Stevio...LA LA Lovin' It?

I'm British-born Chinese from Bristol, UK. I’m LA-based. I’m a hip hop aficionado. After 15 years in London I moved to LA to pursue a new career and outlook on life.

Back in the 80s I was a DJ. In the 90s I contributed to the world's first street style exhibition at London's Victoria & Albert Museum. In 2011, I had my first interviews published. Today, I’m keeping busy with music, art, photos and writing.

Thursday, May 17, 2012

Graffiti by Google Maps (Cache, Los Angeles)

Cache graffiti, Melrose Ave/Heliotrope (credit: Google Maps)

As I was looking for an address online, I spotted that Google Maps had immortalized a mural by Cache outside 20 Bicycles, a store in this local neighborhood close to the I-101 S freeway entrance.

I've created "mash-ups" of my Bristol graffiti photos on Flickr and mapped them into a walking tour of part of the city. Imagine what you could do with Google Maps?!

With phone camera pictures (usually) automatically linked to GPS coordinates, there is a global library of pictures from graffiti art events and mural walls. They just need a place to single place to congregate and be published.

That would be an awesome project. I don't use the "awesome" phrase lightly... :)

Labels: 20 Bicycles, Cache, Google, Graffiti, Hip Hop, Los Angeles

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

All City: LA's celebration of street art continues...

This past weekend I passed by All City: LA Street Art show near the LA River. It was an apt setting since all the artists featured were strictly illegal street graffiti artists and for some, the first time their work had been hung on a wall! I was already familiar with Risk (one of the artists representing LA in the "Art in the Streets" at MOCA,) Vyal and Cache's work around the city.

The show runs until May 7th, but you should go visit this Saturday April 30th as there's a *free* screening of "Bomb It," Jon Reiss' documentary on the graffiti scene featuring tons of artists and in the other corner, Joe "the graffiti guerilla" Connolly!