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1UP (graffiti Crew)
1UP (One United Power) is a graffiti crew from Berlin, Kreuzberg. They have been active since 2003. 1UP have been described as "one of the most well-known graffiti crews in the world" and are known for their bombing (large amount of tags put up in one night), rooftop paintings, and wholecar, wholetrains . Members There are between 10 and 50 members, of different genders, with ages ranging from 20-40. The members are not all German, they come from various European countries. All of the members are anonymous, and some do not do solo graffiti, preferring only to tag as 1UP. The group has had over 300 criminal charges filed against them, but none of the members have been caught so far. Publications Their film ''One United Power'' was released in 2011 on DVD, and their book ''I Am 1UP'' published in 2014. In 2018 1UP collaborated with graffiti photographer Martha Cooper as part of their ''One Week With 1UP'' tour. A book about the tour was published by Cooper under the same nam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glossary Of Graffiti
A number of words and phrases that have come to describe different styles and aspects of graffiti and its subculture. Like other jargon and colloquialisms, some of these terms may vary regionally, taking on different meanings across different cities and countries. The following terminology originates primarily in the United States. A–D ;angels :Famous or respected graffitist who has died. The people who admire them tag their names on a wall with halos above them or make tribute pieces with their faces or tag with the dates of their birth to death. ;anti style :A form of graffiti that deliberately flouts graffiti norms; also called ignorant style or hipster style. ;all city :To mark surfaces with graffiti throughout the entirety of a given city, usually with aerosol paint, and to be widely recognized for these efforts. ;autorack :Type of freight rail car that is tall, long, low, and flat. ;back-to-back :Graffiti that covers a wall from end-to-end, as seen on some parts of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nusa Penida
Nusa Penida () is an island located near the southeastern Indonesian island of Bali, which forms a district of the same name in Klungkung Regency. The Badung Strait separates the island and Bali. The interior of Nusa Penida is hilly with a maximum altitude of 524 metres, and the climate is drier than Bali. Like Bali, it is a major tourist destination. In addition to Nusa Penida, the administrative district of Nusa Penida includes the nearby islands of Nusa Lembongan and Nusa Ceningan, plus eleven even smaller islands. The district had a population of 45,110 at the 2010 census, covering , and the official estimate as of 2024 was 65,820. History The history of the island of Nusa Penida in Bali began in the 10th century. The earliest writings about Nusa Penida have indeed been found on the Belanjong pillar, which dates back to 914 AD. This pillar contains an inscription that mentions the military expedition of the first Balinese King, Sri Kesari Warmadewa, to conquer Nusa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Overpass (Counter-Strike)
''Counter-Strike 2'', and its predecessor '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'', are first-person shooter games developed by Valve Corporation in the ''Counter-Strike'' series. The franchise has a very large competitive scene, which has received large media coverage. As a result, the games' multiplayer maps have longstanding legacies within the series, with some becoming significant to the first-person shooter genre as a whole. Traditional gameplay of ''Counter-Strike'' features two teams, the Terrorists and Counter-Terrorists, fighting for control of a map while trying to fulfill their respective objectives. In ''Counter-Strike'' esports, the goal of the Terrorist team is to either kill all Counter-Terrorists or plant and detonate a bomb at a bomb site within the map, and the goal of the Counter-Terrorist team is to prevent the bomb plant, kill all Terrorists, or defuse the bomb. This article serves as a list of maps featured in ''Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' and ''Coun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Global Offensive
''Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' (''CS:GO'') is a 2012 multiplayer tactical first-person shooter developed by Valve and Hidden Path Entertainment. It is the fourth game in the ''Counter-Strike'' series. Developed for over two years, ''Global Offensive'' was released for OS X, PlayStation 3, Windows, and Xbox 360 in August 2012, and for Linux in 2014. In December 2018, Valve transitioned the game to a free-to-play model, focusing on revenue from cosmetic items. The game pits two teams, Terrorists and Counter-Terrorists, against each other in different objective-based game modes. The most common game modes involve the Terrorists planting a bomb while Counter-Terrorists attempt to stop them, or Counter-Terrorists attempting to rescue hostages that the Terrorists have captured. There are nine official game modes, all of which have distinct characteristics specific to that mode. The game also has matchmaking support that allows players to play on dedicated Valve servers, in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vice (magazine)
''Vice'' (stylized in all caps) is a Canadian-American magazine focused on lifestyle, arts, culture, and news/politics. It was founded in 1994 in Montreal as an alternative punk magazine, and its founders later launched the youth media company Vice Media, which consists of divisions including the printed magazine as well as a website, broadcast news unit, a film production company, a record label, and a publishing imprint. As of February 2015, the magazine's editor-in-chief is Ellis Jones. On 15 May 2023, Vice Media formally filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, as part of a possible sale to a consortium of lenders including Fortress Investment Group, which will, alongside Soros Fund Management and Monroe Capital, invest $225 million as a credit bid for nearly all of its assets. In February 2024, CEO Bruce Dixon announced additional layoffs and that the website Vice.com will no longer publish content. The print magazine returned in September 2024. History The precursor to ''Vice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Video Art
