We are back with our 24th instalment of Bizarre Beyond Belief Magazine, which includes image features from Jeff Mancilla, BIP, Sasha Blot, Sabek and interviews with Ernest Doty, Dee Skulls, MEDIAH, SHOK and Mear One. Click on the image or link HERE to read for free.
One of our favourite graffiti writers BATES was recently interviewed by the infamous graffiti website iLoveGraffiti. Really tight flicks and tons of great words from the Danish assassin. It’s in German, so you’ll have to Google Translate if you don’t speak the language, but it’s well worth! Read the full interview HERE.
International mural artist Seth Globepainter recently painted a giant mural at the 2nd edition of the Tahiti Graffiti Festival. During the festival the French news station Le Journal caught up with him for a brief interview and to get some process footage. Watch the video after the jump!
Graffiti artist REMIO recently dropped by the dope city of Detroit and stopped in at 1xRun to not only drop some fresh original multiples, but get busy on the streets and do a little interview. Along with some images of his new original works available online, watch a video of the man himself crush with Haeler and Begr after the jump!
Open Doors is a collective grouping the duo Anisha Patelita (video director) and Pascale Déau (executive assistant for the Artist for Peace and Justice, a non profit based in NYC). Open Doors underlings the expressions of cultural diversity through videos reports that will make you discover different cuisine, music, and art in general, all around the world. Open Doors introduces you to authentic experiences in the universe of different people who open their doors on their way of thinking, living and doing things. The duo met Chris Dyer, artist native of Peru, known for his amazing colored work in Montreal’s Streets. His style is psychedelic; indeed, he mixes difference arts and links his passions. He loves skateboarding, travelling, and painting. Follow us and discover the universe of this incredible artist?
We here at BBB recently teamed up with the extremely popular Canadian graffiti website, forum and store Bombing Science to bring to you graffiti interviews from our digital publication straight to their blog. A couple times a month we’re going to feature interviews both from current and back issues, so you can get a chance to read words from some of your favourite writers. The first one up is our man SOTEN from Denmark from BBB Issue #16. Head on over to the Bombing Science website to read it full HERE.
French street artist Blek Le Rat is known as the father of stencil graffiti, a name he has earned through years of spray painting unforgettable figures on walls across the globe. In the early ’80s, Blek became one of the first street artists in Paris, known for his iconic rat stencil. His stencil technique has since been adopted by some of the biggest names in graffiti and street art today, including Brooklyn-based brothers Icy and Sot as well as Banksy. In fact, Banksy once said, “Every time I think I’ve painted something slightly original, I find out that Blek le Rat has done it as well, only 20 years earlier.”
In the video interview conducted by Complex Magazine, Blek names Banksy as one of the contemporary artists he admires along with Shepard Fairey and Swoon. He also talks about what drives him to paint the streets at night, the origin of his graffiti name, and the hardships artists working in his medium face. Follow Blek through the subways and street corners of New York in the video above.
Previous BBB interviewee and infamous Kiwi graffiti and fine artist ASKEW ONE was recently interviewed by If These Walls Could Talk. In this webisode Elliot “Askew” O’Donnell discusses operating across the worlds of Graffiti and Art, his interest in the discussion around contemporary pacific identity, and the challenges of prioritizing his art practice ahead of commercial opportunities.
Spraying Bricks is back with another episode. This time around they’re featuring the California street art duo CYRCLE. Interviewing and filming the two men painting a mural that took a number of days to paint which was to mark the launch of their exhibition “Overthrown.” Watch the video and see more images after the jump!
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