Cinzah Merkens, aka Seekayem, is undeniably one of New Zealand’s top street artists. His combination of vibrant colours and intense line work creates an aesthetic that is nothing short of awesome. Big eyes, Goofy Grins, Skulls, Owls and little hats are just a few features of Seekayem’s signature style. As a recipient of the ‘Peoples
READ MOREOkay, so we don’t catch all of them – and we don’t know how we didn’t hear about thisin time, but in the general chaos of everything that was going on last Friday night it slipped by us, alas. From all the photos up on the No Vacancy Facebook page, it looks like it would
READ MOREA packed crowd braved the cold and rain to watch the second New Zealand heat of the Red Bull Wreckers Yard live art event in Auckland over the weekend. Cinzah AKA ‘Seekayem’ won the battle and a spot in the trans-tasman final. Cinzah joins artists Yels and Itch, along with the winners of the Aussie
READ MOREThere is no doubting the strength of New Zealand artists. With such treasures as Ha-Ha, Urban Cake lady, Drab, Stabs, and Snotrag gracing the streets of Melbourne to name but a few! Thankfully for NZ, not all its talent leaves its shores. So to kick off what will be a continuing closer look at the
READ MOREWe love these features – between MSAs top ten and Dean Sunshines, we’d like to think that some of the best Australasian street art is represented amongst their photos. Always something for everyone, and todays selection from Mr Sunshine is ace. Help us out with names we’ve missed, check it out, click for larger pics,
READ MOREAll good things must .. begin? Well, here we are – after seven days, we’re at the final interview in our Fibre Femmes feature. One or two hiccups along the way, but we hit our targets. This has been a really fun feature for us, and we’ve loved every artist we’ve spoken to. I’d just
READ MOREWell, its a bit of a visualgasmfest like last week, and this weeks videos are grand. First up, we have something different– our friend Dynamik (Paul Wright) did this time lapse piece for us of a wall that we organised in Perth at the Platinum Zone, featuring NVS, Pore, Poise, Suloh, Tonitones, Dibs, Deej. Assisted
READ MOREAdam Oehliers upcoming show, Into The Woods, looks beautiful. When I first saw the flyer, the preview image reminded me of a lot of the Robert Holdstock Mythago series books, and it also gave me visions of Charles De Lints urban fantasy – and that was from one image. This is the illustrative fantastical at
READ MOREThe guys at Red Octopus have been good friends of ours for, jesus, twenty years or so, since our days of kickin it back in the ‘ol FNQ. Over the last few years we’ve seen the grassroots business that they started up turn into something really, really damned cool, and we’re really proud of them!
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