Raitea, or more correctly, Ra’iātea, is the second largest of the Society Islands, after Tahiti, in French Polynesia. A 50 minute plane ride from where we spent a week in Tahiti for the ONO’U Festival, the organizers treated us and some of the artists and documentarians to an additional few days on this island this […]
Have you ever seen those awkward family photographs that some brilliant editors have periodically culled together and presented in books or websites? Which one is your favorite? Mom, Dad, and five siblings dressed in identical cowboy/cowgirl outfits in front of a sunset? The family of nudists gathered in the kitchen with dad holding a bowl […]
Our weekly focus on the moving image and art in the streets. And other oddities. Now screening : 1. Swoon: Fearless BSA Special Feature: Swoon: Fearless Using existing and new footage of Street Artist Swoon and selected interviews with people in her orbit, director Fredric King presents and hour long documentary that looks over two […]
This week BSA takes you to the French Polynesian Islands to see the new murals going up for this tropical island cultural festival called ONO’U Tahiti 2017. We’re happy to bring you the daily events and the insights as we discover them. As we were scouting around the island of Raiatea with Martha Cooper and […]
Globally entire societies are undergoing metamorphoses at a quickening pace today – for a variety of reasons depending on who you talk to; The failures of capitalism and neoliberalism, the rapid development of technology, dwindling natural resources, a widening wealth gap, greater communications – all amidst a cross-cultural consciousness that is revealing truths at an […]
“I don’t have a job and a stable life, but painting and giving life to places that don’t have any is very gratifying,” says the graffiti/Street Artist about his wall completed for in September for the 12 + 1 project in Barcelona. He is not joking when he says he travels a lot to pursue […]
It’s good to see YZ Seult continuing her portraiture of women of African heritage and to see such strong female warrior images being put out on the street for the “Graffeterie Festival” in Uzerche, France. Currently living on the Ivory Coast in West Africa, she calls the series “Empress”, presumably from her ongoing studies of […]
“Flying Omaomao Spirit of Tahiti Bird of my homeland Messenger of love from the night Messenger of peace from the light.” And so the summary of the genteel and warm Tahitian week we have just spent here for the ONO’U Festival. The words above from a local proverb that appear on the wall of Phat1 […]
Our weekly focus on the moving image and art in the streets. And other oddities. Now screening : 1. Marko93 & MrZL Video Mapping Collaboration 2. ONO’U Tahiti 2017 Fashion Show 3. Museum Preparation: ONO’U TAHITI 2017 BSA Special Feature: Marko93 & MrZL Video Mapping Collaboration In this work-in-progress video you get an idea of […]
This week BSA takes you to the French Polynesian Islands to see the new murals going up for this tropical island cultural festival called ONO’U Tahiti 2017. We’re happy to bring you the daily events and the insights as we discover them. There is excitement in the warm sunny air today as some of the […]
This week BSA takes you to the French Polynesian Islands to see the new murals going up for this tropical island cultural festival called ONO’U Tahiti 2017. We’re happy to bring you the daily events and the insights as we discover them. After some logistical challenges with the cherry picker, Astro has wasted no time […]
This week BSA takes you to the French Polynesian Islands to see the new murals going up for this tropical island cultural festival called ONO’U Tahiti 2017. We’re happy to bring you the daily events and the insights as we discover them. Can you drive a stick shift pickup truck? Dude, we usually are biking […]
This week BSA takes you to the French Polynesian Islands to see the new murals going up for this tropical island cultural festival called ONO’U Tahiti 2017. We’re happy to bring you the daily events and the insights as we discover them. Closer to Auckland than Oakland and closer to heaven than Marge Simpson’s hair, […]
