Os Gemeos is an artistic pairing that many in Scotland are very familiar with. The Brazilian duo of Otavio and Gustavo Pandolfo painted part of the Kelburn Castle in west Scotland, which is now scheduled to be removed within the next year or so. Currently they are in Boston working on a large scale mural … Continue reading »
Upfest – the Urban Paint Festival – was conceived by 3 like minded artists in 2008, after taken large amounts of inspiration from festivals such as Super Cans (Southampton), Cans Festival (London) and the growing number of paint jams around the UK. With the increasing popularity of such events over the past few years, it’s no … Continue reading »
Edinburgh’s public art scene has really been gathering pace recently, another recent addition that I’ve been meaning to get down and snap is Spaceboy’s 6 shutter piece at Leith’s Newhaven harbour. Along the rear of Welch’s Fishmonger he put together this large piece with the help of ECA students, and beer company ‘Red Stripe’. Spaceboy … Continue reading »
Some stunningly colourful and detailed large scale mural work from Spanish artist Kram at Wool Urban Art Festival recently. The festival sets out to use several walls in the city as a support for interventions of urban artists, with the aim of bringing, for the first time, an event of such characteristics to an interior … Continue reading »
As huge fans of Smash137′s work, we were excited to hear that Amateur Magazine visited Smash 137 at his studio to interview him for the 10th edition released recently, available here. They created this really cool and interesting 360 degrees panoramic view of his studio space at the same time – have a look here! … Continue reading »
The guys at Silent UK have managed to scale London’s tallest building, the Shard, and collected some pretty amazing urbex images from the summit! After biding their time whilst waiting for the core to reach 72 storeys, the guys wasted no time in making their way to the top. The story behind the ascent is … Continue reading »
Last night’s show on BBC Radio 1 from Benga & Skream was the last in the ‘In New DJs We Trust’ Thursday night 1 hr spot. If you didn’t catch it, it’s now on the BBC iPlayer. Click the image below to be re-directed to the program. Despite this being the last show of the … Continue reading »
It’s been too long since our last music related post on urbankulturblog, going way back to the Edinburgh Festival 2011 when we posted Etienne de Crecy’s video for ‘No Brain’. With that in mind, and a conscious decision to cover more in the way of ‘underground ‘music on the blog, here’s something to get your Tuesday … Continue reading »
Nyjah Huston, the 17 yr old Californian street skateboarder, released this video – Rise and Shine – towards the tail end of 2011 under Element skateboards. He has a sickening amount of talent, having already picked up a Summer X Games gold medal in 2011 – and judging by this short clip, it’s easy to … Continue reading »
After enjoying the Leake Street tunnel nearby Waterloo Station, we came across a fire exit slightly ajar, and after checking around to see if anyone was looking, jumped inside to have a look around. Just inside was this pretty epic looking piece, including some hidden animals amongst the mesmirising sea of lines. Artist to be … Continue reading »
