<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" ><channel><title>FRESHLY SERIOUS™&#187; culture</title> <atom:link href="http://www.freshlyserious.com/tag/culture/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.freshlyserious.com</link> <description>music, art, culture, design and tom foolery delivered fresh daily... seriously.</description> <lastBuildDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:01:38 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1</generator> <item><title>25lbs of Graffiti History on the EBay Auction Block</title><link>http://www.freshlyserious.com/2011/02/26/25lbs-of-graffiit-history-on-the-ebay-auction-block/</link> <comments>http://www.freshlyserious.com/2011/02/26/25lbs-of-graffiit-history-on-the-ebay-auction-block/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 26 Feb 2011 18:44:04 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>S.D. Rockswell</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[art+culture]]></category> <category><![CDATA[film & video]]></category> <category><![CDATA[graffiti]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Aerosol]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Carl Weston]]></category> <category><![CDATA[culture]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ebay]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ebay auction]]></category> <category><![CDATA[end result]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Feds]]></category> <category><![CDATA[graf]]></category> <category><![CDATA[graffiti magazine]]></category> <category><![CDATA[graffiti writer]]></category> <category><![CDATA[grafs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[new york subway]]></category> <category><![CDATA[NYPD]]></category> <category><![CDATA[subway]]></category> <category><![CDATA[train photos]]></category> <category><![CDATA[video]]></category> <category><![CDATA[video magazine]]></category> <category><![CDATA[VideoGraf]]></category> <category><![CDATA[weston]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.freshlyserious.com/?p=105752351</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">Any self respecting and knowledgeable graffiti writer knows of about the legacy of the legend that is VideoGraf. Starting from the Alpha of graffiti, with Phase2, the VideoGraf crew put in WORK stateside and around the world. The end result being relevantly raw look at graf culture&#8217;s past present and future. And despite... <a href="http://www.freshlyserious.com/2011/02/26/25lbs-of-graffiit-history-on-the-ebay-auction-block/"> [MORE]</a>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.freshlyserious.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Picture-2.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-105752354 colorbox-105752351" title="Picture 2" src="http://www.freshlyserious.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Picture-2-640x478.jpg" alt="" width="640" height="478" /></a>Any self respecting and knowledgeable graffiti writer knows of about the legacy of the legend that is <strong><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XptNy-UfG4E" target="_blank">VideoGraf</a></strong>. Starting from the Alpha of graffiti, with <strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PHASE_2">Phase2</a></strong>, the VideoGraf crew put in WORK stateside and around the world. The end result being relevantly raw look at graf culture&#8217;s past present and future. And despite constant pressure from NYPD and the Feds, never once did they crack.<span id="more-105752351"></span></p> Aerosol heroics aside, one of Video Graf&#8217;s founding fathers Carl Weston is auctioning almost 3 decades of graffiti documentation. This equates to roughly 25-30 pounds of <strong><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&amp;item=270711595162&amp;ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT#ht_500wt_1100">raw graf history</a></strong>.<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.freshlyserious.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Picture-1.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-105752352 colorbox-105752351" title="Picture 1" src="http://www.freshlyserious.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Picture-1-640x315.jpg" alt="" width="640" height="315" /></a></p><p style="text-align: justify;">â€œIn 1988 I started a video magazine series called Videograf, the  video came out a few times a year until about 1995. I went on to produce  a few more graffiti videos series like Graf Core and Over Spray.  Graffiti writers gave videograf productions pictures for over 20 years.  Iâ€™m now putting the whole collection up for auction on ebay. This  collection of photographs represents the 80â€™s and the 90â€™s wit a few  shots from the 70â€™s. I donâ€™t know how many photos are in the collection  but is weights approximately 25 pounds. Approximately 60 percent of the  collection is walls mostly from the 80â€™s &amp; 90â€™s.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Approximately 40 percent of the photos in the collection are trains,  including freights mostly but not all from new york city. Approximately  30 percent of the train photos are new york subway shots representing  the 70â€™s, 80â€™s and 90â€™s. The wall and frieght photos come from every  corner of the usa &amp; world and mostly represent the 90â€™s.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">This photo collection is ideal for someone wanting to start a  graffiti themed website or publish a graffiti magazine.