say something beautiful and be quiet..

I checked out the Cans festival today and it was pretty much insane. Cans festival is a play on words to the famous Cannes film festival. UK's Bansky set up this festival in an abandoned tunnel on Leake Street and over 40 artists from all over the world came to exhibit their work. This was like the graffiti hall of fame.

Many pics so I'll let them do the talking..


BANSKY! My first time seeing his work face to face..


Inkie


Busk ...incredible!



Cept



SweetToof


Chu


ATG


Zeus


Astek


Rugman


Ronzo


unknown




I'm not sure how Banksy can set up such an event and still have nobody know what he looks like??

A votre sante!

I went on another journey this weekend. This time it was decided to take a road trip from London to Paris. Basically, we drove to the coast of the UK to a town called Folkestone where we boarded "The Chunnel". The Chunnel runs beneath the English Channel and connects the UK to France. It has the longest undersea portion of any tunnel in the world. You simply drive onto the Chunnel, throw your car in park, and then its smooth sailing as you get transported through to France. Once arriving in Calais, France, it was a 3-hour enjoyable drive to Paris through the countryside.

This was my first time in Paris and I thoroughly enjoyed it. There is much to be seen here and plenty of history. Below are a few of the sites that I checked out (pics included)..

Notre Dame


Dome Des Invalides


Arch of Triumph



Church of the Sacred Heart..(shout out to MSC and the Bros of the Sacred Heart!) The inside of this church was amazing and I can't really explain the feeling I felt once stepping inside.


and of course the infamous Eiffel Tower


..and a shot from on top



But in my opinion, the most impressive site in Paris was The Louvre. The Louvre is an absolutely enormous museum which houses some of the most famous artwork and sculpures from all over the world by some of the greatest artists that ever existed. I believe over 35,000 pieces of art are contained within The Louve.

So, there will be no street art in this post but a few slightly more remarkable shots taken from inside The Louvre..

Antonio Canova's Psyche and Cupid


The most famous greek sculpute...Venus de Milo


Michelangelo's "the dying Slave"


The Crown of Louis XV


And the most famous painting on the planet..

Leonardo D'Vinci - Mona Lisa


The Louvre

Bend it like Beckham!

I finally checked out the new Wembley Stadium last night. I commute by the stadium everyday on my way to work and have been eagerly anticipating the opportunity to get up close to this impressive dwelling.

I went to an international friendly match between England and Czech Republic. Milan Baros scored first the Czechs. Beckham then "bent in like Beckham" on a corner kick into the 6 yard box which was headed in by Man United's Wes Brown. Czech scored again to take the lead. With nearly one minute left of injury time, Joe Cole scored on a scramble in front the goal which ended the game in a draw.

Some pics of the impressive stadium..


Wayne Rooney! (pic taken for Tolmie)

Britain's most iconic athlete, Goldenboy David Beckham

We be Amsterdamin'!!

OK, so I finally made it out of UK for the weekend and decided to see a bit more of Europe. For my first of hopefully many trips, I decided to stumble through the one and only Amsterdam!

The trip consisted of many pubs, cafes, galleries, long walks, getting lost, and that's about as many details as I care to share in this forum.

I did manage to capture some shots of some tasty artwork..

French artist C215..




Faith71


MISC..




And why not include a few random pics of the lovely architectural rich Amsterdam itself..

Camp D.I.L.I.G.A.F.F

OK, well I came back to RI for 10 days and enjoyed a proper 10 days of Rhode Island summertime. I relaxed, caught up with family, friends, Golf, Matunak Beach and sleep!

A few captured highlights..

3rd row seats to Sox vs Oakland at the infamous Fenway Park


And of course the late night impromptu Brokenground reunion and Matty's annual Camp DILIGAFF summer jam.



Video footage provided by the legendary Sackman

Don't Don't Don't Believe the HYPE!!

I picked up this piece today. it's a tribute to one of the most important hip hop groups of all time, Public Enemy! This one is signed by Shepard Fairey, Glen Friedman (original photographer), and Chuck D. himself!
Edition of 400 sold out in under 5 minutes.



PE! Need I say more? I'll Chuck D explain...