STREET ART SNAPS FROM A FLOOZY IN THE GUTTER: Philth

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27 May 2012

Summer holiday

It's great that the weather is so beautiful, no one minds that I've not updated the blog in over a month. You guys are brilliant, just so understanding. And attractive too.

Zoot is back! He's plastered some classic designs on a few legendary spots, like this one on Bradford Street:

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Wah and C3 were involved in a open mic and live art event at The Coffee Room on Saturday night, my attention was mainly focused on drinking beer so I don't have finished piece photos...

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A new pub is opening on Meriden Street soon and so Mister Boogie Dave has enlisted the help of street artists such as Tempo33, Ouch, N4T4, Philth and Juice to get it looking Digbeth friendly.

16 April 2012

You turn your back for one week...

I was away from my beloved Digbeth to see some family last week so I've had to quickly catch up on the many goings on and pretty things that have turned up on the streets.

Perhaps most excitingly is the brilliant Mr Penfold paying the area a visit. It seems he was looked after by Tempo33, here's what they got up to:

Fazeley Street

Warner Street

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AsOne was back in town for a few days and somehow fitted in painting and pasting:

Floodgate Street

Alcester Street

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Miss150 and Wah added to the re-covering of the electricty box on Fazeley Street:

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The Rainbow held several events over the bank holiday weekend and one of them included complementary live art from Philth, N4T4 and Glenn Anderson:

On display for the rest of the week on Lower Trinity Street

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The 48Sheet project has come to Birmingham; 29 artists have created designs using the 48 sheet layout of a billboard and now they're on display in prominent spots all over the city. Technically it's art on the street and some of the artists involved are better known to me for their illegal exploits so here are a few photos:

Lucy McLauchlan

A piece made using objects found around the site of the billboard on Pershore Street

Tom Tebby

High Street, Digbeth

Glenn Anderson

Constantly being changed and added to by the artist (hence the scaffolding) on Fazeley Street

Matt Watkins

Pershore Street

31 July 2011

'When Brum goes calm, it means big things are soon to come'

A very quiet week, the Boards of Fame are crying out for some fresh paste activity; don't they look sad!

As Mr Tempo33 says though 'When Brum goes calm, it means big things are soon to come'.

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There has been a little bit of activity from Philth, PTP and I've put a few stickers up (mostly 6TWO4's).

Philth (Custard Factory, Gibb Street, Digbeth)

PTP (outside Subside, City Centre, Birmingham

6TWO4 (High Street, Digbeth)

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Local mystery! Over the past few weeks, Chinese symbols have been appearing in Digbeth that appear to be painted with a brush not a can. Who is the Chinese tagger??

Zen Ice Cream Van, High Street, Digbeth

Alcester Street, Digbeth

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Sticky Missions is still going and the stakes have been repeatedly raised over the week. Here are my favourite missions of the week:

Vole

14 - Make your character into your favourite super-hero or villain

6TWO4

19 - Draw your character on a jigsaw

Case

25 - Get an old photo frame, draw your character in it and install it as high as you can

Case

26 - Make a sticker using just glitter

Mosa

28 - Sticker at the beach

6TWO4

33 - Remake a film poster/dvd cover with your character

Vomit

36 - Make a sticker of your favourite animal and put it up in a zoo

Vomit

42 - Make a fake food or drink label and replace labels of legitimate products in shops

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I've got myself up to 35 Sticky Missions points this week, here are my favourite efforts:

3 - Do a 25 sticker combo

8 - Make a home-made stamp and use it to create 25 stickers

(My stamp was pieces of wool glued to card in a crown shape, made a really nice textured stamp)

9 - multi point task ---- stick 1 of your stickers on:
-- fire department property

16 - Make a piece of clothing with your character on and take a picture of you wearing it out in public

29 - Make a zine

38 - Make a potato stamp with your character or tag and use it on the street

I have plans in motion to have at least another 9 points by next post, the competition has been really good for giving me new ideas of how to rework my character and do slightly daring things and now I really want to win!

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If you fancy watching a few of the local vandals doing their thing in a legal setting come down to Subside from about 8ish on Wednesday 10th August. PTP will be relocating down south the weekend after so come say farewell to one of the most active artists in the area, I'll be in the corner with a pint quietly weeping for the loss of Malcom the dog, duckies in various costumes and mushrooms.

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18 July 2011

The Legends Return

I know it's Monday not Sunday but on Saturday night I was dancing wildly to Baby Got Back behind the bar in Digbeth's very own Rainbow Garden (here I am pointing at a ladder in my tights (photo by the excellent Jade Sukiya)):

So yesterday I resembled this:

Anyway, sorry for lateness, here's what's happened this week!

When I first arrived in Birmingham in September 2009 I could immediately tell who the big players in Birmingham Street Art were. Since then; As One has moved to Norwich and Tempo33, Newso, Philth, N4T4 and Lisk are getting big bucks for their work and collaborating with worldwide street art talent. Understandably these guys are less active on the streets these days. However, this week As One, Lisk and Newso did some fresh painting at Priory Square in the city centre and made me a very happy floozy.

As One "BREW or DIE"

Lisk "WALL BY WALL THIS CITY WILL BE OURS"

Newso

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The same spot in Priory Square was also added to by some local artists/illustrators; G-Anders (Glenn Anderson) and S. Power (who I don't know!) did a nice bit of writing: (love many, trust few, paddle your own canoe).