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Modus Operandi: A Look Into Melbourne’s Urban Exploring Scene

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Modus Operandi is a documentary film that discusses the issues surrounding the rapid increase of the urban exploration subculture seen throughout Melbourne. Four different urban explorers share their opinions on what defines urban exploration as a cultural movement in Melbourne. Starting from Minute 20 the film shares Graffiti footage, have a look at the full movie after the jump! Four different urban explorers share their opinions on what defines urban exploration as a cultural movement in Melbourne. Featuring music from Gramatik, Immortal Technique and Joey Bada$$. Cinematography: Anthony Koreny. anthonykoreny.com Facebook page: facebook.com/modusoperandimelbourne

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Preview Yaze “The Conference of Birds” at David Bloch Gallery Marrekech

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Yassine “Yaze” Mekhnache will present a large body of work embodying the artists journey over the past 7 years through a collaborative project of embroidery and painting. ‘The Conference of the Birds” will encompass 30 paintings illustrating and delving into a mystical journey loosely based on the 30 birds of attar. A monumental exhibition for the artist and David Bloch Gallery will open Feb 27th in Morocco. You can read more below about Yaze and “The conference of the Birds”. GF Yaze – THE CONFERENCE OF THE BIRDS – February 27 > March 24, 2015 Yassine Yaze Mekhnache will present his first solo exhibition THE CONFERENCE OF THE BIRDS [منطق الطير] at the David Bloch Gallery in…

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Stop Pipeline L61: Wisconsin’s Death Trip

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Wisconsin is in pretty rough shape right now, Gov. Scott Walker with the Koch Brothers backing him is cutting essential funding across the state, pushing privatization of everything possible, and the Republicans are fast tracking a right-to-work bill this week. In addition to all of that fun, on the down low there is a massive environmental disaster ramping up across the state. Pipeline L61 owned by Enbridge Energy already exists, and is getting upgrades that will up its pumping capacity from 560,000 to 1.2 million barrels of crude oil daily, that’s 1/3 more than Keystone XL would. Only a Dane County (Madison area) zoning committee …

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JBbTC 212: Latin America Mass Markets

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This past weekend was the big annual church book sale in neighborhood, and I found some great books, including a mini-collection of mass market paperbacks from the 1960s about Latin America. I’m behind on my research on the longer form posts I’ve got in the works, so I’m just going to share these four books this week. All are written or edited by Western writers, and like the content, the covers display different outsider perspectives on the nature of Latin America in the 60s. And although none are specifically about Cuba, they were all published in the wake of the Cuban Revolution, and display an attempt to either communicate or capitalize on the fear of revolution from the …

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Graffiti Open Air 2015

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The Graffiti Open Air has provided graffiti artists from across Europe with a unique spot to present their craft. Every summer the highway bridge in Ludwigsfelde is turned into a hotspot for artists and those who will be in the future, electronic music and sub-culture. Also this year the event displays the power of this culture on August 28th. Tom Pintsch was invited to paint his own picture of last years event, using a camera instead of a spraycan. Have a look at the nice video after the jump! Check out the project online: graffiti-open-air.de/ On Facebook: facebook.com/GraffitiOpenAir

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The Art Masking Liquid Pump Marker

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Since there is still some request about how to use our MASKING LIQUID PUMP MARKER, here is another short tutorial in pictures. The MASKING LIQUID PUMP MARKER contains of a special masking liquid for rub down in a manufactured application tool, that means: APPLY, PAINT AND PEEL OFF! Apply the masking liquid on the surface not to be painted, next colorize, let dry briefly and rub down with a finger or a rubber. Due to the patented and refillable marker technology, the art masking-tool is unique for all applications in colorize and watercolor or for sketching in the design- and graphics sector. Available as 2 mm marker or 4 mm marker.