Tag: urban art

Mark Jenkins: Go Figure!

[vimeo http://vimeo.com/35246173] American artist Mark Jenkins’s urban (and rural) interventions are street-smart—in the truest sense of the word. Jenkins creates and sets free a colorful cast of characters by way of clear tape casts: the homeless, kids, vagrants, polar bears, and horses (to name but a few) all take their place in the wild, wild… Continue reading Mark Jenkins: Go Figure!

100 Urban Trends

A Glossary of Ideas from the BMW Guggenheim Lab (Berlin) http://cdn.guggenheim.org/BMW/100_Urban_Trends_1106_3MB.pdf 100_Urban_Trends_1106_3MB http://www.bmwguggenheimlab.org/100urbantrends/#!/new-york-city/3 plus there will be soon an exhibition about it at the Guggenheim in NY (October 11, 2013–January 5, 2014) http://www.guggenheim.org/new-york/exhibitions/upcoming/participatory-city-100-urban-trends-from-the-bmw-guggenheim-lab

CityLeaks: #Impressions #Live Paintings

For the last three weeks more than 30 representatives of the fine, performing and applied arts have turned the City of Cologne into a huge stage and canvas for contemporary urban art. Accessible for everyone the created artworks hopefully affect the political, social and aesthetic awareness of residents and visitors. From today till sunday there… Continue reading CityLeaks: #Impressions #Live Paintings

10 Jahre Mocmoc

gerade wieder sehr aktuell: anlässlich des 10jährigen Bestehen von Mocmoc wird der frühere Streit um Kunst+ Politik, Demokratie, Identität, öffentlicher Raum und Strategien nochmals hervorgeholt. Ostschweiz am Sonntag 15.9.13; Thurgauer Zeitung 16.9.13; weitere infos zum Mocmoc von Com&Com; Dokfilm über Mocmoc [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybmtMtADBWo&w=420&h=315]