Welcome to the beginning of fall in New York, hopefully not the Fall of New York – although you can never tell when monetary policy is incredibly loose and we’re living in an “everything bubble” about to burst. Here in NYC people used to say the major industries were FIRE (Finance, Insurance, Real Estate) and it is probably still true to a large extent. You could add Casinos to the acronym today because the this falsely high-flying and treacherous economy feels like a giant windowless drunken room full of sparkly lights, laughter and speculative plays. CAFIRE! Totally made that up. Might stick.
Also this week Manafort flipped, NYC voters got clipped, Hieronymus Bosch’s “Triptych of Temptation of St. Anthony” is alive on the subway, and Loren Naji is living in an 8 foot ball of reclaimed wood from demolished homes on the street.
So here is our weekly interview with the streets, this week featuring 1312, 1UP Crew, Adele Renault, Adopt, Bailon, Ben Slow, Daze2, Dede, El Sol 25, Jonathan Allen, Marshal Arts, Mr. Joul, Nick Flatt, Nitzan Mintz, Not Pinky, Paul Punk, and Sandra Chevrier.
Top Image: 1UP Crew at Urban Spree in Berlin. Anthony Lister is preparing his show inside the golden windows. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Brooklyn Hi Art Machine (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Unidentified artist (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Marshal Arts in Berlin for Paste Up Festival 2018. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Dede and Nitzan Mintz (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Daze2 in Berlin for Paste Up Festival 2018. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Daze2 and Not Pinky in Berlin for Paste Up Festival 2018. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
1312 in Berlin for Paste Up Festival 2018. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Bailon for Urban Nation Museum For Urban Contemporary Art in Berlin. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
El Sol 25 (photo © Jaime Rojo)
El Sol 25 (photo © Jaime Rojo)
NYC Subway ad take over by Jonathan Allen. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
NYC Subway ad take over by Jonathan Allen. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Unidentified artist. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Adopt (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Adele Renault at work in Jersey City, NJ. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Ben Slow for Urban Nation Museum For Urban Contemporary Art in Berlin. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
“Unsere Werte” (Our Value). Unidentified artist in Berlin. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Unidentified artist in Berlin. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Nick Flatt and Paul Punk in Berlin. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Unidentified artist…or is this an ad? (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Oh! One more thing. Unidentified artist in Berlin. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Mr. Joul in Berlin. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Sandra Chevrier for Urban Nation Museum For Urban Contemporary Art in Berlin. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Untitled. Downtown Manhattan. September 2018. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
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