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Mr. Nur isn't you're conventional street artist. This middle-aged homeless Indonesian man continues to use his time, effort and skills to spread messages about corrupt politics and other social ills.
This film finds Mr.Nur in South Jakarta painting alongside renowned graffiti writer BNE, who himself is dedicated to a cause - the BNE Water Project.
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Monday | 9/03/2012 12:20:00 PM | 0 comments
- All of my bboy friends get together to showcase what really going down in Jakarta. Feature some of the top player in bboyin such as King Kreate, Floorshark, TPZ, Lee1, Dice, Snaprock, Duckzilla, and much more.. Should definitely watch this. Sit back, relax and enjoy your popcorn while u watch.
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Saturday | 9/01/2012 05:47:00 PM | 0 comments
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HOLLY MOTHER OF GOD.. The new Montana ULTRA WIDE. 750ml pure power, available in Chrome and Black! For more info go to Montana Web. |
Wednesday | 8/08/2012 04:28:00 PM | 0 comments
Support this movie, klik http://wujudkan.com/projects/detail/88/Epic-Java
a teaser for our upcoming film, EPIC JAVA. Priangan / Preanger focuses on the modern portrait of West Java.
Directed and photographed by
Febian Nurrahman Saktinegara
Produced by
Arie Naftali Hawu Hede
Edited by
Febian Nurrahman Saktinegara
Graphic artist
Prisma Maulana
Title & logo design by
Prisma Maulana
English language consultant
Syuhailmi Shahuddin
Original Teaser Music
"Eternal Flame" performed by Audiomachine
Special thanks to Tom Lowe for his inspiration, Aldin Meidani, Andri Saeful Roman, Ramdhani, Wandi Soewandi, Sugi Budiyono, Galih Rama Adiputra, Adrian Permana Zen, Raissa Rahma Sarastri for their help during shooting process and to everyone for supporting us.
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EPIC JAVA is a visual of the universe and human culture. A searching process of the mysteries of life and everything related to it. A contemplative depiction that will take us into God power. Breaking the boundaries of dimensions and provide an unforgettable space experience. It invites audience to travel into the visual from other's point of views.
EPIC JAVA is a non-narrative film flowed with music that will bring you to breathtaking moments that occurred from east to the west of Java. Highlighting the universe based of the movement of the sun through DSLR timelapses photography and slow motion.
Who We Are?
Febian Nurrahman Saktinegara (Director, Cinematographer, Editor)
Arie Naftali Hawu Hede (Producer)
Denny Novandi Ryan (Music Director)
Galih Mulya Nugraha (Screenwriter)
Follow the process of film here:
facebook.com/epicjava
@EPICJAVAFilm on Twitter
If anyone interested in supporting this film, feel free to contact us by email febian.ns@gmail.com
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Tuesday | 8/07/2012 04:25:00 PM | 0 comments
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LUST from segretier laurent on Vimeo.
- I just receive this sick ass trippy vid from my good friend Segretier Laurent. Makes me wondering how the fuck did he came out with some mushroomy thought. For more goods monsieurchon.tumblr.com.
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Finally, MASE Crew get together to make this gigantic wall. The concept basically was writing "MASE" with their individual styles and they only allow to used one color scheme. The spot was more than 30m long, and the weather was crazy, it was poured with rain.
For more picture you can go to this link : nsane5home.blogspot.com/2012/01/7th-wonder-1.html nsane5home.blogspot.com/2012/02/7th-wonder.html Shot : Mumu / Nsane5 / Mirza / Abang8 / Alip Cut : The Notorious Nsane5 Music : Eddie Kendricks - Date With The Rain -------------------------------------------------------------------- MASE CREW Mad Artists Striking Existence Since 2004 vimeo.com/masecrew masecrew.tumblr.com facebook.com/masecrew |
Thursday | 5/03/2012 11:00:00 AM | 0 comments
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New York, 1986: a city of big dreams and equally big problems. Like New York itself, hip-hop music encompassed both of these human conditions. But hip-hop and its cultural birthplace shared other important characteristics, too: the desire to always be original, a hustle-to-survive ambition, and -- if the stars aligned -- the ability to come out on top, no matter what the odds.
