Doodlebug Detonation!

THE OWL HAS FLOWN!...TUES 14TH MARCH.

VIVA LA MURALISTS!

LIMITED NUMBER OF VIVA LA MURALIST! DVD SAMPLER AVAILABLE ON REQUEST.

SAT 14 JAN'06... OUTSIDE MANCHESTER CENTRAL LIBRARY...

A RATHER LARGE BARN OWL HAS LANDED!!

OWL PIX COURTESY OF LYNDSEY WINNINGTON

MEANWHILE... GHOSTPATROL AND 8 BIT'S VIVA LA MURALISTS! PIECE ON WHITWORTH STREET WEST ( THE GREENROOM) WALL SHARES PURE RACOON WEIRDNESS TO MANCUNIA!

THE GUYS WERE JOINED BY FEMME FATALES... ARYSE (MELBOURNE) AND SCOUSE STENCIL QUEEN..DELILAH!.. MORE TO COME FROM THIS POSSE NEXT WEEK.

AH WELL...ONE WEEK ON AND NO SUPRISES AS TO WHAT CAN ONLY BE DESCRIBED AS A KNEEJERK REACTION BY SOMEONE AT THE CITY COUNCIL..THEY'VE PAINTED OVER THE CUBE!

IT'S TAKEN US TO GIVE A NEGLECTED WOODEN CUBE SOME TLC FOR THEM TO PAINT IT (GREY!) AFTER TWO LONELY YEARS!

THE PUBLIC'S ( AND FOUR POLICEMEN'S ) REACTION TO US PAINTING OVER THE TWO DAYS WAS ONE OF A JOYFUL DELIGHT TO SEE ARTISTS AT WORK.

FOR THE PERIOD OF EIGHT DAYS WE ESTIMATE AN EXCESS OF OVER 100, 000 CITIZENS WITNESSED OUR VIVA CUBE...

NO WORRIES.

NUFF RESPEX GOES OUT TO ALEXONE, RUSE AND HAMMO FOR BONFIRE WEEKEND'S VIVA LA MURALISTS! CUBE OUTSIDE MANCHESTER'S CENTRAL LIBRARY.

PIX COURTESY OF JOANNA KAY .

MUCHOS GRATIAS CRYSTAL FOR GETTING UP AT 7.30AM ON A DAMP SAT MORNING TO GIVE THE CUBE A LICK OF UNDERCOAT.

MEANWHILE...

HALLOWEEN..DOODLE:VAN UBIQUITY!... OUR MOBILE MURAL COURTESY OF OUR LOCAL HULME SHOP..AFTABS ( RESPEX H AND NAV)...FEATURED IN NEW BALANCE REGION EXPO WITH ARTISTS, RUSE,SUMIT SARKAR,BEN PEPPER,ALT01,DREAMBOMB AND WONDERFIST.

VIVA LA MURALISTS!...SATURDAY 22 OCT SESH WITH PETE FOWLER,JON BURGERMAN AND PARISHAIR AT COMMON, WARMED UP WITH DOODLE:SOUNDS AND PURE MUSIC FOR BOTH EARS THE NIGHT BEFORE..COURTESY OF PETE,SUHAIL KHAN,JONNY DUB AND BARNEY DOODLEBUG.

RESPEX GOES OUT TO BORIS HOPPEK.GUNNA WING HIM BACK OVER TO US FOR NEXT YEAR'S IDD#9:VIVA LA MURALISTS! A FESTIVAL OF ILLUSTRATIVE STREET ART.

ALL IMAGES FROM IDD#8:VIVA LA MURALISTS!.. AT CORNERHOUSE:SAT 03 SEPT:1PM-8PM.

DO EXPLORE ..EACH IMAGE IS INSPIRATIONALLY HYPO LINKED. MORE IMAGES FROM THE DAY TO COME...ENJOY

THIS YEAR'S INTERNATIONAL DOODLEBUG DAY#8:VIVA LA MURALISTS! ON SAT 03 SEPT:1PM-6PM AT CORNERHOUSE WAS A TRUELY FAB DAY AND LAUNCHED AN UNPRECEDENTED PROGRAMME OF CURATED SITE SPECIFIC WORK ON THE STREETS OF MANCHESTER TO HAPPEN...

AFTER RESIDENCY AT COMMON TOWARDS END OF OCTOBER..BEGINING OF NOV...GUERILLAZ WEEK!.

YEP... AFTER OVER 12MONTHS OF CONVERSATION, OUR CITY COUNCIL ARE SUPPORTING OUR PROGRAMME CULMINATING WITH THE CURATION OF ART ON OUR STREETS IN THE HEART OF OUR FAIR CITY CENTRE.

LARGE RESPECTS TO SUE HUNT ( DIRECTOR OF MARKETING FOR MANCHESTER CITY COUNCIL), WHOSE VISION KICK STARTED THE PROCESS TO WHICH OTHERS IN THE COUNCIL WARMED TO.

ALSO LARGE WARMTH TO MARGARET NUTTALL( HEAD OF MANCHESTER CITY COUNCIL EVENTS TEAM) PLUS ALL OTHERS IN THE COUNCIL WHO HAVE SUPPORTED US.

AN ORIGINAL MODERN CITY INDEED.

DOODLE:SOUNDS(VOL.1) :A LIMITED EDITION RUN ON EACH AND EVERY FRIDAY THROUGHOUT OCTOBER :9PM-2AM AT OUR NORTHERN QUARTER HQ..COMMON.