â€</p><p style="text-align: justify;">8 days left. Currently @ $1,775.00.00 <strong><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&amp;item=270711595162&amp;ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT#ht_500wt_1100">Get ya bid on</a></strong>!</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.freshlyserious.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Picture-42.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-105752361 colorbox-105752351" title="Picture 4" src="http://www.freshlyserious.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Picture-42-640x487.jpg" alt="" width="640" height="487" /></a><a href="http://www.freshlyserious.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Picture-3.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-105752355 colorbox-105752351" title="Picture 3" src="http://www.freshlyserious.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Picture-3-640x462.jpg" alt="" width="640" height="462" /></a>(via TWBE)</p>]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.freshlyserious.com/2011/02/26/25lbs-of-graffiit-history-on-the-ebay-auction-block/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The WikiLeaks Data Center pt II</title><link>http://www.freshlyserious.com/2010/12/13/the-wikileaks-data-center-pt-ii/</link> <comments>http://www.freshlyserious.com/2010/12/13/the-wikileaks-data-center-pt-ii/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2010 14:37:18 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>S.D. Rockswell</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[crime & politics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[film & video]]></category> <category><![CDATA[grown man sport]]></category> <category><![CDATA[industrial]]></category> <category><![CDATA[interior]]></category> <category><![CDATA[news]]></category> <category><![CDATA[technology]]></category> <category><![CDATA[tourism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[travel]]></category> <category><![CDATA[video]]></category> <category><![CDATA[albert france]]></category> <category><![CDATA[atomic shelter]]></category> <category><![CDATA[backup generators]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Banhof]]></category> <category><![CDATA[banks]]></category> <category><![CDATA[blogging]]></category> <category><![CDATA[cartels]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Center]]></category> <category><![CDATA[computer storage]]></category> <category><![CDATA[conference]]></category> <category><![CDATA[cover ups]]></category> <category><![CDATA[culture]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Data]]></category> <category><![CDATA[design]]></category> <category><![CDATA[designer furniture]]></category> <category><![CDATA[drug war]]></category> <category><![CDATA[drugs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[facebook]]></category> <category><![CDATA[fashion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[film]]></category> <category><![CDATA[film genre]]></category> <category><![CDATA[France]]></category> <category><![CDATA[furniture]]></category> <category><![CDATA[German]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Google]]></category> <category><![CDATA[high security]]></category> <category><![CDATA[high-security computer storage facility]]></category> <category><![CDATA[House]]></category> <category><![CDATA[interior fashion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[james bond 007]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Julian Assange]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Lanord]]></category> <category><![CDATA[natural waterfalls]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nigeria]]></category> <category><![CDATA[overdosage]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Pionen]]></category> <category><![CDATA[room]]></category> <category><![CDATA[science]]></category> <category><![CDATA[science fiction film]]></category> <category><![CDATA[square meter]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Stockholm]]></category> <category><![CDATA[u boats]]></category> <category><![CDATA[wikileaks]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.freshlyserious.com/?p=105749063</guid> <description><![CDATA[[portfolio_slideshow] More imagery of the Banhof high-security computer storage facility in Stockholm. Once again this is what it looks like in the belly of the current Wikileaks safehouse. The elevated conference room is pure fire. Mind you, this is Sweden so you know the designer furniture is of the highest caliber. Natural waterfalls and vegetation... <a href="http://www.freshlyserious.com/2010/12/13/the-wikileaks-data-center-pt-ii/"> [MORE]</a>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[[portfolio_slideshow] More imagery of the <strong>Banhof</strong> high-security computer storage facility in Stockholm. Once again this is what it looks like in the belly of the current Wikileaks safehouse. The elevated conference room is pure fire. Mind you, this is Sweden so you know the designer furniture is of the highest caliber. Natural waterfalls and vegetation through out the whole facility. The backup generators for the servers are powered by old German U-boats that serve as backup generators.