If you live in Dublin. Come see some of the amazing speakers..

David Shrigley, Sir Peter Blake, Brad Downey, The Mill, The London Police. Asbestos,…… amongst others.

OFFSET website

Backjumps Volume 4, #1

opening party:  6th November

7th – 29th November 2009 – 12–19pm, in the “Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien” BERLIN

Artists: Brad Downey, Pigenius Cave, RZM (Ritsche Koch/Zasd/Christian Marien) und Matthias Wermke & Mischa Leinkauf.

Gallery Opening 19:00
Thursday 22. Oct. 2009
1020 Vienna, Taborstrasse 18

STOP MAKING SENSE, MARK JENKINS, BRAD DOWNEY, EVAN ROTH, GRAFFITI RESEARCH LAB / G.R.L., CHRISTIAN EISENBERGER, DTAGNO, DEEP INC, BUSK, ARAM BARTHOLL, STATE OF SABOTAGE, MAX SCHAFFER, AAKASH NIHALANI , KNOW HOPE, JAMES POWDERLY, ALBIN RAY, Tempt One

Hello Brad,

I did a drawing last week and after your work in Lüneburg…(and the discussions) i thought i show it to you…..
what a chance?(what are the odds?)
different meaning
anyway
would be nice to hear from you
greets

Katharina Kulenkampff

With the change of university board in 2006 arrived an era of radical reformations at the Lüneburg university. This reformations did not only include the mandatory realization of the Bologna process but also a massive restructuring of the university. Especially the re-naming and the aligned marketing- and image campaign caused public stir. The new image of the university is clearly influenced by marketing considerations such as in private economies. A well-known German advertising agency invented the new name “Leuphana” and developed a “brand” logo which – in some peoples view – rather evokes associations of a car brand than of a university.

Along with these changes comes another big project – the building of a giant lecture hall (Audimax) by the world wide famous architect Daniel Libeskind. The costs are said to add up to a 62 million euro. In order to avoid a public bid invitation for the building contract, Libeskind was made part-time professor at the Leuphana – not for the benefit of the students though – as he is rarely giving lectures at all.

Overall, the reformation of the university has aroused remarkable suspicion and critique both amongst students and lecturers. In the light of marketing campaigns and a giant construction project, many expressed intelligible suspicion about the use of tuition fees. In 2007, a website appeared which caused further confusion. ‘leuphana.de.vu’ is a mock university homepage which resembles the business-like tone of the new university president. As the page copies the official university pages visual style they look at first sight almost identical. The page also contains an “advertisement” video for the university. This video portraits the university’s campus as a high security area where access is only possible after showing one’s ID. It furthermore shows the university as being sponsored by Coca Cola.

Brad Downey’s contribution to the Art Totale, which goes in line with the welcome week for the first semester students, has lead to further discussions about Leuphana’s politics. An artwork that could in other context be read as a plain provocation acquires a deeper social and political meaning within in the recent history of this specific university. It imbibes the earlier articulated fears of critics, that forsee Leuphana becoming somewhat of a private university serving primarily economic interests. By raising disturbance and maybe even irritation, it functions well as a means of re-initiating the current discourse amongst the students. It will now take time to see, whether the Leuphana will incorporate its own institutional critique by allowing the work to be a permanent installation.

____Daniela Kummle

A very short interview about brads new painting.

HERE

Brad Downey schafft es mal wieder den absurden Verhältnissen beim Lüneburger Graffiti-Spektakel ARTotale den richtigen “Dreh” zu geben: Anstatt, wie die meisten anderen Künstler, einfach nur die immergleichen Motive zu sprühen und kleben, reagiert er auf die totale Vereinnahmung mit der größtmöglichen Überidentifizierung – und malt gleich das McDonald’s-Logo inklusive Slogan. Das ist die wohl einzige Arbeit, die nicht der Dekoration der Stadt dient, und wahrscheinlich auch von den Einwohnern als “hässlich” und “werblich” abgelehnt wird. Und das gibt den Verhältnissen einen spannenden neuen Dreh: Wenn Werbung immer mehr wie Street-Art aussieht und Street-Art immer mehr Akzeptanz (im Gegensatz zur Werbung, die immer stärker als “visuelle Umweltverschmutzung” empfunden wird) bei allen Bevölkerungsschichten gewinnt, dann muss Street-Art vielleicht wie Werbung aussehen, um wirklich radikal zu sein. Nur so ein Gedanke. Mehr Live-Bilder von Just gibt’s weiterhin hier.

Check the original post with an unfinished photo here. Thanks RebelART

Leuphana Urban Art Project

From October 5–9, 2009 over 35 internationally renowned street artists are conquering Lueneburg urban space.

The following artists have been invited to the Streetart Event:
Adam & Akay, Akim, Alex Diamond, Almut Linde, Ash, Ben Eine, Brad Downey, Boxi, Bronco, Daniel Man, Dave the Chimp, DTAGNO, Evol, Faith47, Flying Förtress, Herakut, Herbert Baglione, Jay-One, Loomit, Mirko Reisser (DAIM), Moki & 1010, Pius Portmann, SKKI, Swoon, Tilt, Trica, Tryone, Vitché & Jana, Zevs, Zezao, 56K.

more infoi here- http://www.leuphana.de/en/artotale/artotale-portal.html

If you live in Berlin please come tomorrow, October, 2nd, 2009,  Pflügerstrasse 11, U8 Schönleinstrasse.

Departure of the bycicle guided tours:
19:30
20:30
21:30

The Workers.
F.A, Filippo Minelli, Emilie Maidon, Jonathan Chaillou, Jerome Fino, Tanguy Samzun, Akim, Laurent Basset, Ola Boden, Emile Parchemin, Zasd, Evol, Bronco, Brad Downey, Nicolas Lachambre, Boxi, David Rych, Brian Reffin Smith, Julien Fargetton.

Nothing but printing, gut und günstig.

Big thanks to Louise and “The Wa” for all the hard work and passion.

Digital Downey……… Thanks again Evan…….

Ar­tists in order of ap­pearan­ce: BRAD DOW­NEY, CHRIS STAIN, JU­DITH SU­PI­NE, LOGAN HICKS, BEN WOLF, SWOON, LEON REID IV, DAVID CHOE, JAMES POW­DER­LY, LEON (C6)