FRIDAY LATE ANIMATE @ THE V&A

On 30 March 2007 Friday Late will animate the V&A galleries with workshops, performances and screenings celebrating the art of moving images. Visitors will get a chance to explore all animation techniques from hand-drawn frames to the latest computer technologies. Get animated and celebrate the art of moving image, with an evening that will have you dreaming in technicolor and stop motion.

The evening will include a screening of Japanese animation including work from Production I.G (Ghost in The Shell and the animation of Tarantino's Kill Bill), short films from Satoshi Tomioka, music videos from Koichiro Tsujikawa and work from other stars of the Japanese scene. A Walt Disney Talk with the unique opportunity to see some of the Disney's drawings close-up. Plus a Nexus retrospective featuring a selection of short films, title sequences, comedy sketches, music videos and commercials from this award-winning production company. The full list of events lined-up for the evening can be viewed over on the V&A's website here.

Friday Late Animate, is part of the V&A’s ongoing ‘Friday Late’ programming which responds to the latest happenings in contemporary culture.

Where: The V&A | Cromwell Road| London SW7
Date: Friday, 30 March
Time: 6.30pm – 10.00pm

LMF05 AT DREAM BAGS JAGUAR SHOES

PMH's LMF05 at Jagbags tomorrow night from 9pm.

FEAT DJS CLOUDY,SKULLY,PENNYDROPS,PMH,POWERBASTARD & FALARAKI GANGBANG
playing pysch, garage,rock, bmore, electro etc.

Dream Bags and Jaguar Shoes | Kingsland Road | London

BANKSY RELEASES NEW PRINT

Pictures on Walls is set to release two new Banksy prints on their website today.
The Banksy 'Morons' print from the LA show last year and a new Sepia colour way of the 'Morons' print pictured above will both go on sale at 3pm 29th March. You are gonna have to be quick on the mouse if you want one of these., I imagine they will sell out straight away.

http://www.picturesonwalls.com/
http://www.banksy.co.uk/menu.html

Please note POW have changed their conditions:

Only ONE print per household. we will cancel any order for both a signed AND unsigned print from the same edition;

The computer now has a database of people who have bought prints and immediately sold them on. We will automatically cancel these orders also;

We retain the right to cancel and refund an order at any point prior to shipping if we smell a rat;

We do this in the interests of normal people who just want to buy a picture. Thanks for your understanding.

WARHOL LONDON FILM NIGHT

The Old Shoreditch Station bar/ cafe is hosting a Warhol film night tonight ( Wednesday 28th) from 9pm

Film screening, Portraits, Documentation and shorts.
Andy Warhol and people around him.



The Old Shoreditch Station on the corner of Kingsland Road | Old Street | London

MÜDWIG DANS @ JAGBAGS

Jaguar Shoes present a new exhibition of work by illustrator, street artist and all round top bloke MÜDWIG DANS this Thursday 29th. Titled "PAULUS’ TÄBL-UNSELLABLE’ [THE PEDIGREE® CHUM REJECTS]" expect to see some super fresh imagery. See ye there.

Dream Bags & Jaguar Shoes
34-36 Kingsland Road
London. E2 8DA.

Check some of his work here:
http://www.dasmudwig.com/
http://www.kuildoosh.com/

MODULAR WEEKLY

Modular Records is about to unleash a weekly night here in London. Modular Weekly launches March 23rd at Anda De Bridge and kickstarting the new venture they've only gone and signed up Phones(a.k.a Paul Epworth ), People Are Germs, Modular D.J's and some super sexy super secret special guests jetting in especially. As if that isn't enough they are cramming these big name acts into a basement sized room the like of which they haven't played since they were spinning pretend decks in the mirror in their bedroom!!! £5 entry fee, cheap booze, and no guestlist.

Anda De Bridge | 42-43 Kingsland Road.

CLARE E. ROJAS AT MODERN ART

Clare E. Rojas returns to London's Modern Art Gallery with a new collection of work. The exhibition titled "Sympathetic Magic" opens to the public this Friday 23rd March and will run for a month until 22nd April.