<strong>Pionen &#8211; White mountain</strong> was designed by <a href="http://www.af-la.com/"><strong>Albert France-Lanord Architects</strong></a> in a former 1200 square meter anti-atomic shelter. Major inspiration came straight from the science fiction film genre. As well, make no mistake about it, there is plenty of James Bond 007 overdosage. But that&#8217;s not a bad thing. Google and Facebook need to hop of the grid and step their &#8220;interior fashion&#8221; game up. Word.Research:<a href="http://www.archdaily.com" target="_blank"> </a><strong><a href="http://www.archdaily.com" target="_blank">ArchDaily</a> + <a href="http://interiorcomplex.com/" target="_blank">interiorcomplex </a></strong>Fotograhics:<strong> <strong><a href="http://www.bahnhof.se" target="_blank">Bahnhof</a></strong></strong>]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.freshlyserious.com/2010/12/13/the-wikileaks-data-center-pt-ii/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>24k BMX by Dzine (Chicago)</title><link>http://www.freshlyserious.com/2010/12/13/24k-gold-bmx-by-dzine-chi/</link> <comments>http://www.freshlyserious.com/2010/12/13/24k-gold-bmx-by-dzine-chi/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2010 07:07:46 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>S.D. Rockswell</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[art+culture]]></category> <category><![CDATA[freshly serious]]></category> <category><![CDATA[graffiti]]></category> <category><![CDATA[art]]></category> <category><![CDATA[art basel]]></category> <category><![CDATA[artist]]></category> <category><![CDATA[artist friend]]></category> <category><![CDATA[bmx]]></category> <category><![CDATA[bodega]]></category> <category><![CDATA[business call]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Chicago]]></category> <category><![CDATA[crew]]></category> <category><![CDATA[culture]]></category> <category><![CDATA[custom]]></category> <category><![CDATA[delanoe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[dinner at the ritz]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Doze]]></category> <category><![CDATA[faces and places]]></category> <category><![CDATA[gallery. nike]]></category> <category><![CDATA[graf]]></category> <category><![CDATA[House]]></category> <category><![CDATA[lady friend]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Lee QuiÃ±ones]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Leo Koenig]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Marlin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[miami]]></category> <category><![CDATA[music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[nyc]]></category> <category><![CDATA[old]]></category> <category><![CDATA[one nite]]></category> <category><![CDATA[phaseii]]></category> <category><![CDATA[rock steady]]></category> <category><![CDATA[room]]></category> <category><![CDATA[SBOne]]></category> <category><![CDATA[social lubrication]]></category> <category><![CDATA[South Beach]]></category> <category><![CDATA[south beach miami]]></category> <category><![CDATA[south beach miami florida]]></category> <category><![CDATA[steel wheels]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Szway]]></category> <category><![CDATA[technique]]></category> <category><![CDATA[VoodooÃ¢]]></category> <category><![CDATA[winter music conference]]></category> <category><![CDATA[wmc]]></category> <category><![CDATA[youngbuck]]></category> <category><![CDATA[youtube]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ZORO]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ZULU]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.freshlyserious.com/?p=105749108</guid> <description><![CDATA[South Beach, Miami, Florida during Winter Music Conference or Art Basel, is not for everyone. You either go hard or go home. Some don&#8217;t make it home at all (no lies, I&#8217;ve seen it). Â Cultural and social lubrication at its finest, Never knowing who you might bump into from the Marlin all the way down... <a href="http://www.freshlyserious.com/2010/12/13/24k-gold-bmx-by-dzine-chi/"> [MORE]</a>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-105749110 colorbox-105749108" title="Dzine_voodoobike" src="http://www.freshlyserious.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Dzine_voodoobike.jpg" alt="" width="640" height="453" /> South Beach, Miami, Florida during <strong><a href="http://wintermusicconference.com/" target="_blank">Winter Music Conference</a> </strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">or</span><a href="http://wintermusicconference.com/" target="_blank"> </a><a href="http://www.artbaselmiamibeach.com/" target="_blank">Art Basel</a></strong>, is not for everyone. You either go hard or go home. Some don&#8217;t make it home at all (no lies, I&#8217;ve seen it). Â Cultural and social lubrication at its finest, Never knowing who you might bump into from the Marlin all the way down to the breakfast bodega on Collins.One nite during WMC 2001 or 2002 (it&#8217;s all a blurrr), I was invited to dinner by a lady friend of a friend. Since I was at the Sovereign (now <strong><a href="http://www.sohobeachhouse.com/">Soho Beach House</a></strong>), she caught a cab from the <a href="http://www.delano-hotel.com/default.aspx#/rooms_and_suites/?id=rooms" target="_blank"><strong>Delanoe</strong></a> to pick me up for dinner at <strong><a href="http://www.ritzcarlton.com/en/Default.htm" target="_blank">The Ritz</a>.</strong><span id="more-105749108"></span> Halfway through the ride to dinner she answers to what sounded like a business call.Â She gets off the phone andÂ nonchalantlyÂ precedes to tell me that some &#8220;old artist friend&#8221; of hers will be joining us for dinner. Whatever, I was a youngbuck at the time, rolling with a woman who obviously liked to do things big. We arrive at the Ritz, seat and order drinks. Shortly after that I hear someone yeall her name across the dining room. It was her &#8220;old artist friend&#8221;&#8230; who just happend to be one of the og NYC grafitti legends&#8230; who just happened to write &#8220;<strong>ZORO</strong>&#8221; in the movie &#8220;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_Style" target="_blank"><strong>Wildstyle</strong></a>&#8220;. Her friends name was Lee,Â <a href="http://www.leequinones.