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The Magic Paint Roller

Jesus Diaz — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 02:40:49 +0000

I have seen some pretty cool electronic graffiti techniques in the past, but multimedia performers Sweatshoppe’s method—which uses a paint roller to draw video straight on walls—beats them all.

The paint roller doesn’t paint anything on the wall. It’s made with green LEDs. A camera next to the projector tracks the position of the paint roller, unmasking the video projection in real time, as the artists draws on the wall. Pretty clever.

Sweatshoppe—artists Bruno Levy and Blake Shaw—plans to release the software as soon as the polish it and beef it up with features. [Wooster Collective via Bonnie Burton]

Urban Renewal, OS 9 Edition

John Herrman — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 21:40:00 +0000

Spotted by a reader outside of Providence, Rhode Island (what isn’t “outside of Providence” in RI, anyway?), some charming little OS-9-themed graffiti on an abandoned nightclub. Wallpaper-sized shots after the jump.

From afar, the scene is a little more grim (click for larger version):
And seeing it up close makes me wish for a full-length menu bar: Still though, if you need to indulge your fanboyism, please, do it like this. —Thanks, Tristan!

Fire Tagging Makes Graffiti a Bit More Dangerous

Adam Frucci — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 18:20:00 +0000

Graffiti is cool, I guess. But graffiti that’s been lit on fire before the paint drys? OK, now you have my attention.

Sure, fire tagging is relatively dangerous, what with a school in LA having been partially burned down from the practice, but as long as you’re smart enough to not try it on the side of an old wooden barn it shouldn’t be that bad. And some people are tagging with lighter fluid, making it less permanent than regular graffiti. Lighting wet paint on fire makes it permanent, but with burned accents, which is cool too. But something about making graffiti more of a performance and something to be witnessed right after it’s done is especially pleasing to me.

Unless it was on the side of my convenience store, in which case I’d call the cops on those no-good punks. [Gothamist via Fast Company]

Graffiti for Wii Video Shows 100% Silly Fun, 0% Mess

Jesus Diaz — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 12:45:14 +0000

The Wii Spray concept project by University of Weimar’s Martin Lihs is now a reality, as you can see in this video. You can pick colours pointing at patches, and even use stencils.

The toy itself doesn’t require a Wii to work: It uses Flash on a normal PC as the platform, and the Wiimote as the controller. However, I wish Nintendo and its developers could look at this and be more creative about the use of the Wiimote. Even while this will require a big screen, I think kids will love to paint like this on their TVs, while parents will be happy for them not use spray or crayons over real walls. [CLDFX]

Aerial7 Graffiti Headphones One Pacifier Short of a Personal Rave

Jack Loftus — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 21:00:00 +0000

Well hello colour. How ya been, and who at Aerial7 did you have to get high in order to get yourself arranged in such a, um, loud way on these new Graffiti headphones?

Seriously. Short of the DJ/rave scene these cans might have trouble finding a home. The price isn’t too bad at $US80 for the Tank model, $US50 for the Matador, but I go blind just thinking about them. The Tank includes an extra cable with a microphone for answering calls, so there’s that to consider on your way to that abandoned meat packing warehouse on the city limits.

The looks you’ll get because you’re wearing these for attention are priceless, however. [Aerial7 via Chip Chick via Coolest Gadgets]

The Berliner Dom Projected with Graffiti

Mark Wilson — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 17:00:00 +0000

In 1894, when German Emperor Wilhelm II ordered the construction of the neoclassicist Berliner Dom, otherwise known as the Berlin Cathedral, he probably didn’t think it would turn out like this. Projected with the visual musings of graffiti artist Jaybo (specifically, Disney cartoon hands forming Hokusai’s The Great Wave off Kanagawa), the Dom is always a spectacle…but not like this. Here’s the cathedral on any other day:

[CircleCulture via Coolhunting]

MUTO is Among the More Astounding Videos We’ve Seen Online…or Off

Mark Wilson — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:50:00 +0000

Italian artist BLU is famous for painting politically and socially charged street murals, but his recent project involving street animation may be his most visually stunning. Called MUTO, the video is a series of digital stills assembled from sequential paintings on the streets/walls of Buenos Aires, Argentina. It’s been floating around a bit, but if you haven’t seen it, the effect is a sort of living, evolving mural that follows a dramatic, character-drive storyline. And if you watch one thing online today (or tomorrow or the next day), this should be it:

Told you. [Blu via Walyou]

Graffiti’ed AT-AT Walker Up For Grabs at Christie’s Auction

Gizmodo US Edition — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 11:40:00 +0000

If you’ve got a spare couple of grand loitering in your bank account, and you’re a S*** W*** fan, then this graffiti’ed AT-AT walker might be so far up your galaxy it’s parked in your constellation. Customised by EASE and JK5 for Suckadelic, the Hasbro toy is tagged in gin-u-wine Aurebesh language, and is expected to go for between US$1,500 and US$2,000. You can pick it up at the Christie’s Pop Culture sale on June 25 in New York. [Christie's via GeekAlerts]

Street Art is Better with Pixels

Adam Frucci — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 01:30:00 +0000

This awesome street art was spotted here in NYC in the East Village, and I love it. Pixelart beats sloppy, illegible tagging any day of the week, thank you very much. Unfortunately, some jackass didn’t agree. At least we have a picture of it in its original state. [Gothamist]

GRL Documentary Switches Us Onto Electronic Street Art

Gizmodo US Edition — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 08:00:38 +0000

Never heard of the Graffiti Research Lab? Well, if we tell you they were wrongly suspected of being involved in the Boston LED Mooninite mess, and their self-declared mission statement is to be “dedicated to outfitting graffiti writers, pranksters, artists and protestors with open source tools for urban communication” do you have more of a clue? A documentary is due out soon on the work of these technology-mad urban artists, and the video shows a few snippets from it. It’s pretty fascinating. We’re tempted to strap some magnets, batteries and LEDs together and start decorating boring urban steel things with glowing throwies right away. The film premieres at MoMA in New York on May 4th. [BoingBoingTV]