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Mark Jenkins: Go Figure!

American artist Mark Jenkins’s urban (and rural) interventions are street-smart—in the truest sense of the word.
Jenkins creates and sets free a colorful cast of characters by way of clear tape casts: the homeless, kids, vagrants, polar bears, and horses (to name but a few) all take their place in the wild, wild urban space, while interacting with the surrounding buildings and public places that provide the context and set the stage. Positioning them around the world, Jenkins’ sculptures have made their way around the world in cities throughout North and South America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East.
Disturbing, humorous, and enigmatic in equal measures, Mark Jenkins enlists his hyper-realistic sculptures into the service of, for example, Greenpeace, as well as for exhibitions, performances, art galleries, and workshops. We met the Washington, DC-based Jenkins in Berlin, where he was contributing to a dance theatre piece.

lately in New York..

Published 2013/11/23 Architektur , city , confusion , fun , nonsense , public space , streeetart Leave a Comment
Schlagwörter: architecture, art, fake, fun, irritation, public space, sign, streetart, urban art, urban spaces

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CityLeaks: #Impressions #Live Paintings

Published 2013/09/20 Architektur , art , city , fun , media , politics , public space , streeetart Leave a Comment
Schlagwörter: art, festival, installation, interacting, interventions, mural, performance, public, street art, urban art, urban space

For the last three weeks more than 30 representatives of the fine, performing and applied arts have turned the City of Cologne into a huge stage and canvas for contemporary urban art. Accessible for everyone the created artworks hopefully affect the political, social and aesthetic awareness of residents and visitors.
From today till sunday there is still a chance to watch Live paintings by TIKA (Lichtstraße 24), Debug Visuals (Hansemannstraße 2), Sten Lex (Hospelstraße 4) and Zezao (Bürgerhaus Stollwerk).

Here are some festival impressions, for further information visit http://cityleaks-festival.com/

Captain Borderline

Hendrik ecb Beikirch

Odo Rumpf

Mark Jenkins & Sandra Fernandez

Dennis Freischlad

Anandam Dance Theatre

Botoh Werkstatt Köln

10 Jahre Mocmoc

Published 2013/09/16 art , city , confusion , fun , internet , media , music , public space , streeetart Leave a Comment
Schlagwörter: advertising, art, education, fake, irritation, politics, provocation, public space, urban art

gerade wieder sehr aktuell:
anlässlich des 10jährigen Bestehen von Mocmoc wird der frühere Streit um Kunst+ Politik, Demokratie, Identität, öffentlicher Raum und Strategien nochmals hervorgeholt.
Ostschweiz am Sonntag 15.9.13; Thurgauer Zeitung 16.9.13; weitere infos zum Mocmoc von Com&Com; Dokfilm über Mocmoc