Halloween Skull Mask Project: Michael Murphy

Halloween Skull Mask Project
by Michael Murphy (London) © 2007

Halloween Skull Mask Project is part of the 31 Days of Halloween Madness 2007.

Scary Monsters Magazine (31DoHM07)

A few months back I picked up Scary Monsters Magazine's 2007 Year Book, Monster Memories No. 15. The magazine with its glossy monster cover seemed to be sitting there on the magazine stand waiting especially for me. With an upcoming flight back to the States coming up, I needed some fresh, non-intellectual reading material.

It turned out to a fun read with a lot of personality. The editor could maybe tone down his ALL CAPS tendency and click on the spellcheck button a bit more, but perhaps that adds to the rag's overall endearing effect. Anyway, all the old monster movie images are a hoot, and the writing is excited and passionate, qualities that seem particulary rare in writing these days.

Most of the subject matter is a little before my time (but if you were a boy growing up America during the late 60s/early 70s, there's a good chance this magazine will read like gospel for you). However, an article about the new Groovie Goolies DVD set rekindled all sorts of boyhood memories and got me feeling just a wee bit giddy. More on that tomorrow.
























Click here to visit the Scary Monsters website.

Happy 31 Days of Halloween Madness from Tiki Chris

Halloween Skull Mask Project: Louie La Palombara

Halloween Skull Mask Project
by Louie La Palombara (Pennsylvania) © 2007

Halloween Skull Mask Project is part of the 31 Days of Halloween Madness 2007.

Tiki Chris in the Tower of Shadows (31DoHM07)

Experience the horror as one hapless American tourist innocently happens upon the wrong London postcode:
























Happy 31 Days of Halloween Madness from Tiki Chris

Halloween Skull Mask Project: Ken Ruzic

Halloween Skull Mask Project
by Ken Ruzic (California) © 2007

Halloween Skull Mask Project is part of the 31 Days of Halloween Madness 2007.

Iron Maiden/Number of the Beast (31DoHM07)

Revelation 13:16-18



Happy 31 Days of Halloween Madness 2007 from Tiki Chris

Halloween Skull Mask Project: Jen Cwiok

Halloween Skull Mask Project
by Jen Cwiok (New York) © 2007

Halloween Skull Mask Project is part of the 31 Days of Halloween Madness 2007.

Artist Profile: James Jessop (31DoHM07)

Artist Profile: James Jessop


Lately, I've been running around a bit with artist James Jessop. Cool guy, brilliant artist and - being that it's time for the 31 Days of Halloween Madness - an excellent choice for this month's Artist Profile. In fact, it was when I attended the opening of his Night of the Demon exhibition that I realized that I ought to feature him this month. That exhibition, which just ended about a week ago, really caught my eye (and grabbed my imagination) with its massive paintings inspired by "gaudy B-movie imagery and sleazy paperback covers from the sixties." Jessop's love of old school Bronx style graffiti was evident too, making for a unique mix of energetic and exciting works that are fun and somewhat dangerous (like a good horror movie).

James studied painting at the Royal College of Art, graduating in 1999. Among the galleries which have shown his work are Saatchi Gallery London, Rockwell and Sartorial Contemporary Art. In 2008, James will have solo exhibitions at Thomas Cohn in Sao Palo Brazil and Galleri Tom Christoffersen in Copenhagen. James is represented by Sartorial Contemporary Art in London.

He did a bang up job with his contribution to the Halloween Skull Mask Project too and seems to have an uncanny knack for popping up here and there in my blogs.

Click here for more info about James.

Happy 31 Days of Halloween Madness from Tiki Chris

Space Invader Q&A for Juxtapoz

How cool is this? I interviewed "elusive Parisian street artist Space Invader" for Juxtapoz. Check it out.

Space Invader Q&A
by Chris Osburn

Juxtapoz
Friday, 12 October 2007










How many Space Invader mosaics are in your neighbourhood? Offhand, I can think of five within a minute's walk of my flat and countless more throughout London. Of course, with his brilliantly simple - and often precariously placed - pixelated mosaic tiles adhered to walls in virtually every major city across this planet, it's almost surprising to not happen upon his work.

Click here for complete interview.

