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De 16 Julho a 30 Agosto Desenhos e Pinturas de Carlos Quitério, Centro Cultural e de congressos, Caldas da Rainha – Portugal- (English translation bellow)

Drawings and Paintings by Carlos Quiterio
Exhibition @ CCC Caldas da Rainha, Portugal. July 16th to August 30th 2009.

Paredes de Cor by kodap (Carlos Quitério) on Flickr.

ESTÁ LANÇADO O DESAFIO!

Podem-nos enviar desde já os vossos projectos de participação para caldaslatenight13(a)gmail.com!

Estamos abertos a projectos não só das caldas da rainha mas de todo o país.

Todas as propostas e projectos que tenham: nome/ um breve texto explicativo/ imagem ou video/etc… descritivos do projecto, serão colocados no site na secção “Edição2009″. Esta será a secção onde gostariamos de divulgar todos os vossos projectos sejam eles de que natureza forem.

Participem com a vossa imaginação!

*para quem quiser participar e não disponha de alojamento contactem-nos à cerca do serviço de residencia artística, pois temos alguns quartos disponiveis para durante a preparação dos projectos e durante o evento.

Via DesignBoom

Fernando Brízio, A former teacher at my College (ESAD CR, former ESTGAD), presents this cool project consisting of ‘renewable’ Dress colouring for any occasion, a “do-it-yourself” design concept, in the lines of some of his most notable works. Check out his video explaining the concept.

from designboom

flexibility – design in a fast changing society
ex carceri ‘le nuove’, turin
june 29 – october12
http://www.torinoworlddesigncapital.it

‘flexibility – design in a fast-changing society’ is one of the many events taking place in turin this year in
conjunction with the city being named the ‘design world capital for 2008′. the show consists of nine
projects by international designers installed at a former prison ex carceri ‘le nuove’.

Renewable Clothingby fernando brízio
by placing colored felt-tip pens in the pockets of the dress its appearance changes over time.
within an hour – to one and a half hours the colored ink bleeds into the fabric and creates a one-off design
for each occasion. the owner can then clean the dress and color it in a different way for each time they wear it.

images © Designboom

Opening: Saturday, Mar 22nd 5-8pm
After Party: The Uptown (17th @Capp) 9-2am

Works from Anthony Lister (NYC), Erkut Terliksiz (Turkey), Christofer Chin (LA), Cody Hudson (Chicago), Corey Arnold (Portland), Keith Shore (New Jersey), Mel Kadel (LA), Tessar Lo (LA), & Travis Millard (LA)

Press Release

Fecal Face Dot Gallery, an extension of the popular San Francisco-based art and culture website Fecalface.com, opens “Out-Of-Towners,” the second show in the galleries two-show opening series. Following the success of the galleries inaugural show “Welcome Home,” “Out-Of-Towners” is a collection of works by site favorites hailing from Los Angeles to Istanbul. “There’s a lot of work by a lot of talented people out there,” says John Trippe, founder and curator of FecalFace.com, “but you can only get so much by viewing work online. I’m excited to merge what we’ve been doing online since 2000 into the vibrant art scene here in San Francisco.”

Anthony Lister – ‘coke nights on thriller(right)’ – mixed media on canvas – 6ft x 6ft

(A local collage workshop)

08 Março: 9:30h – 13:00 / 14:30 – 18:00 Centro de Artes

R. dr. Ilídio Amado, 2500-117 Caldas da Rainha. Tel. 262 840 540. centro.artes{a}cm-caldas-rainha.pt

Formadora: Graça Santos
Objectivos: Compreender e tomar conhecimento das várias técnicas e suportes de colagem, explicando os seus vários métodos de aplicação, tendo como elemento base a pintura. Encontrar, experimentar e resolver a coloração e texturas nos demais suportes e técnicas, encontrando referências, recursos, percursos e motivações.
Preço: 10€

Frozen Grand Central for a few minutes. // by Improve Everywhere, posted at adbusters.

Frozen Grand Central from ImprovEverywhere on Vimeo.

Michel Gondry is now on the homepage of YouTube selecting the featured videos during Sundance Film Festival.

Via Drawn:

Director/animator Michel Gondry is curating the featured videos on YouTube’s home page during the Sundance film festival, where his Be Kind Rewind is premiering. The collection of videos feature the types of creative imagery that you’d expect from a Gondry playlist, including a fair share of stop motion and pixilation, as well as this demonstration of some MIT technology that allows computers to understand simple drawing and mechanics.

2007 Adobe Design Achievement Awards
Illustration winner: Jörg Block

Santa’s Ghetto – 2007

Bethlehem is one of the most contentious places on earth.

Perched at the edge of the Judaen desert at the intersection of Europe, Asia and Africa in the state of Palestine it was governed by the British following the collapse of the Ottoman Empire. After World War II the United Nations voted to partition the region into two states – one Jewish, one Arab and there’s been fighting ever since.

It’s obviously not the job of a loose collection of idiot doodlers to tell you what’s right or wrong about this situation, so you’re advised to do further reading yourself (this month’s National Geographic has an excellent article all about Bethlehem).

We would like to make it very clear Santa’s Ghetto is not allied to ANY race, creed, religion, political organization or lobby group. As an organisation the only thing we’ll say on behalf of our artists is that we don’t speak on behalf of our artists. This show simply offers the ink-stained hand of friendship to ordinary people in an extraordinary situation.

Every shekel made in the store will be used on local projects for children and young people. Not one cent will go to any political groups, governmental institutions or, in fact, any grown-ups at all.
Salaam.

Blu

Banksy

This wall marks the spot where over 40 people were killed during the first Intafada (the little holes along the top are from bullets).
While Banksy was painting it a lot of people came over, some to shake his hand and others telling him to go away. Eventually the local MP was called out to diffuse the eighty-strong crowd that had built up (by which time Banksy had left and the piece was completed by the local kids).

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Banksy

Shepard Fairey exhibition Via Wallpaper Mag’s Blog.

Whether you hail him as the originator of the modern urban art scene or a propagandist provocateur, it is undeniable that Shepard Fairey is a staggering success. Since coming to prominence in 1989 with his ‘Obey Giant’ sticker campaign, Fairey has achieved cult status amongst high-end galleries and graffiti artists alike.