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Friday, 17 June 2011
Thursday, 9 June 2011
Try Again
I decided to draw upon some imagery FLX and I produced a while back with dancer and all round athlete Dirty Dave for a painting for this year's UPfest last weekend. Here is a short journey through the stages of the idea...
Capturing the movement trail left by small torchlights attached to Dave's wrists and ankles whilst he jumps from right to left across the gap.
Portrait taken with long exposure of Dave moving into a freeze which is then lit with an off the camera speedlight. We did lots of these..
We revisited the style with a bit more planning - 3 flashes set off at various points during Daves dance pattern. This one remained more or less in one spot, but he did many more which moved across the frame, one of which i used for the painting.
Marking up at the Try Again pub in Southville, very late on Friday night.
Painting filled in and finished on Saturday evening.
Big thanks to all the artists i spent the day with, John the Barman and the friendly locals, and everyone who stopped to say hello...
Another great year for UPfest - good on ya'll for making it all happen.
:-)
Capturing the movement trail left by small torchlights attached to Dave's wrists and ankles whilst he jumps from right to left across the gap. 
Portrait taken with long exposure of Dave moving into a freeze which is then lit with an off the camera speedlight. We did lots of these..
We revisited the style with a bit more planning - 3 flashes set off at various points during Daves dance pattern. This one remained more or less in one spot, but he did many more which moved across the frame, one of which i used for the painting.
Marking up at the Try Again pub in Southville, very late on Friday night.
Painting filled in and finished on Saturday evening.Big thanks to all the artists i spent the day with, John the Barman and the friendly locals, and everyone who stopped to say hello...
Another great year for UPfest - good on ya'll for making it all happen.
:-)
Tuesday, 31 May 2011
Street Poetry pt2
UK rap veteran Million Dan gives Buggsy a few encouraging words before stepping out on stage
"All I ever hear is 'gangster this and gangster that', when everybody knows where the gangster's at - Locked down in a cage or in a grave..." - Buggsy, Pure GasIf you havent met Bristol's finest MC of the moment, Buggsy, it's about time you did...
Check track from his debut album 'The Great Escape' here.
It is so refreshing to hear a younger MC talking such conscious lyrics - and it is that fact that it all makes sense at the rapid pace he delivers them that makes Buggsy stand out from the crowd. Take a quick look at this piece of real street accapella poetry...
Wednesday, 11 May 2011
Move the Crowd
Rakim at Bristol O2 Academy 07/05/11
There was definitely a buzz of nervous excitement in the queue before Saturday nights show at the Bristol O2 Academy. Maybe not the same kind of hysteria as when the Paid in Full LP was first played out by Eric B and Rakim in 1987, but now almost 25 years later the apprehension was at wondering whether Rakim would actually play – and if he did, would he live up to his legendary status?
DJ Format
First up was DJ Format. This one time Bristol resident looked at perfectly at home spinning classic Hiphop in front of the rapidly filling Academy. He had every mature B-Boy’s head nodding with a perfect set of party bangers from the Eighties and Nineties to warm the crowd nicely. The Rock Steady Crew turntablist and Rahzel’s wingman DJ JS1 then stepped up to introduce himself and in true Rock Steady fashion he played up to the crowd with some faultless beat juggling, body tricks, heavy cuts and heavier breaks.
Rahzel
Rahzel was greeted with an appreciative roar from the Academy. There is no doubting just how impressive his beatboxing skills are but his set was essentially the same as its always been, filled with old WuTang breaks and Transformer sound effects. Still, he is as lively and entertaining as ever with much love spouted for real HipHop music and a few barbed disses to the young beatboxing fraternity who chose to cover faster younger genres of music. Then arrives Rakim’s DJ; not the President however, but DJ Technician. He moved the crowd by mixing 4 bars of classic 90′s HipHop tunes one into another and easily had the packed out Academy to all raise their hands before the R’s arrival.
DJ Technician and Rakim
And then out he stepped. All 5′ nothing of him, skinny with a red NY Yankees cap that needed a doo-rag underneath to stop it from slipping down his face. Yet straight away he commanded the whole of that massive stage. There was almost a slip-up when he asked if ‘London was in the house’ but he corrected himself in a heartbeat to a huge cheer of relief from the Bristol crowd. It seems some mistakes are allowed.
And then of course, he started dropping science. Almost every track from Paid in Full was played, with the crowd rapping along and his voice sounding as silky as it had when he first recorded it. Stand out performances were on My Melody, Paid in Full and I Ain’t No Joke, and after showing off a few of his own beat juggling skills, he smashed out my personal fav, Juice (Know the Ledge). He also played tracks from his latest album the Seventh Seal which may not have sounded as fresh as his old material but have still warranted an itunes download from me this evening. Paid in Full is one of the greatest HipHop albums of all time performed by one of the dopest, if not the dopest emcees of all time, right here in Bristol. Long may he go on holding microphones.
