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TEMPT ONE- “Getting Up” Official Trailer

saber — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:24:08 +0000

Compelling Image Of 2011 Occupy LA……

saber — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 01:27:06 +0000

Eviction night at City Hall. Occupy LA was forced out by a small army of heavily armed para-militarized local police force. In this image a young man and his little doggy fearfully await the inevitable of being shot by a police officer using a shotgun at a lethal close range. From what I heard the man was injured. Apparently the LAPD denies this but hey whose watching when the media they allow on the premises was carefully selected. Some of the signs displayed on the Occupy LA Tree Fort were pieces from my OccupyFlag project. This simple image amazingly depicts the overall discussion of extremely heavy handed violent measures executed by police to crush a peaceful display of the 1st Amendment rights nation wide. Welcome to our U.S. of police state…………

A Year-End List for Los Angeles Murals

saber — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 00:18:04 +0000

For a city with a moratorium on murals, the art form managed to be in the public eye in 2011. Street art took its place alongside traditional works, vintage works were restored, policy and enforcement were being questioned–all while ordinances that stopped new mural works from going up on private walls were being reviewed.

If you are not saddled with year-end list fatigue, here’s a timeline of some mural stories from the year.

Free Expression Returns To The Walls of Downtown L.A.

saber — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 00:04:58 +0000

L.A.’s murals are believed to outnumber those in every other city in the world with numbers ranging in thousands. With influence from the punk, hip hop, and skate scene a new street culture was born that fueled a new generation of artists. Artists like SABER, SWOON, KID ZOOM, ROA, HOW & NOSM, KOFIE, D*FACE, CR, RIPO, INSA, BECCA, Thank You X, LADY AIKO, JR, and Shepard Fairey having all tattooed L.A. with murals that redefine the word “graffiti.”

New ordinance would end artistic mural ban in L.A.- By Richard Winton

saber — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 03:26:34 +0000

A proposed new ordinance would allow artists to create murals legally on private property across Los Angeles as long as the property owners agree. If approved, the ordinance would end a controversial prohibition on murals that has left city officials and artists grappling over what is legal……….

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L.A. Mural Ordinance Hopes to Lift Ban on Street Art: Public-Comment Draft in Full

saber — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 03:21:39 +0000

For months, the L.A. Department of City Planning has been teasing street artists with announcements of a new ordinance that would lift the current ban on all pre-approved murals on private property in Los Angeles.

And it’s about time: Our urban sprawl was once considered by many — including local celebrity Saber — to be the “mural capital of the world.”

So where on Earth is this thing?…………

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Help #EndMuralMoratorium: Meeting to Discuss New Mural Ordinance Tonight @ Known Gallery

Piper Severance — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 22:04:48 +0000

Please join us for a very special evening at Known Gallery with LA City Planner, Tanner Blackman for an update and group discussion on LA’s potential New Mural Ordinance.

Immediately following Tanner’s update, we will be discussing public art, murals, and community expectations for the new draft ordinance to be presented to City Council for approval.The discussion will feature Isabel Rojas Williams, Executive Director the Mural Conservancy of LA and Daniel Lahoda as Founder of the LA Freewalls Project. The discussion will be moderated by Piper Severance, Manager of SaberOne Studios.

This discussion is imperative to anyone who is working in the streets, or interested in Public Art. Please come and make your voice heard!

Saber, Graffiti Artist, Fights To Lift Mural Ban In LA – Huffington Post Arts

saber — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 03:42:29 +0000

For the artist Saber, participation in the democratic process has always been complicated. He’s an international graffiti legend, holding the world record for the largest graffiti piece, done along the LA river in 1997. Despite its place in the history books, the city of Los Angeles spent a whopping $837,000 to paint over it in 2009. Now Saber is approaching public art laws from a different angle, spearheading an effort to reform Los Angeles’ mural policies…………THE REST.

By Andrew Reilly

HowNosm – ACHTUNG! October 15 – November 5, 2011

saber — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 03:26:04 +0000

DON’T MISS THIS ONE!!

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Contests: TrustoCorp – Tabloid Magazine Interventions

saber — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 04:55:52 +0000

After prominent public interventions in New York, Los Angeles and Miami, you’ve probably got the memo that no place is too far to travel for the urban collective known as TrustoCorp. Check out their latest project poking fun at our secret guilty pleasure – the tabloid magazines. Similar to their hilarious NYC rebranding campaign, they’ve gone into magazine stands, bookstores and pharmacies throughout Hollywood, Manhattan, Williamsburg, LAX and JFK to drop copies of these little artistic interventions for the unsuspecting public.