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Our new "Tin Can Phone Project" is finally starting!

From the period 21.06 to 21.07.2013, in the context of the Longlake festival of Lugano, the "sottopassaggio dei cigni" in Lugano has been transformed in a new place.

Just ENTER, WATCH, GET INVOLVED, CHOOSE, INTERACT, TAKE PICTURES, SHARE, GET INVOLVED AGAIN

The "Tin Can Phone Project" is a termporary interactive installation basically composed by a big surrounding blackboard and an automatic chalks vending machine. Everyone is free to interact in many different ways. It's possible to draw, to write, to decorate and to create, to answer to other people messages or just look and think. It's possible to photograph what you create or what you like and then share your picture to generate a bigger. We imagine that this project could generate a spontaneous and "real" communication and that could record the life of a place that is daily living without leaving any trace. We imagine to create a strong relation to the place, totally based and powered by the people and what people is.

Visit, share, post, communicate on:

tincanphoneproject.com

Check the position of the underpass on the map

This new variant of the "Funnel Project" (proposed at the competition for the tunnel Lugano-Besso) has been specifically re-designed for the "Cigni" underpass of Lugano (Riva Albertolli) and for the duration of Longlake Festival. It focuses more on the aspect of communication as interaction within the ordered chaos as a result of the differences and similarities that characterize each comparison and make it possible.

Passers-by will be able to participate and express themselves freely, encouraged throughout the duration of the event from targeted interventions and from the gradual layering of their own interactions within one or more temporary new "discussions". Using the webcite and social networks (such as Instagram and twitter) everyone will be able to share everything and connect outside the geographical place.

For a month, 24 hours on 24, 7 days out of 7, "Tin Can Phone Project" will live independently of what it's made.

The first image appearing readable is an equilateral triangle from which, shortly after, becomes noticeable the speed control and a connection of twisted intertwined mechanisms. Approaching more appear more evident a pipes system and some elements that would suggest a living being: an eye, a mouth and two arms, but still remains a mechanism and, as such, seems to have a function and perhaps an operator. This "living structure" recalls the first creation, in a creative sense, in terms of production and construction; recalls the human potential for growth and creation. The large triangle made to generate something smaller, and it does thanks to the fluid passing through it. This fluid does not, however, come from the outside, but by the same mechanism, it is the lifeblood that flows in the pipes. The reality is self-powered, the man shape itself. It should be added that the equilateral triangle, moreover, is harmony and proportion, and in a sense we have an harmonic system as such and in its parts, with the ability to create. 

It 'a long time that we do not publish something new here on our blog, and fortunately this is due to the fact that we are working and we have not much free time. However, we are preparing so much material and so many projects that we will realize soon. :-)

The painting you see in the big picture above is named "Undercontrol", we realized it in august 2012 in a pedestrian underpass in Monte Carasso (CH), under the highway, in the context of a project proposed by the Urbanova association.

At the same project were involved also BigTato, PlusPower, Panho, Zeta, Rysk and Irons.

About this painting and its concept we can say that: Everyone moves, since he was born, on roads, means, thoughts and planets that feels as if they had always been here as they are now and as if they always belonged to him.

(click on the images to enlarge them)

Here the new making of video of our painting "Magenta - The never-ending game between the Astronaut and the Plastiline Rabbit" shooted and edited by LEDFILMS.com.
We realized it at the elementary schools of Bozzoreda, Lugano (CH) between May and June 2012, covering two walls for a total of 240 square meters. LEDFILMS followed this work from the first sketch to the last paint line, and then realized the final editing. 

For more information about LEDFILMS you can visit its website and for more pictures and details about the "Magenta" painting, you can visit the painting page on our website.

The Blue Balls Festival is a Swiss music and arts festival which every year transforms the lakeside of Lucerne for 9 days and attract more than 100,000 visitors. The Blue Balls Festival presents national and international stars, newcomers and young talents during 120 events of music, art, video, film and talk. The 20th Blue Balls Festival took place from 20 to 28  july 2012 at the KKL Lucerne, the Pavilion and the Schweizerhof Hotel.

Our turn arrived friday 27th of july, on a stage in the KKL plaza, and we had to realize a painting on a 1,90 x 1,90 meters canvas during 90 minutes of time. We used acrylic paint and spray cans and we realized "The Experienced Traveller", now property of the Blue Balls organization.