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Lee Quiones</strong></a>. (if you&#8217;ve never seen or heard of Wildstyle, when you click away from here start googling!)<img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-105749115 colorbox-105749108" title="2shotnew" src="http://www.freshlyserious.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/2shotnew.jpg" alt="" width="640" height="474" />Now Lee brought 2 more writers with him. 1 was <strong><a href="http://www.tcfive.com/profile.php?id=10" target="_blank">Devious Doze</a></strong> (TC5/RSC/ZULU) who actually did the last cover in <strong><a href="http://wp.me/p11dqa-79HEs" target="_blank">this </a></strong><strong><a href="http://wp.me/p11dqa-79HEs" target="_blank">post</a><span style="font-weight: normal;">. It was that </span><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></strong><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpdLz0WFbQM" target="_blank"><strong>Rock Steady Crew</strong></a><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"> cover that actually inspired me to start writing. IMHO, Besides </span></strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PHASE_2" target="_blank"><strong>PhaseII</strong></a><span style="font-weight: normal;">,</span><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"> Doze&#8217;s style was always mile ahead. but thats another debate. The 3rd cat I couldn&#8217;t place of hand. </span></strong><strong><a href="http://www.dzinestudio.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Dzine</strong></a><a href="http://www.tcfive.com/profile.php?id=10" target="_blank"><strong> </strong></a></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">- Chicago. However it all came back to me, I remember getting a few of his flicks from </span></strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">SBOne</span><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"> @ </span></strong><strong><a href="http://www.tcfive.com/profile.php?id=10" target="_blank"><strong>Steel Wheels</strong></a></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"> and various other sources. Faces and Places aside, as the night went I remember the conversation regarding new mediums and technique. It was quite evident he was on a totally different planet. Well Come to think of it we all are.</span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></strong><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-105749111 colorbox-105749108" title="dzine_voodoobike(detail1)" src="http://www.freshlyserious.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/dzine_voodoobikedetail1.jpg" alt="" width="640" height="618" /> <img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-105749112 colorbox-105749108" title="dzine_voodoobike2" src="http://www.freshlyserious.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/dzine_voodoobike2.jpg" alt="" width="640" height="389" />Last week <strong>Dzine</strong> closed out his most recent solo exhibit entitled <strong>â€œVoodooâ€</strong> at NYâ€™s <a href="http://projekte.leokoenig.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Leo Koenig Projekte</strong></a>. Even though the show was packed with varied pies and concepts the focal point of the show was clearly this 24-karat gold leafed bike. It is based on the Swaybar phenomenon in Dutch Caribbean island of CuraÃ§ao. Swaybar, a unique aspect of the islandâ€™s popular culture in which youth create custom elongated bicycles as both transportation and status symbols. Dzine, who is well-known for his own customized low-rider bicycles, secretly created one of these Szway bikes, which are illegal. After which he blinged it out with 24-karat gold leaf, Swarovski crystals and antique jewels.<h1>Bonus Shots</h1> <img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-105749158 colorbox-105749108" title="pnj06d" src="http://www.freshlyserious.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/pnj06d.jpg" alt="" width="640" height="258" />Production: Paterson, New Jersey 3 //Â 1997 Â© 1999 Susan Farrell,Â <a href="mailto:winsom@graffiti.org">winsom@graffiti.org</a><img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-105749163 colorbox-105749108" title="Dzine1" src="http://www.freshlyserious.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Dzine1-640x445.jpg" alt="" width="640" height="445" /><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-105749166 colorbox-105749108" title="Dzine_view" src="http://www.freshlyserious.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Dzine_view.jpg" alt="" width="640" height="481" />TOP+BOTTOM: Submission for Lance Armstrong x Nike STAGES Art Launch <img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-105749164 colorbox-105749108" title="dezine2" src="http://www.freshlyserious.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/dezine2-640x360.jpg" alt="" width="640" height="360" /> Additional credit for this post: <a href="http://www.theworldsbestever.com" target="_blank">TWBE</a>]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.freshlyserious.com/2010/12/13/24k-gold-bmx-by-dzine-chi/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
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