Posts tagged Channel 4

INSA – ‘Looking For Love In All The Wrong Places’ Short. British graffiti writer and artist INSA has teamed up with Protein as part of five original short films on Random Acts for Channel 4 with a two minute short film entitled Looking For Love In All The Wrong Places. Set to air tonight at 12 am GMT (Feb 14) it will also be available on demand via randomacts.channel4.com

INSA – ‘Looking For Love In All The Wrong Places’ Short.

British graffiti writer and artist INSA has teamed up with Protein as part of five original short films on Random Acts for Channel 4 with a two minute short film entitled Looking For Love In All The Wrong Places.

Set to air tonight at 12 am GMT (Feb 14) it will also be available on demand via randomacts.channel4.com


Danny Macaskill - Industrial Revolutions.

Industrial Revolutions is the amazing new film from street trials riding star Danny Macaskill. Filmed and edited by Cut Media for Channel 4 ‘s documentary ‘Concrete Circus’.

The short sees the rider take his incredible bike skills into an industrial train yard and some derelict buildings.’ Filmed in the beautiful Scottish countryside as part of the channels ‘Street Summer’ series.

Creating a great juxtaposition between the rural setting, the mad-skills of Macaskill and the music of Universal Island Records, Ben Howard this video really is worth the watch. Let us know what you think. 

www.DannyMacaskill.com

‘Street Tag’ iPhone App. As Channel 4 continue to roll out their Street Summer campaign, the latest part of the strategy is the ‘Street Tag’ iPhone app that turns you smartphone into a can of spray paint. Allowing the user to ‘virtually’ graffiti the street in real time without fear of being arrested, you can adorn everything and anything, even those buildings you never thought possible to tag. Once you’ve finished, you can showcase your work by geo-tagging your images via the app or Facebook, Twitter and email.Create tags by using the spray mode, use the spray options button to change paint colour, size and wetness. You can also create tags using your finger in the Create A Tag mode and save in your own personal gallery for use later.The campaign which culminates in a season of programmes celebrating street art, hip hop and urban culture in the UK. Highlights include the TV premiere of Banksy’s movie, Exit Through The Gift Shop.Available for the 3GS model and above you can download the app here. www.channel4.com/programmes/street-summer

‘Street Tag’ iPhone App.

As Channel 4 continue to roll out their Street Summer campaign, the latest part of the strategy is the ‘Street Tag’ iPhone app that turns you smartphone into a can of spray paint.

Allowing the user to ‘virtually’ graffiti the street in real time without fear of being arrested, you can adorn everything and anything, even those buildings you never thought possible to tag.

Once you’ve finished, you can showcase your work by geo-tagging your images via the app or Facebook, Twitter and email.

Create tags by using the spray mode, use the spray options button to change paint colour, size and wetness. You can also create tags using your finger in the Create A Tag mode and save in your own personal gallery for use later.

The campaign which culminates in a season of programmes celebrating street art, hip hop and urban culture in the UK. Highlights include the TV premiere of Banksy’s movie, Exit Through The Gift Shop.

Available for the 3GS model and above you can download the app here.

www.channel4.com/programmes/street-summer

Channel 4 ‘Street Summer’ Advert. 

Check out the full length version of the Street Summer promo - featuring Professor Green, Wretch 32, Ms Dynamite, Faith SFX, Akala and Ms Bratt.

Directed by Neil Gorringe, the ad also features the graffiti artist Artful Dodger and cyclist Danny Mackaskill.

Find out more about the series of programmes which celebrate British street culture in the form of street dance, urban sports, spoken word, hip hop and street art at channel4.com/streetsummer

Channel 4’s Street Summer. Don’t Panic and Channel 4 have joined forces to find the best street artists and graffiti writers that the UK has to offer.  Celebrating British street culture Channel 4 have some quality new programmes dedicated to the different elements of street-level genius, focusing on: street dance, urban sports, spoken word, hip hop and street art. Street art and graffiti is going to be represented by the TV premiere of Banksy’s Exit Through the Gift Shop and a new documentary focusing on the UK scene which will include writers like Robbo. Channel 4 wants to find new talent too, to help promote Street Summer across the UK in the only way which makes sense; with massive pieces! In this competition artists of all ages must submit pieces representing one of the five elements of street culture which feature as part of the the Street Summer season. Ten entries will be shortlisted defined by the volume of votes then put to a judging panel including Channel 4 a mentor local to your area. There will be seven winners, one from each region of the UK with each working with their mentor to render their work agains a high profile wall, get £300 to put in their wallet and their design will be made into a poster and put in all of the Don’t Panic flyer packs. Culture Junkie’s street art contributor JIVE has entered the competition, take 30 seconds out of your day and vote for him here… www.dontpaniconline.com/street_summer/entry/216

Channel 4’s Street Summer.

Don’t Panic and Channel 4 have joined forces to find the best street artists and graffiti writers that the UK has to offer. 

Celebrating British street culture Channel 4 have some quality new programmes dedicated to the different elements of street-level genius, focusing on: street dance, urban sports, spoken word, hip hop and street art.

Street art and graffiti is going to be represented by the TV premiere of Banksy’s Exit Through the Gift Shop and a new documentary focusing on the UK scene which will include writers like Robbo. Channel 4 wants to find new talent too, to help promote Street Summer across the UK in the only way which makes sense; with massive pieces!

In this competition artists of all ages must submit pieces representing one of the five elements of street culture which feature as part of the the Street Summer season.

Ten entries will be shortlisted defined by the volume of votes then put to a judging panel including Channel 4 a mentor local to your area.

There will be seven winners, one from each region of the UK with each working with their mentor to render their work agains a high profile wall, get £300 to put in their wallet and their design will be made into a poster and put in all of the Don’t Panic flyer packs.

Culture Junkie’s street art contributor JIVE has entered the competition, take 30 seconds out of your day and vote for him here…

www.dontpaniconline.com/street_summer/entry/216