Paris Vs. Paris! You’ve got to love Paris — Physical by Tim Schwartz. The piece is attached via a network cable to the internet where it monitors news and search results for “paris hilton” and “paris france” and displays an average result in real-time.
See more work by Tim Schwartz.
Sleep under a cardboard box so a homeless young person doesn’t have to. At first glance, you see uninviting cardboard boxes, but on closer inspection you’ll see a high quality duvet cover.
The Le Clochard quilt cover is part of a project to draw attention to, and raise money for, homeless young people in the Netherlands. A large proportion of the proceeds from the Le Clochard duvet cover go to SZN, the foundation for homeless youngsters in the Netherlands. The income is used to fund housing projects which prioritise supporting young people in finding work or continuing their education.
Find out more at Le Clochard.
Explosions & Skateboards. Unkle. Spike Jonze. Lakai Skate Team. Explosions. Is there anything more to say?
Hot, new artist (to me, at least.) I’ve only just learned of the Rallito X, but I’m an instant fan even though he does seems to have an unhealthy obsession with drawing penises as an extra facial feature.
Great interior graphics. You’ve got to love the bold graphic style of Ivan Bravo’s Wall Mural for Icasual. If you’re ever in Barcelona, you should pop in for a sandwich and a chance to see the walls for yourself.
See more work by Ivan Bravo.
Learn the secrets of Russian criminal tattoos. Between 1948 to 2005, 3,000 drawings were compiled by prison warden and ethnographer Danzing Baldaev of the tattoos of Russian prison inmates. Supported by the KGB, who recognised the usefulness of such a document, these drawings were supplemented by photographs by Sergei Vasiliev, a fellow warden. The tattoos depicted are a language in themselves, comprising of a rich array of symbols and illustrations that denoted a prisoner’s crimes and political allegiances, as well as his or her rank in the prison hierarchy.
The Michael Hoppen Gallery is currently holding an exhibition of Sergei Vasiliev’s photographs from this fascinating archive. The exhibition ends in a few days (7th March 2009), so if you’ld like to see the works, you’d better get your skates on.
See exhibition information for the Sergei Vasiliev-Russian Criminal Tattoos exhibition.