Dutch filmmaker, journalist and rap fanatic Bram Van Splunteren stepped into the city for one intense week in 1986. He was armed with five things: a camera crew, a map, a deep respect for the hip-hop artform, a list of phone numbers, and a burning desire to get to the bottom of what this still-growing subculture was all about. By the time he left, he had the answers he needed, along with a treasure trove of golden video footage. Tragically, these images never returned from Europe, languishing in obscurity from hip-hop's homeland for more than a quarter-century. Until now.
Big Fun in the Big Town is about hip-hop when artistry in the game was still at its center. When skills, not hype, got you your first record deal. When Run-DMC took the reins from Doug E Fresh and Grandmaster Flash, paving the way for hundreds of other hitmakers to follow. When a chart-topping LL Cool J still lived with his Grandmother. When the Latin Quarter was the club to be at on any weekend night. And when artists from all backgrounds could taste their own pop chart dreams, just beyond their reach but still seemingly attainable.
This essential, fast-paced documentary shows hip-hop from just about every angle, and approaches its subjects with a journalistic sobriety and respect rarely given to this oft-misunderstood artform and culture, even to this day. It presents worldwide superstars and aspiring rappers, dancers and beat boxers on an even playing field, reminding us that rap was once a wide-open game for anyone with talent to grab at the brass ring of fame.
Commercially available for the first time ever after more than 25 years, Big Fun in the Big Town is nothing short of a revelation.
Dutch director Bram Van Splunteren has been a noted music, arts and human-interest documentarian for more than two decades, known for feature films on The Red Hot Chili Peppers ("A Dutch Connection") and Loudon Wainwright ("One Man Guy"), among many others. For more information, visit: www.bramvansplunteren.nl.
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Saturday | 4/14/2012 07:41:00 PM | 0 comments
- Cant wait to see this !
Director: Ice-T.
Cast:
Afrika Bambaataa, Big Daddy Kane, B-Real, Bun B, Chino XL, Common, DJ Premier, DMC, Doug E. Fresh, Dr. Dre, Eminem, Grandmaster Caz, Ice Cube, Ice-T, Immortal Technique, Joe Budden, Kanye West, Kool Keith, KRS-One, Lord Finesse, Lord Jamar, Marley Marl, MC Lyte, Melle Mel, Nas, Puerto Rico, Q-Tip, Raekwon, Rakim, Ras Kass.
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Friday | 4/13/2012 11:00:00 AM | 0 comments
- This stuff is coooool. More info https://www.facebook.com/CogooBicycle. |
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From director Roger Gastman—a producer of the Academy Award-nominated documentary Exit Through the Gift Shop—comes Wall Writers, a documentary on graffiti in its innocence.
Through unprecedented access to TAKI 183, CORNBREAD, and a host of other legendary writers, Wall Writers tells the story of a time when underprivileged city kids refused to keep lurking in the shadows, when the streets were so wild that fame and infamy became indistinct, when art became a democracy and self-promotion became an art.
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Tuesday | 4/03/2012 11:55:00 PM | 0 comments
My boy Cabione is getting interviewed by YCON, a media platform designed to expose the emerging urban Indonesia’s subcultures. In the video, He talk about the birth of MASE CREW, some of our crew projects, events, exhibitions, and the crew progress over the years. Without any further, just watch the damn video.
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Saturday | 3/31/2012 04:13:00 PM | 0 comments
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“Piece Books have been a secret weapon for the mysterious artists who pioneered the culture back in 1970s New York. Reebok explores this history through the eyes of graffiti legends; Cope 2, Rime MSK, Wane COD, West FC, Ewok 5MH, SP.One, Chino BYI, Erni “Paze” Vales, El PEZ, How and Nosm.”
