Banana & paints in Cebu this summer

Cebu summer
sampipebomb, karingkay, bart, blowi, uzi, mushu, rich, saikae, flaime, mau

PSP's Samoel @ Inked Souls

PSP's Samoel was part of Inked Souls exhibition in Virginia, USA

* see the Virgins on the photo! heheh

"2nd Tondo HipHop Summit"

Bass - PBC*OSFA*STK
Skip - PBC*OSFA*STK
Bonz - SBA*MGK
Leech - PEK
CHAS - CIS*OSFA*STK

feat.
Ehzzey, Came, Cojinx and Godlyn

Men of Tacloban for Man from Manila

TWSC
yabi
bugsik
cana
dop
pochie

ungga of psp

Ger & Porn

オオカミとブタ。Stop motion with wolf and pig.

PSP likes Katwo's Provocative paintings

LRT ART

LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT AUTHORITY
in partnership with the
PHILIPPINE ASSOCIATION OF PRINTMAKERS
present
LRTART2009
“LRT Buhay ng Pinoy”

BACKGROUND
LRTArt 2009 is a flagship project of the Light Rail Transit Authority (LRTA), recognized as the premier rail transit authority in Metro Manila, and the Philippine Association of Printmakers, Inc. (PAP), the prime movers of multiple original artworks in the country. This project is a national painting competition, which aims to promote art while raising consciousness of train riding as a way of life in the metropolis among Filipino commuters.

ELIGIBILITY
The competition is open to all Filipino citizens age18 years old and above as of May 30, 2009.
Entrants must present a valid ID and/or document showing birth date and citizenship when
submitting their entry (passport, school ID, birth certificate, driver’s license, voter’s ID, senior citizen ID), and must submit together with the entry form a photocopy of the same. Each entrant may submit only one entry. Employees of the LRTA as well as Officers and Board Members of the Philippine Association of Printmakers are not eligible to participate in the competition.

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
The Artwork: Entries must have been done in the year 2009, must be the entrant’s original and exclusive work, and must not have been exhibited, revised, nor entered in any other competition.
Medium: Oil or acrylic on canvas only. Size: 3 feet x 4 feet excluding frame, horizontal or vertical in orientation, and not thicker than 2inches in width. Entries must be wall bound. Appropriate support, and/or equivalent devices should be provided to ensure proper hanging of the art work.
Only box type frame or museum wrap (gallery wrap) will be accepted. Entries must be signed but must be covered with masking tape prior to submission (to conceal artist’s identity).

Wet paintings will not be accepted

OTHER REQUIREMENTS
Upon submission, the entrant must also submit together with the entry,
the following in order to qualify:

• Completely furnished and signed official entry form
• Signed and notarized affidavit (attached with entry form)
• Photocopy of required ID (see B. under Eligibility)
• One 2×2 ID photo of the artist
• One 4R color photograph of his/her work bearing the following information at the back: Artist’s name, title of work, medium, and selling price.
• There is NO entry fee for the competition
• The entrant must be responsible for the transport of his/her work to and from the venue of submission/retrieva l.

SUBMISSION DATE AND VENUE
Submission of all entries will be on May 30, 2009, Saturday, between 8:00 am to 5:00 pm only at the LRT Cubao Station West Side. For provincial entries, the participant must advise Mail Forwarders that entry will only be accepted on the said date, time and venue. Participants from the provinces are encouraged to organize the shipping of their works together to make cost of transport cheaper.

AWARDS

• One GRAND PRIZE winner to receive PhP 200,000.00 exclusive of tax
• Five JURORS’ CHOICE to receive PhP 100,000.00 each exclusive of tax
• Six FINALISTS to receive PhP 50,000.00 each exclusive of tax

All winning entries will automatically become the property of the LRTA. LRTA reserves all rights to its reproduction.
All entrants shall be given a certificate of participation.

