Store Wars - a Pro Organic Spoof Movie

http://www.storewars.org/flash/index.html

Banksy Hits the West Bank

Suddenly Palestine seems to be the resort of choice for street artists (see previous post). Have a look at some evocative and very large peices by Bristol's finest:




http://www.woostercollective.com/2005/08/wooster-exclusive-banksys-travel.html

The Scrawls of War - AROFISH's Graffiti from Bhagdad and Palastine

In the Winter of 2003-4 graffiti artist Arofish spent six weeks in Bhagdad and Palastine. You can see his work and more importantly read his incredable stories on his site:

http://www.arofish.org.uk/arofish/Baghdad

Have you met the Schmoozes

Here's another great street art project this time involving hundreds of tiny foam figures and a bicycle



Look at both these entries on Wooster Collective

http://www.woostercollective.com/2004/07/schmoozes-explanation.html

http://www.woostercollective.com/2004/07/schmoozes-hit-union-square.html

Roadworth's New Cycle Route

Checkout this new legal street art by Roadworth at the WoosterCollective site.



http://www.woostercollective.com/2005/08/return-of-roadworth.html

My New Project at St. George's Crypt in Leeds

The Crypt is a haven for homeless and generally disposessed people in Leeds. It provides food, community and a limited number of beds. I have been commissioned by the Crypt and Leeds City Art Gallery to create art works which will be exhibited in the gallery during autumn as part of a much larger collection of shows linked by the theme "Something of the Night"

Possible Starting Points and Outcomes

I tend to start by talking with people and then fairly quickly introduce elements of digital photography, writing, video and drawing. In this instance I will probably get people to work with me to make temporary artworks and interventions around the Crypt itself as a way of building confidence and developing an understanding of how an audience might react to what we make. From these foundations we would go on to visit Leeds City Art Gallery and start to consider different ways in which we could convey our ideas in that more flexible environment. End products might include video projections, hanging banners, combinations of photography and text, wall drawings/paintings, exhibitions of objects or quite possibly something entirely unexpected. In addition to the exhibition at the gallery it is possible that – time allowing – I would also create a simple website showing some of the work, which could be directly linked to the St George’s Crypt site.

So What Kind of Artist am I?

I often call myself a ‘public artist’ as virtually all the work I create is shown within some form of public space. The work I make is generally site-specific, in that it is created specifically (both physically and conceptually) for the place in which it is shown. Sites have included shopping centers, churches, buses, beaches, websites, billboards and in one case a TV program.

My work is primarily a method for exploring issues and ideas. I do this by working with individuals and groups of people most of whom have very different opinions and life experiences to mine. Generally the only clear point of connection between us is the subject of the work.
The work starts as a process - a large conversation - and becomes concrete through a shared desire to extend this conversation to include a wider audience.