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Friday | 3/16/2012 02:15:00 PM | 0 comments
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INDO GRAFFITIVI ( Indonesia graffiti video project) http://indografftivi.blogspot.com REST IN PEACE ARKS4 AND KILL02 ALWAYS LOVED AND NEVER FORGOTTEN. graffiti for arks4 and kill 02 by - Older + ( FAB FAMILY) - Wormo (TOTER) - Yeah, Muth, Zeus,Fine, Nanang, Koma(Indo), Rest (ARTCOHOLIC) - Nsane5, Abang8, Tutu (MASE CREW) - WEV2K Shots by: - Ashtwo - Nsane5 - Mumu Cut And Edit: Ashtwo Music by: Nomak - The Mind Projec Director: Koma (Indo) |
Wednesday | 3/14/2012 06:23:00 PM | 0 comments
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Kosmopolite Art, started at Bagnolet in 2002, Kosmopolite is the first international graffiti festival in France and it has grown bigger to other countries. Jakarta is one of kosmopolite connection in Asia. Kosmopolite goals are to introduce graffiti to the general audience and explore the concept of intercultural links. Kosmopolite Artist Line Up : FR : Lazoo / Kongo. HLD : Besok. IDN : Darbotz / Wormo / Nsane5 / Kims / Tutu / Shake / Netic / Older+ / Koma / Hest1. The Workshop Workshop Kosmopolis @D’Gallerie Barito No 3, Start at 1-2 December 2011, kosmopolite association will creating project to show the graffiti culture in interactive way which share their knowledge and technique to showing their love and passion to the next generations. Graffology @BINUS University In modern days graffiti become a culture. The event covers the beginning and history of modern graffiti in variety of their countries around the world. The Exhibition Exhibition Kosmopolis @D’gallerie Barito No 3, 3 December the Parisian and Indonesian Graffiti artist will set up an exhibition of canvas artwork showing their emotions to the world. Aesthetic and conceptual analogies develop by artists with various backgrounds. Kosmo Jamming @Kemang Futsal Each Graffiti artist performs and expresses their visions in to the walls on their graffiti, it is not only about street-art it can be interested more like contemporary art which esthetic and good value on it. To see photos of the event you can click here nsane5home.blogspot.com/2011/11/kosmopolite-jakarta.html nsane5home.blogspot.com/2012/01/kosmo-art-tour-jakarta-1.html nsane5home.blogspot.com/2012/02/kosmo-art-tour-jakarta-2.html nsane5home.blogspot.com/2012/02/kosmo-art-tour-jakarta-3.html nsane5home.blogspot.com/2012/02/kosmo-art-tour-jakarta-4.html nsane5home.blogspot.com/2012/02/kosmo-art-tour-jakarta-5.html More info go to kosmo-art-tour.com |
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A Love Letter For You is a genre-defying new film by director Joey Garfield. A Love Letter For You seamlessly mixes documentary and narrative, love and loss, community and solidarity, art and crime, to paint a compelling portrait of two artists and their impact on the neighborhood they grew up in. The film documents the notorious graffiti legend, Stephen "ESPO" Powers as he returns to his old stomping grounds in Philadelphia to paint a series of murals on 50 rooftops along the Market train line. The film also weaves in the fictional narrative of FIRE, a young graffiti king who is fresh out of prison on a quest to win back the love and attention of his ex girlfriend. A Love Letter For You mixes a local cast with real-life characters as they rediscover the soul of West Philly and it's dynamic community. The film is a multi-faceted project by Stephen Powers with the City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program and is sponsored by the Pew Center for Arts & Heritage through the Philadelphia Exhibitions Initiative. The murals have garnered international attention and been published in a coffee table book, featured in a gallery exhibition and generated community education workshops. Writer/Producer: Stephen Powers (ESPO) Director: Joey Garfield http://www.aloveletterforyou.com/ http://ghostrobot.com/loveletter/ https://www.facebook.com/aloveletterforyou http://ghostrobot.com/work/films/a-love-letter-for-you.html |
Friday | 2/24/2012 08:19:00 PM | 0 comments
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Toughest Place to be a Bin Man. Well, the title said it all. I just want to give a bit perspective about what really went down in Jakarta. Beside the fact that Jakarta is the capital of Indonesia. There are still to many people live in a poverty and dont have access to clean water nor even dont have money to afford to change things for better living. Because of booming population in Jakarta, there are to many people looking for a job that dont exist. Since searching a job is soo difficult, most people will work for anything. Of course they still didn't get fair wages. Talk about 1$ a day or maybe less to survive. If you think the bronx was ghetto, wait until ya came here.