OTHER PROVISIONS
The LRTA reserves the right to use the name and photo of the artist and his/her work for free in any broadcast or print media. The artist also grants the LRTA and the PAP the right to exhibit the entries as deemed fit and shall have the right to decide which of the entries will be selected for inclusion in the exhibition and the catalogue. Winning entries and selected none winning entries will be exhibited at the Cubao Station East Side from July 11 to August 10, 2009. Selected none winning entries will be offered for sale to the general public subject to 20% commission due the Philippine Association of Printmakers, Inc., the organizer, to support their programs and projects. All possible care will be taken for the handling and security of the entries submitted. However, the LRTA and the PAP assume no responsibility for any loss of or damage to the entry or entries before, during and after the competition/ exhibition due to force majeure.

RETRIEVAL OF ENTRIES
All entrants whose entries are selected for the exhibition will be notified via email, text or phone call by June 5, 2009. If entrant does not receive any notification, he must retrieve his/her work within the period from June 6 to 13, 2009 between 9:00am to 5:00pm only. Unclaimed works may be forfeited. The rest of the none-winning entries that are included in the exhibition may be retrieved at the submission site from August 10 to August 21, 2009 from 9am to 5pm only. Only entrants or their representatives with official retrieval form will be released the entry.

AWARDING & EXHIBITION OPENING

Awarding of winners and exhibition opening will be held on July 11, 2009, Saturday, at 4:00 in the afternoon at the LRT Cubao Station East Side, to coincide with the LRTA anniversary.

FABO does 808 Bar Muntinlupa

http://eightoweight.multiply.com/
http://fabofabo.multiply.com/photos/album/52/808

Graver x Faux

T.H.E LAUNCH Party at Commune

Saturday April 25 2009. Party starts at 4pm Located at Commune Manila 12-b G/F Century Plaza, Perea St. Legazpi Vill Makati.

MUSIC.TAG BOARD. STICKER WALL. FREE DRINKS. FOOD. STICKERS and SHIRTS WILL BE GIVEN AWAY at the FIRST HANDSTYLE CONTEST.

for more info visit:
http://theclothing.multiply.com/
http://communemanila.blogspot.com

SUPPORT T.H.E yaw!!!

Hot pasteup!

spotted in Intramuros, Manila
photo from markrams.multiply.com

Surf time! Animate X Boyagimat

Bagasbas International Surf Competition
Camarines Norte

OFW - Choly x Defer

STRIP- Stick & Drip

Mabuhay boys and girls! The long wait is over- we will have our next exhibition this coming May... Sticker maniacs will invade Manila at the end of summer- before we go back to school! We are planning to have an urban show and we are inviting you all to please help us to make this thrilla in Manila possible again... hihihihi. Send your stickers as many as you want

The show will be on May 30, 2009 at Pablo Gallery in Cubao X, Araneta Center, Quezon City. There will be DJ's, skate, merchandise etc.

peace and respect

PSP first show in 2006 - at Store for All Seasons - http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4752/3713/1600/peeps6.jpg

2007 - Cubicle Gallery -https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXiIAOjoT4jh6b5JmuSMu-PyFSKasvWpcpud0trCZvdyy9GyBsItFDCrnUXV-Zvoy14DgvMnO0RrflGjHXf5xVmNZq3I4NoVxnhDmlnui8wJHaraJNot4gfK7CDa2k6sVsiMAHnQ/s1600-h/psp1.jpg

For local artists you can just go to the opening and stick your stuff

to international stickers, send it to:

Boy Agimat
3d 1801 Fajardo cor Cristobal Streets,
Sampaloc, Manila 1015
PHILIPPINES

PSP STORE Soon!

Watch out!

Calapan love shack

Okto, Krayolaeater, Nemo, Boyagimat

Calapan Wall

PSP likes Mimi Tecson's Knick knack's artwork

http://painted1981.multiply.com/photos/album/104/CANTO_Exhibit_opening#

deformindustry x koloWn series!..inspired by constructivism!

