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Urban Art: Thomas Eindhoven's new look by Studio Giftig
We are delighted to share a stunning redesign and transformation of the Thomas Eindhoven, a restaurant located in Eindhoven, Netherlands. The crew behind this urban art is the amazing folks from Studio Giftig. They tireless worked at making a massive painting has been applied over the entire room with spray cans. Initially, the monuments committee had their doubts, but after a thorough look at the plans, they gave their approval, especially because the characteristic architecture of the building attracts attention again, because of this modern intervention. What a cool project to share on ABDZ, hope you dig it. The artist duo Studio Giftig, known for their detailed realistic paintings, consisting of Niels van Swaemen (1981, Eindhoven, the Netherlands) and Kaspar van Leek (1983, Philipsburg, St. Maarten) have worked for weeks on a gigantic surrealistic scene of about 600 square meters, which covers all the walls including the ceiling. On Friday 31st August, the completely renovated building Thomas in Eindhoven was opened exuberantly, so that after two months of renovation, the general public could finally see the metamorphosis with their own eyes. More Links Studio Site Instagram Facebook Urban Art & Graffiti View this post on Instagram A SURREAL PERCEPTION - In the coming days we will spam you with some detailed photos of this project. 😉 Hope you like it. - 📸 @heldenvandebuurt 🥂 @thomaseindhoven - - - #urban #urbanart #urbanwalls #wallporn #studiogiftig #art #graffiti #instagraffiti #instagood #artwork #graffitiporn #mural #muralart #photooftheday #instagraff #streetart #instagrafite #painting #montanacans #streetarteverywhere #eindhoven #monumental #thomas A post shared by Studio Giftig (@studiogiftig) on Sep 4, 2018 at 12:08am PDT
Geometrie - Minimal Urban Photography
I love architecture photography and the geometry behind human constructions. Unlike nature, we tend to rely heavily on hard angles and straight lines. The contrast with the environment sometimes is quite aggressive but it does create some beautiful subjects for photography. That's the case of the photos by Paolo Pettigiani in his series titled Geometrie #3. A project about minimal urban photography and its colour palettes. For more information check out https://www.behance.net/PaoloPettigiani
Fascinating City Lights Photography
One of the greatest things you can experience when visiting a different city is to live its night life and to see its lights. The lights are a great part of the soul and life of any city around the world, and it sets the overall mood of that town. Whether it's a modern city, or an older, medieval one, it's just amazing to see the night life happening before our eyes. I've selected some photographs that represent this idea with excellence. These were taken by some super talented photographers.. for more of their work, please visit their portfolios simply by clicking each image! I hope you enjoy this selection as much as I did. Also, if you got your own city lights pictures, share them with us! Cheers. ;) skweeky Craig Jonathen Adkins Alejandro Tuñón Alonso Zsolt Máté Andi Mezger Aleks Ivic Marek Kijevský Nadia + Casey Jay Martinez Mike Rob-Shanghai ninjatako
Urban Forms Photography
I have a deep appreciation for photography and architecture, especially mid-century modern whereby these two areas come together in a unique and beautiful way. It might look a bit stark for some, but the geometric forms and colors create incredible abstract compositions. Sebastian Weiss has done a masterful job in dedicating his career to capturing these moments. Fascinated by architecture, photography and mobile technology, Sebastian Weiss abstracts urban shapes and models a new uniqueness by underlining their clear forms and structures. Breaking the essence of a city down to the substance, he frees buildings from their spatial context and known surroundings. For more information about Sebastian visit http://www.le-blanc.com/ or http://instagram.com/le_blanc
Interview with Alexandre Farto (aka. Vhils)
Today we have the pleasure to show you a fresh interview with one of the big names in the urban art scene of the world, his name's Alexandre Farto aka Vhils. Alexandre is recognized by his "destructive" creations and in this interview he speaks about his background, techniques, style and other interesting subjects, check it out. For more information about Alexandre visit his Website. 1) First of all I would like to thank you for doing this interview, it's an honor for us to present more about you to our readers. I would like to start asking you about when your interest for art, graffiti and urban art began. I believe that my interest about the expressionist world began with everything I saw in the streets of Lisbon, Portugal while I grew up: a contrast among the decay of the political murals painted around the 70's and 80's, after the 1974 Revolution, and the overlap of the capitalist publicity and its colors and shapes, getting around in full speed by the end of the 80's. I started to do some graffiti when I was 10 years old and started to take it more seriously when I was 13. It was the graffiti that got my interest for art and everything surrounding it. It was the graffiti that made me study art in school, and everything I got to know after it in terms of world arts, contemporary or classic, everything began with my interest in graffiti. 