noochi

this is hip, baby (or it was in 2003, but now i am realizing it too)! reverse graffiti. all you need is a dirty facade and some eco-friendly cleaning agents… and you can bring nature (or whatever) back into the streets. it is not even against the law (although the british authorities have had their doubts).

found on inhabitat through my best web buddy stumble. graffiti nowadays is also made out of moss… and i also stumbled upon another artsy dirt lover… (the infamous car tag: “wash me” is likely where the inspiration to reverse graffiti arose). if you like these, you are welcome to check what other good stuff i am happily stumbling upon.tags:eco friendly, graffiti, streetart

klondyke’s new cd dejlig dum (delightfully daft) is available in record stores from today! as a very privileged fan with a signed copy (playing as i type) i thought i would let you know that you should air your credit card in this connection. i am no music reviewer, but i consider it my duty to inform you that klondyke’s new album goes well with any activity, besides dedicated listening which i highly recommend! from entertaining guests, to blogging, cleaning, showering, getting ready, getting up, getting down, you name it. any activity! this makes it an extremely safe investment in my book. listen on myspace.

be cool, be hip - buy it before your most trendy neighbors do.tags:daft, music

tags:graffiti, playground, streetart

6billionothers is the most heart-warming site i’ve seen in a long time (thank you, ab fab o, for sending!). it beats postsecret by far. yann arthus-bertrand has interviewed people from all over the world (while photographing the earth from above), about their thoughts and feelings towards life, love, death, joy, childhood, fears and hopes. do not click the images unless you have at least an hour to spend with these beautiful people of the world…

with no comparison to the site above, as this is a different genre, the wooster collective that celebrates cool street art, excites me. see for example this inflatable dog (i want to experiment with some plastic in my own hood. it so beautifully illustrates that less is more) or go to wooster collective’s site to see more cool and moving works of art.


hallelujah! hallelujah! hallelujah! hallelujah!tags:inflatable, love, photos, streetart, web art

first there was mr. eco + basco 5, then it was all newly painted and - apparantly - way too tempting, and now there is this - in the gate to west end, copenhagen.tags:streetart, tags

tipped by my saturday night companionship, rock’n'roll camilla, i became aware of another artsy shop and artists collective: rumkammerat (a sweeter danish word for room mates). It is cool, it is hip, it is sweet… and in some ways it is along the lines of what i had in mind for noochi to begin with. so why doesn’t it rock (the shop part, that is)? 1) you can’t see how to buy and 2) the selection isn’t big enough 3) you can’t really tell how cool the products are… take this lovely piece, for example:

this is made by a rumkammerat named rune drewsen. it is a silk laminated foil on a 6 mm black plastic board. it won some kind of honour in 2007, measures 100×80 centimeters, and is priced DKK 5000,00 (1000$). i immediately liked this piece, but i don’t get enough info to buy it. i would like a picture of the full thing, not just the motive, and i would like a picture of someone standing next to it. i would also appreciate a bit of info on the artist. to write these lines i had to google twice, as there were no links to the artist nor the honour he received. this “honour” isn’t interesting in itself, but it is nice to have some kind of story to a work of art… great art sells itself, but great art with a story to it, sells more. this is, at least, the thesis i would like to put to the test.

rumkammerat also sells street artist kissmama’s sweet plasters on pieces of cardboard for 35 danish kroner = 7$ (also exhibited at ungdomskultur.nu and here). check out his site, it is very sweet!

i will definately make my way to rumkammerat’s exhibition rooms here in copenhagen asap, and get a fuller picture of what they do, and of what’s for sale. will return with an update.

the more artsy web shops i check out, the more i realize that i need to do something else. the common denominator for the shops i’ve recently checked out - artrebels, thrashprint and rumkammerat is that the shop owners produce themselves. this, i believe, is their real drive and motivation. i have to make a living from noochi to be able to unleash it, which requires a much more commercial aspect. yet without compromising the core of the concept; to do good, to promote good people and good products, real talent, good art, and to have fun and full freedom of movement.tags:art, pricing, streetart, webshop

i have to give some link love to klondyke’s new single: dejlig dum(delightfully daft in english), co-produced by the excellent, one and only thomas blachman. nothing else to say than: buy buy buy. Excellent on all levels! Published on mikael k’s own label: sexet buddha records. listen and love

tags:daft, friendship, music

ungdomskultur.nu is a very nice initiative. and had a very good atmosphere. only point of critique is that i recognized a drawing style signed with the name basco 5 as the maker of my eco-friendly street art darling in west end, and felt like i was a 100 years old… and fascinated by young art in a very old way. basco 5’s street art is no secret i am realizing, and i feel extremely uncool having written one of my former posts. i suck as an art reviewer. i am fully able to enjoy it though!

and huskmitnavn at v1. most of the pieces were already sold at the “vip opening”… how street wise is that?

tags:art, comics, gallery, streetart, youth

sun making signs on the shooting range entrance this beautiful, cold sunday in copenhagen. had smørrebrød with dad and gitte, and went to see danskjävlar (damn’ danes in swedish) on charlottenborg. i regretted that i didn’t take pictures. others did:

very cool installations. the sight for the sorest eyes today, still was that of the sun making signs on the shooting range entrance.tags:art, family, streetart, sun

i (and others - for example the highly local “news”) may have discovered a (or 2) new huskmitnavn. HuskMitNavn/ RememberMyName made a big name for himself by making thought-provoking, fun and very talented graffittis and street posters in the 90′ies. he is born the same year as me, 1975, and never shows his face to the media. i’ve been a fan for years. as huskmitnavn partly moved into the galleries (yet still sprays), i am very thankful that others so profoundly assist in brightening up the streets of copenhagen.

2 times before, i have shown my cell phone pics of street posters by what could be the same artist.. although only the last one - i think - has a signature on it, and although the eyes/ faces of the one below and my eco-friendly favorite in westend - are made in somewhat different styles. now, a third one popped up in skydebanegade. i think the signature says uw, vw, dua or ulla… i may have a preference for the latter.

new street poster by v2 / uw-vw-dua-ulla:

tags:appreciation, streetart, tags