No Justice is a short film high lighting the on going gang killings in Dublin, and the effect it can have when the public find themselves in the firing line. The story written by Alan Walsh will be directed by Mario Bortas and Alan Walsh in 2009
There is such a feeling of impending seasonal change here in Tel Aviv. Inspiration comes in with the spring & for the third year, the INSPIRE Collective asks you to show off some inspiration! It’s during these pre-spring months, for the last few years, that we really get working and organized in order to time the show with these weather and seasonal changes as a type of metaphor for inspiration. Join us this year and show off what inspires you!!! It must be noted that most artworks received will be installed and shown in one public location in the streets of urban Tel Aviv. As the weather turns really great here in May, please keep in mind when preparing your works, that this is an outdoor event and the Middle Eastern desert sun should be taken into account. Artworks are recommended to be durable (not easily broken) and somehow protected from the sun during the exhibition’s duration. The last two years of hosting the Inspiration Art Exhibition here in the Middle East have been a great success & each year the size of participating artists and appreciators are growing!
THIS IS AN OPEN CALL FOR ARTISTS OF ALL KINDS TO BRING SOME INSPIRATION TO THE MIDDLE EAST! POSTERS, PRINTS, AND CLOTHING ARE THE FOCUS OF THIS YEAR’S SHOW, HOWEVER WE INVITE YOU TO SUBMIT ARTWORKS OF ANY TYPE AS LONG AS IT SHOWS US WHAT INSPIRES YOU! JOIN US & SHOW YOUR ART IN THE STREETS OF TEL AVIV!
(Video, press, and updates about the show’s developments will be posted in the INSPIRATION 3 group www.flickr.com/groups/inspiration3/
ALL WORKS (AND FREEBIES TO GIVE OUT) SHOULD BE MAILED TO:
ITW
PO BOX 4917
TEL AVIV, ISRAEL 61049
Click here for photos from last year’s Inspiration Show.
Click here for photos from the 2007 Inspiration Show.
For more info visit www.idiotthewise.com
And some great sound here
Going back to the roots…
I will be Spending the weekend with the Poto Carres Team!
Beats, Graff and Slam…
Will St Leger Invited me to join the team for the Antics Rogue Show {as part of the Fringe festival}…
“An anarchic art show where a crew of street artists will rework your boring suburban paintings into urban masterpieces. Dust off your crappy supermarket canvases, get those old landscapes and vases out of the loft and let us pimp your art!”
I painted there for the weekend long with xTTr, I Love Lamp, Missy Loki Bee, Jine, Canvaz, Asbestos, SPQR, Will St Leger, Konk, Turtlehead, Maser & Mookie!
I forgot to mention my Main Event on my own blog!
Like every year, I am fully involved with the Kings of COncrete festival!
Few Pics of the event:
D$ Branding… Some of my old stencils used for the Tee Workshop!!
Heavy Duty… Screen Printed hundreds of Kings Tees and Hoodies…
The Kings of Concrete Dream Team on The Morning Show, TV 3 Ireland
In 2007, xTTr and Myself went to help Will St Leger on his “100 Landmines in Dublin” project:
“The first piece of true ‘artivism’ that I did was on the landmine issue. I had been campaigning on Climate Change, Deforestation and other issues for ages, but landmines were different. In comparison to say, climate change which involves a worldwide effort of cutting our addiction to fossil fuels, land mines are man-made by a small number of weapon companies, so ban them outright! Countries like China, US and Russia have dragged to heels for decades to agree to stop manufacturing, stockpiling and planting landmines.
I wanted to do something to mark the International Landmine Awareness Day on the 4th of April each year. I picked the 1st of April as my planting day because if I got nicked by the cops I would use April Fool’s day as a pathetic excuse for placing dozens of fake bombs around a Irish city. :-/
I bought 100 enamel plates and spray painted them army green, then me, xpir and D$ stenciled a skull & cross bones and the words ‘landmine’ onto them in white. I also put a sticker underneath that gave the finder facts about the landmine issue worldwide.
Sunday morning, 1st April we set off, planting 100 around Dublin’s parks and green spaces. I got a friend to come down and take some pictures. The first place we planted them was Merrion Square, just across the road from the Dáil (Goverment’s Building). We then spilt up and xpir and D$ planted some around Phoneix Park, including (outside the American Ambassador’s house and The President’s Mansion).
At lunchtime we met up again fro lunch and my phone rang, (it was a close friend that knew about this project) She said that Merrion Square was closed off and crawling with cops searching the grass on their hands and knees. I thought it was a April fool trick until I went down there and it looked like a crime scene with Police tape and everything.
So I asked a Garda (Irish Police officer) what was going on and it turns out, an American tourist spotted a ‘landmine’ and called the emergency services, when the cops arrived they told him that they were obviously not real and even said it was a good idea!”
Will St Leger
