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Interview: Jim Towning

by Aaron Hunt

Art for Kunst is an exciting new project, offering highly collectible and functional art pieces from established street and graffiti artists and the freshest new talent - Aida, Dora, Mac1, Juice 126, Dscreet, Faith47, Plimsoul and Zoot - all at affordable prices! AfK will be bringing you a range of fabulous art throughout the year from their our website and at various pop-up market stalls across London. They launch on Today (5-9pm) at The Old Truman Breweryâs âAll I Want f... (continued) [read more]

Interview: Juice126

by Aaron Hunt

Juice 126 proclaims: âPaint is there to be splashed, distorted, demolished, dripped and molded into new textural forms.â In his 28-year pioneering career, Birmingham-born, Elliot is the original metallic abstract aerosol artist, founding member of Ikonoklast Movement and former curator of the 90s âHall of Fameâ Blueprint Gallery. He is the pioneer of the aerosol and graffiti art form, exploring paint through colour texture and movement, constantly pushing the boundarie... (continued) [read more]

Interview: Dora

by Aaron Hunt

Based in Bristol, Dora is one of the few successful female faces amongst the ever-evolving urban art scene. She brings a fresh feminine style with her distinctive ladies (portraits of her friends) and stylish patterns, encompasses Print, graffiti, illustrative ink, painting and drawing taking on the boy heavy walls and galleries and bringing a refreshing look to contemporary art. Dora's work is current, though reflecting influences from art nouveau, Japanese prints, burlesque a... (continued) [read more]

Interview: Sean Conway Part 2

by Aaron Hunt

Here's a Part2 of The405's Interview with prolific independent film maker Sean Conway. You can read Part1 here. All my films are about ideas, ideas, ideas. They should all represent a perpetual self-portrait/autobiography (ideally made of dirty Polaroids and beautiful belles-lettres). I can see myself directing a Harry Potter film just as much as I can see myself moving to Los Angeles to direct alt-porn. Whichever it may be, you will be getting a Sean Conway film, something... (continued) [read more]

Miss Cupcake - Interview

by Aaron Hunt

If I was to ask the question, âWhatâs the best thing to have ever come out of Australia?â, what would you answer? Fosters,Steve Irwin (RIP), Neighbors,Holly Vallance or maybe that crazy CBBC show we used to have as kids; you remember - Round The Twist? Iâm sure those would be many of your answers, In fact all of those things are great exports from our friends down under. However, in recent years some of the greatest things to have ever graced the vision of Mankind have com... (continued) [read more]

Jason Reeves - The End

by Aaron Hunt

Acoustic hero Jason Reeves has just put up an exclusive clip of him playing "The End" from forth coming album The Magnificent Adventures of Heartache. Check out our review here. Spoil your ears with more acoutic brilliance by visiting Jasons Official MySpace here [read more]

Illustrator Dan Mumford at Nike 1948

by Aaron Hunt

When it comes to Illustrator and Graphic Designer - Dan Mumford, i guess you could say that I (Aaron) have become rather fanatical about his work. Having previously interviewed Dan for The405 (which you can read here) I simply could not turn down an opportunity to see the man himself at work during a live printing session which myself, Oliver and newest 405 commodity; Andrew Devine attended at the Nike 1948 store in Shoreditch, East London today. Here's a quick review on how the ... (continued) [read more]

Andrew Bravener - Interview

by Aaron Hunt

If Picasso had owned a web-cam, he'd more than likely be Andrew Bravener! With both a tragically colorful take on the events of his own life and a cheerfully goofy way of making sense of it all, Youtube's very own Andrew Bravener's library of video blogs have become more of a lecture on the do's and dont's in life rather than a collection of random videos filmed from inside his bedroom in Ontario, Canada. Lets face it, these days Youtube is far better quality viewing that any of t... (continued) [read more]

Ryan Gee - Interview

by Aaron Hunt

Whether it's the way in which he turns the mortal sidewalk surfing descendants of Dog Town; gripped to 30 inch shredded planks of what was once before maple, into gravity defying angels; no, wait, correction...Gods, busting out 50/50 grinds down Mount Olympus. Or the way in which his use of rich lighting engulfs a mis en scene of deep shadows and brilliant highlights (awesome HIM album btw), makes you want to reach out into his photos and touch those captured in a moment of photog... (continued) [read more]

Alex Pardee - Interview

by Aaron Hunt

No one, in my humble opinion has over come life's little trials and tribulations more so then Alex Pardee. Alex is a splash of all things artistic. A freelance illustrator by trade, Alex (who has created art work for the likes of The Used and In Flames) has poured every drop of blood, sweat and tears that he has into conceiving the gruesomely spoofy nightmarish monster's that lurk under the bed of his imagination. Today they can be found printed on t-shirts and in the pages of h... (continued) [read more]