A few months ago I went to see the artist Andy Uprock at Oxford Art Factory. He was doing a live installation of 'cuprocking'. 'Cuprocking' is a newer form of street art where artists like Uprock use plastic cups to create words and patterns on wire fences.
You may have seen some of his creations appearing around pockets of the city, and Uprock gets to reuse the cups for other designs.
It made me think about the value of street art in modern society. There are some amazing street artists. I am obsessed with Fafi, the French street artist, and Banksy is just an extremely talented person.
Street art, like other forms of art, is a way of expression, creativity and can also promote causes or ideas.
But like other forms of art, is also rather subjective.
Recently the outside walls of Dad's workplace were vandalised. He was able to clean it, but he was not too impressed about it. According to him, it was just a mess on the wall, wasn't even artistic in nature, and had to go. However Dad is going to embark on his own street art venture. Since the walls are made of tiles, he is going to 'Pac-man' the walls.
'Pac-man' is definitely a major icon in pop culture from the 1980s. Since it was released in 1980, it is symbolic of my generation (I was born during the 80's, and now my generation is often seen as kidults…so maybe nothing has really changed). We used to like games; we still play games, except now we have more money to finance our love of pop and street culture. 'Pac-man' in street art is quite a global phenomenon. Here's an example:
You may have seen some of his creations appearing around pockets of the city, and Uprock gets to reuse the cups for other designs.
It made me think about the value of street art in modern society. There are some amazing street artists. I am obsessed with Fafi, the French street artist, and Banksy is just an extremely talented person.
Street art, like other forms of art, is a way of expression, creativity and can also promote causes or ideas.
But like other forms of art, is also rather subjective.
Recently the outside walls of Dad's workplace were vandalised. He was able to clean it, but he was not too impressed about it. According to him, it was just a mess on the wall, wasn't even artistic in nature, and had to go. However Dad is going to embark on his own street art venture. Since the walls are made of tiles, he is going to 'Pac-man' the walls.
'Pac-man' is definitely a major icon in pop culture from the 1980s. Since it was released in 1980, it is symbolic of my generation (I was born during the 80's, and now my generation is often seen as kidults…so maybe nothing has really changed). We used to like games; we still play games, except now we have more money to finance our love of pop and street culture. 'Pac-man' in street art is quite a global phenomenon. Here's an example:
'Pac-man ghost' -I am kind of excited about the 'Pac-man' art that will soon appear at Dad's work. My sister has also volunteered to do some 'Pac-man' painting. Perhaps there is a little bit of 80's pop culture in everyone.
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