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The documentary “Sk8 Life” by Canadian director Wyeth Clarkson gives an intimate look at the house of long-time professional skater Kris Foley, where his family and friends celebrate their unbroken passion for longboards. With the help of seven talented skateboarders, who have been filming them...

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Although street trends are normally the mainstream consequence of pleasure and distraction, in some cities they represent the mere effort to survive. First-time film maker Jason Kohn discusses these issues in his award-winning documentary “Mana Bala”, in which he highlights Brazil’s glaring gap...

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His “general interest in art” drove fashion designer Marc Ecko to catch a plane from his home base New York to Park City. “I wanna stay informed,” says the mastermind, whose common thread is “entrepreneurship”. He started as a painter, illustrator and graffiti artist and made fashion his career...

Street life at Sundance

Park City, USA: Located in the middle of nowhere, 45 minutes away from Salt Lake City, the locals reside in wooden log cabins, call their restaurants “Hungry Moose” or “Silver Creek Lodge” and hail their No. 1 ski resorts Deer Valley and Mountain Resort. The hills are snowy, the hot tubs are pa...

Basslines in the U-Bahn

Every party in Berlin is a “street” party, the idea of legal or illegal doesn’t really mean much in a city that is filled with squat houses and has virtually no health & safety rules for owners. That said, some of the most notorious parties of recent years have been the famous U-Bahn partie...

The best move wins

Forget the image of hooded, streetwise kids hangin’ out and trading insults through rhyme. Although MC battles are still popular, these days it’s all about who’s got the best moves. Thanks to the power of video-based websites like YouTube, wannabe Trousersnakes all over the world are logging on...

Barcelona street spirit

Nothing beats a city with sunshine and good graffiti, and Barcelona has plenty of both. From its ancient Gothic inner city to its harsh, post-industrial outskirts, Barcelona is a wonderland maze of inviting open wallspaces that have acted as a magnet for painters from across Europe. Until a tou...

When advertising meets art

Advertising and art – the difference seems to be obvious, but whether you agree with it or not, apparently there is art that works in the world of advertising: when used for commercial reasons, for selling something other that itself. The aesthetic of street art and post-graffiti art has always...

Name your price

Pretty much all over the world, street art is against the law. Thus, even when the art is not explicitly critical, spray-painting or wheatpasting a wall is inherently an act of insubordination against the rules of society. The illegality is what gives street artists their credibility: they embo...