Andy Uprock’s global campaign for fence beautification hit Sydney’s MTV Gallery last week. For those unfamiliar with Andy’s work, he’s the guy who invented a new style of graffiti whereby plastic cups are pushed between the wires in cyclone fences to spell out words or make cool geometric images. It’s called Cuprocking and people all over the world give it mad love.
Presented by MOOKS, Graffiti for the Blind features poetry emotively “cuprocked” in Braille as well as photographs and Braille jewellery made in collaboration with TMOD. All works are for sale with a percentage of proceeds going to Vision Australia. Vice was at the launch, and as you can see from the photos, it was a blinder.
Graffiti for the Blind runs until November 29 at MTV Gallery, 4-16 Young Street, East Sydney.
dictionary def.
cuprocking:
fad that is fast running out of ideas
- at least Andy made some $$$ out of mooks
Posted by: Arthur Fortune | 12/12/2008 at 00:26
better go rack some more cups before scraper bikes eclipse this trend
Posted by: n. otis | 12/12/2008 at 02:33
cuprocking is the rollerblading of vandalizm
Posted by: eye&eye | 12/12/2008 at 02:39
"...cuprocking is the rollerblading of vandalizm..."
fuck, im not going to say anything bad about anything ever again in my life untill ive actually done something halfway decent myself but... that comment was pretty funny.
Posted by: cuntface | 12/12/2008 at 05:59
ur all fucked, you cant recognised that some one has actually created sumin beautiful for the blind... start with getting out of ur chair and and make ur bed, losers
celia
Posted by: celia j | 12/12/2008 at 12:27
word to the uprock , makin' a difference dude!
wasone
Posted by: Was1 | 12/12/2008 at 12:29
call it art for the blind if you want but don't call it graffiti. It is a large scale light bright. Graf involves risk and style.
Posted by: eye&eye | 14/12/2008 at 05:11
woahhh is that ritchie jackson in the bottom right pic?!
Posted by: Rob | 18/12/2008 at 07:16