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Video Teaser : JR – Les Bosquets @Tribeca Festival

April 1, 2015 butterfly 1 Comment

French artist JR will be presenting his latest movie “Les Bosquets“, on a music by Hans Zimmer, Pharrell Williams and Woodkid, as a world premiere at the NY Tribeca Film Festival in April. Inspired by Portraits of a Generation (2005), where he shot portraits of residents in the French suburbs during the riots of 2005, and following his New York City ballets projects (2014), JR returns to the guetto of Montfermeil.

The film “Les Bosquets” brings the audience in a place where art, social uproar and the power of image interweave. The film is a continuation of his first project, Portraits of a Generation, for which he uses various means of expression and narration : video archives, choreography and testimony.

The short film will be presented exclusively in galleries and museum shows.

Some shots from Portraits of a Generation below:

JR ACTIONS

London, Shows

London: Vhils – Dissonance @ Lazarides

March 27, 2015 butterfly

After showing at Lisbon’s EDP Museum and Vestiges, showcased in Paris (see our coverage here) , multidisciplinary Portuguese artist Alexandre Farto aka Vhils is returning to London for a new solo exhibition called ‘Dissonance‘ at Lazarides.

Vhils – Paris 2014

The show reflects on how various factors compose the contemporary urbanised world that is shaping its inhabitants, while personal identities are vanishing under the visual urban noise and surrounding clutter.

The subjects being portrayed disappear through multiple layering of billboards and stratification on metal and wood.

Vhils - Dissonance

View the full set of pics here

Alexandrea Farto aka Vhils – Dissonance
Until 23rd of April 2015
Lazarides Rathbone
London

London, Shows, Videos

Video: Jessica van der Weert – Flipside

March 23, 2015 butterfly

Following our recent coverage (see here) of Jessica van der Weert exhibition Flipside in London, here is a video from the event and after party.

Berlin, Shows, streets

Berlin: Urban Nation PM/7 – Part 2

March 22, 2015 butterfly

Urban Nation PM7

In parallel to the windows and facade they decorated with their Persons of Interest (see here) 12 Brooklyn based artists were given carte blanche to decorate the walls of the Urban Nation Haus for a pop up show in Berlin, where nothing was for sale. Each of the participating artist including Icy & Sot, Don Rimx, Case, Specter, Swoon, NohJColey, Dain, Chris Stain, El Sol 25, Esteban Del Valle and Gaia used their own tools and techniques to create a colourful and ephemeral display directly onto the walls.

Here are some behind the scenes shots:

Large crowds attended the opening to celebrate the links between New York and Berlin. Amongst the guests was Gaia‘s Persons of Interest Fereshta Ludin discussing with curators Jaime Rojo and Steven P. Harrington

Urban Nation PM7

Many international artists and friends also joined in to show their support: David Walker (UK), Strøk (NO), REKA (AUS), Herakut (DE), MACCLAIM (DE), Vermibus (DE), Mark Rigney (UK), Aida Bragstarr (UK), Onur Dinc (CH), NeverCrew (CH), DotDotDot (NO), Schwarzmaler (CH) and Andreas Englund (SE).

Urban Nation PM7

View the full set of pics here and full coverage on Street Art News

Persons of Interest PM/7
URBAN NATION
Bülowstraße 97
10738 Berlin-Schöneberg, Germany

http://www.urban-nation.net

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Video: WK Interact – D-Day

March 20, 2015 butterfly

A new video showing some exciting behind the scenes process on how French born New York based artist WK Interact created his massive 400 ft mural to celebrate the 70th anniversary of D-Day at the Geode and his paste-ups in the streets of Paris last summer.

https://vimeo.com/122499603

WK Interact - D-DAY Paris