Private View 22nd March 6pm - 8pm

MODERN ART, 10 Vyner St, E2 9DG
Nearest Tube: Bethnal Green
Opening Times: Thursday - Sunday 11am-6pm

THE FIRST OFFICIAL UK IPOD BATTLE

The first official UK IPOD battle hit's London this week at the Bethnal Green Working Man's Club. Started back in March 2006 when TTC’s Tekilatex and Romain Rock, bored with strictly Hip Hop, Electro or Rock n Roll parties, decided to create a night where those scenes would share their influences. They chose the brand new Parisian club Paris Paris to host the party. Since then, the Ipod Battle has been to Montreal and Geneva and now London will host the next battle this Thursday 22nd March. The battle will see ttc, orgasmic, sinden, radioclit to name a few of those that will battle it out to win the crowds over with the freshest tracks.

BG Working Men's Club | 42 Pollard Row | London | E2 6NB

TOY LIFE

Toy Life a newly opened specialist designer toy store & gallery in Brighton's North Lanes. It has been set up by U.K artists Mr & Mrs Muju in order to support & promote independant artists & toymakers worldwide. Their new store will features regular exhibitions from artists & toymakers.

Toylife also have an online store where you can purchase a selection of their stock, including plush toys, limited edition prints, books and of course vinyl toys.

ToyLife • Tidy Street • North Laines • Brighton • BN1 4AP

EAST LONDON STREET ART

We uploaded some new images we photographed on the back street of East London over weekend on our Invisiblemadevisible flick account. Go check them here.

WE"RE STILL HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sorry for the lack of postings, we have been having trouble uploading images since last wednesday. All appears to be working fine and normal service will resume.

TWO FACED EXHIBITION

This Thursday will see the the UK launch of Wearitwithpride's Two Faced project. The Two Faced exhibition will open with a private view at Cosh Gallery from 7.30 Thursday 15th march. The exhibition celebrates the changing face of modern portraiture; showcasing both printed and original work selected from the publication of the same name. The show will run for a week closing on the 22 March.


@ COSH
69 Berwick Street
Soho
London
W1F 8SZ
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To get on the list:
rsvp@coshuk.com
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Also check out the http://www.wearitwithpride.com/twofaced site for recently uploaded images of the final book and the Hong Kong launch party.

WORD TO MOTHER'S SOLO EXHIBITION

This Thursday sees the opening of WORD TO MOTHER'S first solo show at the Stolen Space Gallery in East London.

STOLENSPACE GALLERY
Dray Walk, The Old Truman Brewery
91 Brick Lane
London E1 6QL

NEW CANDY PDF MAGAZINE

The newest issue of the ever excellent Irish PDF magazine Candy is now online and available to download.

Get the Girl Power Shopping Issue here.

PARTY TONIGHT!!!!

Two events on tonight 8th March and both out East London way.

First up for the evening is the Alex Noble exhibition and Launch party at the The Old Shoreditch Station on the corner of Kingland Road. The show titled "NOUVEAU GHETTO: TURF WAR" is the newest project and first solo show for artist and designer Alex Noble.

THE OLD SHOREDITCH STATION, I Kingland Road.

Up next is " Are You Part Of The New Era?' party at The Dragon Bar on Leonard Street. New Era are inviting guests to become part of the New Era and have their portraits taken to be incorporated into the New Era Caps 2007 global advertising campaign. The First 50 guests photographed will receive a free cap from New Era. The night kicks off at 7pm and you must rsvp to attend. The night will also feature artwork by Cablestreet.

The Dragon Bar, Leonard Street.

FAILE EXHIBITION @ LAZARIDES GALLERY

If you have been reading this blog for any length you will know we are big fans of Faile's work. We were delighted last week when we heard that they were having a show here in London.

FAILE is an international collective of artists, famed for their striking iconography and unique style of layered and collaged paintings that find their source in pop culture and comic books. They are widely acknowledged as some of the early pioneers in the contemporary street art movement, and since forming in the late 90s, FAILE has since exhibited in galleries across the world, from Tokyo and Shanghai, to Berlin and Copenhagen and all over the USA. From Brooklyn with Love is FAILE’s first solo show in the UK, and follows the success of their exhibits in the group show, Spank The Monkey at Baltic in Gateshead last year..