Maze

Giant Tetris

Artists from the Gaffa Gallery installed a series of falling giant Tetris pieces in an alleyway in Sydney. They write:

There are grand implications of error here that lead to questions, such as who exactly has been playing Giant Tetris? What were they trying to do? Could I have done better? Is the city grid similar to a computer game or different? What brain-space am I in when I’m playing games on my computer? Is it more or less alert than when I’m waiting in line for a sandwich? The work seeks to challenge conceptions of the North end of Sydney’s CBD as an orderly, socially cold grid and beckons viewers to assess their own level of interaction, play and hacking within the city

Monsters vs Monsters

Cogeo, Rizal

Vamer vs KdRgn vs Knockout

Feed me!

Cebu Creatives - Archie Uy
http://thenextradiostar.multiply.com/photos/album/355/feed_the_photographer

ElectroLychee hits the streets of New Manila

KoloWn's LV Graff Bag

Tie One (1979–1998) RIP

Jonathan See Lim AKA Tie One (1979–1998), was a graffiti artist based in the San Francisco Bay Area. He was well known in the graffiti community for his aggressive style of graffiti art and the large amount of work he produced. Lim was born in the Philippines to ethnic-Chinese parents. During his early childhood, his family moved to California. As a youth, Lim expressed an interest in art. He was shot and killed at age 18 on a fire escape outside a Tenderloin apartment at 120 Taylor St., having been taken for a burglar by an armed resident.The resident was not indicted for the killing. In its aftermath, friends of Lim planned a 100-foot memorial mural to him in Mission Dolores Park. The death of Tie One and the subsequent lack of any prosecution in connection with it had a profound and lasting effect on San Francisco's graffiti community.

Tie studied the art he observed on the streets of San Jose, San Francisco and Stockton, California, meeting up with DVS, Meta4, Teez, and the JOA, ATA and SA crews including Minds, Mazon, Kase and the Lords from Modesto, and Reds Crew in San Jose. He rode a Greyhound bus to Los Angeles, getting out and bombing at every stop, and then attending the LA Graffiti show that included art by Twist, Man One and other mixed media work that influenced him. At the show, he met Spie from terror media created, Cokes from Oakland, and Dream, Gyro, and others from the Los Angeles area, whom he admired for work he had seen on the streets and on rail cars in Oakland and Emeryville rail yards. Tie also made a Greyhound graffiti pilgrimage to New York in the same wise.

He frequently returned to San Francisco in a VW Squareback on "bombing runs", sometimes painting all night. In 1998, he was influenced by Barry McGee and MQ. The volume of his work and the circumstances of his death have contributed to his own influence.

On March 18th, 1998, Tie One was shot on the fire escape of a residential building in the San Francisco Tenderloin, and died on the street below; a grand jury returned no charges against the shooter, who said that he shot in self-defense as Lim grabbed at his gun. A 41 year old woman in a parking lot below told police she heard Lim yell, "Wait man, hold on!" The resident disputed this account. His bicycle was on the street below. He was carrying a bag containing a spraycan.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tie_One

City In-BENZ-ion!

Boyagimat recently interviewed BENZ of PH crew about her activities on the streets...

Take note: She may look like Hannah Montana or one of the High School musical chicks- but beware of her invasion of girl power in this egoistic-male dominated street art scene...



Boyagimat: When & how did you start doing graffiti?

Benz: Well I started doing graffiti on walls around early last year (Jan 2008). but ever since I was a little kid, I spent most of my time in school, doodling letters on my notebook.

BA: What does “Benz” represent?

BNZ: “Benz” is actually my second name. Back in high school I used to tag “clipay” and then on my very first graffiti piece, I wrote “soul”. But it just didn’t sound right. Then I just decided to use my real name “Benz”.. And it eventually worked out for me. :)

BA: For you, what is graffiti? And why are you doing this practice?