Halloween Skull Mask Project: Jason D'Aquino

Halloween Skull Mask Project
by Jason D'Aquino (New York) © 2007

Halloween Skull Mask Project is part of the 31 Days of Halloween Madness 2007.

Art Explosion Week in Review (Friday October 12, 2007)

Man oh man. This turned out to be a pretty busy week. The 31 Days of Halloween Madness continued in horrifying earnest as did the Halloween Skull Mask Project, which included super cool contributions by the following artists:

Bob Scott
Chongolio
David Lozeau
Gina Haase
Harry Pye
Heather Watts
James Jessop

Speaking of artists, there are so many flippin' artists, gallery reps, buyers, gawkers, etc in London right now for the Frieze Art Fair, Bridge Art Fair, Pulse, and more. Here are some links to photos I took of 'em and at 'em (expect more art related photos over the weekend and next week):

Photos from the Opening of theSpace Invader Exhibition at Lazarides Gallery
Photos from the Opening of Small, Medium and Large at Elms Lesters Painting Rooms
Photos from Will Tuck's Carter&Gallagher Exhibition
Frieze Art Fair: Photos from the Preview
Frieze Art Fair: Pure Thoughts/Richard Prince
Frieze Art Fair: Riesen(Giants)/Martin Honert
Frieze Art Fair: Works by Raymond Pettibon
Frieze Art Fair: Honeysuckle Rose/Uwe Henneken
Frieze Art Fair: Chapman Brothers Signing Money

Have a great weekend,
Tiki Chris

Below is a list of recent posts from four blogs that I administer: ontoLondon, ontoTravel, Rapa Nui News, and Tiki Chris. Each Friday, I hope to provide a weekly review of what I've posted. If a particular blog interests you, keep in mind that I’ve been blogging since well before this past week. You may want to take a look through the archives of any blog that interests you. Thanks.

ontoLondon
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This week's posts:
Joy Ride: Art Show Inspired by the Bicycle
London Daily Photo: Littlest Pirate
The Difference between Old Bond St and Fifth Ave? ...
The Difference between Old Bond St and Fifth Ave? ...
Free Halloween Party @ Black Pearl (Kingly Court/C...
London Daily Photo: New Trains by 2010
The Future Can Wait at Atlantis Gallery/Brick Lane...
Excellent Time to Head over to Tate Modern
London Daily Photo: New One
Londonist asks "What’s for Lunch?" Doughmasters
Photos from Will Tuck's Carter&Gallagher Exhibitio...
London Daily Photo: Dog Support Unit
Frieze Art Fair: Photos from the Preview
Frieze Art Fair: Pure Thoughts/Richard Prince
London Daily Photo: Here There be Dragons
Frieze Art Fair: Riesen(Giants)/Martin Honert
Frieze Art Fair: Works by Raymond Pettibon
Frieze Art Fair: Honeysuckle Rose/Uwe Henneken
Frieze Art Fair: Chapman Brothers Signing Money
London Daily Photo: Flat Rat


ontoTravel
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This week's posts:
Milano: Ai Treni
Milan: Taxi Stand
Milan: Ferrari/Via Montenapoleone
Milan: Bentley


Rapa Nui News
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This week's posts:
Narrative travel book mentions Rapa Nui
The Stone Gods by Jeanette Winterson
Moai in Chilean wine area
Learning from Rapa Nui's past
Anonymous moai-like stone carvings in Yorkshire
Connection between deteriorating resource base and...
Surfing Tournament to be held on Rapa Nui?
Review of The Stone Gods
Rapa Nui tourism boom
The Stone Gods by Jeanette Winterson
Photographer who visited Rapa Nui
Roy Dupuis and Rapa Nui
Rapanui educators to visit Cleveland
Travel editor's experience living on Rapa Nui
First-hand account of archaeological summer on Rap...
Computer game based in part on Rapa Nui culture
Rapa Nui among world's sacred sites
Migration to Rapa Nui
Monolithic Pop Culture References #68

