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LOMO LC-A Gold

For Lomographers worldwide the Lomo LC-A+ has always been worth its weight in gold. This is why the Lomographic Society International decided to bring the inner values of the Lomo LC-A+ to its outside and created the Lomo LC-A+ Gold. Entirely plated with 24 karat gold and wrapped in smooth leather with croco-stamping, this treasure is limited to an exclusive amount of 130 pieces. These stunning looks are escorted by the legendary Russian Lomo LC-A lens that is cherished for its vignetted images and super saturated colours. Accompanied by special goodies like two Lomography films in gold-coloured anniversary tins, the Lomo LC-A+ Gold will make collector’s hearts leap for joy. Retail price: 500 EUR / 600 USD

http://www.polkadot.it/lomolcagold

Mar. 3, 2010 at 5:00pm

TOKYO GLOW

http://www.tokyoglow.com/

Mar. 2, 2010 at 3:59pm

artist: Alberto de Pedro
location: Madrid

12:22pm

Banksy Interview + Video

Banksy has done an interview with the Sunday Times, which is an interesting read:

“I have a large collection of famous art at home, but they’re all fakes. I make them myself. If I like a picture I grab a photo, project it up and paint it. Sometimes I change the colours to fit with the curtains. I do it partly because I’m tight and partly because if the Basquiats and Picassos in the sitting room were real I’d be too scared to ever leave the house.

“I don’t make as much money as people think. The commercial galleries that have held exhibitions of my paintings are nothing to do with me. And I certainly don’t see money from the T-shirts, mugs and greeting cards. My lawyer calls me ‘the most infringed artist alive’ and wants me to do something about it. But if you’ve built a reputation on having a casual attitude towards property ownership, it seems a bit bad-mannered to kick off about copyright law.”

Feb. 28, 2010 at 11:10am

Luzinterruptus have brought their light-based street art from Madrid to NYC; this is 800 books, each with a light attached, with the intention of replacing traffic with literature.

artist: Luzinterruptus
location: Brooklyn Bridge/ Water St., NYC

Feb. 26, 2010 at 6:32pm

“Renmen’ is the Haitian word for Love, the bird in the logo is the Hispaniolan Trogon, the national bird of Haiti. The Renmen Project has been brought together by the team at Thunder Chunky and Ben The Illustrator in order to raise funds for UNICEF’s Haiti Appeal. I was very honoured to be asked to contribute to the project, and this is the piece I created, which will soon be available in a strictly limited run of prints. Please keep an eye out for it, and support if you can!”

Sidenote: This would be a pretty rad tattoo on somebody.

1:07am

If I had to describe this video in a brief sentence I’d have to say it’s, “one of the best music videos I’ve ever seen ever.” The video was created by a guy named Rogier van der Zwaag for the band Nobody Beats The Drum. Roger acts as the visual artist for the band so he was tasked to create the video for the song Grindin’, and what he’s done has blown my mind. Using nothing but spray-painted wooden blocks and stop-motion he’s created a visual experience that’s absolutely brilliant.

All in all there were 4085 photos taken, and he meticulously put together this visual insanity. I think it was pretty clever that he technically only shot a quarter of the video, then flipped it both horizontally and vertically in post. My absolute favorite part is when he uses the black lights to make the blocks glow, it just looks really amazing. Not to mention that the video totally reflects the frantic nature of the song, I mean, to me this is perfect synthesis of art and music.

If you’d like a (comical) behind the scenes look at the video you can click here.

Feb. 25, 2010 at 11:37pm