There was definitely a buzz of nervous excitement in the queue before Saturday nights show at the Bristol O2 Academy. Maybe not the same kind of hysteria as when the Paid in Full LP was first played out by Eric B and Rakim in 1987, but now almost 25 years later the apprehension was at wondering whether Rakim would actually play – and if he did, would he live up to his legendary status?
DJ FormatFirst up was DJ Format. This one time Bristol resident looked at perfectly at home spinning classic Hiphop in front of the rapidly filling Academy. He had every mature B-Boy’s head nodding with a perfect set of party bangers from the Eighties and Nineties to warm the crowd nicely. The Rock Steady Crew turntablist and Rahzel’s wingman DJ JS1 then stepped up to introduce himself and in true Rock Steady fashion he played up to the crowd with some faultless beat juggling, body tricks, heavy cuts and heavier breaks.
RahzelRahzel was greeted with an appreciative roar from the Academy. There is no doubting just how impressive his beatboxing skills are but his set was essentially the same as its always been, filled with old WuTang breaks and Transformer sound effects. Still, he is as lively and entertaining as ever with much love spouted for real HipHop music and a few barbed disses to the young beatboxing fraternity who chose to cover faster younger genres of music. Then arrives Rakim’s DJ; not the President however, but DJ Technician. He moved the crowd by mixing 4 bars of classic 90′s HipHop tunes one into another and easily had the packed out Academy to all raise their hands before the R’s arrival.
DJ Technician and RakimAnd then out he stepped. All 5′ nothing of him, skinny with a red NY Yankees cap that needed a doo-rag underneath to stop it from slipping down his face. Yet straight away he commanded the whole of that massive stage. There was almost a slip-up when he asked if ‘London was in the house’ but he corrected himself in a heartbeat to a huge cheer of relief from the Bristol crowd. It seems some mistakes are allowed.
And then of course, he started dropping science. Almost every track from Paid in Full was played, with the crowd rapping along and his voice sounding as silky as it had when he first recorded it. Stand out performances were on My Melody, Paid in Full and I Ain’t No Joke, and after showing off a few of his own beat juggling skills, he smashed out my personal fav, Juice (Know the Ledge). He also played tracks from his latest album the Seventh Seal which may not have sounded as fresh as his old material but have still warranted an itunes download from me this evening. Paid in Full is one of the greatest HipHop albums of all time performed by one of the dopest, if not the dopest emcees of all time, right here in Bristol. Long may he go on holding microphones.
http://www.247magazine.co.uk/
Words: Bubber Loui
Photos: Acerone
Friday, 6 May 2011
Free Drawing
I wonder if the most precious part of an artwork is not the finished piece itself but the story behind the context in which it was created…?
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Saturday, 23 April 2011
Jonathan Taphouse
On hearing about last nights roit at the new Tescos metro store on Stokes Croft this morning, i did a quick Flickr search and found Jonathan Taphouse's fantastic images. Being too busy to stop and look for too long, i vowed to take a closer look later on.
You should too - Stokes Croft Tesco Riot
You should too - Stokes Croft Tesco Riot
Wednesday, 20 April 2011
King Of Grime
Channel 4 are forever making shows out of YouTube clips and re-running them time and time again...
But they never play this one. And it's still the funniest thing on the web.
Big up to the multi talented Stepchild AKA Gee - and Young K and Tash who i hear are still making music 3 years on. With Elvis as your mentor, you were always gonna be one step ahead.
But they never play this one. And it's still the funniest thing on the web.
Big up to the multi talented Stepchild AKA Gee - and Young K and Tash who i hear are still making music 3 years on. With Elvis as your mentor, you were always gonna be one step ahead.
'Artist'
For some time I have been questioning the term ‘Graffiti Artist’, considering exactly what it means to me. For ten or more years I used it to describe myself and the work I created but more recently I have felt less comfortable with using it...
Sunday, 17 April 2011
Thursday, 14 April 2011
'No Entry' Print Release!
Tomorrow at 6pm i'll be dropping a super small run of a photo-montage image entitled 'No Entry'. This one took about 8 hours to stitch together and ended up as 158 layers in Photoshop. My iMac nearly had a meltdown...!
Details:
Edition number: 10
Stamped and numbered by the artist
Giclee print on archive textured water-colour artists 350g stock
Price £85
Available from www.acer1.bigcartel.com and you can order one from the all new Weapon of Choice gallery on Park St, below 50:50 Skateboard supplies at 6pm Friday 15th April. WOC gallery will also be showing the framed A/P of this image which is available at a bargain price... So be sure to pop down there tomorrow evening for a look and a drink.
Details:
Edition number: 10
Stamped and numbered by the artist
Giclee print on archive textured water-colour artists 350g stock
Price £85
Available from www.acer1.bigcartel.com and you can order one from the all new Weapon of Choice gallery on Park St, below 50:50 Skateboard supplies at 6pm Friday 15th April. WOC gallery will also be showing the framed A/P of this image which is available at a bargain price... So be sure to pop down there tomorrow evening for a look and a drink.
(click to enlarge)
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