My generation hasn’t had any significant progressive leaders that have served as role models in the public sphere. I’m pretty sure we can all point to people in our smaller circles that live their life in a manner that you try to live up to. But as far as progressive leadership with a substantial voice in mass media, nada. Michael Moore would be the closest thing to someone who consistently put himself out there to get people thinking, talking and inspiring organization. But at his core he is a movie …
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Artist Mathieu Tremblin brilliantly fuses real world tagged walls with online tag clouds. From what I gather, Mathieu takes a photo, reinterprets the tags via stencils, paints over the initial wall and repaints the original tags in a typeset “tag cloud” formation. I’m a bit taken with this project. It requires all the balls of graf writing mixed with an awesome case of art-nerdism. Make sure you check out his site. He is loaded with peculiar fusions and juxtopositional projects. Well done.
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I could write all day about the king level work that graffiti writer Espo has put in over the years. From the work I would see on the train home from school, the old school Philly walls, the books, the Gulianni fiasco, the Street Market installation, his extensive handstyles, the Love Letters to Philly, his Fulbright scholarship to my favorite project – The Espo Gates.
If you grew up in a city, you were well aware of a few things while trying to cool off during a sweltering summer.
The Nano needed a makeover to keep up with the iPad and iPhone. With a touch screen, FM radio and sleek, slimmed-down design it looks like Apple delivers once again.
