Chor Boogie in Brazil

Chor Boogie recently went to brazil painting some commissions as well as collaborate with photographer Jihan Abdalla on her documentation of prostitutes in Brazil …

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Chor boogies involvement was to scout out the right prostitutes for a series he is painting that will be featured in the book as well…along with meeting new artists…. He also collaborated with the Fleshbeck crew painting walls in the dangerous favellas of Rio di Janero . In this case was wild… Simply because they are owned and operated by the drug zars and when we approach the walls we painted we get greeted by a 15 year old with 29 millimeters in his waist saying everything is cool. Hows that to make you feel safe…the people may not have much money  but they have the best view of the city… Also as well .. Painting walls in villa  Mimosa  a red light district of Rio,collaborating with an artist named Bragga and Vagner.. Who where pretty fresh hosts by the way..

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Then comes Sao Paulo connecting with Os Gemeos and Nunca to paint but unfortunately timing was off and people where busy but where pretty fresh guys over the phone  and plan to hook up with them next time….being put up in ritzy hotel in Sao Paulo paid for by Leo Burnett agency one of the top 5 ad agencies in the world ..simply gave a lecture and painted live…collaborating with  Gaz urban art and artists such as Cena7, Emol,and Obranco…then this leaves us to the last part of the trip painting in the 2nd largest prostitute district in the world in campinas …imagine  thousands of prostitutes organized in a 10 mile radius supporting a city of refuge and i mean putting clothes on each others back making sure children get education running water the works … No matter what its still third world and its no joke as i was leaving a transvestite was found bent over naked with there clothes next to him murdered as people from the area scamper to go take a peek, along with a wild police chase because somebody thought it was that time to rob a store…good times …. Could happen any where ..but over all it was an amazing learning trip of my life…


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Their favorite pictures of 2008

I simply asked 5 talented photographers to select 3 of their 2008 photos.
Please check this pages to see more jewels.

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Lichtfaktor crew

http://www.lichtfaktor.euhttp://www.behance.net/lichtfator
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lichtfaktorhttp://www.dailymotion.com/lichtfaktor

Lichtfaktor“Paddington” was done in London for Land Security.

lichtfaktor

“Traffic” was done in Germany for M-Real

lichfaktor - beko

the “Beko All Star” picture was done for a TV commercial in Istanbul check this link to see the video.

For us it was our most successful year in our liefs so far!
We had the opportunity to work in New York, Paris, London, Istanbul, Bolzano, Vienna, Brussels…
We have been invited to big Festivals like the Ars Electronica, found a Gallery, did some nice expositions and meet a lot of nice people.
For us there is nothing to add, except to say THANK YOU.

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di de

http://www.flickr.com/photos/di-de/

pom_ge_joos dide

Une photo d’action de POM, Gé et Joos parce que ce qu’ils font est toujours incroyable autant dans le format, que dans le placement et que dans la bonne humeur que ça apporte à tous sans avoir à se creuser la tête. On regarde, on sourit, j’adore ça. Et puis aussi parce qu’ils sont adorables et que j’ai la chance de pouvoir les suivre de temps en temps dans leurs sorties. Dernièrement, la 3e édition du festival One short One movie s’est appuyé sur leurs collages à l’UGC Capitole pour les thèmes des courts métrages. A (re)voir par ici.

Action photo from Pom, Gé & Joos. What they do is always amazing because of the size, of the place and for the smiles they bring to everyone.

lois di de2008 aura été pour moi l’année du retour à l’argentique et surtout la découverte du moyen format qui a changé ma vie de photographe amateur…
J’apprécie particulièrement l’exercice du portrait avec ce nouvel outil pour moi. Voilà donc un portrait de Julien Loïs, ami coloriste et illustrateur qui vous laisse sur le cul en trois coups de crayon. Ici devant un détail d’une de ses dernières réalisations murales pour une librairie de BD.

In 2008 I came back to analog photography and I discovered Medium format film. It really changed my life of amateur photographer.
I particularly enjoy shooting portrait with this “new” tool. Here is Julien Loïs a friend of mine who is an incredibly talented illustrator. On the photo he was working on the wall of a comic shop.

