Tag: graffiti

  • Mappa Mundi

    Mappa Mundi

    So for the last two weeks and a bit, I had been racing around in the spare hours to quickly throw together a zine for the Canberra Zine Emporium zine fair for You Are Here. Mappa Mundi is the working title for a new project where content is printed to single sheet of paper, which…

  • Recent Books

    Recent Books

    Here’s some recent books that I picked up. I should have given them their individual posts, but I’ve been busy. The Faith of Graffiti It’s a book containing the eponymous essay by Norman Mailer about the early days of graffiti in New York, along with it’s writers. An interesting read, although long-winded by today’s standards,…

  • End of Year Street Art

    End of Year Street Art

    With the Year’s End looming, I took a little time out to take a few photos of some street art. Enjoy.

  • Canberra Graffiti

    Canberra Graffiti

    Here is some graffiti. Enjoy.

  • Enough with the Tags

    Today I was led to this article on riot-act. And in the comments it led me to this: http://falsiesmob.tumblr.com. And its a endless vortex of tags around this city. As much as I enjoy street art, I just don’t see the point of tagging. It’s just pissing about, staking down territory on lines drawn a…

  • Birthday Street Art

    Birthday Street Art

    Another year, another round of birthday graffiti and street art. Below is a small sampler, while I find the time to sit down and stitch together some panographs.

  • Street Art Workshop

    Street Art Workshop

    Down at the Belco Art Centre, the May’s Street Art Exhibition is on display and as part of the event, there was a couple of workshops on today. I was most interested in the Street Art workshop and a chance to meet two people in particular, Byrd and Abyss. It was cool to see them…

  • Ado’s Canvas

    Ado’s Canvas

    I almost forgot this. During the hiatus from the site, I picked this up from Ado, one of the proprietors of Midian Underground, which sold art, spray can and the occasional piece of fashion or designer toys. I had another canvas reserved on a deposit, but now the store has closed, with a sign on…

  • Yet Another Abyss Post

    Yet Another Abyss Post

    Here is some more work by Abyss that I’ve managed to snap in the city.