Conor Harrington On Film!

I stumbled across this video of Conor Harrington's guest talk at Offset 2012. If you' don't know his work then I highly recommend check out his blog, working with spray paint, Conor started out in traditional graffiti and has evolved into something completely his own in both style and subject matter. If your ever walking around Brick Lane keep an eye out for the Legionnaires and dapper gentlemen with metled faces! Amazing work and he seem's like a top guy too, check out his recent work in the video below and his talk from Offset2012 below that, quite interesting to hear how he got where he is today from a small town in Ireland!


Old Norse from Andrew Telling on Vimeo.

CONOR HARRINGTON - OFFSET2012 from OFFSET on Vimeo.

One Way Or Another II @ Smart Gallery!

One Way Or Another II is the current exhibition at Smart Gallery and features a range of work from Lesley Logue, Eric Great-Rex, Sarah Taylor & Lewis Paul. The artists were brought together by Logue who wanted to look at the ideas and process of her contemporaries, staging a show based around un finished works which can still comfortably sit in a gallery setting.

The works cross many areas including sculpture, print & ceramics, all mixed together across the 2 rooms at Smart Gallery. I really love the bear sculpture in the window, complete with its bullet holes and shooting markers, standing tall in the window silently watching the world outside drift by! Another favourite is the wicker boat. Its such a unique shape, instantly recognisable and yet due to the materials completely unpractical for taking out on the water. Perhaps in the future it will be given a skin but for now its great to see each beam tied into place, each knot taut against the pulling force of the bent rods which help give the piece its shape.

The show is running from the 4th of May until the 9th of June so if your looking for something to do then pop along to Smart, have a chat with whoever is looking after the gallery that day and see some cool work! You can also find out a little bit from the artists in the short video below!

Five Minutes With.... One Way or Another II from Flux Video on Vimeo.

Monday Mixtape # 21 - California Soul Soundtrack by Kofie!

Augustine Kofie is currently one of my favourite artists. His combination of line, shape and colour stand out from the rest with its strong link to traditional draftsmanship. This is a mix by Kofie to go with a recent exhibition in LA. Monday Soul Searching!

CaliforniaSoul Soundtrack by 4x4tracktor on Mixcloud

Music, Art & Culture in Aberdeen - May # 7!

So May is almost done and here's a load of cool things to see you through til June kicks off!
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Wedensday 22nd May

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Mount Eerie + Kitchen Cynics + Ashley Errikson, The Tunnels, £9 OTD

If you don't know Mount Eerie then perhaps you might know Phil Elverum, aka The Microphones.

"Ever since Phil Elverum of The Microphones launched his career with his now legendary release The Glow Pt 2 in 2001 people around the globe have been purring at the fantastic, often breath-taking out-put ever since. Change of name to Mount Eerie seemed to inspire further experimentation culminating in his two wonderful realeases in 2012 both diverse but both acknowleged as a work of supreme quality ranging from traditions of the land & his surrounding environment right through to black metal reference points. Those of us honoured to be present when Phil played a solo set in Dr Drakes about 8years ago know how special this will be. This show with have a four piece touring band comprising of associates from his early Microphones days onward."

I saw The Microphones many moons ago in Dr Drakes and I'm sure this is gonna be a pretty special gig. Event details here!

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Thursday 23rd May

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24 Hour Arty People, Oil & Glass Torry, Free

"On the 23rd/24th May I'm doing a 24 hour painting/glassmaking session in the Oil and Glass studio, all work will be auctioned/sold at Oil and Glass's 1st Birthday Party on Saturday 25th May to raise funds for Momentum Aberdeen's Brain Injury Services. Come along anytime through the night to keep me motivated and awake!"

Shelagh is doing good things for good causes so check out the full event details and show some support. I paid the gallery a visit for their last opening and its pretty cool knowing that a contemporary art space still exists in Torry! Event details here!

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Friday 24th May

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House of House + Si Smith, Sopranos, 9pm - 2am Free Entry

To celebrate their first birthday the House of House guys are taking over Sopranos for the night and bringing in some friends to celebrate in style. Expect new shirts, new tunes and one hell of party! You can check out a quick history of the House of House t shirts here and full event details here!

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Compact Disco with Maxxi Soundsystem + Mia Dora + MASH, Sub Club Glasgow, £9 OTD

If your in the Glasgow area then Compact Disco might be worth checking out. Resident DJ Mash is also a Let It Bleed stalwart and always brings some fresh sounds to the turntables along with more familiar sounds that should help you get the weekend started right! There seems to be loads of good nights going on both in Aberdeen and Glasgow, just hope I get a chance to actually go to some of them! Event details here!

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Saturday 25th May

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DJCAD Illustration Degree Show (Dundee), Mon - Fri 10am - 8pm, Sat Sun 10am - 4pm

You don't actually have to wait until Saturday to check this one out, you just need to get down to Dundee. Duncan of Jordanstone is regrarded as one of the best art colleges in the UK so I'm expecting to see some cool work from their students. The event page info sounds good 

"Featuring books, toys, prints, products and more, come and see the cumulation of the work we have produced over our last year at DJCAD." 