BNZ: Well for me graffiti is “art for the public”. You discreetly exhibit your works in the streets for people to “see” and not know who did it. It’s mysterious, it’s controversial and it’s exciting. Truth be told, I don’t even know why I do graffiti. I just feel like it’s a big part of who I am. During the day I do my thing, I go to school and go to the gym. But at some nights, I go out with friends and paint illegally.

BA: Who are your influences?

BNZ: Hmm. In the early months of my graffiti experience, I used to hang
out with MGR a lot, a writer from San Francisco. We spent most of our time sketching and watching graffiti videos. After a while, I met his friends, Doom, Graver and Rest, which eventually became my crewmates and the people who I kick it with now.



BA: What can you say about “graffiti & street art” as a male dominated arena?

BNZ: Let’s not be sexist here. haha. it just so happened that males are more daring than females (sexist much?) lol. but yea, graffiti isn’t for males only! females have the right to do this too. so girls, if you wanna paint. just go ahead and do it.

BA: Any advantages and disadvantages of being a female in this kind of artistic line?

BNZ: Some disadvantages are, ladies can’t walk and bomb alone at midnight, it’s just not right. But what I like about being a female writer is, you can get away with things easily. Cops wouldn’t immediately suspect that you were writing on walls.

BA: Have you ever been caught?

BNZ: Yes.. Kind of. haha. Was out bombing with Egg and Mgr. Good thing we got to pay our asses off :)

BA: What is your memorable experience in doing this kind of stuff? Or memorable piece?

BNZ: Memorable? dayumm haha. I’ve had a lot. Well to cut the stories short. my graffiti life has basically made me go through a jungle around commonwealth qc, got in a car chase with the authorities around tomas morato, ridden in a police car, accidentally painted a cockroach silver while doing a piece, walked 5kg of my weight off in a week, talked about ghost stories with the authorities who caught us. Most of the time it’s memorable coz most of the time it’s been crazaayyy :)

BA: You seem to be the only active female graffiti artist in Manila, or even in the Philippines- what keeps you moving?

BNZ: Well... It’s not a matter of gender but what keeps me moving is really my passion for graffiti.

BA: Who do you usually tag with? Crew? Etc?

BNZ: I used to always tag and bomb with Mgr. before he left the phils, we decided to create a crew called PH. which included, Doom, Graver and Rest, in time, we chose to add 2 more members to our crew which were Fish and Worm. What we usually do is just hang out, play guitar hero and sometimes drink and skate :) recently, I’ve been bombing with Darko, a member of the Kst crew.



BA: What can you say about the street art / graffiti art scene in Manila and the Philippines in general?

BNZ: The scene is good. it’s growing; a lot of talented writers are emerging left and right. But some are even beefing each other and that’s what’s sad about it, losing respect with other fellow writers :(

BA: What are your future plans as a graffiti artist?

BNZ: My future plans as a graffiti writer? hmm.. maybe to be able to develop my skills and maybe, upgrade to doing eyecandy pieces rather than my eyesore bombings. lol. also, maybe to be able to spread love through art in the streets :)

BA: Can you give some advice to aspiring female graffiti artists out there? Looks like female artists are too shy to go out and do their thing…

BNZ: Do what makes you feel you’re alive. Not just because you exist. if you wanna go out and paint, do it. Pursue the things your passionate about. naks. haha.

BA: Any shout outs?

BNZ: Yeah. I wanna give a shout out to my MOM! haha. To my crewmates Rest, Doom, Graver, Fish, Worm and Mgr. and to all the other crews and writers out there! Darko, Kid Dragon, Drone, KST, SDFK, MSF, and all the others! Thanks Boy Agimat!! More power to the scene!!


you can check more of her works at http://tinaydiaz.multiply.com/

Inspiration3 Call for Art - Tel Aviv, Israel

There is such a feeling of impending seasonal change here in Tel Aviv. Inspiration comes in with the spring & for the third year, the INSPIRE Collective asks you to show off some inspiration! It’s during these pre-spring months, for the last few years, that we really get working and organized in order to time the show with these weather and seasonal changes as a type of metaphor for inspiration. Join us this year and show off what inspires you!!! It must be noted that most artworks received will be installed and shown in one public location in the streets of urban Tel Aviv. As the weather turns really great here in May,please keep in mind when preparing your works, that this is an outdoor event and the Middle Eastern desert sun should be taken into account. Artworks are recommended to be durable (not easily broken) and somehow protected from the sun during the exhibition’s duration. The last two years of hosting the Inspiration Art Exhibition here in the Middle East have been a great success & each year the size of participating artists and appreciators are growing!