Tiki Chris
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This week's posts:
Frightening Week in Review (Friday October 5, 2007...
Halloween Skull Mask Project: Bob Scott
Hot Blood - Soul Dracula (31DoHM07)
Halloween Skull Mask Project: Chongolio
Skele-Flamingos (31DoHM07)
Halloween Skull Mask Project: David Lozeau
The Ghostly Tale of the Disgruntled Bartender (31D...
Photos from the Opening of the Space Invader Exhib...
Halloween Skull Mask Project: Gina Haase
Photos from the Opening of Small, Medium and Large...
Free Frankenstein Podcast! (31DoHM07)
Halloween Skull Mask Project: Harry Pye
Frankenstein and "Extremely Freaky Weather" (31DoH...
Halloween Skull Mask Project: Heather Watts
Midnight Zombie's Jamboree (31DoHM07)
Halloween Skull Mask Project: James Jessop

Halloween Skull Mask Project: James Jessop

Halloween Skull Mask Project
by James Jessop (London/Sweden) © 2007

Halloween Skull Mask Project is part of the 31 Days of Halloween Madness 2007.

Midnight Zombie's Jamboree (31DoHM07)

Happy 31 Days of Halloween Madness from Tiki Chris

Halloween Skull Mask Project: Heather Watts

Halloween Skull Mask Project
by Heather Watts (Vancouver) © 2007

Halloween Skull Mask Project is part of the 31 Days of Halloween Madness 2007.

Frankenstein and "Extremely Freaky Weather" (31DoHM07)

Did Climate Inspire the Birth of a Monster?
by Nell Greenfieldboyce
All Things Considered
August 13, 2007

Most people look at Frankenstein as a simple tale of arrogant science running amuck. But it can also be viewed as an example of how climate change can have a profound effect on artists.

Click here for complete article.

Photography courtesy of zombophoto's photostream on Flickr.




Happy 31 Days of Halloween Madness from Tiki Chris

Halloween Skull Mask Project: Harry Pye

Halloween Skull Mask Project
by Harry Pye (London) © 2007

Halloween Skull Mask Project is part of the 31 Days of Halloween Madness 2007.

Free Frankenstein Podcast! (31DoHM07)

Listen to one of the great classics of literature, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, for free as downloadable mp3s from Lit2Go, a free online collection of stories and poems in Mp3 (audiobook) format. If you have iTunes software installed on your computer, you can download Frankenstein and of the other selections directly into your iTunes library. You can also view the text from the webpage and print out the pages to make your own book. Click here for Lit2Go's Frankenstein page.

Photography by Emiana © 2007




Happy 31 Days of Halloween Madness from Tiki Chris

Photos from the Opening of Small, Medium and Large at Elms Lesters Painting Rooms

Photos: Small, Medium, and Large at Elms Lesters
Photography by Chris Osburn
Juxtapoz
Monday, 08 October 2007
























Click here for photos from the opening of Small, Medium and Large, a major group show of International Street Artists at London's Elms Lesters Painting Rooms, featuring works by Adam Neate, Anthony Lister, Dalek, Delta, Futura, Jose Parla, Mark Dean Veca, Phil Frost, Ron English, Space, Invader, Stash, and WK Interact.

Halloween Skull Mask Project: Gina Haase

Halloween Skull Mask Project
by Gina Haase (New Jersey) © 2007

Halloween Skull Mask Project is part of the 31 Days of Halloween Madness 2007.

Photos from the Opening of the Space Invader Exhibition at Lazarides Gallery

Photos: Space Invader at Lazarides
Photography by Chris Osburn
for Juxtapoz
Monday, 08 October 2007


Click here for photos from the Lazarides Gallery's opening of Invasion London and Rubik Bad Men II, Space Invader's first solo exhibition in London.

The Ghostly Tale of the Disgruntled Bartender (31DoHM07)

See what ghastly terrors await when Tiki Chris gets a little too nit picky about how his Mai Tai is made:

Happy 31 Days of Halloween Madness 2007 from Tiki Chris

Halloween Skull Mask Project: David Lozeau

Halloween Skull Mask Project
by David Lozeau (California) © 2007

Halloween Skull Mask Project is part of the 31 Days of Halloween Madness 2007.

Skele-Flamingos (31DoHM07)

I just came across this Tiki Central thread about some wonderfully ridiculous low brow Halloween lawn ornaments called Skele-Flamingos. These monstrously tacky birds are the product of Pink Inc, "a new company with a trained staff and a history in manufacturing and selling Pink Flamingos." Brilliant. According to the TC post, "painting the actual bones and such on the samples" was the work of TCer Tipsy McStagger.

