Anthony Discenza is an artist based in Oakland, California. Since late 1990s, he has been focusing on the the omnipresence of mainstream media. For Minna Street Sign Project, which the artist described as his”ongoing semi-guerilla street sign project”, he has been manipulating the public by using what they experience in there everyday life. Read more.
The CutUp Collective is an East-London based street art group that rips down billboard ads, cuts them into rectangular pieces and reposts them in such a way as to create an image completely different from the original. In doing so, the Collective subverts advertising (in a technique called subvertising) to call attention to the effects of consumerism and corporate image production in the city.
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Joshua Allen Harris is a street artist and a photographer based in USA. He became famous with his “The Inflatables” project. For this project he gathered plastic trash bags around New York City, shaped them in some animal forms, placed them on subway grates, and the gusts from the trains were strong enough to inflate his creatures. Read more.
CV Dazzle is a series of looks that prevents current facial recognition software from identifying the wearer’s face. In an age where Facebook uses your family album as machine learning data sets, this provides a sense of privacy and security against automated eyes. Read More
“L.A.S.E.R. Tag” combines a beefy projector and a high-powered laser to create gigantic and ephemeral tags. Used to aid Tibetan protesters in 2008, L.A.S.E.R. tag provides a large-scale platform for people to voice their opinions. Read More
“Anonymity” is a wearable that allows those who don it to preemptively disagree to the disclosure of their identity. Mimicking censor bars traditionally found in film and television, this piece acts as a real version by thwarting CCTV and other forms of surveillance. Read More
A self-proclaimed 100 year old online secret society, IDPW is a Japanese group that responds to the increasing homogenization of the internet through a series of web-themed parties. The Internet Black Market is a reaction to the increasing controlled platforms of commerce on the net. A variety of goods were sold, including an “IRL Re-tweet” (a guy who shouts your message), and stones with their scanned 3D data.
Urban Projections is a group of mixed media artists who have recently created a series of videos in which projection artists and graffiti/spray paint artists collaborate on murals. These videos begin with the graffiti artist laying down the base painting for the piece, and then the projection artist goes in and plays with the space in and around the painting adding movement and complexity to the scene.
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Zwischenzeit Trailer from BERLIN GRAFFITI on Vimeo.
This collaborative work allowed for the exploration of the Berlin subway system on a homemade handcar. It explores the idea of a journey without a destination and the intricate workings of urban spaces.
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