OakOak – 11 things about 2011


La professionnalisation d’un grand nombre d’artistes qui sont sensés intervenir dans la rue a de multiples conséquences. L’an dernier la tendance pénible de la scène street-art etait les ventes aux enchères. Le plus insupportable étant pour moi certains blogueurs fraichement spécialisés qui relayaient ces enchères en direct sur leur twitter. Cette année une des grosses tendances a été la réalisation d’énormes fresques dans le cadre de festivals. Si dans un premier temps on a tous été impressionné par ces grandes peintures, on a un peu l’impression d’assister désormais à la mise en place d’un street-art officiel dénué de violence, de spontanéité ou d’humour.
Du coup la découverte cette année de OakOak a été un vrai bol de fraicheur. Quelqu’un qui ne semble pas avoir fait une école de commerce ou de Community Manager pour gérer son image, qui ne fait pas parti d’un réseau. Mais surtout quelqu’un qui intervient dans la rue en utilisant réellement celle ci, son mobilier, les imperfections des murs, avec un résultat qui amuse et étonne. La réalisation peut sembler parfois un peu bancale ou naïve mais par rapport aux productions trop maitrisées des désormais stars des grands festivals, la fragilité des interventions de OakOak leur confère encore plus d’éclat.

OakOak: ” J’ai commencé a faire des interventions en 2006 d’abord par des pochoirs de portraits  puis de plus en plus j’ai commencé a essayer d’utiliser vraiment l’espace qui m’entourait, et utiliser le mobilier urbain.
Je n’ai jamais fait de graffiti avant. Il y en a tellement de trés bons dans ce domaine que je leur laisse justement :)
 Les modèles sont des artistes comme SPY, Varini, Slinkachu, 6emia, j’aime ce principe d’intervenir le moins possible et de changer totalement le sens d’un détail, d’une faille dans un mur.
Je marche beaucoup dans la rue, et c’est en trouvant un endroit particulier, un détail, que généralement l’idée vient… apres il suffit de trouver la meilleurs façon de la mettre en place.”

11 choses sur 2011 par Oak Oak

1- Une photo d’une de tes interventions dans la rue.
1- A photo of one of your artwork from 2011
La caravane passe

2- Quelque chose que tu as fait en 2011 dont tu es particulièrement fier.
2- One thing you did in 2011 that you are particularly proud.

The urban scream / le cri urbain de MUNCH
The urban scream / le cri urbain de MUNCH

Ma photo préférée de 2011, définitivement, car grand fan de Munch
My favorite photo in 2011, because I’m a big Munch fan.

3- Quelque chose ou quelqu’un que tu as aimé en 2011.
3- Something you loved in 2011

Bah çà va paraitre un peu con mais mon premier livre, la création et tout ce processus…
It may sound a bit dumb, but I really enjoyed working on the making of my first book.

4- Quelque chose ou quelqu’un que tu n’as pas supporté en 2011.
4- Something you hated in 2011
La crise de l’euro, il me semble que je n’ai entendu QUE ça à la radio, télé, journaux…
Euro Crisis, I have the feeling it was the only topic on the radio, Tv, Newspaper.

5- Une photo du travail de quelqu’un d’autre.
5- A photo of someone else artwork.
j’ai adoré cette installation.
I loved this one.

Mehmet Ali Uysal
Mehmet Ali Uysal

6- Un morceau de musique – One track

assez fan de born free de M.I.A – pretty fan of M.I.A.

7- Une vidéo trouvée sur le web – a web video

8- Un site internet – A website.
Grand fan de bd, je suis régulièrement le site de boulet, j’adore son humour
http://www.bouletcorp.com/

9- Un film – A movie
En 2011 Drive était top! ouais je sais ce n’est pas très original pour 2011….
Drive was on top ! I know i’m not really original.

10- Une BD – A comic book
Calvin et Hobbes pour la bd, 2011 ou pas.
Calbin & Hobbes. No matter the year.

11- Un dernier mot – A last word
amusons nous!!! / Have fun !!!

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Moneyless – 11 things about 2011

Here is the 2nd short interview about 2011. This time with Moneyless from Italy. His work evolved last months from painting on walls to crazy 3D installations with ropes.

1- A photo of one of your artwork from 2011.
new world ordertitle : New World Order
Graphite, acrilic and ink on wood 60 cm x 35cm  

2- One thing you did in 2011 that you are particularly proud.
the diamonds aren't forever
title : the diamonds aren’t forever
Berlin 2011  wool and nylon in the air  3mt x 2mt x 2mt

3- Something or Someone you loved in 2011
Moneyless: I definitely found love, and therefore everything I’ve done is affected by this.

4- Someone you hated in 2011.
Moneyless: All suckers, copiers, and plagiarists Around The World

5- One city, One festival, or One place.
Moneyless: Grottaglie , Fame Festival and his  final party !

6- A photo of someone else artwork you enjoyed a lot the work.

Moneyless: 108 no doubt.

 

7- One book
Moneyless: 100 artistes du street art – Edition de la Martiniere

8- One song

Promises Promises- Viceroys (1969)

9- One website
Moneyless:  http://cargocollective.com/martinamerlini

10- One movie or a tv show
Moneyless: NO MOVIE NO TV !

