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Urban Play’s long media tail
It’s very satisfying to find Urban Play still buzzing around the media months after its launch, with Russia and the Ukraine paying particular interest recently. The images below are from a beautiful spread in the Ukraine’s wonderful Salon magazine. I felt compelled to share them after getting the PDF from the editor so those who [...]
Magazine feature on “the anti-curator”
I’ve had a decent run in the media lately, which continues with a fairly lengthy article on me in the October issue of EnRoute magazine. It’s interesting that years ago articles were being written about me bringing street art into the gallery, and now the articles are about me bringing the gallery into the streets. [...]
Urban Play in the media
We’re still compiling the fantastic amount of media coverage Urban Play and Experimenta Amsterdam has received over the past few days, but for now, I thought I’d share a very good video done by Dutch “Innovative Lifestyle” magazine Bright on the project. For those who want to see the Moving Forest, well, moving, or get [...]
Stefan Sagmeister installation removed by Amsterdam Police
After waking up a bit groggy from the festivities of the Urban Play opening party last night, I went for a walk around the installation sites to see how they had progressed after their first night in the public realm, and, well, I got a little more than I had expected when looking for Stefan [...]
Urban Play Amsterdam comes together
Apologies for the lack of recent posts, but the final touches are being put on Urban Play, so that’s where my time is going at the moment. I really couldn’t be more thrilled with what is taking place with the project right now. Case-in-point: “Fish in the Sky” by Nothing Design Group from Korea, above, [...]
Urban Play Focus 03: Poland’s Truthtag
Today’s preview of an Urban Play artist brings Poland’s Truthtag into focus. As is the case with putting together any show, there is an ebb and flow to the list of artists as work progresses, but within the Urban Play roster, Truthtag has always had a core position in the show and its larger concept [...]
Urban Play Focus 02: Madrid’s SpY
Today’s preview of an Urban Play artist brings Madrid’s SpY into the light. The thing I’ve always liked about SpY is the width and breadth of his work and media. From anchoring glow sticks into the pavement to turn a traffic arrow into a firing spaceship (above), to simply attaching a Pac-Man shape onto a [...]
Joshua Allen Harris inflatable sculptures in stop global warming ad
There’s been a buzz on the internet today about Joshua Allen Harris’s inflatable sculptures being featured in an upcoming ad for the Environmental Defense Fund and their stop global warming campaign. I’m always on guard for seeing street artists’ work being ripped off by The Man advertising agencies without due credit, so I’m very pleased [...]
Urban Play Focus 01: Gilberto Esparza – Urban Parasites
As part of the lead-up to the launch of the Urban Play project I am doing with Droog Design in Amsterdam, I will be writing a series of focus pieces on the urban intervention artists and designers I have selected to take part in the project, and who are working at the edge of creativity [...]
Report Out: Urban Intervention as Design Masterclass
Give 31 exceptionally talented design students a week to play with the city and design, and see what it gets you?
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