BROOKLYN STREET ART LOVES YOU MORE EVERY DAY
You guys watch the royal wedding yesterday? We got the highlights, enough to make us cry. Not everyone is happy about these things, but then they see the hats and feathers and let it all go.
Of course we wish the very best to the beautiful couple.
Great week in Colombia this week as we had the pleasure of hanging with the likes of Ben Eine and D*Face, even if we couldn’t keep up with the drinking games and late night graffiti runs. Someone has to be responsible! From Cartagena to Valledupar to Bogotá, the sights, sounds, smells, and tastes of the country are stupendous. And we need more time in Bogotá because that Street Art scene is crazy!
Luckily we were back in NYC just in time for the big Spanish speaking/singing block party outside of the apartment of racist lawyer Aaron Schlossberg, who made headlines this week for being a jackass and intimidating people with less power with his big white-man blabbering about Spanish speaking employees at a fast food restaurant, even threatening to call Immigration authorities.
Not only is he insulting himself and all New Yorkers (and the spirit of the USA), he may be indicating that he doesn’t get outside very much. If he did, he would realize that “while there is no precise count, some experts believe New York is home to as many as 800 languages — far more than the 176 spoken by students in the city’s public schools,” according to a 2010 article in the New York Times. Our favorite video this week is the one of him running from reporters while the Benny Hill theme song plays along. Bienvenidos a su ciudad Señor Schlossberg !
Here’s our weekly interview with the streets, this week featuring APC Crew, Ben Eine, Chinz, Collin Day, D*Face, ERRE, Monstfur, Stinkfish, 6ryzor and Toxicomano.
Top Image: Ben Eine for Dictador Art Masters Foundation. Colombia. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Ben Eine for Dictador Art Masters Foundation. Colombia. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Toxicomano. Valledepur, Colombia. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
APC Crew. Valledepur, Colombia. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
APC Crew. Valledepur, Colombia. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
A motley crew at the old distillery. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
A little free-wheeling graffiti from M-City . 6ryzor . Chinz . Eine . Toxicomano . El Chopo . Erre. Valledepur, Colombia. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
M-City . 6ryzor . Chinz . Eine . Toxicomano . El Chopo . Erre. Valledepur, Colombia. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
M-City. Valledepur, Colombia. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
6ryzor. Valledepur, Colombia. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Chinz. Valledepur, Colombia. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Eine. Valledepur, Colombia. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Toxic El Chopo. Valledepur, Colombia. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
ERRE. Valledepur, Colombia. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Monstfur at the old distillery. Colombia. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Monstfur for Dictador Art Masrters Foundation. Colombia. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
M-City. Valledepur, Colombia. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
D*Face at the old distillery. Colombia. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Chinz at the old distillery. Colombia. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Stinkfish. Valledepur, Colombia. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Toxicomano at the old distillery. Colombia. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
