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30/04/2024

The true nature of Street art

Welcome to our vibrant world of street art, where the urban landscape transforms into a canvas of creativity and expression. From towering murals to hidden gems tucked away in alleyways, street art captivates us with its bold colors, intricate details, and powerful messages. Join us as we explore the diverse tapestry of street art, uncovering the stories behind the art and the artists who bring our streets to life. Whether you're a seasoned enthusiast or a curious newcomer, there's always something new to discover in the ever-evolving world of street art.

Street art, often seen as the rebellious cousin of traditional art forms, thrives in the urban landscapes of cities around the world. From vibrant murals to thought-provoking stencil works, street art adds color, character, and commentary to the streets where it resides. Unlike art confined to galleries, street art is accessible to everyone, turning city walls into open-air exhibitions. It challenges the notion of art as exclusive, inviting people from all walks of life to engage with its messages.

One of the most captivating aspects of street art is its ability to reflect the pulse of society. Artists use their works to comment on social, political, and cultural issues, sparking conversations and often challenging the status quo. These artworks serve as visual narratives, capturing the essence of a community and preserving its stories for generations to come. Whether it's a mural depicting local history or a poignant statement on environmental degradation, street art has the power to both reflect and shape the world around us.

Furthermore, street art is a celebration of creativity without boundaries. It defies conventional artistic norms, allowing artists to experiment freely with styles, techniques, and mediums. Every piece tells a unique story, whether it's the product of a renowned artist or an anonymous creator. Street art encourages viewers to look at their surroundings with fresh eyes, transforming mundane cityscapes into dynamic galleries of expression. In this way, street art not only beautifies the streets but also enriches the cultural tapestry of our cities, making them more vibrant and engaging places to live and explore.

Blog entry by: Ashanti yap

30/04/2024

A Journey into the World of Street Art

Walking down the city streets, one cannot help but be drawn into a dialogue with these vibrant expressions. Each stroke of paint, each spray of color, whispers stories of defiance, hope, and the human experience. The walls become canvases, the alleys become galleries, and the mundane transforms into the extraordinary. Street art is visual art created in public locations for public visibility. It has been associated with the terms "independent art", "post-graffiti", "neo-graffiti" and guerrilla art.

Street art is one of the newest forms of art to receive recognition and commercial success. Its roots go back to the 1970s and 1980s, a time when many urban areas in the United States were wracked by high violence and persistent poverty. It was around this time that graffiti emerged in New York City and Philadelphia

The popularity of street art in the 21st century is fuelled by social media's global reach, urban revitalisation initiatives, and rising cultural activism. Evolving from graffiti art, street art transitioned from illegal tagging to intricate murals, gaining recognition from galleries and museums.

Whilst territorial and rebellious in nature, street art tends to convey a social or political message that provokes discussion and reaction. Street art is often connected to activism that creates awareness about pressing social and environmental issues.

Blog Entry by: Yanlyn Pacana

30/04/2024

How to Make your Street Art Standout!

Standout Street Art: Elevate Your Urban Canvas with These 9 Expert Tips!

Is there anything more exciting to learn about creating unique street art? Don’t worry if you’re just starting out or want to enhance your current artistic abilities! With the help of these nine professional pointers, you can achieve your creative goals and navigate the process more easily.

Tip #1:

Choosing the Right Location: Choose a spot where there will be plenty of foot traffic and excellent visibility for your artwork. Think about the surroundings and the relationship your artwork will have with them.

Tip #2:

Include Interactive Elements: To draw viewers in and promote interaction, think about incorporating interactive elements into your street art. This could include elements that change depending on the viewer's perspective, optical illusions, or hidden messages.

Tip #3:

Establish a Strong Concept: For your street art, come up with an idea or theme that is thought-provoking, visually arresting, or emotionally poignant. Your artwork should narrate a tale or deliver a thought that the audience can relate to.

Tip #4:

Create Your Own Style: To create your own unique style, try out a variety of methods, materials, and topics. Whether it's through technique, subject matter, or color selection, having a distinct style will help people recognize your art right away.

Tip #5:

Tell a Story: Produce artwork that conveys a story or elicits a feeling. Using composition, subject matter, symbolism, or other techniques, storytelling can draw viewers in and enhance the impact of your artwork.

Tip #6:

Respect the Environment: Make sure your street art adds to the environment rather than taking away from it. Observe property rights and, if at all feasible, obtain the owners' consent. Artist tend to forget to exercise this doing.

Tip #7:

Work Together with Other Artists: Adding new ideas and viewpoints to your street art can come from collaborating with other artists. Think about collaborating with other artists to produce pieces that blend various styles and methods.

Tip #8:

Promote Your Art: The Most obvious one to do, post images of your street art to social media and interact with viewers there. Gaining a following can help your art become more visible and open doors for future endeavors.

