Urban Art Blog

I love Andrey Tarkovskiy‘s sci-fi epics Solyaris (which dumps on Clooney‘s effort from a great height) and the lesser known but equally as spellbinding Stalker. But when I came across Russian humorist Badman‘s contribution to the world of classic NES gaming I had to laugh. Stick with it and see the player opt for drinking [...]

Directed by Alexandre Courtes.

Just came across this great animation by artist Markus Neidel entitled S-Bahn. Music by the electronic band Mendelsson. Let’s just hope the pro car lobbyists don’t get their oily hands on it. (via über blogger Frankie Doguet)

It’s best if some things stay in the 2nd Dimension. Hollywood special effects artist Kevin Kirkpatrick created these 3D prosthetic models of Beavis and Butt-Head and has probably had nightmares ever since…

Here’s a fascinating documentary focusing on the works and practice of street artist Blu entitled ‘Mugunica‘. Showcasing some awesome animations and his latest street art murals in Mexico, Managua, Guatemala, Costa Rica and Argentina. Filmed by Julie Navarro.

US pop artist and 80′s icon James Rizzi died on the 29th of December aged 61. A prolific designer – in 1980 he designed the cover for the first album of new wave band, the Tom Tom Club – a side project of Talking Heads’ Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz. He also animated two music [...]

Here’s a real clever piece of graphic art, an interactive map of the birth and movement of music genres across the world. See it in action here.

BIG BANG BIG BOOM – the new wall-painted animation by BLU. Check it out!

Obviously everyone concerned including Fox (of course) is banning this Banksy-edit for The Simpsons‘ opening titles, so lap it up before this particular art war’s over.

As a kid you probably experienced long periods of boredom at school, especially in lessons you either couldn’t understand or didn’t like or both. I had a lot of that, you’re not exactly reading the words of an academic genius here. However I’m not alone, some of us under-achievers did more than stare out of  [...]