Beautiful loser

The Beautiful Losers film ... in their own words:

"Beautiful Losers celebrates the spirit behind one of the most influential cultural movements of a generation. In the early 1990's a loose-knit group of likeminded outsiders found common ground at a little NYC storefront gallery. Rooted in the DIY (do-it-yourself) subcultures of skateboarding, surf, punk, hip hop & graffiti, they made art that reflected the lifestyles they led. Developing their craft with almost no influence from the "establishment" art world, this group, and the subcultures they sprang from, have now become a movement that has been transforming pop culture. Starring a selection of artists who are considered leaders within this culture, Beautiful Losers focuses on the telling of personal stories...speaking to themes of what happens when the outside becomes "in" as it explores the creative ethos connecting these artists and today's youth."

Beautiful Losers film trailer from beautifullosersfilm on Vimeo.

Merkurius brinner

Pop art that pops!

A long time ago I found this art event called Monster draw. It was super.
Today I found this. It was even better.

Total Eclipse of the heart... and this time it's TOTAL.

...and here they go totally crazy.

MUTO by BluBlu (Buenos Aries)

Just have to post this one again.

Soo good.


MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo.

Freeze!

Okej det här är så jäkla cool.

Botkyrka Stylee

Idag jobbade jag min första dag som Film/Media Coordinator på Subtopia i Botkyrka. Gick vägen över fältet mellan Fittja och Alby. Solen gick upp över skidbacken på andra sidan Albysjön. Änderna kvackade. Tjafsa aldrig med Botkyrka Stylee.

Domino Danceing - All falls down

Art of the day

When I was in New York in April I was staying with Tracy for a couple of weeks. On the last day I started talking to Jonathan one of the neighbours. We said we'd go for a beer and he later wrote me an e-mail asking if I wanted to go to see a band in which one of his friends were playing. I had already gone back to Stockholm and was to psyched out about work to reply.

Today I found a folded pink sticky-note with his phone number and the address to his website. I checked it out and found a video he made featuring the band we were going to go see (My best fiend). It is a cool video... I also really liked some of the pics (nude ladies always get me). Jonathan's website became my Art experience of the day. I wrote him an e-mail and said thank you.

(If you click the right side of his face you get to see the video with the band... )

The power of film

Jehane Noujaim talks about the power of film.

11 Spring St - Episode II: Slideshow

My non-swedish peeps have asked what that long Swedish dialogue is about... The truth is that it is about one of the coolest things that happened in NYC... so I figured that I'd better make a post in English about it. Here goes...

One day when I was walking around in NYC I found my self on Spring Street. I recognized the street name from Juxtapoz. A few months earlier the Wooster Collective had made an amazing event inviting artists from all over the world, Juxtapoze published an article about it. Now everything was being ripped down and covered up as the house was being turned into fancy appartments. I was let in by Baltazar who showed me around all the five floors, and I got to talk to his boss Malcolm who managed the building.



I was offered to buy the big "Che" piece with the skull but Baltazar got second thoughts and when I talked to Malcolm he wanted to contact D*face to see if it was ok to sell it. I had my friend Robbii on stand by with a truck while waiting for Malcolm to call me back. He never did and I had to take off to San Francisco. But I am so happy I got to see 11 Spring St. and take some photos before it was all destroyed.

11Spring St R.I.P...

HAHAHAHAHAAaahhhaha!