Archive for April 25th, 2008
By Jeff Albertson [Via:Seattle Times]
New York City graffiti artist GHOST, or “Cousin Frank” to his friends, is a long way from stumbling through the dark recesses of New York’s subway tunnels looking for an idle train to “bomb.” The veteran graffiti writer, who got his start in the influential and well-documented New York City scene [...]
Saturday, April 26, 2008
SCREENING: THE 51ST STATE +
80 BLOCKS FROM TIFFANYS (HARLEM)
7pm. $7. Original TV program feat. “Ain’t Gonna Eat My Mind” and studio debate with Benjy Melendez and filmmaker Tony Batten (90 min.) + “80 Blocks from Tiffanys” at 8:30pm. Maysles Cinema 343 Malcolm X Blvd (Lenox) betw. 127th & 128th. Harlem NYC. [...]
Award winning director Jon Reiss’ new documentary, Bomb It, a global graffiti film, premieres around the country starting NOW.
Reiss traveled to 5 continents and interviewed almost 200 artists. Personalities such as Cornbread, Lady Pink, KRS One, Shepard Fairey, Os Gemeos, and others share their lives with the camera.
The myriad complexities regarding public space were explored [...]
