Is this a new Banksy? And more to the point does anyone really care?

A comment on Materialism? #artforall ahem!

Don’t get me wrong…. I am not a Banksy hater (I even sold a Banksy for 1p in a previous life) but he also isn’t the most popular with some people such as Robbo and many people think he just ripped Blek le Rat. While the film he released called Exit Through the Gift Shop featuring Thierry Guetta was interesting and nicely put together, it also cheapened the Street Art idea because Mister Brainwash managed to put on this frankly ridiculously huge exhibition and sell pieces for thousands of $$ without actually really being an artist.  It also gave a poor impression of the American art buying public who were just mindlessly bidding for pieces, some of which they had barely seen let alone tried to understand the piece.

I am not for one minute claiming to be an art aficianado, far from it, I just like pretty things and I like what I like, just merely posing the question…. Is Banksy relevant and credible anymore?

Spotted at foreignstudents.com

 

Trainer Porn – Converse

Converse porn

I have not bought new shoes for about 3 weeks now and no new cons for a long time… think this might need to change. Nice colour, semi waterproof and quite preppy but not in a A&F obvious way

Props to my fave porn site HypeBeast

Neil Buchanan is following me on Twitter

Prison Chic

I have a weird and maybe wonderful and almost certainly disturbing fixation with prisons, in particular American ones, I Sky+ America’s Toughest Jails and am intrigued by the tribal mentality driven by gangs and racism born out of a need to survive. I also find these tattooed, toned inmates pretty damn hot too

 

Prison love

I am also interested in how prisons try to rehabilitate rather than just punish, I think the vast majority of prisoners have the capacity to change with the exceptions of the clinically insane murderers.

 

Unhinged? Nah... misunderstood

I have a friend in jail for making a stupid mistake and while he has been in there (3 years) he has knocked the drugs on the head, got fit in the gym, done an accounting course is learning Mandarin and read more books than he can name. This is not always the case and not all prisoners will take the opportunities.

In Eastern Europe a company called Heavy Eco have come up with a great way to harness the latent talent within these institutions , potentially awakening a talent and then donating 50% of the profits to Estonia’s poor and needy. The inmates get paid a small amount and it also means they are repaying their debt to society.

The tshirts sell across Europe and while I would not personally be seen in one even if it meant saving myself from the firing squad on death row in Alabama, I can imagine them doing a roaring trade in Clapham and Balham. Anything that is benefiting chaaardiy is a good thing after all.

Cut Copy….. Because I loves them

Some mornings you just need a bit of a ‘something’ to get you going….

I love doodles and I love tattoos… so

So would the two combined make for a great long term
statement, I am not sure but if it was this one then it is yes…

Doodle raaaaa tat

David Shringley held a live art session at ANDFestival or Abandon Normal
Devices for those in the know, punters could have one of his exclusive doodles
scribbled on their arm, then if they wanted to they could get it tattooed on
over the road so it was there forever. Xx was not convinced it was a great idea
but there are far shitter tattoos you could have

David Shrigley was at the ANDFestival which is a regional
event to show new cinema and digital channels. David is part of a trio who have
created Pass me the Spoon on now in Glasgow. It is an opera about food and features
someone getting eaten…looks good but bit far for your friendly scribe to
travel to right now

Dazed

I hate London 2012 – Olympic lanes

In a series of blog posts I will be ranting about just why the
Olympics in London is going to annoy me and the potential pitfalls

The city I call home London is one of the oldest about, made before people
thought about needing to fit f-off great big buses and HGVs on the roads, the
streets were built for horse and cart and therefore the houses were not spaced
too far apart and them over the road were pretty darn close too.

Neeeeaaaa room on the roads

With the Olympics coming, there is clearly a need to get the
athletes to the venue as quickly as possible with as little stress as possible
to ensure they can perform to their best, but sponsors
and VIPs you should get on the bus, the tube, the train, your bike or walk your over
nourished asses to the venues. I can only imagine what the traffic is going to
be like next year. They are being encouraged to do so but I can not imagine
this will happen

The Yanks are coming

As a resident of East London, as a tax payer paying for this
bloody shit shower and as someone who loves summer in London, this is only
going to annoy me. What is annoying me even more is that there will be a record
£200
fine for cyclists in these lanes… erm are we not trying to make London
more cycle friendly. I say we put on a massive cycle protest, The St. Pauls lot
seem to have got the media attention they wanted for their cause

Android Watches… but what’s the point if you have the phone?

Well that is what a practical human might say but I love watches and also these are beautiful, they look like something from a fashionista version of Star Trek. The I’mWatch can connect to your mobile device and will be able to access email, Facebook, Twitter, the weather, BBC and everything else you can do on your iPhone. You can even access you music files on these gadgets which have a 4GB memory card.

Christmas is just around the corner.....

What I would like to know is if it can replace my phone altogether, For a night out I’d much prefer to just take the watch and not my phone, there is contactless payment through mobile phones so in theory can I leave my wallet at home as well?

Now while I love this, the name does not do too much for me, basically because I think sticking an ‘i’ at the front imitates Apple and is misleading. When Apple release their version… what will it be called?

Check out the video here….

Cycle while you work, duh de duh duh duh duh duh

I love cycling to work, even when it is a little cold, even if
it is raining a little bit, even on the dangerous roads of Londinium. I’d love
to be able to cycle while I am sat at my desk, what a great way to keep fit
that would be…

Well low and behold some clever dick has come up with a solution
that will allow you to keep on cycling even while you are tapping away on your
Mac or having that all important conference call where your American clients
are throwing out Marcoms speak like ‘Ideation’ and ‘pesterpointing’. So you
will be losing weight while they are eating donuts. Shupa!

Traveling without moving

Each one is adjustable and they can match the finish and surface
so it fits your office or your home study. This is so much better than gym
membership but somehow I can not see my boss taking it on…

Hats off to Kickstand

Dalston Curve Garden + Sunshine

Walking out of the office today in the pissing rain, in the dark, in a busy London Street nearly getting knocked on my ‘arris by a crazed moped rider, my mind was transported in an instance to a happier time. The Summer and mooching to Dalston Curve Garden for a spot of lunch with a friend.

Spot of lunch anyone...

Reason for the post? I am missing summer already

See the sunshine here looks good