Great stuff and a perfect excuse to post a clip from one of my favourite movies, Pink Flamingos:





Happy 31 Days of Halloween Madness from Tiki Chris

Halloween Skull Mask Project: Chongolio

Halloween Skull Mask Project
by Chongolio (Hawaii) © 2007

Halloween Skull Mask Project is part of the 31 Days of Halloween Madness 2007.

Hot Blood - Soul Dracula (31DoHM07)

This video makes me happy:



Happy 31 Days of Halloween Madness from Tiki Chris

Halloween Skull Mask Project: Bob Scott

Halloween Skull Mask Project
by Bob Scott (Vancouver) © 2007

Halloween Skull Mask Project is part of the 31 Days of Halloween Madness 2007.

Frightening Week in Review (Friday October 5, 2007)

Welcome to (r)October and the first week in this year's 31 Days of Halloween Madness. The Halloween Skull Mask Project is underway and so far the submissions (by BlasFamous, Atomic Tony Tiki, Ann-Caroline Breig, and Alone) are phenomenal. Keep checkin' back for a new mask from a different artist each day of this month.

In non-Halloween (but equally frightening) news, the intrepid Pint Champion braved the Furries v Klingons Bowling competition in Atlanta to bring us some photos. I got more photos (and video!!!) from PC than I've had time to post. Hopefully, I'll get around to posting the rest soon. Over at ontoTravel, I continued with my Milan photo series (with still more to come).

Have a great weekend,
Tiki Chris

Below is a list of recent posts from four blogs that I administer: ontoLondon, ontoTravel, Rapa Nui News, and Tiki Chris. Each Friday, I hope to provide a weekly review of what I've posted. If a particular blog interests you, keep in mind that I’ve been blogging since well before this past week. You may want to take a look through the archives of any blog that interests you. Thanks.

ontoLondon
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This week's posts:
London Daily Photo: Magic Touch
London Daily Photo: Spitalfields City Farm
Big Ben Strikes Again
London Daily Photo: St Boltoph's
Space Invader's London Invasion at Lazarides Galle...
Egyptian God of Death Presides over Trafalgar Squa...
London Daily Photo: Tag
Londonist asks "What’s for Lunch?" Indian YMCA Stu...
Will Tuck Exhibition at Carter&Gallagher
London Daily Photo: Broadway Market
Swedish Erotica at the ICA
London Daily Photo: Crossing
Accolades for London's Public Transport? Really?
London Daily Photo: Pentagram & Vulgarity


ontoTravel
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This week's posts:
Milan: Andiamo Shopping!
Milan: Hot Uomo
Milan: Cosi Fan Tutti
BBC Worldwide buys Lonely Planet
Milan: Shock Economy Milano
Milan: Too Much Milano


Rapa Nui News
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This week's posts:
Provocative review of Collapse by Jared Diamond
Section of new book, The Stone Gods, deals with Ra...
Rapa Nui in Science Magazine
How was Polynesia settled?
Quebec actor Roy Dupuis to sail to Rapa Nui
Keynote speaker at Kauai sustainability summit dre...
Jared Diamond's "eeriest case study" is Rapa Nui
Rapa Nui items at Oslo's Kon-Tiki Museum

Tiki Chris
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This week's posts:
Tiki Chris Week in Review (Friday September 28, 20...
Furries Versus Klingons: Atlanta will Never be th...
Electric Boogaloo on Soul Train
Photos from Atlanta's Furries versus Klingons Bowl...
Tiki Bar TV Episode 28: The Play
Tiki Chris presents ... 31 Days of Halloween Madne...
Halloween Skull Mask Project: Alone
Taschen's Iconic Halloween is an Eye Candy Treat (...
Halloween Skull Mask Project: Ann-Caroline Breig
Meet Cryptie, a Metal Industrial Vampirish Spiritu...
Halloween Skull Mask Project: Atomic Tony Tiki
Skull-A-Day (31DoHM07)
Halloween Skull Mask Project: BlasFamous

Halloween Skull Mask Project: BlasFamous

Halloween Skull Mask Project
by BlasFamous (London) © 2007

Halloween Skull Mask Project is part of the 31 Days of Halloween Madness 2007.