THIS IS AN OPEN CALL FOR ARTISTS OF ALL KINDS TO BRING SOME INSPIRATION TO THE MIDDLE EAST! POSTERS, PRINTS, AND CLOTHING ARE THE FOCUS OF THIS YEAR’S SHOW, HOWEVER WE INVITE YOU TO SUBMIT ARTWORKS OF ANY TYPE AS LONG AS IT SHOWS US WHAT INSPIRES YOU! JOIN US & SHOW YOUR ART IN THE STREETS OF TEL AVIV!

(Video, press, and updates about the show's developments will be posted in the INSPIRATION 3 group discussion threads as they happen!)

ALL WORKS (AND FREEBIES TO GIVE OUT) SHOULD BE MAILED TO:

ITW
PO BOX 4917
TEL AVIV, ISRAEL 61049

(THERE ARE NO SIZE LIMITATIONS, BUT PLEASE WRITE US ABOUT LARGER INSTALLATIONS PREVIOUSLY TO MAILING THEM OFF).

DEADLINE APRIL 10, 2009

You can see pictures of the first ever Inspiration Art Exhibition that happened @ Barbur Gallery in Jerusalem here:
www.flickr.com/photos/idiotthewise/sets/72157594525260921/
The second year we exhibited even more artists @ Legal Action Gallery / Casco Urban Lab in Tel Aviv, which can be seen here:
www.flickr.com/photos/idiotthewise/sets/72157603679836957/

Sicko

LRT Central Station, Manila

Spinerobot

1 year after

Vigan City

Sticker Sightings

Photos by Trace http://trace7.multiply.com/
Taft Avenue, Manila

A*fest Yoh!!!!

with live painting on
March 5 Thursday at Route196 with Electrolychee and Krayola Eater
March 6 Friday at Saguijo with Aeon+Okto and 27+20

Wrapped

Wrapped: Traces Project (2007-ongoing)
by Mark Salvatus

RAGE AGAINST THE SHEPARD FAIREY PROPOGANDA MACHINE

Match between Phantom Street Artist & Shepard Fairey!

“Jack’d in da Hood” has a jumbo beef with Shepherd Fairey and Obey Giant Art, Inc.
“They’re exploitive media whores jacking references from historic cultures for their own selfish interests. The Phantom Street Artist explains Shepard Fairey “does not represent the voice of the populace but he is the voice of the Elitist Media disguised.” He is nothing other then a consumer being consumed
buying media time buying publicity buying legal representation to justify his infringed violations buying everything to present himself as a legit street artist.

The Phantom Street Artist goes on to explain, that Modern mass media, Network, museums and galleries are often historically used by hegemonic institutions to seduce public and popular opinion. Shepard Fairey recent Retrospective at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston on February 6th 2009 is an example of a conjured 20 year retrospective. The ICA was once a reputable Museum which has
chosen to support over a decade of Fairey's unapologetic infringed actions.
The Phantom Street Artist was quoted in review of my performance as a cultural critique whether it be a staged act or a fight in the cage interest is interested in initiating a debate which critically goes beyond the valuation of a given work of art, forcing one to question, modify, develop, refine one's
own independent value system.
“It is a sign of the degeneration of our society and culture which is being conformed by mediocrity by the likes of Shepard Fairey and OBEY as well as his publication SWINDLE as the true life metaphor to inveigle beliefs systems and values all in the interest of mammon.”

Read more here