IT Crowd

MJ

SF spotted this online and it is something I would imagine you would find in a ‘trendy’ hotel in somewhere like xx It is probably not somewhere I’d readily want to stay as it would likely all be a little to clean and try hard. Strangely I do really like these piece by WorkbyKnight.

Jigga man

The Aussie artist makes good use of your old IT equipment to create images of some of the most iconic people from pop culture, bit of a IT geek version of Andy Warhol…. or not. His argument is that in a manufactured world, so can the art be. Fair point.

Al P

Either this has the SF approval

QT

And in memory of an icon

Neil Armstrong

 

Auf Wiedersehen Kunsthaus

Not quite gentrification but another little sign that the bohemian lifestyle enjoyed by Berliners, travelers and new foreign residents may be a little under threat. It seems in recent times that Berlin has decided to try and be more like your boring vanilla older brother than your crazy slaggy little sister. There was talk of Berghain being shut… not true thank feck, then there is the gentrification of the K’Beurg area and there is also a few problems for the many arts of Berlin.

For years Kunsthaus Tacheles was the go to place for creative types just visiting, it has music studios, big open windowed bar rooms, art studios, a studio, a metal works and even a maze in former years. (Click here for the ever reliable Wiki info) Just recently the local council have been trying to move people on but Berliners are made of sterner stuff. Last I heard was that the electricity supply had been cut off and doors bolted, this was a week ago and I’d not be surprised if those doors were open again now.

For now some art work on the outside….

Punk Schwein

How long is now?

Berlin Spock

Ich liebe Berlin. That is all

Mit Zug

Best cities in the world…. London, New York and Berlin. But for me Berlin takes it after another lost weekend in the city of Sin. The one that the local government said they wanted to bill as ‘aber sexy’. Well the locals they might not agree but to many foreigners it is.

Paint & Sunshine

Berlin is the party capital of the world, somewhere along the line Berliners decided that parties, lax drug laws and sex would be the key to making it the go to location. They were right.

Artistic influence

Berlin is a melting pot with history, immigration, culture, art and banging techno. At the moment there is a little unrest in the city due to Gentrification and the locals rebelling against the hipsters and development of less desirable areas driving the rents too high for the locals who were there before skinny jeans, colourful tattoos and apple macs. Berlin has a very high unemployment rate, the highest homeless rates in the whole of Germany and the average wage is pretty low, the rents are also low which is what has attracted so many English, Italians, Spanish and French creative types. The mix of these cultures has made some areas so desirable to tourists who bring in money, it is a catch 22.

Humble abode

Now I am not going to go into details but rest assured it involved sampling some of what makes Berlin so > insert here <

And I ate here… typical

A little of home

Things I’ve seen….

The last few weeks the number of new pieces found has gone right now, SF has been pretty inactive due to tumble on two wheels, it will continue in this vein for a while but there will be bits and bobs for your eyeball delectation…

Shok 1 is London based and a bit underground, more known for spraying off the beaten track in places others dare not go. His style is pretty individual and like no other… Like. for a guy who has been spraying since 1984 he has certainly done his time. This is his old site  but the new one is en route. See it around Brick Lane, Hanbury St to be exact.

Colour Sho

Cheery fag… looks a bit like Malarky but it is actually Kid Acne

Shmokin

Things I’ve seen….

Couple of quick additions from around the Hackney Road area.

Found round the corner from a Sweet Toof piece, by regular collaborator Paul Insect. Nice cool and simple piece of a super hero-esq mouse character. Vivid colours, sharp lines and a creepy cyclops style eye.

Eye eye

No idea who this is by but love the mixture of two styles, classic B+W and the firey word work. Any suggestions for who this then hit me up

Off Hackney Road

Graffiti paintball machine

So now it seems there is a machine which takes away the craftmanship of graf and stenciling. Like a paintball machine that is the bastard love-child of Ben Eine and Robot Wars.

While I am all for technology, pushing the world forward creating new stuff to wow and open our fragile little minds, surely somethings are best left to us humans. Such as making suits, making food, making sex and painting.

It is called a Facadeprinter by some clever German chaps at Sonice Development GmbH, name sounds rather grand and means nothing to me. I guess it might be useful for putting art in those tough to get to places such as the top of the Shard

Big stencils quickly

Watch this

I have a bit of a watch fetish, so far I have over 40 and that number will only continue to swell, there is no doubt about that.

I think a watch tells you a lot about a person, a timepiece speaks volumes about your style and character and also shows you have some appreciation for time and keeping to it.

I always find it weird that people only have one watch when you have different shoes, shirts and jackets for different occasions. I mean you do not have to go as crazy as me and have one in every colour of the rainbow, but then again why not?

Here are a few I have seen recently that may well be joining my watch draw…

Keep Watch – Like

eyeWatch

Keypad Hidden Time Watch – Like

keyWatch

Bless Belt Watch – Like

beltWatch

Any other Watches to suggest people?

Skindeep – Julien Palast

Rubbered sickpack +…….

Spotted this today and thought it looked amazing, very beautiful but pretty damn erotic too me thinks. Julien Palast has shrink wrapped some clearly beautiful people, this would not work with fatties but with the 00% fat on these they look amazing

Ass shot

The sixpack through the rubber creates some amazing contours and shapes and that with the colour projected onto the surface it looks brilliant.

Vivid coloured boobs

Rainbow alien

http://www.palast.fr/

Christina St – Arts ‘n’ Sods

East London is awash, that is no breaking news but I was wondering which road is the best, in NYC you have 5Points, Berlin has many areas but Kreuzberg is pretty shit hot, East London has numerous places such as Redchurch Street but for me it has to be Christina St. The whole area is wall to wall paint, some a little out there, some looks like it might have been commissioned but some is just plane ridic.

Broken Fingaz

No idea…. have you?

eyeeyeeye

What’s all this Malarky

Lego + Graffiti = Great success

Every kid loved lego, building stuff and making ridiculous things just from a load of random bricks and your imagination. It has got far more sophisticated these days and the pieces are made in a multitude of sizes, shapes and it is all becoming a bit too perfect in my humble opinion.

Just recently I made an airport, with a boat port, a zoo, guarded by monsters (this was for my 5 year old bro)

I digress… Things I like, lego and streetart, the combination of the two was bound to be fecking cool. I like the simplicity in it, I like the fact it is in such a public place and I like that it doesn’t seem to be a brand thing. Lego is one of those brands who get coverage for everything they do, there are a few who do not have to try, examples… Lego, Marmite, Apple.

Anyway…. before…

Nolego

And then…

Tadalego

Shupa…

Now I am off to build a lego super car