More about our live painting on our website, and more abotui Blue Balls here.

Sluggy P Superfrosted is the hairy version of Sluggy P (our latest 4 inches designer toy), evolved for situations of considerable frost and frosting (outdoor or in the kitchen). As the "regular" Sluggy P, the Superfrosted lives in the cities and look at us from the top of the buildings; but he's more relaxed and also likes to visit mountains and nature, or to walk right on the streets. His new hairy surface gives him the necessary protection from low temperatures and bad weather (also between persons), and also more adherence on his head to grab everything he needs. Needless to say, thanks to his white hairy-look he's frequently confused with a Yeti, but he's more common and not aggressive.

In the first series, we will produce 50 pieces with white hair and pink donut and 50 pieces with white hair and blue donut, both numbered and signed and buyable on our store.

To know more about Sluggy P Superfrosted, visit its page on our website.

Click here to know more about the "regular" Sluggy P and here to visit our store.

A wallpaper set is on out downloads page.

After 9 months from the Volvo Art Session at the main station of Zürich (CH), organized by Eqal, the event reached his end with the presentation of the book "Volvo Art Session 2011" during the Kunst 11 art fair in Zürich.

The book is the result of the work that the photographer Michel Comte made during the 5 days of the event in february 2011. During the exhibition, where were presented big prints of selected pictures and the Volvo car painted by Wes21, a personalized copy of the book was given to each artist of the Volvo Art Session (DAIM, Wes21, Donovan & Onur, Pius Portmann, Nevercrew, Blackyard, C-Line, Yummy Industries, Michel Fr, Sukibamboo).

Book details: Publisher: Edition A&Z, Zurich / Switzerland. 144 pages. Language: German / English / French. Size: 30.5 x 30.5 cm. Available on DAIM's online store.

In april 2011 we were invited by a crew of UK based journalists (Redwood Group), from the Volvo's LIV magazine, to partecipate in theyr "European Art Movement" project. The basic idea was a trip trough Europe on their Volvo XC60 with three stops, one for every selected artist. The stops were Bornholm in Denmark (Anne Sofie Meldgaard), Leipzig in Germany (Metulczki) and Lugano in Switzerland (us). We had to choose a place to realize a work and we decided to do that on the top of the "Balestra" Carpark in the center of Lugano. 

The work we realized represents a kind of exploration: the astronaut is a person who visits places that few humans can see, looking at things with wonder and, of course, for the first time; he discover them. The car instead explores the inside, lives the place in detail; it knows it and it's part of it. The article and the interview are published on issue n°2 - 2011 of LIV magazine and also as video documentary on Volvo's website. 

You can see the artwork by CLICKING HERE, the video interview by CLICKING HERE and you can read the article HERE.

It's out now on iTunes Store, the latest album of the japanese band Icon Girl Pistols, for which we made the cover art and we created a new band logo: "Goodbye Donuts (Hey, statue of Liberty)".

We were contacted by the Icon Girl Pistols after using one of their songs for our art-video "Lack of ispiratione" (made with Andrea Todaro). They gave us 100% of freedom and we created something that in our minds could fit with their music. 

The big mechanical creature spread with pink paint a heap-dump-city district floating on the water; he's probably dancing and making a lot of noise while a new life arrives everywhere around him.

Take a better look of the album cover on our website.

You can listen and buy the album on iTunes store, and visit the band's website. We also have a wallpapers set here in the downloads page.

The 31th of may Kidrobot and its judges published the results of the Munnyword Megacontest 2011, and we're glad to announce that our "Vampirized" Munny won in the "Best Minimalist Design" category. In addition, also other two of our customs reached a bit of glory: 2nd place in the "Best Animal Design" category for "Apartment Bat" and 3rd place in the "Most Innovative" category for the "Living City" Munny. Our biggest compliments to the brazilian artist Sergio Mancini for the Best in Show prize.

Since some week we didn't post something here, so we decided to show a funny find: some artwork we made from 1999 to 2004. These are a mix of digital photomontage, analogical photography and illustration; sometimes they're self-portraits and sometimes we just used ourselves like model sbecause it was convenient and quick. They're called "Never Toys" and they were a part of a biggest project. (yes, we were already working on that in 1999! It's funny..) :-D ...click on the images to enlarge them!