Banksy helps bankroll rioters' legal costs Is this Banksy's latest creation The solidarity of Bristol's Stokes Croft community | Lanre Bakre Art News Los Angeles Increased Street Sightings Since ‘Art in the Streets’ at Geffen Coachella 2011 Day 2 pics Akron/Family Releases BanksyInspired 'Bombs' for Record Store Internet picks week Explosive artist a chip off block If You Take Off It Still How Do Steal Graffiti Watch Oscar's Man Mystery has already won as prices soar Oscar Nominees Aren't Afraid Of documentary nominees aren't afraid VIDEO Will film win an Video Evening Online 02.26.11

BANKSY has designed a poster to raise funds for the legal costs of alleged rioters arrested during a protest against a new Tesco store in Bristol. FAMOUS graffiti artist surprises critics with his latest work on a London wall, which they argue is an attempt to regain his gritty image. The protest against Tesco is part of a trenchant anti-corporate resistance movement that has developed in this part of Bristol As you come into Stokes Croft you are met by one of the many Banksy murals in the south west city of Bristol. It's the famous Mild Mild West piece, which features a teddy bear throwing a Molotov cocktail at riot police. After the disturbances of last Thursday night the tongue-in-cheek artwork has taken on a more prophetic quality. Those involved in the No Tesco in Stokes Croft campaign also predicted the trouble. They even warned the council that its backing of the Tesco store was not something which would be accepted quietly like it has been each time the supermarket giant established its 31 other stores in the city. It's become clear that in the self-styled People's Republic of Stokes Croft things are different. Stokes Croft's demographic is a mix of students, artists and members of Bristol's Caribbean and Somali communities. The campaign against Tesco aimed to benefit people in all those different communities who live in the area. The knock-on effect of the supermarket would not just offend the sensibilities of a few anti-capitalists, it ... Belgian Street Artist ROA (2011). Via The Huffington Post The Geffen Contemporary Museum, as affiliated with the Museum of Contemporary Art, opened Art in the Streets on Sunday in Los Angeles's Little Tokyo. In addition to chronicling the foundation and evolution of international street art, the exhibition also raises questions about the validity of the [...] photos by David Andrako Big Audio Dynamite As you know, Arcade Fire played a balloon-filled headlining show on Saturday, and Odd Future made their presence known to crowd members, security and those watching Lil B, but other exciting stuff, like... Filed under: News, Holy Hell, New Releases Roger Kisby, Getty Images The strange folks of Akron/Family are planning on releasing a bizarre, not quite self-destructive, special double-vinyl collection for Record Store Day (April 16) this year. The release is a compilation of blown-out, warped versions of songs from their latest release 'S/T II: The Cosmic Birth and Journey of Shinju TNT.' The thing is, fans who tried to download that album before its release date, via an Internet leak, may have wound up with one of several prank versions of the album, containing twisted, blown-out remixes of the original tracks. The band intentionally flooded the market with warped versions, initially as a tool to create interference and difficulties for anyone trying to illegally download the album for free. But, unintentionally, it raised the question, "Which versions are the definitive ones?" After all, the Hartford Advocate named 'Shinju TNT' the "Album of the Week." But, without even knowing it, they were actually talking about one of the counterfeits. "The idea of 'bombing' the Internet was inspired more by the art-pranking of Banksy," Akron/Family's Miles Seaton tells Spinner. "Or the Napster bombs of the ECC (Evolution Control Committee), who ... ## **Encylopedia Pictura** Encyclopedia Pictura are a trio of film-makers responsible for Knife by Grizzly Bear, one of the most brain-melting music videos of the past decade. That film's bizarre ecological theme is common throughout their work, which can be viewed here, alongside behind-the-scenes footage illustrating their craft. See Bjork's Wanderlust video, numerous short films of their own and, in the works, a children's movie about "about a gang of kids who hack, scout, make, farm, and build their way out of a catastrophic situation in Pennsylvania 2023". The augmented reality that features in their films also extends to the trio's lives and an eco-community they've set up called Trout Gulch Farm. ## **Street Art View** Google Street View finds another use here as an open air gallery. Zoom in from a map of the world and you can locate a selection of murals, graphics and creative graffiti all captured by Google's cameras. Rather brilliantly, once you zoom down to a specific site Flickr links overlay photographs, so if the piece you're looking at has faded over time you can see what it looked like in its original state. This is particularly useful when searching for Banksy's London ... ARTIST dubbed "Andy Wall-hole" wows the street art world by using explosives and drills to leave large images on walls. A mural attributed to the mysterious Banksy that an art gallery moved from a decaying industrial site to a warehouse has spurred a spirited discussion in Detroit art circles. Can you "steal" a piece of graffiti art? That's the talk of the town in Detroit, where members of the 555 Gallery removed a painting believed to be by street artist Banksy from a wall in an abandoned Packard plant. WSJ's Matt Dolan reports. Will a director who has never been seen before accept his Oscar? BANKSY'S plan to attend the Oscars in disguise was vetoed, but the graffiti artist's nomination has added hundreds of thousands to the value of his work. Lucy Walker is more worried about gussying up for the 83rd annual Academy Awards than worrying about whether Banksy will make his mark on Sunday's ceremony. The director of the transformative garbage dump chronicle "Waste Land" is among the nominees facing the infamously elusive street artist for the documentary feature Oscar. LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Lucy Walker is more worried about gussying up for the 83rd annual Academy Awards than worrying about whether Banksy will make his mark on Sunday's ceremony. The director of the transformative garbage dump chronicle "Waste Land" is among the nominees facing the infamously elusive street artist for the documentary feature Oscar.... In the often sidelined best documentary race there is fierce competition for the top gong and a debate over the blending of fact with fiction. Saturday: As chaos continues to rage in Libya, President Obama stands firmly saying Qaddafi must leave now; Also, the Wisconsin collective bargaining legislation is sparking protests around the country; And, a mysterious London street artist named Banksy has been leaving his art all over Los Angeles.
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