Eye Candy Festival

Upfest 2013

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 12:08:41 +0000

Bristol’s Upfest returns in May with hundreds of street artists taking part in the annual free bank holiday event. World class painters and illustrators will get to work painting 20,000sqft of surfaces including a NY subway train, beer gardens, car parks and skate parks. Alongside the art music stages, pop up cafes and street parties will take place from Saturday 25th to Monday 27th May.

A selection of the biggest names in international graffiti culture will be taking to the streets, including Faith47 (South Africa), DALeast (China), C215 (France), Peeta (Italy) as well as Bristol natives Turroe and Inkie.

Upfest will be based at the Tobacco Factory and throughout North Street, Southville, Bristol throughout the May Bank Holiday weekend between the hours of 11am-9pm.

For more information on events and locations visit www.upfest.co.uk and follow the festival on Twitter @upfest #upfest2013

The Library of Birmingham - Discovery Season briefs

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 17:23:25 +0000

Birmingham-based arts producers Capsule have been appointed to curate the opening festival season of cultural events that will run from 3rd September through to December 2013 at the new Library of Birmingham and they are looking for practitioners to get involved.

There are several new commission opportunities available to work in the exciting new space and further details can be found over at http://www.capsule.org.uk/project/library-of-birmingham-opening-season/

Let's Play Sardines

Thu, 03 Jan 2013 18:24:36 +0000

It’s always nice when a brand teams up with some super cool artists to do a project but when you add that the brand is Lomography with their already gorgeous analogue cameras you just know that the results are going to be great.

Their latest collaborative bit of fun sees the cream of the UK’s leading designers, artists, creators and graphic-heads getting a chance to customise the iconic La Sardina DIY camera. The cameras will be on display in London and Manchester throughout the year with names like Supermundane, Lazy Oaf and Kid Acne taking part.

This little beauty is by Felt Mistress.

XMAS GIFT IDEAS: Grab yourself a Community Service Announcement...

Tue, 27 Nov 2012 08:50:06 +0000

XMAS GIFT IDEAS: Grab yourself a Community Service Announcement tee from Jeremyville. There are several announcements to choose from or browse through the bags, stickers and books. It’s all recognisably Jeremyville and all very cool.

XMAS GIFT IDEAS: Jon Burgerman

Tue, 27 Nov 2012 08:46:11 +0000

LUSH! Sizzle away in a hot bath but do it in designer toy style with Jon Burgerman’s bath bomb range for Lush. £25 for a pack of 9 and a nifty Burgerman designed tin to keep forever.

XMAS GIFT IDEAS

Tue, 27 Nov 2012 08:43:16 +0000

These limited edition wooden laser cut brooches are a snip at just £15 from The Cloud Commission. The perfect accessory for a boy or girl.

XMAS GIFT IDEAS: Dudes Factory have a whole load of GORGEOUS...

Tue, 27 Nov 2012 08:38:22 +0000

XMAS GIFT IDEAS: Dudes Factory have a whole load of GORGEOUS wood prints in their store for 60e. A perfect gift we’re sure.

Forget boring dull colours for your bike when you can have a...

Tue, 27 Nov 2012 08:35:17 +0000

Forget boring dull colours for your bike when you can have a rainbow of choice and customise your own from just £269 at www.mangobikes.co.uk. Bright pink? You got it!

XMAS GIFT IDEAS: We love these Friendly Foxes from Poketo at...

Tue, 27 Nov 2012 08:31:34 +0000

XMAS GIFT IDEAS: We love these Friendly Foxes from Poketo at $40. They’ve got loads of lovely gift ideas for adults and kids too.

Another great video of Eye Candy Festival by Craig Bush...

Wed, 14 Nov 2012 14:42:26 +0000

Another great video of Eye Candy Festival by Craig Bush featuring the artists that took part in October.

Eye Candy on Storify

Thu, 18 Oct 2012 12:40:06 +0100

Eye Candy on Storify:

We’ve just grabbed all the social media interactions and updates via Storify which offers a great round up of what happened over the weekend.

EYE CANDY - Day 3 video

Wed, 17 Oct 2012 16:32:25 +0100

EYE CANDY - Day 3 video:

The final day of Eye Candy shot by Craig Bush…

Lucy for Eye Candy Festival

Wed, 17 Oct 2012 12:45:17 +0100

Eye Candy commissioned artist Lucy McLauchlan to paint the pillars which are the gateway to the Southside area of the city. Starting on Friday the pillar was completed on Sunday night. We popped back Monday morning to see the finished piece by day light What a MASSIVE improvement and beautiful piece of work she produced! Make sure you go and check it out.

Eye Candy on Form Fifty Five

Wed, 17 Oct 2012 11:55:14 +0100

Eye Candy on Form Fifty Five

Eye Candy on Origami Chicken

Wed, 17 Oct 2012 11:54:05 +0100

Eye Candy on Origami Chicken

Eye Candy review on Bread & Circus

Wed, 17 Oct 2012 11:47:13 +0100

Eye Candy review on Bread & Circus

Eye Candy on Bitch Buzz

Wed, 17 Oct 2012 11:46:26 +0100

Eye Candy on Bitch Buzz

Eye Candy Launch Party

Wed, 17 Oct 2012 10:07:50 +0100

We had our launch party over at Le Truc in Southside on Friday night. Sponsored by the good people at Purity the beer and wine flowed and the fine creative community of Brum came out to celebrate the very first Eye Candy. Thanks to Becky Homer for the shots.

Filthy Luker’s tentacles looked spectacular over the...

Mon, 15 Oct 2012 09:45:14 +0100

Filthy Luker’s tentacles looked spectacular over the weekend. Did you see them?

EYE CANDY - Brothers of the Stripe video

Mon, 15 Oct 2012 09:43:40 +0100

EYE CANDY - Brothers of the Stripe video:

Brothers of the Stripe hung out at the Eye Candy hub and did amazing things with cardboard boxes! All captured by Craig Bush.