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Harlem rapper ASAP Rocky released one of the best hiphop mixtapes of the year a few weeks ago, which is available for free download over here. Producer of the moment Clams Casino's contributions are pretty epic sounding, including opening track "Palace", below.
Mark Boellaard is a collage artist based in Amsterdam, originally from Mexico City. He incorporates aspects of culture, religion, myth, and combines them with images from vintage travel books, encyclopedias, and comics to create his humorous unending adventures.
Via Empty Kingdom
As someone who loves beautifully shot film and also as someone who may have a very sliiiight fear of heights, this trailer literally took my breath away. Combining skylining and base jumping, I Believe I Can Fly is a 40 minute doco that can be viewed for free on sebmontaz.com, tomorrow (11.11.11). Jump on it.
"The Game of Things" is a beautifully surreal short film by Cristian Straub for German fashion label Ethel Vaughn, a label I came across recently because of its excellent art direction.
"Heavily inspired by the cinema of the late 60s & early 70s (like Nicolas Roeg’s “Don’t look back” or Polanski’s “The Tenant”), they crafted a film that emanates not only the aesthetic feel, but also embraces the courageous spirit and the cinematic curiosity of that particular era in film history."
I strangely enjoyed this quirky little documentary short on jeweler, artist, and metalsmith Gary Schott.
Schott creates these "small kinetic sculptures that produce tiny, intimate gestures. The attention to detail in each piece is astounding, from the early detailed sketches and balsa wood models, to the selection of materials, and even the color of fabric—all to create a tiny device, the sole purpose of which is to gently evoke a smile, to express, in the words of the artist, an action of love."
Via Colossal
Oh man we are so excited about the Outpost street art exibition on Cockatoo Island! We've had a sneak peek and it looks absolutely amazing. Sydneysiders, be sure to come check it out over the next five weeks... we'll be there every weekend selling some tees so be sure to drop by and say hi. Our friends over at Concrete Playground gave it a nice little write up if you want to know what it's all about...
"Whims can get a wee bit specific. Want a big street art show? Free? On an Island? Done. Big, free and on Cockatoo Island, the five week Outpost festival offers a changing roster of street art, artists and entertainment to keep you ferrying out for a fresh look. Though some arms of government use graffiti sites to arm their arrest warrants, this one using its internet savy to fill the island with a flow of interstate and overseas talent.
The lineup would be dominated by Aussie luminaries like Meggs, May's Lane and Reka, if it wasn't already overshadowed by work from international stencil superstar Banksy. The Banksy stuff is mainly from a private collection, but the equally big Belgian muralist Roa will show up in person to paint a gargantuan animal over an island wall the weekend of November 4-5. Will Coles' work will be on show, his concrete graffiti a staple of Newtown streets, as well as fellow Newtown star Mox, the Kirbyesque Zap and Melbournian maestras Vextra and Deb.
Saturdays during the festival, Secret Wars will host art battles, while Shadow Wars hosts a one off battle of dance and Skateboard Australia presents a grand final. You can also check out Brazilian import Ethos blowing up his sketches up from the tiny to the huge, after Buff Diss taking his turn to spend a week to do interesting things with masking tape."
"DL Skateboards are handmade by Derek & Lauren in their living room. Their style is inspired by cruising barefoot, hurricane season, flat spells and cramps... DL's are functional as a conversation piece but truly ideal for shredding. No two DL's are the same."
What a beautiful video... and great product too. Somebody buy me one for Christmas please.
I'm really enjoying the breezy surf vibe of "Twin Rays" by Brisbane band Gung Ho. If you're into other tropical-pop Aussie bands such as Das Monk favourites The Holidays, then you should definitely check these guys out.
"New York City fashion photographer Torkil Gudnason was inspired to create this series of pampered dogs when he stumbled into a dog show and was struck by similarities between the coiffed pups and their owners. “Our dogs really are reflections of us,” he says."
Via Featureshoot
God damn is there anything by this guy that isn't really really (really) good? This is from his latest EP, So Outta Reach. Can't wait to see him soon at the Oxford Art Factory.