Monday 12 May 2014

We are Moving...



We are moving to our new site and waving the old blog good-bye.

Come and join us at our new studio at raddadcollective.com...

Just click on a pic to get there ▼▲


Tuesday 6 May 2014

Urbexin iT...

Casualty Unit


We managed to check out an old closed hospital a few months and unexpectedly found a vast area to explore. We didn’t manage to get any graffiti done but by gum it was fun to look around!

With endless dark hallways and equipment that would put the most avid of horror movie watchers on edge, it was defiantly an interesting destination to explore.

We stayed a few hours and had to go, gonna go back though...











Quote:
Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you'll start having positive results.



Saturday 3 May 2014

iAm...

Felt Reign

‘Cap in the Ass'

Hang Outs... London, UK






Friday 2 May 2014

Street Shots... Sheffield, UK

Click Corner
Photos by Fiona Milne

 Gzos

Fiona’s been exploring again... Urbexing just for you!


 Mars

 Mars

 Mila K

Mila K and Skint

 Mila K

 Miso

 Narke

 Pawski


Wednesday 30 April 2014

iAm on Again...

Felt Reign on the Rampage

‘Back-off Fool’

We have been trying to keep up with FR but she is so busy keeping the peace, it is really hard keeping up the pace.

Luckily we got a couple of pics, one in an ally-way above and the second in our local coffee shop, below... NICE!

‘Shut-up, I’m on the Phone!

Quote:

When you catch a glimpse of your potential, that's when passion is born.

Hang Outs... London, UK

Monday 28 April 2014

Hang Outs... Victoria, Australia



Tom's latest show, Stick Folk opens this Friday, 2nd May from 6pm at Backwoods, featuring a large body of original work, over 20 paintings, 9 etchings and unveiling a large steel sculpture.
Tom’s background in Australian street art goes far back to his contributions to the Empty Shows in 2000. Since then he’s been an important figure in the Melbourne scene, an organizer, activist and a generally great guy.
Tom Civil is working on a modern way to see Australia: “Aussie punk and positive”. He has captured private moments of tranquility that connect the bush to the city, expressing them expertly in aerosol through fine lines, overspray and cutbacks.
The result is a new vision of Australia which reconciles Australia’s underground with tradition.
Backwoods Gallery
25 Easey Street, Collingwood, Victoria
Australia. 3066

Saturday 26 April 2014

iAm... Felt Reign

New iAm Character


We thought that Iron Lung was getting lonely, so we are proud to introduce Felt Reign

She will be working along side our guy in red to bring law, order and sometimes mayhem to the citizens of this fare (not fair) land.

‘Let me entertain You

Keep Up with um Here....

Wednesday 23 April 2014

iAm

iAm in the Sketch Book


‘Aaaahh... Nuts!

 "None of this Contour Foam Shit.”

Quote:
Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you'll start having positive results.

Hang Outs... Bristol, UK

UPFEST IS BACK!


Did you really think Upfest would be sitting back and having a relaxing year off from festivals? No chance, by taking a break from our annual festival, Upfest has freed up some time to get involved with some new exciting projects; top of the list is Upfest at Volksfest!
Upfest will be taking over the newly renovated one thousand square metre old cow shed at Washingpool Farm, Easter Compton. Over the past six years Upfest has attracted over 700 of the world’s best artists and the team has selected forty of them for our arena at Volksfest.

Confirmed artists include; Andis, Cageone, Damo, Dan Kitchener, Dekor, Din Din, Dones, FLX, Faunagraphic, Frank Styles, Ian Phenna, Irony, Jody, John D'oh, Lochness, Lokey, Luvm, Matti, Mish Mash, Miss C, N4T4, Neil Ennui, NOL, Optiik Nerve, Philth, Rob Wass, Rocket01, Shade1, Snub23, Soker, SPQR, Spzero76, T.wat, Zase plus more to be announced!

The covered Upfest arena will have tunes throughout the weekend and we will of course have a few surprises up our sleeves. Visitors will also get the opportunity to book our attending artists to have their car or van painted
 on site by some of the UK's most talented artists!

Bristol Volksfest has been run by a dedicated team for the last 20 years, originally set up to showcase some of the finest examples of original and customised VW’s the festival has progressed into a weekend full of music, cars, live art and BMX displays, what more could you want? Well for the first time Volksfest will host UK Lowrider Nationals 2014 and will be the first Lowrider event of its kind.

To get your annual dose of live street art magic, pop in to the Upfest Gallery, 198 North Street, Bristol or visit www.upfest.co.uk for tickets. Volksfest day tickets are just £10 and full weekend camping tickets are an amazing £25, 13 - 16yo Half Price, 12 & Under go FREE.

Love Upfest? 
Love Bristol? 
We’ll see you at VolksFest!

Friday 18 April 2014

Off the Shelf

ISSUE 25


After a few months of not receiving a review copy of this fab local mag we have realised how much we really missed it. Finally Issue 25 of VNA slid through our letterbox and sat on the doormat demanding our attention. 'God we have missed you’ was our first thoughts as the crew mingled around to periosteum the ... issue... Over the shoulder of the lucky person who was thumbing through it first.

It is nice to see Swoon on the front cover, not only is she good looking lass but also a very talented, with her memorable and detailed paste-ups, as well as being renowned for her out spoke views on 'street art' and featured in numerous documentaries on the subject. 
The magazine itself has a slightly different feel to it, as well as a lot more pics and write ups, which can't be bad right... Defo not and after intently scrutinise every last millimetre, we have come to conclusion that this issue... Can't be missed!

So what we got inside:
 With 11 artists on the contents page and 3 cities to visit, it is proving to be a busy little mag. We scanned the contents list and recognised Kevin Lyons the design force behind some classic and sick Girl Skateboards designs.
Nick Sheeny with his muted shades and woodland creepers. We also picked up on an ace graff artist Dan Kitchener, who bombs on sides of ships and plans to project images onto the White Cliffs of Dover - big plans, let's hope he leaves more to be desired. And the extraordinary Japanese Female graffiti artist Shiro, who's easily recognisable busty girl characters bounce off the page ( another image at the end of her write-up would have finished off the view nicely by the way.) 

To end, Visits to the cities of London, Hong Kong and Lodz round off this Issue 25 Very, Nearly and Almost :)

Like we said Almost but not done yet -one last thing to do, let’s look inside...









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Monday 14 April 2014

Hang Outs... Nottingham, UK

Melting Pot:
Food & Culture Festival



 

Saturday 19 April  - 12pm- 4pm

& Sunday 20 April - 12pm- 5pm


World Food Stalls | Artist's Interventions | Dance Performances | Live Music | Family Activities

Entry & activities- FREE!

Whether you enjoy food, music, dance, or have a passion for the local community, Melting Pot Festival invites visitors to experience the world at New Art Exchange, Hyson Green, Nottingham, UK.

The event has been made possible through the generous support of the College of Arts, University of Lincoln.

Check out more... HERE

Saturday 12 April 2014

Mornin All

Finally the Iron Lung Lives...

 iAm Iron Lung

RadDad and Vez hit a local spot today, and at long last RD did an Iron Lung spray hit!
Due to the shite cold weather RD’d been reluctant to graff with the gloves on. All was good today, the sun was out and so where the cans.

Above and below out of the sketch book onto the wall. Iron Lung lives, couldn’t do ahead-on shots due to being in a narrow staircase. Vez with the nice green/blue peacock.

 iAm Iron Lung

 Vez Art

 Colour 

 Saggy paint... Great textures.

 Little Red Bird

Oh... ghostly apparition!