Art May 7th 2012 Banksy is beyond well-known, even outside street art circles – and has been so for ages now. In other words: a post on the urban crusader is long overdue. Here’s a little somethin’ on the elusive and hooded street artist from Bristol, whose voice we only hear morphed, starting with a pretty recent tribute collage from 2011… Continue

Art Mar 29th 2012   These nine and some minutes are not about the production, that is the way this short film was shot or which tunes were laid over it – no, it’s about the ten Zimbabwean protagonists Prince Mutsiwa, the brothers Lawson and Lennon Matthew, Yamikami Chiodzera, Denford Kondiwani, David Banda, Twanda Lungu, Farai Kanyemba, Peter Mutsiwa and Lloyd… Continue

Docs Feb 6th 2012 Authentic uncut raw footage – Dig deep into the unseen scene – or “unscene” as film-maker, painter, writer Pierre Bennu so drolly juxtaposes it – from the 90’s showcasing what went down in the NY underground as the decade tried to find its wide range of identities. Not only nostalgic for those who can say “I was… Continue

Art Jan 18th 2012     Stocktown is all about harnessing the tremendous positive urban vibe out there, and those familiar with TED: Ideas worth spreading know that those folks too have an eye for spotting social entrepreneurship. Globetrotter par excellence and street artist JR, anonymous yet with a French-connection, was awarded the TED Prize 2011, chiefly for his immensely well-received… Continue

Art Dec 23rd 2011 First and foremost aesthetically pleasing, followed by furiously fast, this video-creation will not let you take a hiatus for one second, and why should it? No fuzz about the title either: Head On, by up and coming animator Lior Ben Horin, is a train-wreck in the best sense of the word just waiting to happen. A sharp… Continue