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Et enfin, Ricardo, le factotum de l’association Nicole Crême, sérigraphe fou et talentueux avec qui Loïs et moi avons démarré une petite production d’affiches sérigraphiées de qualité.
Peut-être plus d’infos bientôt sur ekosystem…  ;o)

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vitostreet

http://www.flickr.com/photos/vitostreet/http://vitostreet.ekosystem.org/

parapluie vitostreetUne photo que j’apprécie particulièrement  (1 heure d’attente pour avoir cette photo)

I waited one hour to capture this one.

TitiTiti from Paris. L’une des plus belles œuvres à mes yeux d’art urbain sur Paris cette année.
One of the most beautiful urban art piece in Paris 2008 to me.

Sweet toof VitostreetCouverture du livre Paris Street Art 2008 aux Editions Prestel dont je suis co-auteur.
I used this one to illustrate the cover of  Paris Street Art 2008 book.

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Mister T.

http://www.fotolog.com/mister_t/

oeno mister tGhost subway station in Paris. I love this place because we can find some very old school pieces. (Oeno on this one !)

theworld2final2 mister tPerfect place (Quay d’Orsay), it reminds me some great moments. and the barges bring great light.

zecra mister tThis factory is certainly one of the last one that is not fully covered by graffiti around Paris.

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Just

http://just.ekosystem.org/http://just.blogsport.de/http://flickr.com/photos/justusjonas/

jsutMidnight marauders in Berlin

JustBerlin is broke and besides having no money for the anti-graffiti-fight
they too have no money for infrastructure / building costs etc. There
are so much abandoned places like this old & unfinished Parking-Garage.
Finding a chilled spot for doing some graff in the daytime and in the
middle of the city is no problem at all. (Hey Chris).

elephant

“He´s begging you to feed him – we´re begging you not to”
Meeting YOK in Bangkok who was painting this Mural for a Project trying
to get awarness for the bad conditions of Street-Elephants

45 record covers (part II)

Another selection of record covers designed by active & retired graffiti artists.

AKROEhttp://www.akroe.net/

Akroe - Cuizinier
Akroe – Cuizinier
Akroe - Cuizinier
Akroe – Cuizinier
Akroe - Cuizinier
Akroe – Cuizinier

C100http://www.c100studio.com/

C100 - Marsmobil
C100 – Marsmobil
C100 - Main concept
C100 – Main concept
C100
C100- Apoptygma Berzerk
C100 - Glam
C100 – Glam

CALMA (Stephan Doitschinoff) – http://www.stephandoit.com.br/

Calma - Sepultura record cover
Calma – Sepultura record cover

DELTAhttp://www.deltainc.nl/

Delta -Rima
Delta -Rima
Delta -Rima
Delta -Rima
Delta -Rima
Delta -Rima
Delta - Delta funktionen
Delta – Delta funktionen

Eko/TCF – EH?/Bristol – http://www.myspace.com/rev_urine

eko - lex records
eko – lex records
eko - lex records
eko – lex records
eko - lex records
eko – lex records
eko - lex records
eko – lex records
eko - lex records
eko – lex records
eko - lex records
eko – lex records
eko - lex records
eko – lex records
eko - lex records
eko – lex records

eko - lex records

eko – lex records
eko - lex records
eko – lex records

eko - lex records

eko – lex records

ESPOhttp://www.firstandfifteenth.net/

ESPO - Tommy Guerrero
ESPO – Tommy Guerrero

FUTURA 2000http://www.futura2000.com/

Futura 2000 - Unkle
Futura 2000 – Unkle
Futura 2000 - Unkle
Futura 2000 – Unkle
Futura 2000 - Unkle
Futura 2000 – Unkle
Futura 2000 - Unkle
Futura 2000 – Unkle
Futura 2000 - Unkle
Futura 2000 – Unkle
Futura 2000 - Unkle
Futura 2000 – Unkle
Futura 2000 - Unkle
Futura 2000 – Unkle
Futura 2000 - Unkle
Futura 2000 – Unkle