2) Which artists do you use for reference? When I started I really admired artists related to Lisbon's hardcore graffiti, some of them became friends, and I also admired artists from around the world that I got to see on magazines, movies, etc. Crews from Lisbon as GVS R1 3D 2S LEG 1003PV were big references, as the EWC from Poland, SDK from France and many others. After a while I discovered the work of Banksy, which inspired me to take a new direction, not in terms of style but in terms of concept and what to explore in urban art. Nowadays I admire the work of many people, including Gordon Matta-Clark, Katherina Grosse, JR, Conor Harrington, Word 2 Mother, NeckFace, Faile, Blu, Gaia, Barry McGee, Os Gêmeos and more. 3) People recognize you for starting a destructive urban art movement, something new and fresh that nobody tried before. How did you develop this style and how would you describe it? The development of this line of work has essentially two bases: one is graffiti in its most destructive side, which I have been connected to for many years; the second is the stencil technique that I discovered while I was looking for new paths that allowed me to express a new way of communication. From the first one I picked up the concept of destruction as creative strength - based on this idea I developed a way of work that uses the removal, decomposition or destruction. The concept is the idea that we are made by a series of influences that shape us throughout historical layers, etc, that come from the environment where we grew up. In a very symbolic way I believe that if we remove some of these layers, showing other ones, we can bring to surface some of the stuff we left behind, forgotten things that are still part of what we are today. Technology is changing things so quickly that we don't have enough time to think about what is changing (new layers), what is affecting us. I try to underline this process in general, my work can be seen as a kind of archeology that tries to understand what is hidden behind things. These ideas found expression when I started to experiment with the stencil technique and understood that I could revert the process to have more impact: instead of creating while adding layers, I explored the idea of creating by removing layers. I experimented with this process using several methods - cutting clusters of posters, corroding silkscreen ink with acid, etc. - and naturally things started to gain a brutal and raw shape. When I passed the idea to walls it was natural to work with this removal concept, this negative field. The process itself can be brutal and violent, but the result in my opinion, is expressive and poetic. The result was visibly interesting and allowed to start to incorporate the wall as one of the physical components to the intervention, unlike what happened to the painting, where the wall was a base. From there, the usage of explosives was another step that evolved after a lot of research and tests. These testing stages are something really nice to do, it's actually a pleasure, and it usually results as a main part of my work. 4) Today there is a big discussion about the legitimacy of urban art and graffiti, what are the limits that an artist must put on his work and what exactly would be the public space. What is your opinion about this issues? As a citizen I understand that this is a complex issue that can't be seen as 'light' or black and white, yes or no - there are a lot of factors involved in this. In a more personal approach, in the other hand, I understand that we shouldn't have limits in art, nor to the space where we apply it. No rules should be applied to art. 5) What do you think about the recent transition of several urban artists into fine arts and galleries? Is urban art still urban art inside a museum? Yes, if the art is honest with its essence and if you take the space "to be what it is" and not be domesticated, which is a natural tendency in closed spaces because art in closed spaces is, essentially, marketable art. The museums may be exceptions to this because they disclose art, but not galleries, which usually are interested in selling art. There is naturally a big difference between things produced freely on the streets and things produced to be showcased in a closed space, but I believe they are not opposites or exclude one another. For those interested in expressing their work both spaces are interesting, we just need to look at the productions inside their context. Street art is in a public space - what is produced for a gallery or museum is essentially a new version of a work, in a new context. What each artist makes with his work is something very particular. 6) How do you describe your daily routine? Actually it's a bit complicated because I never know what will happen... It depends on where I am, and lately I'm always doing something in different places, so things vary a lot. In general I work everyday, in my house, studio or even at the airport - when I'm traveling. I don't have a pre-defined space for work and pleasure, everything happens naturally. My life involves a lot of production, research and a lot of work, which I really like, so I don't separate that. It's pretty normal for me to be involved in several projects at the same time, and it's usually in different countries. I have a base in Lisbon and another in London, it's interesting to always be on the move but sometimes it's hard to manage everything - sometimes I really need to stop everything and take some days off. 7) Which is your favorite piece so far? I'm not sure, I usually like my latest work the most. 8) Tell us five lessons you believe are really important 1- There are no rules 2- There are no small materials 3- Persistence is key 4- In error we find creation 5-Go with the flow 9) Tell us sites that you like to visit woostercollective.com unurth.com notcot.com 10) We would like to thank you again for your time and kindness, have a nice day Alexandre.