11- One last word
Moneyless: I want to say Bless and  much Love  to all my brothers and sisters around the world, and remember that they are my biggest inspiration ever !

Moneyless.it
Moneyless on flickr

Moneyless on ekosystem.

 

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ZOSEN – 11 things about 2011

To conclude that year, I will ask a few artists that we enjoyed at ekosystem, 11 little things about 2011.
I’m really happy to start with Zosen from Barcelona. When I think about Barcelona graffiti, my mind is full of shiny colors from Zosen & Sixe (but also from Kenor, La Mano or Pez). They really represent Barcelona style to me. So it’s a wonderful surprise to discover that fresh collaboration between Zosen & Sixe.

Zosen recently released the magazine Carcelona “20 anys a la millor botiga del mon”.
It gathers plenty of interviews with artists, activists, musicians and people of different generations who live or lived in Barcelona and have met Zosen between 1990 and 2010.

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1- A photo of one of your artwork from 2011
Zosen Infast festivalZosen: “Vagabond Love” is a mural from Infart Festival,Italy ’11

2- One thing you did in 2011 that you are particularly proud.
Zosen + Sixe in BarcelonaZosen: A mural in collaboration with Sixe after years and years of no painting together.

3- Someone you loved in 2011
Zosen: El Topo from Caracas but living in Gent.

4- Something or Someone you hated in 2011
Zosen: The toys from London,Barcelona and everywhere copying styles!

5- One city or One festival.
Zosen: Lisboa and Sziget festival (Budapest)

6- A photo of someone else artwork.
Camille LavaudZosen: My friend Camille Lavaud

7- One book, or one fanzine
Zosen: Que pagui Pujol is a book about the punk and d.i.y. scene in Barcelona during the 80’s.

8- One web video

Spoek Mathambo – Control

9- One website
Zosen: monicacanilao.com

10 – One place to eat in Barcelona
Zosen: A chinese restaurant for chinese people in Ali Bei street close to Estació del Nord. (Good for vegetarians!)

11- One last word
Zosen: LOVE AND RESISTANCE!

 

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Suso33 video for Nach/Akhenaton/Talib Kweli

SUSO33 done the art direction and realization of the video “Los Elegidos“, taken from the last album “Mejor que el Silencio” by Nach.

Suso33: “They offered me the possibility to produce a simple video for Nach´s latest record, a band I admire and who makes my emotions arise. The song was “Los Elegidos” (The Chosen ones) featuring Talib Kweli and Akhenaton. When offering total freedom of creation I assumed it as an entirely personal project to get totally involved in and I started working on it, experimenting and researching, not to solve issues but to suggest different possibilities.

Instead of one hand I used both of them, and instead of drawing I did… I don´t know, I can´t tell you as it still is a “painting in progress” and when you rub it off, you are creating part of the next painting, so you can´t not tell by just the drawings as it is a piece of art created to be seen entirely, only in movement and this is what provides its own identity.

In this audiovisual creation the hands are a plastic element that appears in a choreographic manner, as if they were a dance or paint themselves in that sort of sequence shot that does not leave space for regrets. It had to be done basically in just one shot, therefore it increased the difficulty of creation, however the edition ended up more developed. Finally we included sound effects to create a dialogue between the image and the sound towards the image, in a way that it wasn´t just the image illustrating the sound, that is, it was the creation of a piece and not simply a musical video clip.

In general, in my work, process and actions are much more important than the resulting object; it is something that I have been developing for a long time, as in the “PinturaEscénicaenAcción” (ScenicfPaintinginAction) or the different videos that I have produced in the past years. Therefore I have felt very comfortable carrying out this work with the possibilities offered by this type of equipment; also I have been lucky to work and create things with SaotST and Nach, to whom I thank for the trust they put in me regarding this risky proposition.”

http://www.suso33.com/

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Siddharthas. Dhear, Part1.

A couple of moths ago, Dhear, a young artist from Mexico City started a project named Siddharthas with the support of Border, Adidas, and MTN. Siddharthas is the perspective of Dhear about the book Siddhartha, a novel by Hermann Hesse that deals with the spiritual journey of an Indian man named Siddhartha. Dhear is painting his perspective about this book over the walls, inside and outside of Mexico City. this is just the beginning of an amazing project.

El proyecto consiste en hacer un viaje iniciatico ilustrando la historia de siddhartha de Herman Hesse a partir de mi universo de personajes fantasticos y alienigenas, por medio de murales en diferentes lugares, al unirse todas las fotos la historia tendra un sentido y una busqueda espiritual personal.

-Dhear

Dhear

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Sandwriting

It is probably the biggest tag in the world. And it’s -surprisingly- made by a wealthy sheikh. He has written his name on the surface of his own private island (United Arab Emirates ) so big it can be seen from Google map. The letters seem to be a full kilometer tall in some places.


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Jim Denevan  is an American artist who creates temporary land art. He makes drawings on sand, earth and ice that are eventually erased by waves and weather.

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