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![]() KOSMOPOLITE ART TOUR JAKARTA Kosmo Jamming @Kemang Futsal Each Graffiti artist performs and expresses their visions in to the walls on their graffiti, it is not only about street-art it can be interested more like contemporary art which esthetic and good value on it. Day 4 (4-12-2011): Mural production Kosmo Jamming Location: Kemang Futsal jalan kemang utara, jakarta Artists: 3 International & 9 Local Duration: 9hours Start: 9.00 am – 6.00 pm Open for public http://www.kosmo-art-tour.com/
Video from Ashtwo.
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Sunday | 2/05/2012 01:53:00 PM | 0 comments
The first video in Montana Colors Big Addict series comes in the form of this time-lapse offering dubbed, “Endless Obsession.” Directed by Benjamin Roude and with music by Dick Laurent is Dead, the one-part hypnotic, and equal parts obsessive video exploration into the art of the throwup is achieved masterfully. Utilizing only blacks and whites, TILT showcases that a good graffiti artist’s work is never done.
Source : Hypebeast
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This is typical Jakarta's traffic. Jakarta is the country's economic, cultural and political centre. Has an area of 661 square kilometres (255 sq. mil). Home to 9.6 million people who at least drive a motorcycle and cars to go to work or to move around the city everyday. It is the most populous city in Indonesia and in Southeast Asia, and is the thirteenth-largest city in the world. Without no decent public transport, 5-10 years from now, is it indeed that Jakarta will have an economic crisis due to the traffic that increase every year. The city still suffers a lack of urban public transport services due to the prioritized development of road networks, which is mostly designed to accommodate private vehicles.
Jakarta (Picture taken from wikipedia)
I still can't believe after with all the traffic and bad public transportation, the government still confuse about the solutions. Well, i guess the government need to follow how the dutch manage to change their road from designed vehicles to cycling infrastructure.
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Sunday | 1/22/2012 02:02:00 PM | 0 comments
INDO GRAFFTIVI ( indonesia graffti video project ) artist : Koma (Indo) / Artcoholic and Yeah / Artcoholic music : Dj Cam Quartet Edited : Ashtwo visit: http://indografftivi.blogspot.com |
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My good friend Indonesian choreographers Jecko Siompo and Amigo aka Kadir Memis from Germany dance in limited spaces. Jecko is the inventor of "animal pop", its a dancing mimicking animal and combine with hiphop swagger that nowadays been added to the new dance literature around the world.. |
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KOSMOPOLITE ART TOUR 2011 After 10 memorable editions highlighting diversity, exchange and intercultural enrichment, Kosmopolite has become a major event and reference in the graffiti world acting as an ambassador for Street Art and Graffiti, ever reaching out to a wide and international audience. By taking root in urban reality, graffiti as a budding form of artistic expression and experimentation undeniably takes part in the challenging of our contemporary cities’ functional and dysfunctional processes. In 2011, from Jakarta to Sao Paulo, Graffiti takes center stage for this new edition of the Kosmo Art Tour. In Paris and Bagnolet, artists shall work hand in hand to allow each and every one of us to enjoy graffiti’s artistic wealth and diversity. With a novel collaboration between the Kosmopolite and Paris Hip Hop festivals, the Kosmo Art Tour 2011 inaugurates a new approach to cultural exchange and transmission both in France and throughout the world. With its rebellious but ever reaching out artists, Graffiti takes special care this year in extending its support to the victims of the Japanese Tsunami. An action inspired and led by the artists is therefore organized in favor of Japan. |
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- Bboy Venum Skill Methodz Crew is doing some epic clip. |
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Kosmo Art Tour graf jam, Jakarta 2011. Video from Ashtwo. More updates to come.. Just hang loose yo. |
Thursday | 12/08/2011 02:19:00 PM | 0 comments
