I’m having an exhibition! Come down and oggle the monsters.

The creatures have been gathered from miles around, preparations are being made… and here they are tucked up in my suitcase ready for the big day out. An exciting trip to Art in Industry!

Come down and get your hands dirty - along with the chaps from Making Things Club we’re doing a Sock Monster Workshop. So don’t miss it! Wednesday 16th 6pm onwards, at SHUNT - a bar, club, theatre space in some creepy creeeepy catacombs.

Artists’s on their day off….
It is a week showcasing the art of professionals in the creative media industries. Participating are over 25 artists from the worlds of video games, web design, film and tv, illustration, motion graphics and design. The only stipulation for the artists was to contribute pieces not created in their day to day work. The work presented ranges from fine art to nu media; images and sound; analogue and digital: presented on amongst other things canvas, screen and your body.

Showing are creatives from Poke, Framestore, Iris, Sony, Kuju London and loads more. And of course the highlight - Rex will be revealing for the first time his top secret animation series for MTV - Nice one! Here’s a video of the space, it’s reminiscent of the Titty Twister bar from From Dusk til Dawn ( but with less vampires ). I’m quite excited.

Nice sentiment. A big idea conveyed in a simple humble way. Very nice.

Sunday was a sunny afternoon and families from all over Hackney were down at the park for StokeFest. This is a segment from some jolly live street art action with Rex, on a Tee Pee! Yey. Summers here - lets go outside.

Take your own personal lawn with you for those (rare) moments, if you’re in england that is, when the sun busts out from behind a cloud. Whip out your suitcase-sized lawn and grab some efficiently planned rays. Nice! Make use of those moments when you’re waiting for the bus etc. GrassMan is from an installation by Kristen Martincic - and just happend to be perfect for urban balcony owners : ) Source image here. ( If you never wanted to leave grassy surfaces behind in the first place try this ;)  )

Photo shot by Annamarie Tendler in NYC. Via Flickr & Browny Walking

Keep those pencils sharp! - keep those burglars out ( or if you’re American i believe it’s burgularizers ) : ) You kinda wonder what the rest of the house would look like if they’d have extended the stationary theme…

Although it’s popular to sound cynical and bored with Banksy these days, i still think there’s something very appealing about the thought of sneaking around in the dark, batman-styley, doing naughty things to buildings. And i’d rather my urban world be filled with ‘advertising’ of this nature than billboards blandly selling mundane household goods any day. I was on my way into town on Sunday when i spotted this from miles off. I couldn’t understand how i’d never seen it before, lamenting my seemingly unobservant nature on the way to Topshop… When today, it turns out it was snuck up on Saturday night! - scaffolding and all. So it’s fresh this weekend. Image nicked from Wooster Collective. Banksy there’s a massive blank wall on the end of my house you can have. Come and get it!

Amazing idea. Can’t remember how i found this now, but check out the timelapse video, it’s a fantastic. The type is formed ( as you can see ) through a complex array of perforations aligned with the passing of the sun. The poem takes about 8hrs to sweep through the full text. Based around the solar calendar, winter and summer display different poems. Extremely clever. Read the detailed description, see development sketches and don’t miss the ingenious video of initial experiments creating type from light and pin holes. Sculpture / Installation Design by Jiyeon Song.

Cheer-up sad house …  Via Inspire Me Now

Nice way to walk to work ; ) Kick off those shoes and walk through the daisies. Via Ffffound.

Handmade monkeys a go-go, Paper Spirits and Cardboard Toys by Perro Loco. Check out the Fragile Freak flickr, it’s filled with characters, street art, handmade and customised toys. So much personality with a few folds of card. Would make some great animations!

Collection of Space Invaders, shot by Doc 18. There’s one near my place. They appear like mushrooms in the night. I have a huge blank wall on the end of my house. Maybe if i left out some mince pies and a carrot, one might appear in the morning …