Eerie Urban Misty Night Photography
Misty nights in the city have that eerie, peaceful feel to it, but at the same time it's so fragile, as if it was just waiting for something to break the silence... ... like a monster, right at your face. Ok, just kidding... maybe I'm referring Stephen King too much, but these do remind me of The Mist, for obvious reasons. But these are indeed some amazing photographs taken by some very talented people who took their time to picture the night fog, which is pretty cool. You should really pay them a visit, 'cause I know it will be worth the visit. I hope you enjoy these. Cheers! ;) P.S.: If you got your own urban misty night pictures, share it with us by dropping a comment with it attached. ;) Mary Hilldore Alex Brown Matt Pringle Pooyan Tabatabaei Mark Tisdale marcus claesson marcus claesson marcus claesson Mikael Ulv Michael Spiller Mary Hilldore Fred Ben Morson Tarmo Toni_V Kaspar Bossers Kaspar Bossers
Urban Interventions by Specter
Art should be created only for stetic purposes or it should have a deeper meaning? This is a question that will probably never be answered, but in my opinion I think art should be always a way to express our feelings and ideas. Lately, many art critics have questioned if some urban interventions like Banksy, Specter, and other street artists have done and do are art or not. Most of their artworks have a message about politics, government, security, AIDS, poverty and other important issues nowadays. I found the work o Specter while looking thru graffiti blogs, what impress me is that he really knows how to shock with his art, not satisfied with doing only wheatpastes, he also create pieces with cardboards, wood and other medias. If you got interested on his work, check more pieces on his website. Bridge "Works created to occupy specific spaces which would otherwise not be used for art or other purposes" (Specter's website). Ad Project "Advertisments and logos altered to change there message and connotations." (Specter's website). ' Cardboard Project "Gates crafted with cardbord boxes then installed in specific alley ways." (Specter's website). Gentrification Billboards "Gentrification Billboards for MoCADA's exhibition The Gentrification of Brooklyn: The Pink Elephant Speaks." (Specter's website). From Russia with Love If I Saw You in Heaven " Portraits of homeless citizens" (Specter's website).
The New Domino, The New Brooklyn
This is what I call an amazing urban revitalization! The way people interact with the space and how this space is designed to bring new emotions to them is a challenge on urbanism, and this particular project is a great example. The New Domino is an imaginative redevelopment planned for the former Domino Sugar site along the Williamsburg waterfront in Brooklyn. Rafael Vinoly Architects were commissioned to design a 2.8 million square foot residential complex on the site of the former domino sugar refinery and processing facilities, just north of the Williamsburg Bridge that separated Brooklyn's Williamsburg neighboorhood from the east river. The New Domino will create hundreds of high-quality affordable apartments; transform a vacant industrial site into an economically integrated mix of apartments, new shops and businesses, and community facilities; and provide physical and visual access to the dazzling Brooklyn waterfront. A nearly one acre open lawn, sited between the refinery and the river, anchors a new public waterfront esplanade, connected at its north end to grand ferry park and linking the development with the preexisting publics spaces in the community. For the first time in over 150 years, the site will provide Williamsburg residents with access to open riverfront space and wide views of Manhattan, the WilliamsburgBbridge and beyond the New York harbor. More about the New Domino visit thenewdomino.com. Photos via rvapc.com.
Video Inspiration: "Urban Bubbles" TV-Spot & Making Of
This is a very nice theme spot for Mnet. It is a composition of hd shots of movie stars and frameworks created and animated in Cinema 4D. It was created by Orijin, a design group from South Africa. Get more details and motion graphics on Orijin.co.za Mnet "Urban Bubbles" from panic embryo on Vimeo. Mnet "Urban Bubbles" VFX Breakdowns from panic embryo on Vimeo.