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Late 70′s Street Bombing
Monday, June 28th, 2010Rhymefest | “T.M.S.” Music Video | Directed by Konee Rok
Thursday, June 10th, 2010Yeah!… there’s Chicago clean train bombing featured in this music video!
Bansky: Face to Face
Wednesday, March 17th, 2010Utah is out of jail!
Wednesday, February 10th, 2010
It’s official: Danielle Bremner aka Utah, is finally a free woman, after sitting down for a 6 month bid on Rikers followed by an additional sixer in Boston. Debt to society now served and free to admit that she is indeed the infamous daredevil that has adorned the world’s trains and walls over the last 10 years, the 27 year old student and artist is ready to take on the internetz with her new blog.
Just so you know, I am lucky enough to call her a friend and got to catch up with the very pretty, petite, and unusually chipper young lass, who was kind enough to grant an interview. That and more after the jump…
If you’ve never heard of Utah, either you know nothing about graffiti, don’t read the paper, or live in a cave in Williamsburg. Her arrests and subsequent court appearances produced numerous write-ups in the media in the last couple years – the vast majority of which have painted her and partner/boyfriend Ether as a modern day Bonnie and Clyde. But there’s more than that – Bonnie and Clyde robbed banks for riches, Utah and Ether painted cities all over the world for nothing more than the satisfaction of getting over and leaving with a nice photo of their work. Being that nowadays risk for anything but monetary reward is pretty unheard of, Utah stands to remind us that self-satifaction can still be found elsewhere, and that somethings are worth doing just to do them…(Read More)
Via: blogue.us
Utah Blog: utahoner.com
Min RTW
Friday, January 29th, 2010From the up coming Henry Chalfant Dvd Archive project.
Min Rtw – From the up coming Henry Chalfant Archive Dvd project from Carl Weston on Vimeo.
Police raid story.
Making a Name for Himself, With Just 3 Letters
Thursday, December 10th, 2009
The man in the hooded sweatshirt and cargo pants was not recognizable, but the three letters he was rendering as a 15-foot mural on the wall of a Hell’s Kitchen building certainly were: B.N.E. This mischievous monogram, posted by marker, spray can, roller and especially stickers, has become part of the landscape of New York and cities worldwide, thrilling graffiti admirers and roiling public officials. Its saturation has provoked one of the more enduring Internet mysteries: What and who is B.N.E.?
After a thorough interrogation of the suspect over the weekend … well, he would not really say. In what he said was his first interview with a journalist, the man in the hooded sweatshirt said he was responsible for this viral dissemination of the three-lettered puzzle, but refused to divulge his name, age or many details about his background and method, for fear of arrest. He also refused to have his face photographed or to say what B.N.E. stands for. His initials, perhaps?…[Read More]
Banksy fans move an entire wall – to save his work from, er, graffiti artists…
Saturday, November 28th, 2009
He made his name through graffiti artwork, but now one of Banksy’s murals has had to be rescued – from graffiti.
Two fans of the secretive guerrilla artist are spending thousands of pounds to restore a giant artwork called Large Graffiti Slogan, after vandals ‘defaced’ it with spray paint.
A team of builders cut out the three-ton section of reinforced concrete wall carrying the street art, lifted it by crane on to a lorry and took it to a secret location where it will be cleaned up.
Utah:Graffiti on highway signs costing UDOT big money
Thursday, November 26th, 2009
SALT LAKE CITY — Some lanes on I-15 in Salt Lake will have to be shut down next week because interstate signs that have been tagged with graffiti need to be replaced.
About two weeks ago, someone hit the southbound exit 304 sign with orange paint. The paint doesn’t really cover anything, but Utah Department of Transportation spokesman Nile Easton says the signs will have to be cleaned or replaced.
“We’ll have to go in with a crane lift and a boom lift and clean off that sign,” says Easton. “It’s not safe for our crews, and it’s not safe for our motorists.”
Replacing signs isn’t cheap. He says, “The big signs can cost upwards of $10,000.”