Video art is an art form which relies on using video technology as a visual and audio medium. Video art emerged during the late 1960s as new consumer video technology such as video tape recorders became available outside corporate broadcasting. Video art can take many forms: recordings that are broadcast; installation art, installations viewed in galleries or museums; works either streamed online, or distributed as video tapes, or on DVDs; and performances which may incorporate one or more television sets, video monitors, and projections, displaying live or recorded images and sounds. Video art is named for the original analog video tape, which was the most commonly used recording technology in much of the form's history into the 1990s. With the advent of digital recording equipment, many artists began to explore digital technology as a new way of expression. Video art does not necessarily rely on the conventions that define theatrical cinema. It may not use actors, may contain no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Performance Art
Performance art is an artwork or art exhibition created through actions executed by the artist or other participants. It may be witnessed live or through documentation, spontaneously developed or written, and is traditionally presented to a public in a fine art context in an interdisciplinary mode. Also known as artistic action, it has been developed through the years as a genre of its own in which art is presented live. It had an important and fundamental role in 20th century avant-garde art. It involves five basic elements: time, space, body, presence of the artist, and the relation between the artist and the public. The actions, generally developed in art galleries and museums, can take place in any kind of setting or space, and during any time period. Its goal is to generate a reaction, sometimes with the support of improvisation and a sense of aesthetics. The themes are commonly linked to life experiences of the artist themselves, the need for denunciation or social critic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Good Guy Boris
In most contexts, the concept of good denotes the conduct that should be preferred when posed with a choice between possible actions. Good is generally considered to be the opposite of evil. The specific meaning and etymology of the term and its associated translations among ancient and contemporary languages show substantial variation in its inflection and meaning, depending on circumstances of place and history, or of philosophical or religious context. History of Western ideas Every language has a word expressing ''good'' in the sense of "having the right or desirable quality" (ἀρετή) and ''bad'' in the sense "undesirable". A sense of moral judgment and a distinction "right and wrong, good and bad" are cultural universals. Plato and Aristotle Although the history of the origin of the use of the concept and meaning of "good" are diverse, the notable discussions of Plato and Aristotle on this subject have been of significant historical effect. The first references ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berlin Kidz
Berlin Kidz is an artists collective from Kreuzberg, Berlin participating in graffiti, train surfing, and parkour. They are considered one of the most influential Glossary of graffiti#A–D, graffiti crews in Berlin known both for their trademark graffiti lettering and the ''pichação'' inspired style of their artwork. The group typically utilise the colours red and blue as symbols of blood and freedom respectively. In an interview they have stated that the motivation for their artwork is to highlight social issues and bring them to the attention of the public, using political slogans such as 'Hartz IV Eats the Soul' ("''Hartz IV essen Seele auf''") or ‘Modern Slavery’ (''Moderne Sklaverei''). The collective deliberately target difficult to access and tall buildings in order to be as visible as possible. Aside from graffiti Berlin Kidz have filmed themselves on numerous occasions whilst train surfing on Berlin Berlin S-Bahn, S-Bahn and Berlin U-Bahn, U-Bahn rolling stock. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MS Mediterranean Sky
MS ''Mediterranean Sky'' was a Cargo liner, combination-passenger liner built in 1953 for Ellerman Lines' service between London and South Africa. Originally named MS ''City of York'', she was sold in 1971 to Karageorgis (shipping company), Karageorgis Lines, converted to a cruiseferry and renamed. Background In the years following World War II, the Ellerman Lines had built or acquired 52 ships to replace the ones lost in the war. Four of the ships ordered in 1949, were a set of sister ships. By 1950, nine new vessels were either under construction, or waiting to be ordered − the last of which was not expected to be delivered until 1953. In March 1952, was Ceremonial ship launching, launched, and it was revealed she would be the first of four sister ships built for South African service. ''City of Port Elizabeth'', which was the company's first passenger liner to be launched since the war, was followed by . History Ellerman Lines career (1953–1971) ''City of York'' was a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piece (graffiti)
Pieces, short for "masterpieces", are a form of graffiti that involves large, elaborate and detailed letter forms. They are one of the main forms of modern graffiti, along with Tag (graffiti), tags and Throw up (graffiti), throw ups, and are the least controversial of the three and least likely to be seen as vandalism. Due to their size, pieces are almost always done in Aerosol paint, aerosol spray paint, but graffiti artists may use paint rollers for large areas that require filling in with paint. Form Pieces tend to be large, with multi-coloured fills and outlines. They often incorporate highlights, shadows, and a background, and may use extensions on letter forms, 3D effects, and sometimes characters. Because of their complexity and large size, pieces usually take a significant amount of time to plan and paint and therefore are often found on legal walls. Illegal pieces tend to be found in less crowded spaces such as train yards, tunnels, drains, rooftops, and walls facing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coral
Corals are colonial marine invertebrates within the subphylum Anthozoa of the phylum Cnidaria. They typically form compact Colony (biology), colonies of many identical individual polyp (zoology), polyps. Coral species include the important Coral reef, reef builders that inhabit tropical oceans and secrete calcium carbonate to form a hard skeleton. A coral "group" is a colony of very many cloning, genetically identical polyps. Each polyp is a sac-like animal typically only a few millimeters in diameter and a few centimeters in height. A set of tentacles surround a central mouth opening. Each polyp excretes an exoskeleton near the base. Over many generations, the colony thus creates a skeleton characteristic of the species which can measure up to several meters in size. Individual colonies grow by asexual reproduction of polyps. Corals also breed sexually by spawning: polyps of the same species release gametes simultaneously overnight, often around a full moon. Fertilized eggs form ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