I think ill book a megabus for Sunday and nip down for a few hours before the show finishes on the 26th! Event details here!

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Central Saint Martins Fine Art BA Degree Show (London), 25th - 29th May

This one came to my attention via friend and artist Lindsay McMillan who is one of the graduating students. If you happen to be in London then this will be your chance to see some of the next big names before they get picked up by Saatchi! You can check out the students via the website and get event details here!

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MoC x Sopranos, 9pm - 2am, Free Entry

So ill be covering the Sopranos on Saturday again, if you wanna know what in store then check out the mix below from a recent take over at Attic Clothing in Aberdeen. Hopefuly ill be able to string some tunes together in a more coherent mix as apposed the genre hopping mix that went down at Attic, but ill still be playing Bruce Hornsby and the News! Thats just the way it is! Get it? Check out the Attic mixs here!

MoC @ atticclothing.com, Aberdeen. Future Sound Of Aberdeen 27/04/2013 by Atticclothing on Mixcloud

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So thats a wee round up for this week!

Carhartt WIP Illustration Ad Campaign by Shohei!

Stumbled across a whole load of cool videos from the 2012 Carhartt ad campaigns which featured amazing pen drawings by Shohei. Some pretty amazing drawing skills right here so be prepared to have your eyes melted!

The Grouse Hut Studios, Banchory!

The Grouse Hut Studios is a new venture from ex 26 artist Kareen Blyth. Situated 20 miles out side Aberdeen beside Banchory. The Grouse Hut contains 3 white washed studio spaces measuring approx 15 sq mts and has essential facilities like a kitchen, wc and you will be surrounded by 15 acres of woodland! The only down side is you will need transport due to the rural location but personally I can't think what more you could want! If your looking for a studio or simply want to keep up to date with whats happening at the Grouse Hut then give their facebook page a like! I wonder of they will host some shows out there?

The Future Sound of Aberdeen @ Attic Clothing!

Last Saturday myself, Dj Bad Panda & Scott (Home Alone) took over the sound system in Attic Clothing. Scott was up first with an interesting hip hop set followed by my eclectic selections and finished up with Bad Pandas mega mix up! You can listen to the mixes via the Attic Mixcloud page or check em out at the bottom!

Home Alone @ atticclothing.com, Aberdeen. Future Sound Of Aberdeen 27/04/2013 by Atticclothing onMixcloud

MoC @ atticclothing.com, Aberdeen. Future Sound Of Aberdeen 27/04/2013 by Atticclothing on Mixcloud

DJ Bad Panda @ atticclothing.com, Aberdeen. Future Sound Of Aberdeen 27/04/2013 by Atticclothing on Mixcloud

Too Old To Be New, Too New To Be Classic!

DFA Records, LCD Soundsystem, a short film, watch it!

12 Years of DFA: Too Old To Be New, Too New To Be Classic from Red Bull Music Academy on Vimeo.

Today I Will Be...... @ Aberdeen 17 Hub!

I'm sad to say that I missed Kyle's performances this week. Working full time and trying to keep up to date and supporting creative events doesn't always go hand in hand. However I did get to feel like a part of things via the daily photo up dates on the Aberdeen17 facebook page. Seeing Kyle's daily colour change actually brightened up my days in the office. I've spoken to a few friends who've asked me "aye there's some guy in a window down Belmont street all painted up, fits at aboot?".

I don't really know why anyone would want to put themselves on display but I'm glad they did and I'm glad that it was a fine specimen like Kyle, I dare say it would have been a different story if I had taken on the role of Adonis in the Window! I think it takes a lot of guts to do what Kyle's done this week and I really like the crossed out words, indicating what colour to expect next. I guess if someone asks me "why did he do it?" then I can answer "he did it for you, he did it for us" and for that, we should be happy!

To find out more and keep up to speed about the next performers check out the Live Window event page here! Something will be happening tomorrow between 11 and 4 so if your on Belmont Street have a looksie!

Oor Monsters III @ Junction Arts!

Some snaps from the Oor Monsters III show currently on at Junction Arts! If you like monsters, character design and cool hand made goods then you need to see this show! Curated by Phil Thompson and Gabi Reith, the show brings a host of local talent together under the Junction Arts roof. 

Work ranges from prints, original paintings, illustration, 3-D pieces and plush friends! There's even a beast that shalnt be spoken of, so demonic is it in nature that my camera almost broke photographing it! Can you guess which one it is? All the work sits beside each other quite nicely and makes for one of the more interesting art shows I've been to this year and definitely showcases some major talent from the North East region.

The show will be on display until the 28th of June but get down soon if you wanna catch all the monsters as some of them have legs and may well decide to use them!