Utah Highway Patrol Sgt. Gary Caldwell says it’s dangerous any time you have to shut down interstate lanes. On Oct. 25, a construction worker was killed on I-215 when a driver hit him, even though the lane he was standing in was closed.
Caldwell says, “It’s not a joke. Shutting down lanes is serious for us.”
Graffiti on signs also creates problems for drivers. This past March, highway signs at the mouth of Parley’s Canyon at I-80 and I-215 had to be replaced after they were nearly covered with graffiti.
“When drivers are approaching the sign and looking to see which way to go, if they swerve the wrong direction, it causes crashes,” Caldwell said. “Graffiti on signs is dangerous, and we are sick of it.”
Last year, UDOT spent close to $70,000 to replace signs hit with graffiti. This year, they’re close to that number and may even pass it.
UDOT isn’t sure how the orange paint got on the exit 304 sign. Easton thinks it could have been a paintball gun or a paintball water balloon, but says it could’ve been something else entirely. He just wishes those who tag highway signs would stop.
He says, “It’s not safe for our crews, and it’s not safe for our motorists, so to have to do it just because somebody thought it would be funny to paint a sign, it’s just a stupid thing to do.”
Via:www.ksl.com
Graffiti Artist Arrested At His Own Art Exhibit
Tuesday, November 24th, 2009Graffiti arti
st Jason Williams, also known as Revok, was arrested at an exhibition of his work at a Mid-City gallery and graffiti-art store Sunday, authorities announced.
The 32-year-old, described as a prolific tagger whose moniker has been spotted throughout the region, was nabbed at the 33thirdshop at 5111 West Pico Blvd. by the Special Problems Team the California Highway Patrol and the Los Angeles Police Department’s graffiti team.
“A probation search of his residence was conducted and several hundred paint cans, spray tips, a fire extinguisher and other implements were found,” states a sheriff’s department release. “In addition to the above, he had a replica LAPD badge, a stolen ‘detour’ sign and digital photos of his graffiti work on his phone.”
Williams was arrested on suspicion of possessing vandalism tools, possessing a counterfeit badge and receiving stolen property. Authorities say he was on probation at the time of the arrest.
Deputies stated that Williams was the star of the Montana Paints-sponsored art show (a flier for the event actually shows Revok as one of many artists) and that he was paid $1,000 to attend. They say he makes money from t-shirt sales and prints and that he was featured in a segment on KABC7 news in recent months.
Check out some of Revok’s work here.
VIA: LAWEEKLY
Famed Anonymous Graffiti Artist to Show Himself in NYC
Saturday, November 21st, 2009
The internationally renown tagger “BNE,” whose graffiti has covered cities around the world is coming to New York City for an official show.
Of course, being classified as a vandal the world over can cause some law-enforcement problems for a guy just trying to make a cryptic name for himself, so even though the date and the time is known, the where is undisclosed, for now.
“Due to concerns for BNE’s freedom, we will notify attendees of the venue at a later date.” says the press release for the event. But it certain to be in New York — we’re guessing Williamsburg or Soho, just ’cause.
The anonymous, never-photographed artist has conducted campaigns in cities like Tokyo, Bangkok, New York and San Francisco, where his stickers prompted Mayor Gavin Newsome to post a $2,500 reward for his capture in 2006.
The event, brought together by ad agency Mother and culture website Animal New York, will take place, somewhere in the city, Thursday Dec. 10, from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. and showcase BNE’s work from around the globe. (Full disclosure: Mother does work for NBC New York, and we’re big fans of animalnewyork.com). The exact venue will be given to attendees at a later date.
It’s appropriate that the infamous graffitier’s first official show is being sponsored by an ad firm, since he sees his ubiquitous tagging as part of a global ad campaign.
“While in Japan, I suddenly realized that other graffiti writers weren’t my competition, it was [big] corporations,” BNE said in a statement. “Their ability to blanket the streets with advertisements is unparalleled, although it cost them a lot more than my campaign.”
Via:NBC