Tag: film

Action Sports Round-up: Bob Burnquist Lands 900 On Mega Ramp; New York Surf Film Fest; Nike 6.0 Title Sponsor of Winter Dew Tour

Highlights from recent happenings in the action sports industry.

GenArt Has Folded

Very sad news that GenArt, the originators in promoting new fashion designers, indie filmmakers, and events of all kinds, has succumbed to the recession and is no longer in operation as of today.

Banksy’s Exit Through the Gift Shop Film Set for Release April 16th

The world’s first street art disaster movie is coming to theaters soon.

Sundance Film Festival Wrap-Up: Films that Will Impact Youth Culture Most, from Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning’s”The Runaways” to Street Artist Banksy’s”Exit Through the Gift Shop”

Often it’s NOT the winners of the world’s most popular indie film festival that set new trends in motion, but rather, ones that relate to youth culture via music, art, love, social networks, and the environment. Fresh from Park City.

Banksy Film Debuts at Sundance -The World’s First Street Art Disaster Movie

“Exit Through the Gift Shop” by notorious street artist Banksy is chosen as Sundance’s “Spolight” Surprise” film of the festival.

Urban Cycling and How Fixies Are Transforming the Cult of Transportation Into a Lifestyle

Looking at our own %u2018hood in downtown LA and the upcoming Bicycle Film Festival as it rolls through town, we trace the trends of urban transport and growth of an important new sporting lifestyle through urban cycling.

The Urban Cycle Fashion Movement and the Cult of Transportation

When the journey surpasses the destination, and style and green ethics count too, you know you’ve located a worthy trend.

LA vs. War Art Show Attracts Thousands Around Anti-War Messages Featuring Hit and Run, Crewest and Unification Theory, Yo! What Happened to Peace, Others in Landmark Event Featuring Latest In AntiWar-ProPeace Messaging, Screenprinting, Graffiti, Posters, VJs, Film

From April 10-13, in the old Firehouse in downtown Los Angeles’ budding warehouse district, top artists from LA gathered in a landmark event focusing all artwork on the travesty of this senseless war in Iraq now entering it’s 6th year. In an exercise of freedom of speech and art, the 4-day event, produced by John Carr, a top political poster artist and the curator of the international show Yo! What Happened to Peace? brought together artists from diverse communities of screenprinting, visual arts, sculpture, photography, DJs, postering, and film in a free event that had the city buzzing about the importance of protest and promoting peace through art.

X/Y Tribes in the House: How Entertainment Venues, Runway Shows, Retail Spaces Need to Address the Importance of Attracting Today’s Youth Culture Markets

Entertainment venues, like any other industry trying to be relevant by 2010, need to address the importance of attracting youth culture markets, namely 13-25-year-olds.