When I was in the National Museum Poznan I saw a poster by Takenobu Igarashi, it's obvious how strong his typographic experiments are, and also how contemporary they look. It's from the late 80's though...it almost looks like a graffiti writer gone wild with Adobe Illustrator. Almost.
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nice RA podcast with a pretty personal Adam X interview on 80's NYC subway graffiti, without too much Hip Hop-back-in-the-days-talk, doing pieces with Joey Beltram and Frankie Bones, illegal NY raves and early techno...HERE
with Ann Messner, Karl Philips, Anna Witt, Albert Heta, Pilvi Takala, Jan Rothuizen, Filippo Minelli, Ahmet Ogut, Jeroen Erosie and Sebastian Stumpf.
Using a cultural vanguard to carry a streetwise cultural emancipation. Act / OUT brings together artistic interventions in public space which position the creative deed in the middle of society. Triggered by an intrinsic urge, the individually executed act looks very much like a gesture that evokes persistently a belief to place the 'small story' in wider realms. By addressing relationships between people, patterns and modes of organization, Act / OUT displays artistic performances that readjust our collective environment. This sphere of intervention releases mindsets that enable you and me to relate with public sphere otherwise.
Side/ACT: Raimon Sibilio, Rafaela Neff & Vera van der Velden, Yvo van der Vat and Ralph Roelse
Curator/Editor: Lene ter Haar Exhibition design: Maartje Dros Graphic design: Eric de Haas
A new project by Adam Curtis,the maker of "The Trap" and other mindblowing documentaries. I didn't see this yet, it's on BBC as we speak, but here's the link to his website for much more...sounds really promising.
Good to see this man's work, to me it's a very recognisable, interesting mix of influences, a healthy distance in the cold east gives a clear view on contemporary visual culture perhaps? Check it out.