The Underbelly Project In 2009 PAC and Workhorse started a project in an abandoned subway station in New York City. Over the course of a year and a half they invited over 100 contemporary artists to leave their creative mark inside the station. Working illegally, the project aimed to document a cross section of contemporary art, free of the commercial restrictions of the traditional gallery environment. Once the project had come to an end, the entrance was sealed trapping the art inside and creating an ephemeral time capsule. The project received praise internationally, including a front-page article from The New York Times. The Underbelly Project is currently turning heads in Miami during Basel and SCOPE with an exhibition of brand new work from artists who participated in both the New York and Paris projects during Miami Art Basel and SCOPE. |
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![]() THE SPACE THAT ART CREATES: The Evolution of Darbotz’s Storytelling Mitha Budhyarto Darbotz’s solo exhibition, The Boy Who Became a Monster, Vivi Yip Art Room, Jakarta, 4 December 2011 – 4 January 2012 What difference does it make, where a work of art is located? This question becomes important when the work of a street artist is exhibited in an art gallery. On a global level, for over four decades we have witnessed the birth of a new kind of art that are now colonizing cities worldwide. Beyond the hype attached to it, the steady progression of street art indicates its powerful role in testifying to a culture that defies mainstream understanding of what art is supposed to be. Street art is subversive – this is why it is a bold critique of the art world, as well as of the world of everyday urban life. As a general rule, street artists feed off the creative buzz of cities. But each city is unique, and one would find it hard to compare Jakarta with any other cities in the world. When he started out, Darbotz literally used Jakarta as his canvas – its rundown, jam-packed, dilapidated streets and building walls, alleyways and bridges. In the Indonesian street art scene, Darbotz is hardly a new name, and his relentless, consistent attitude to work has earned him the respect of his peers. Working in Jakarta, and driven by the struggle that characterizes its everyday living conditions, Darbotz’s graffiti becomes his personal testament to the city. In the spaces of Jakarta, Darbotz works provide a way for us to reconnect with our everyday spaces by bursting open their dull banality with his trademark monochromatic imageries. When we are stuck in traffic, for instance, the momentary pleasure of looking at Darbotz’s images – heads with oversized, sharp teeth, octopuses with tentacles that spread out the length of flyovers – revitalize our experience of the city. When his works are taken out of the context of the urban surrounding to the gallery, the gallery does more than legitimize the status of his art – the status of Darbotz works have already been secured by the streets of Jakarta. Rather than legitimizing Darbotz works, this exhibition provides an insight into how these artworks create a space different to that which he produces in the streets of Jakarta. In the flyovers and alleyways, his works create a space in which we escape – however temporarily – the dreariness and alienation of urban living. On canvases hung in the gallery, these works create a space for Darbotz’s storytelling, for the production of a narrative that is not possible in Jakarta’s streets. As the artist says, “What I have with gallery works that I didn’t with graffiti is more time for exploration – of ideas, of materials, of execution. This is one of the biggest difference for me”. More time to explore, more time for Darbotz to tell his story. These new works clearly display how Darbotz have taken full advantage of the luxury of having more and thus more opportunity to explore. Here, we can see how the artist has progressed beyond previous tried-and-tested techniques. Instead, we see the emergence of new characters and the introduction of a new colour scheme, in order to create a bold visual narrative that remains unmistakably his. In Monster Inside of Us #1 and #2, for instance, Darbotz tells us the story of freakish creatures that exist within us. The figurative renditions of a human face show an artist exploring new visual directions without necessarily erasing the old path that led him there. In terms of form, the way the human