Last weekend I found myself headin’ to Doel, a small town in the vicinity of Antwerp (Belgium). For those of you who aren’t aware with the history of this little town in Belgium, I’ll try to enlighten you all… Situated beneath a nuclear power plant along the river “De Schelde”, the town drew the short [...]
Categories: Codes,DIY,Documentary,OutoftheBlog.com,Photography,Rebellion,Skills,Street art,Urbanyouthfiles
Tagged: doel
A while back I wrote a couple of posts on fixed gear bikes, which are so damn hot right now you might burn your fingers on the steering wheel. On-point even confirmed this straight from NYC this week and claims he hadn’t grasped the greatness of them and visiting fixed mecca ha opened his eyes [...]
Categories: Events,Movies,OutoftheBlog.com,Sports,Street culture,Urbanyouthfiles,Youth culture
Tagged: Documentary, ECMC, European Cycle Messenger Championship
The members of LICHTFAKTOR use light to give expression to their creativity. They take advantage of a variety of light sources to produce photos and videos in cities by night. The Cologne artists’ collective experiments with the possibilities yielded by bulb (long-term) exposure and painting. Their aim is to explore all aspects of “lightwriting” and [...]
Categories: Animation,Connectivity,DIY,Entertainment,OutoftheBlog.com,Photography,Rebellion,Skills,Street art,Technology,Urbanyouthfiles
Tagged: lichtfaktor, light graffiti, Photography
Ever since I was about 9 years old and visited Henk Schiffmacher‘s tattoo museum in Amsterdam I’ve been fascinated by bodyart. That’s why I’ve been meaning to write a rather extensive blogpost on the changing art of tattooing for a while now. That longterm project got pushed forward after I saw today’s newspapers though. Seems [...]
Categories: Codes,Looks,OutoftheBlog.com,Street culture,Urbanyouthfiles
Tagged: art of tattooing, BMEzine, body art, body modification, tattoos
“Skateboarding permeates global culture. From Gus Van Sant’s film, Paranoid Park, to the success of MTV’s Rob & Big and national ad campaigns around the world that use skateboarding as a way to connect with the youth culture, skateboarding continues to serve as a creative launching pad for aspiring actors, graphic designers, and filmmakers alike. In many cases it [...]
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Tagged: seattle, skateboard film festival
Interesting article in The Wallstreet Journal last week, which stated that bling is out. No one wants to boast and show off their wealth and fancy lifestyles at this moment and the recession is effecting hip-hop artists and wannabes (especially this last category). Especially the ‘regular’ rappers, other than the multi-platinumselling artists, are finding it [...]
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A while back I mentioned Gigposters.com in one of my first blogposts. Since 2001, Gigposters.com has been the Internet’s first and best resource for rock-show poster art; their massive online database showcases more than 90,000 posters from 7,000 different designers, including all of today’s top poster studios. Gig Posters Volume I brings us tover 700 [...]
Categories: Bookreviews,Entertainment,OutoftheBlog.com,Quickie,Street art,Urbanyouthfiles,Youth culture
Tagged: book, gigposters, gigposters.com
“From New York and Los Angeles to the Brazilian mega-cities, South African townships, and Mumbai, authors Roger Gastman, Caleb Neelon, and Anthony Smyrski highlight cultural hotspots around the world. Divided into more than 50 topics and illustrated with more than 500 photographs, this book celebrates the street as a stage for the visual creativity of [...]
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Tagged: book review, street world, urban culture, worldwide
Two weeks ago I stumbled upon this initiative on Facebook. It was called Botellon and drew my attention because it was simple, social, spontaneous and is taking place in the city I’ve spent the last six years of my life, Ghent. Now what is this botellon all about? Botellon is an offline happening which starts [...]
Categories: Connectivity,Gathering,OutoftheBlog.com,Urbanyouthfiles,Word of Mouth,Youth culture
Tagged: botellon gent, Sint-Pietersplein
“Your daily dose of inspiring photography from around the globe” The Black Snapper promises to become a great project, based from Amsterdam. Its is the brainchild of Frank Kloos, an interactive media designer, and Diederik Meijer, a documentary photographer. (One of his projects, amongst many other, was a photo documentary on Dutch women working in [...]
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Tagged: Amsterdam, diederik meijer, interview, Photography, the black snapper, theblacksnapper.com
