Archive for the ‘in the neighborhood’ Category
We recently had the chance to peek some graffiti coming out of Vietnam. Check it out below – very cool. If anyone has more pieces they’ve taken shots of, please send them in to us at EDGE@Neocha.com.
For more In The Neighborhood posts on NeochaEDGE, link here. /// SL
in the neighborhood | t.enami’s animated 3D stereoview photos ///
While 3D movies seem to be all the rage these days, there is a lo-fi way to create your own 3D effects at home, and you don’t even need 3D glasses. Using two nearly identical photographs, these images look 3D when viewed through a stereoscope, or nowadays, by creating animated GIFs via Photoshop’s animation function. [...]
You don’t typically think of comics and farming going together, but Tokyo-based artist Koshi Kawachi has done just that. Using old manga books as a growing medium, radish sprouts are raised in between the books’ pages. The “Manga Farming” technique was recently exhibited in an installation at the Nagoya Matsuzakaya department store.
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in the neighborhood | darbotz’s squid montster street art ///
Jakarta-based street artist Darbotz caught our eye with his signature black and white squid monster named CUMI. Darbotz explains that the huge, swirling tentacles characteristic of CUMI represent the chaos of Jakarta.
He’s always smiling, but he’s also angry. He’s angry at the traffic, the government, the pollution, the corruption. [...]
in the neighborhood | “the kid” stencil spotted in singapore ///
Following up on an earlier post about stencil art in Kampong Glam, here is some more – this time of a hesitant kid who looks like he has just done something wrong.
For more In The Neighborhood posts on NeochaEDGE, link here. /// WLS
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in the neighborhood | a portrait mural in singapore ///
We spotted this intriguing black-and-white mural with glassy-eyed portraits along Middle Road in Singapore. It was signed off by SPLAT Team.
For more In The Neighborhood posts on NeochaEDGE, link here. /// WLS
We recently came across a fantastic viral stop-motion film from Singaporean design student Serene Teh, who also goes by the moniker “Saggyarmpit.” The animation is brought to life in an old school flipbook-style with each frame individually illustrated and folded to follow the parkour action. To view the film on Vimeo, link here.
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in the neighborhood | “chno” mugshot stencil in singapore ///
I’m currently back home in Singapore over the Spring Festival holidays and I spotted this stencil of full-body mugshot portraits off Haji Lane the other day. If any reader knows which graffiti crew is behind this, please let us know in the comments section. In the meantime, I will keep my eyes peeled for more [...]