face is depicted is new for Darbotz, but the characteristic image of the squid (Monster Inside Us # 2) remains apparent. With these paintings, Darbotz is claiming that it is Jakarta that turned him into a ‘monster’, though this is neither good nor bad, as the resin sculpture The Rest depicts. Rather than signifying repulsion to the city that makes him, this work conveys a critical acceptance of the conditions – no matter how rotten and corrupt they may be – that make Jakarta what it is. Conditions whose effect mercilessly twists and frays our nerves, as the entangled spirals of Body Mind Trick #2 – monochromatic save for the unexpected pink undulating curves – shows. Darbotz’s works do more than simply portray negative sentiments attached to the ugly degradation of cities. For cities are potent concoctions of paradoxes, and this is an element that makes them enticing. Pollluted #1, #2 and #3 – as well as being interesting works in this collection for the vaporous cloud of smog executed in purple and pink acrylic – convey this clearly: the contaminated environment that surrounds us in the city are strangely the very thing that binds us to it. Cities are also alluring for the paradoxical co-existence between the old and the new. Looking at the Mess and Shadow speak of the layer upon layer of histories that mark our everyday spaces, where the most current is often built upon what was already there before it. Darbotz shows us that to create is not necessarily to create from a blank slate, but from pre-existing things and ideas. This is a discovery that the artist made through graffiti, which he is now translating into artworks made specifically for the gallery. From the street to the gallery: are we simply echoing issues that others have questioned before? In the relatively recent development of street art, this has no doubt become a classic story to tell: the struggle an artist faces in translating truths found in the public space of the street to the private space of the gallery, and how they mold those experiences into new gallery-specific works. But, as is often the case, it is not the story as such but how that story is told, which leaves an impression on the audience and stirs their own imagination. This exhibition brings us Darbotz’s own way of telling the story of cities that ceaselessly inspire him, in their raw and gritty glory. - Darbotz |
Friday | 11/25/2011 03:21:00 PM | 0 comments
HERE COMES THE NEIGHBORHOOD is a Short-Form Docuseries exploring the power of Public Art and innovation to uplift and revitalize urban communities. The Pilot Season revolves around the Arts District of Wynwood Miami, featuring an array of internationally acclaimed and locally respected Street Artists, Graffiti Writers and Muralists. In 2009, Urban Visionary and Placemaker Tony Goldman partnered with Jeffrey Deitch (Deitch Projects Soho and now director of MoCa Los Angeles) to create the Wynwood Walls.What began with a series of parking lots, loading docks, and drab rundown factory buildings, became a curation of high caliber murals from Futura, Shepard Fairey, OS Gemeos, Kenny Scharf and others. The Walls opened for Art Basel 2009, and now two years later the collection has expanded to include over thirty artists from around the world, becoming a "Town Center" in a district that has grown into one of the largest concentrations of commissioned murals in the World. This year Artists, many of whom have not shown work in the United States before, were selected by Tony Goldman, Goldman Projects Arts Manager Meghan Coleman and Art Consultant Medvin Sobio of the Visual Arts Collective Viejas Del Mercado. 33third Los Angeles, Mid City Arts, and Montana Cans worked together to provide paint for the project's ambitious expansion. HERE COMES THE NEIGHBORHOOD explores a unique juncture in history as a new community emerges and evolves. A progressive urban revitalization campaign is examined in the first person, using this year's new Artists and their commissions as a lens to explore a neighborhood in transition. The Series is framed by colorful overview and concluding episodes, providing the scope of past, present and future. Each episode is accented by images from legendary Documentary Photographer Martha Cooper, who has been capturing The Walls since they began in 2009. Her Photographs will also appear in a Special Edition Art Book "The Wynwood Walls and Doors" set to be