To view a selection of some of the other great entires please visit our 'gravity gallery' here
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The winner will be showcased to thousands of travellers in a (1m x 1.5m) illuminated light box on Bond Streets central line platform for 2 weeks from June 21st. The winning entry will also feature on the front cover design on The Hospital Club's forthcoming quarterly members magazine.
This challenge is open to creatives of all backgrounds.
Matt Young at Old Street, Northern Line Platform, Northbound
CLEO B at Sloane Square, District Line Platform, Eastbound
Emily Robson at London Bridge, Northern Line platform, Southbound
RECENT UPLOADS
Turbocharged Neoclassicism at RIBA
'The Three Classicists' Ben Pentreath, George Saumarez Smith and Francis Terry have been having a good month of it, what with their well received exhibition at the RIBA and a sold-out lecture chaired by RIBAJ editor Hugh Pearman.
But they had one more trick up their well-tailored sleeves: rolling those sleeves up and making a giant collaborative wall drawing over the course of just one day.
Ben Moore of the ArtBelow initiative filmed the entire day, then cut it all into one five-minute superfast movie.
Poster Boy is an anonymous New York City based street artist whose only utensil is a razor. He is known for satiric collage-like works created by cutting out sections of the self-adhesive advertisement posters in the platforms of New York City subway stations, and pastinghem back in different positions. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
Poster Boy has been called the "Matisse of subway-ad mash-ups," "a kind of anti-consumerist Zorro with a razor blade," and "an anti-consumerist guerilla artist." Culture reporter Ben Walters has said of his work "Poster Boy's work straddles two boisterous artistic subcultures: street art and culture jamming."Poster Boy has said of his technique "No matter what I do to the piece, as long as I did something to those advertisements and that saturation, it's political. It's anti-media, anti-established art world." Check out the short clip
Concrete and Glass ConcreteandGlass is a unique music and art event that showcases innovative talent in both music and contemporary art. The festival provides a platform for both new and established artists – the result is a fertile mix of high impact installations and performances.
This year sees a new and exciting assortment of up-and-coming artists and musicians, including works commissioned specially for ConcreteandGlass, and with a strong emphasis on performance. check out the clip here
COMING UP..
Art Below and the Soveriegn Art Prize.
Art Below have selected Nicolas Ruston’s ‘Brave New World’ from this year’s Sovereign European Art Prize finalists to present at Bond Street tube station.
Ruston’s ‘Brave New World’ silicone painting will be reproduced as a poster, and on display at Bond Street tube station from the 7-21st June 2010. This will coincide with the 2009-10 Sovereign European Art Prize finalists’ exhibition, where the actual piece and the rest of the finalists’ works can be seen at the Barbican Centre from the 9-20th June 2010.
ARTWARS performance comissioned by Celebrity Planet
The pink stormtrooper will be surfing the matt black Celebrity Tour of London bus this Friday @ Baker St.
The stunt is part of the launch of London's newest tourist attraction, a 90 minute bus tour round the capital's
greatest celebrity homes, film locations, music and pop culture landmarks. Time to take facebook stalking to
the next level?! The Celebrity Tour of Londonbus tour launches Friday May 28th 2010! Check out the full itinerary here. Check out photos of the first ever matt black bus!
Acupuncture Clothing are offering an amazing competition for all you illustrators, designers and artists out there for the chance to design their T-shirts and shoes with first prize winning £500 plus a free gift of a product where your artwork is used and runners up winning £200 plus a free gift of a product where your artwork is used.
APPLY NOW TO FIND OUT HOW YOU CAN DISPLAY YOUR WORK ON BILLBOARD SPACE IN LONDON'S FINEST STATIONS
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Art Below continue to run internships for students and graduates. To apply please contact jobs@artbelow.org.uk with covering letter and CV
WHAT'S ON
Art Below brings you the latest into some up and coming art events in London town this May
The 2009-10 Sovereign European Art Prize
Barbican Centre Foyers
Barbican Centre, Silk Street, London EC2Y 8DS
9 – 20 June 2010
Monday-Sunday 10am-8pm
Admission free.
An exhibition of the thirty finalists works showcasing the best of European contemporary art as selected by this year’s prize judges Sir Peter Blake, Tim Marlow, Philly Adams, Gavin Turk, Robert Punkenhofer, Joseph Backstein and Nasser Azam. Includes a public’s choice prize so come along and vote for your favourite work!
The winner of the first and public choice prize will be announced at a gala dinner, held in the spectacular new Sackler Hall at the Museum of London on the 22nd June. The remaining works will be auctioned, with the proceeds going to support the Barbican Centre Trust. Tickets are on sale now, but places are strictly limited!
ART BARTER
The Berlin show...
We are currently in Berlin working on the second show which will feature 25 Berlin based artists from varying levels in their careers. Each artist will show one piece of work and visitors will be able to offer anything for the artworks except for money by filling out small barter forms.
Dates: 24th - 27th June 2010
jotta Symposium
Testing Collaborative Artistic Practise
Saturday 22nd May 2010
14.00
Matt Roberts Arts PROJECT SPACE
Unit 1, 25a Vyner Street, London, E2 9DG
jottaContemporary curators Ellie Greig and Ann Harezlak
Hal Silver Artists: Stuart Bailes and Neomie Goudal
jotta presents an afternoon symposium that examines and tests collaborative practice within a contemporary art context.
jotta invites a selection of artists and curators to discuss how collaboration affects the role of both the artist and curator. An exploration of how collaboration impacts the process of art making, as well as the way in which, through collaboration, curatorial practice is challenged.
Sourcing practitioners from jottaContemporary’s previous exhibition programme, we aim to promote dialogue between artists and curators whom jotta have collaborated with, to investigate how jotta explores the role of this mode of practice, and it's integral place in professional artistic practice.
jotta.com is an online space built specifically to facilitate collaboration in art and design, including networking tools, artist support, access to opportunities and features to enable online based project work. Through our design and curatorial teams, jotta collaborates with artists and designers across the jotta community on self-funded and commissioned events, exhibitions and projects.
jotta is an award winning online and offline community of practising artists and designers founded in partnership the University of the Arts London. jotta exists online at jotta.com and off line in the real world through events, exhibitions and commissioned projects. www.jotta.com
Inua Ellams has produced a fantastic new show called Knight Watch at The Albany Theatre, Deptford.
Go and see this incredibly talented writer and performer on the 4th June.
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