High Definite/Banksyisms

Spotted in San Francisco’s Chinatown this morning.

From | Via

Bobby Hundreds from LA’s infamous lifestyle project The Hundreds went to work last night at Banksy’s “Exit Through The Gift Shop” premiere in LA.  Per usual, it’s chock-filled with great photos and insightful commentary.  Click the picture to see the full post.

Banksy’s “Exit Through The Gift Shop” debuts at a secret location in LA today. He’s obviously in town for the screening.

From | Via

An extended look at Terry Guetta’s film that attempts to focus on notorious street artist Banksy.

From Banksy Film:

Banksy is a graffiti artist with a global reputation whose work can be seen on walls from post—hurricane New Orleans to the separation barrier on the Palestinian West Bank. Fiercely guarding his anonymity to avoid prosecution, Banksy has so far resisted all attempts to be captured on film. Exit Through the Gift Shop tells the incredible true story of how an eccentric French shop keeper turned documentary maker attempted to locate and befriend Banksy, only to have the artist turn the camera back on its owner with spectacular results. As Banksy describes it, Its basically the story of how one man set out to film the un—filmable. And failed.

Can’t wait to see this.  Film dates/locations here.

Via

…forgot to do these for a couple weeks. 

“People who enjoy waving flags don’t deserve to have one.” – Banksy

“A lot of people never use their initiative because nobody told them to.”

- Banksy, “Banging Your Head Against A Brick Wall”

I’m gonna keep doing these as long as I can find them or until someone makes me stop.

People are taking the piss out of you everyday. They butt into your life, take a cheap shot at you and then disappear. They leer at you from tall buildings and make you feel small. They make flippant comments from buses that imply you’re not sexy enough and that all the fun is happening somewhere else. They are on TV making your girlfriend feel inadequate. They have access to the most sophisticated technology the world has ever seen and they bully you with it. They are The Advertisers and they are laughing at you.

You, however, are forbidden to touch them. Trademarks, intellectual property rights and copyright law mean advertisers can say what they like wherever they like with total impunity.

Fuck that. Any advert in a public space that gives you no choice whether you see it or not is yours. It’s yours to take, re-arrange and re-use. You can do whatever you like with it. Asking for permission is like asking to keep a rock someone just threw at your head.

You owe the companies nothing. Less than nothing, you especially don’t owe them any courtesy. They owe you. They have re-arranged the world to put themselves in front of you. They never asked for your permission, don’t even start asking for theirs.

- Banksy, “Brandalism”, Cut It Out

I’m gonna keep doing these as long as I can find them or until someone makes me stop. 

“The greatest crimes in the world are not commited by people breaking
the rules but by people following the rules. It’s people who follow
orders that drop bombs and massacre villages.

As a precaution to ever committing major acts of evil it is our solemn
duty never to do what we’re told, this is the only way we can be sure.”

- Banksy

I’m gonna keep doing these as long as I can find them or until someone makes me stop. 

“Only When the last tree
Has been cut down
And the last river
Has dried to a trickle
Will man finally realise
That we cannot eat money
And reciting old proverbs
Makes you sound like a twat”

- Banksy, “Wall And Piece”