Tip #9:

Stay Consistent and Persistent: Continue to create and hone your street art style while remaining consistent and persistent. Your art will grow and become more distinctive the more you work at it and try new things.

Conclusion:

You can make street art that draws attention, provokes discussion, and affects viewers for a long time by using these pointers and remaining loyal to your artistic vision. With these tips you have garnered, you can make your Traditional Street Art Standout!

Blog Entry by: Jontae Allan B. Keough

30/04/2024

A vibrant brief explanation about Street Art!

Street Art is regarded as one of the largest art movements that has achieved huge popularity and is still rapidly growing as an art form. Street artworks mainly appear in urban areas and public locations such as exterior walls of buildings, highway overpasses and bridges, and remarkably define the outlook of many neighborhoods and cities all around the world.

Reflections on political and social issues are often central to street art which varies from sprayed tags, through stickers and knitted fibers wrapping telephone poles to monumental painted murals covering entire buildings.

Coming from the context of urban spaces, street art now lives in the cultural spaces of galleries, virtual communities, public discourses and recently it has become an object of appropriation by the popular culture and the mainstream symbolism of contemporaneity. Art pieces that have come to existence on the walls of cities reached the highest peaks of the contemporary art market.

Moreover, the discussion on the meaning of street art resides in the halls occupied by scholars and their students, who ponder the interaction between notions of Visual Art, Conceptual Art, Performance Art and ways of articulating these art forms into the world of street art. It is clear that we are past the point of formulating street art definition as simple as a specific movement or a particular subculture. Surely, saying that it may represent an extraordinary hybrid form of artistic expression would be taking the easy way out.

Blog Entry by: Johanne Abaquita

30/04/2024

Street art or vandalism?

Street art can be seen anywhere, on the streets, on public parks, on building walls and more, allowing artists to express their inner thoughts, beliefs, and values. It can also be a very powerful medium to catch the eye of the public, allowing the message to be spread throughout the community itself challenging opinions and pushing boundaries about traditional topics related to art, politics and the problems of society itself. At the same time, street art can also bring a community together as the energy of the place becomes vibrant along with the artwork. Lastly, Street art is also a beautiful way of adding life to the drab and dull colors of commercial areas and walls, inviting an array of communities to interact and connect with one another, growing everlasting relationships within the community.

As we move forward in the society, slowly removing the taboo of art being useless and irrelevant, With most seeing street art as the most taboo as society labels it as unlawful and unsightly because of the lack of permission needed to display and create artworks on the spot. With that being said, despite being labeled as “taboo”, it is also an art form where it can represent and reflect the culture and rich history of either the artist or the place, serving as a form of time capsule. As It can also inspire and enrich many young artists on how art can also be used to pass on knowledge and traditions as sometimes an image can speak a lot louder more than words can. Addition to that, street art can also raise awareness about certain issues and inspire many to make a stand and speak out on these issues to speak for those can't for themselves.

Next, we need to dive in on why people can view street art as vandalism or as this unsightly expression of art. As we know, some people view street art as vandalism as some paint without the owner's knowledge or consent. Sometimes, the artwork can even clash with the surrounding aesthetic of the surface or neighborhood, where it results to people disliking the idea of street art because of that eyesore experience. Despite those facts, the main reason why street art was mainly frowned upon was because of the fact that street art was often associated with graffitti, which has a long history of being connected with gangs or undground criminals and that fact drove the public to view it in a negative light, seeing it as rebellious art movement.

In conclusion, yes, street art had a long history of being rough around the edges, especially being linked with gangs and criminals before but in the current society we live in today, street art is more than that, it is more than vandalism, it is more than a rebellious art movement, it is more than the place the artwork is in, but its is more about the message it carries across within its artworks and how these artists are breaking the stereotypes of street art, not just to improve the aesthetic but to bring together different communities of different backgrounds and let their connection grow healthily with art and the people around them, making a better example of society for the next generations to follow.

Blog entry by: Ashley De Dios

07/04/2024

Street art is more than meets the eye. Join us in peeling back the layers of creativity, examining the socio-political commentary, cultural reflections, and hidden meanings embedded in each piece.
Advocacy referenced in the video : https://creativemanila.com/portfolio-ang-gerilya/

Caption by : Ashanti Yap
Narrated by : Allan Jontae Keough & Ashley De Dios
Edited by : Ashley De Dios

07/04/2024

Put your spray paints down for a sec! as our guests, Jeff Pabriga & Dinkie Dow, will be sharing their experiences and tips in the street art scene.
A big thank you to Jeff Pabriga & Dinkie Dow for giving us the opportunity to interview you guys about your knowledge and experience in the street art scene 🫶.

Caption : Ashley De Dios
Interviewed by : Yanyln Pacaña, Johanne Abaquita, Ashanti Yap
Edited by : Ashley De Dios

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Caption by : Ashanti Yap


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