HoNeThttp://www.aventuresextraordinaires.fr/

HONET - YXXY
HONET – YXXY

INKUNSTRUCTION – http://www.inkunstruction.com/

Funkstorung - Disconnected
Funkstorung – Disconnected


HAZE
http://www.interhaze.com/

Haze - Tone Loc
Haze – Tone Loc
Haze - Dj Premier
Haze – Dj Premier

JIWEE/SDK – http://www.jiwee.fr

Jiwee - Dj Vas - 1998
Jiwee – Dj Vas – 1998


Kid Acne
http://www.kidacne.com/

Kid Acne - TTC
Kid Acne – TTC
Kid Acne - TTC
Kid Acne – TTC
Kid Acne - TTC
Kid Acne – TTC
Kid Acne - TTC
Kid Acne – TTC

Kid Acne
Kid Acne
Kid Acne
Kid Acne
Kid Acne - TTC
Kid Acne – TTC

LKSIRhttp://www.lksir.canalblog.com/

Lksir - Badjoke
Lksir – Badjoke

TWIST (Barry Mcgee) – on Wikipedia

TWIST - Tommy Guerrero
TWIST – Tommy Guerrero

Have your checked the 1st part of this selection of record covers.

25 record covers

AKROEhttp://www.akroe.net/

BANKSYhttp://www.banksy.co.uk/

DELTA – http://www.deltainc.nl/

FLYING FORTRESS – http://www.flying-fortress.de/

GOMES – http://www.weareshit.com/

GREMS – http://www.grems.eu/

Sheppard FAIREY – http://obeygiant.com/

POPAY – http://popay.free.fr/

SUPAKITCH – http://www.myspace.com/supakitch

UPWEHR – http://upwehr.net/

Any suggestion of other albums designed by street & graffiti artists for a second selection ?

edit: January the 3rd : 45 more record covers

Part of the Rebellion #1 – Flying Förtress by C100

C100 published 5 years ago; “The art of Rebellion“,
the 1st book about the so-called “street-art scene” of the early 00’s.
He’s back with a new book collection…

“Part Of The Rebellion: Flying Fortress” seems to be the 1st book of a new collection.
Why have you choosen Flying Fortress for this 1st book ?

First, he is a good friend of mine – we know each other since we started with traditional graffiti in ’89 or so.
We both got into street art again in 2000 after a few less active graffiti years and did some stuff together.
And: his art is perfect to introduce the concept of the book to the audience as he both still works on the streets, exhibits in galleries  and also does commercial work.
Also, he is well known worldwide and stands for good quality so there is a chance people probably buy the book :-)
Do you already have selected the next artists for the future books ?
Yes we have, but some aren’t 100% confirmed so I can’t tell you more at the moment. Currently I’m working on #2 with Dave the Chimp – it’s a honor for me as I really love his work.
I can guarantee that people will be stoked about his new works! It’s coming out in Spring 09 and after that #3 will be out in Summer 09…
We planned to bring out 3 books per year.
Does the book company wait to see if FF book is a best-seller before
launching a 2nd book ?

No we immediately started working on #2. The book company are personal friends of mine, we know each other from the graffiti days in the early 90s.
They are totally into it – they don’t do it only for the money, so do I. We just think this is the perfect strike against all those cheap but low quality books that are thrown on the market where one guy just walks through i.e. Berlin or London – takes a few photos and doesn’t even care about any artist credits or what he is photographing…

We want to do proper art books to show that this is a true art form.

Art of Rebellion was released about 5 years ago now. Do the street-art
scene has changed a lot according to you ? Is it better now than it used
to be ?
Hmm. that’s a difficult question – it definitely has changed both in a good and bad way.
There are artists who now can make a living out of their art, which I think is a great thing.
The are great exhibitions, etc.
I think the quality level  is still good & even progressing! Sometimes there are still works/ideas/concepts that totally suprise me – that’s when I think: Damn I wish I had had the idea ;-).
In the end I’m glad that the expected trend of street art wasn’t that big. There was a time when everyone was doing stickers and called himself an artist which was pretty lame –
luckily this calmed down. Nowadays, there is less street art to be found in the cities compared to 5 years ago, which is also due to new laws and cleaning programs (R.I.P Barcelona) but still you see good stuff every now and then. It’s all good!

http://www.flying-fortress.de/
http://www.publikat.de/
http://www.c100studio.com/

Size : 15×18.8cm – Pages 128 – 14.90€ – Isbn: 978-3-939566-16-8 – English – Softcover