Kidrobot teams up with De La Soul to release a set of three figures to commemorate the 20th anniversary De La’s debut “3 Feet High And Rising”. Each one comes with its own accessories & releases on March 18.
Seen and heard at TPPS
The Art of Von Jon Banning
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Bounce Hits The Big Time
Peaches Record Shop, New Orleans, circa 2005
Bounce music is street-level hip-hop party music straight from New Orleans, with a unique and awesome energy that draws from the Mardi Gras Indian and second-line rhythms that still pump throughout the city. For the first time, the huge and influential South By Southwest music conference is hosting an official showcase of classic bounce, in March 2010.
Artists on the bill include:
Partners-N-Crime
DJ Jubilee
Katey Red
Big Freedia
Vockah Redu
Magnolia Shorty
Ms Tee
Bounce music has steadily influenced hip-hop in America since its inception in the late 80's, yet - as has been the case with dozens of influential New Orleans musicians - the artists who created it have barely reaped the benefits. Exposure at SXSW could jump-start the careers of these talented and deserving performers... and bring the spotlight back to a New Orleans music scene still struggling to find its footing after the floods of 2005.
SXSW is a networking showcase and doesn't pay for artist travel or lodging. We need help getting our artists to Austin to bring New Orleans bounce to the world.
Head to Kickstarter
for more donation details.
Seen and heard at Kickstarter
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
The Art of Neil Bassett
Neil Dawson presents his new installation, Horizons. It is located in New Zealand on “The Farm,” a large private art park.
Interestingly, if you can’t see the optical illusion you may have schizophrenia!
Seen and heard at NotCot
Curren$y "24 Hour Karate School" (Trailer)
Anyone who knows this Collective personally can attest to the fact that we are HEAVY fans of Hova. However it seems that Dame Dash is slowly becoming the modern-day Andy Warhol and DD172 is quickly becoming reminiscent of the Factory.
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Monday, February 15, 2010
The Art of Matt W. Moore
An ambitious creative spirit, MWM (Matt W. Moore) has traveled to Paris for one month to prepare, from scratch, for his first Paris Solo-Exhibition. He arrived with no art, no supplies, and no firm plan for this new series of canvas paintings. The ideas for the artworks have actualized while processing time spent absorbing French Culture, exploring the City Of Lights, the vibrant colors, the exaggerated geometry, and the diverse architecture and fashion of Paris.
These paintings were created entirely with spray paint, one of Matt's favorite mediums. But the designs are very clean, and appear almost digital in their precise details and craft. An honest, analog attempt to achieve the same depth and abstract geometry of his digital "Vectorfunk" style. The goal with each work is to have the viewers eye fall into the piece and get lost in the optical illusions, trying to figure out what is up, down, left, and right.
View the entire exhibition at MWM Graphics
Woodwalk
Paul Coudamy, a talented French architect, has designed a series of hand sculpted wooden sneakers for K-Swiss footwear company. The concept of Woodwalk is founded on a principle of distortion, a temporal contraction in which the Swiss country shoe of 19th century is crossed with the urban shoe of the 20th century.
Seen and heard at NotCot
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Monday, February 8, 2010
How To Make It In America
Produced by Mark Wahlberg and starring Kid Cudi (who knew?), the new HBO series How To Make It In America premieres Valentine's Day.
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Historic to say the least...
For Josie, Richard, Louis, Joseph Sr., and all the rest of the yats we neglected to mention...
Monday, February 1, 2010
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