From Brooklyn With Love will present new sculptures and new largescale paintings including the beautiful ‘It Happens Everyday’, 2007: pictured above, an Acrylic & Silkscreen canvas.

The show is taking place at LAZARIDES Gallery, No 8, Greek Street, Soho, London. From Brooklyn With Love will open to the public at 12 noon on Friday 9th March and the show will run until 7 April 2007.

Hours: Tues-Sat 11am-7pm
Admission: Free
Nearest Tube: Tottenham Court Road

See ye there Friday!!

KAVINKSY RECORD LAUNCH PARTY

We blogged KAVINSKY back in november when we saw the excellent music video for the "Testarossa Autodrive" track. Now four months later we will finally get to hear him play in London as he crosses the pond next Friday 16th March to play at his Record launch party for the "1986 EP".

The night is being hosted by People Are Germs at Sin in Charing Cross and along with Kavinksy they will have the ED Banger DJ Allstars in tow. And from what we've heard it will be all of them!! If you an Ed Banger fan you don't want to miss this night. Tickets are on sale now over at People Are Germs Myspace.

SIN
144 Charing Cross Road
London WC2H 0LB

ELEVEN: GROUP SHOW OF ELEVEN CONTEMPORARIES

Leonard Street Gallery re-opens its door after the very successful Blek Le Rat exhibition with a new show "ELEVEN" opening on the 9th March. The show will bring together eleven of the most exciting contemporary artists from across the world, many of whom will be exhibiting in the UK for the first time, in order to question the nature of the street art/fine art divide.

Artists exhibiting:
Swoon
Over the past 5 years Swoon has emerged as one of the most influential figures in the street art movement. Swoon has been pasting her technically brilliant and beautiful woodcuts on the streets of New York for a number of years and is one of only a handful of artists who has gained enormous respect in both street art circles and in the mainstream art world. Swoon's work can still be seen on the streets but is now also found in many Museums including MOMA.

Matthew Small
Matt trained at the Royal College of Art and whilst there is no denying the painterly quality of the work, his work shares something of the street art ethos. Matt paints his portraits, often of the socially excluded or misunderstood, onto found pieces of metal.

Blek Le Rat
Considered by many to be the originator of stencil graffiti, Blek has been adorning the streets of Paris with his hugely original and intelligent artwork since the early eighties. A massive influence on today's graffiti and gorilla art movements, Blek's arresting images have a timeless, universal appeal that go beyond underground street art.

Shepard Fairey
The man who launched the sticker revolution with a simple image of Andre the Giant, yet well known for his Obey propaganda art project campaign (aka. Andre the Giant has a Posse), Shepard Fairey has had renowned exhibitions worldwide for the past decade and now runs a small design empire out of Los Angeles. Fairey creates works that detail the explosion of commercialism in our society, including the references to how our we put celebrities, politicians, etc. onto pedestals.

Other exhibiting artists include the French urban artist based in NYC WK Interact, London’s own Eine and Dface, New York’s Judith Supine and Elbowtoe, Faile Collective’s Aiko, and Philadelphia-based Jim Houser.

The Exhibition will run from 9 March – 18 April 2007
Gallery Hours: Open to the public from 11:00 am until 19:00 Monday to Saturday or by private appointment

LEONARD STREET GALLERY, 73 A Leonard Street, London, EC2A 4QS.

PAPER SCULPTURES

Go visit Jen Starks website and check out some of the beautiful work she has been creating including a series of paper sculptures like the one pictured above.

http://www.jenstark.com

BANKSY EXHIBITION

Andipa Gallery presents the work of graffiti artist Banksy at its Knightsbridge premises from Thursday 1 to Saturday 24 March 2007. The show will incorporate 15 unique signed canvases and over 30 signed limited edition prints. All the pieces at the exhibit will be for sale.

Andipa Gallery does not represent Banksy. The art for sale has been privately sourced, over a period of time, especially for this show.

The Banksy art exhibition is on view at the Andipa Gallery, 162 Walton Street, Knightsbridge, from 1st March – 24th March 2007. Nearest tube: South Kensington. Admission is free. Gallery hours are 9.30am – 6pm Monday – Friday and 11am – 6pm Saturday. For more information call 020 7589 2371.