released at Art Basel 2011. For more information on the artists and history of the Wynwood Walls visit thewynwoodwalls.com Episodes of HERE COMES THE NEIGHBORHOOD will digitally premiere for free in the weeks leading up to Art Basel. You are invited and encouraged to share, blog, “like” tweet and tumble this content freely and enthusiastically. Your interest and support is deeply appreciated. To learn more and to view the episodes as they are released, please visit the official site HCTN.tv and the VIMEO PAGE, or contact us directly at INFO@hctn.tv HERE COMES THE NEIGHBORHOOD Directed By: Jenner Furst Produced By: Ben Solomon Supervising Producers: Julia Willoughby Nason & Daniel B. Levin Created By: Jenner Furst & Tony Goldman Executive Producer: Tony Goldman A CINEMART Production In Association With Goldman Projects Coordinating Producer: Meghan Coleman Consulting Producer: Medvin Sobio |
A Cleveland, Ohio native, Jonathan Mannion began capturing images of up-and-coming urban music superstars after working for a year with world-renowned photographer Richard Avedon. In 1996, he launched his professional career by shooting the photographs for the classic hip-hop album “Reasonable Doubt” by Jay-Z. In the years since, Jonathan’s photography has grown alongside the culture he so loves, helping to visually define an era of urban music. As DJ Quik once pointed out to him, the world sees hip-hop through his eyes. However, he is modestly circumspect about his role. “I’m just a messenger," he observes, "and I’ve been given a talent to document an extremely important era of music history. I have a love for hip-hop that goes back to when I was a teenager, and I feel blessed to have had the chance to shoot the artists I’ve worked with. I’ve had the opportunity to grow with them and the photos I’ve shot over the years have become visual bullet points of their creative evolution and mine." To read the text interview, please click: bit.ly/MannionPortrait |
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Wednesday | 11/23/2011 07:23:00 PM | 0 comments
Thursday | 11/17/2011 05:48:00 PM | 0 comments
THE VICE GUIDE TO SEX: CIRCUMCISION 3,000 VIA partywithiloveglam |
A single-take, short film collaboration between Gatorade and The Berrics { theberrics.com } promoting Gatorade's 'Go All Day' campaign. Starring professional skateboarder and Gatorade athlete Chaz Ortiz. |
Wednesday | 11/16/2011 07:27:00 PM | 0 comments
MASE CREW is known as one of Indonesia's leading Graffiti crew. They recently celebrated their seventh anniversary and named the event "Existence". The event showcased the urban culture starting from the work of graffiti artists, open cypher for bboys, bazaar that offered interesting merchandise, and also the appearance of MC's and DJ's who played underground hip-hop beats, neo soul, funk and boogie which really made MASE CREW's event unforgettable. Big shout out for all the people who came down to the jam. Thank you for sharing good vibes with us, and specially for those who missed our party, watch and enjoy the video. For more picture you can go to this link : ------------------------------------------------------------ MASE CREW Mad Artists Striking Existence www.masecrew.tumblr.com www.facebook.com/masecrew www.twitter.com/#!/masecrew |
Thursday | 11/10/2011 01:18:00 PM | 0 comments
Short documentary about my wise friend SONIC BAD from New York, he been doing graffiti since 1970. A real honor to meet him last year in Jakarta. |
Monday | 11/07/2011 11:24:00 AM | 0 comments
To celebrate our 7 years anniversary. We finally put together this short showreel to showcase our contribution for graffiti, taken from collage of footage we shot individually over years. A film by Tutu. -------------------------------------------------------------------- MASE CREW Mad Artists Striking Existence Since 2004 masecrew.tumblr.com facebook.com/masecrew Labels: video |
Tuesday | 10/18/2011 01:08:00 PM | 0 comments
Sunday | 10/16/2011 11:35:00 AM | 0 comments
More photos of the event, Click Here. VIA Dripsndrops |
Thursday | 10/13/2011 01:45:00 PM | 0 comments
Wednesday | 10/12/2011 10:59:00 AM | 0 comments
Monday | 10/10/2011 11:10:00 PM | 0 comments
Wednesday | 9/07/2011 01:05:00 PM | 0 comments
Interview to a living Indonesian music legend Indra Lesmana. - Thanks punang. Full story click here www.whiteboardjournal.com |



















































