Chasing back invisible - Banksy, a documentary that followed the one month in NY

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Uplink in Shibuya now, documentary "Banksy - Does New York" has been published in which the undercover artist Banksy to work at the center followed the art activities in the gimmick was NY London.

Banksy is, unidentified street artists until the true face from birth. MoMA, presented the Metropolitan Museum of Art, or to exhibit your own without the permission of the such as the British Museum, such as the drawing of the late Steve Jobs with the father of Syrian immigrants in the refugee camp of Buddha curry, a wide range of social issues through the work. Mysterious part of "undercover artist" and "strong message of" has attracted worldwide attention, his graffiti drawn in the "illegal" on the walls and the streets are traded at a high price.

The film in October 2013, documentary surrounding art activities that Banksy has made the entire town to the venue of New York. October 1, graffiti depicting a boy who was to hand the spray cans along with the message "GRAFFITI IS A CRIME" was drawn to Manhattan.
Published works 10/1. Is next to the boy that the spray can in hand is written the phone number, I was able to listen to the audio guide and to call there.

Announcement without any guerrilla began in the exhibition, every day one point, leaving the work to the streets of New York around, that posting on the official site without revealing the location thing. Gallery gathered to Chelsea district, Asian immigrants gather Chinatown, yearning of Central Park, such as the one South Bronx of the Holy Land of graffiti, every day appeared the works of Banksy for a wide range of spots of New York.
At 10/13 Central Park, bank Sea original works have been sold at 60 dollars.
Track riding 10/11 livestock stuffed run around the city.
Waste of Sphinx made in 10/22 Queens immediately over to the dealer, it has been resold in the gallery.

Fan locates the work like a treasure hunt by making full use of the SNS, go visited the place so as not to step into absolutely if everyday ...

The took the megaphone is, TV director of the American-CT was born, Mr. Chris Mokaberu. In fact, in October 2013, that the director himself was not there in New York. But so it was watching the climax at the time of the media as a third party, after the producer from being approached the story of the film production on this matter to, undertake the same work making while using a large number of content that has been posted on the web site and SNS . Activities in New York ranging between one month of Banksy, are tailored to the work, such as chasing as if in real time. Was utilized to collect material, ♯BanksyNY, hash tag that was used to bank Sea fans to post photos and videos that ♯BetterOutThanIn. Large-scale online archive that has been aggregated with the hash tag is, it has become a movie of the original.

Coming visible from the same work, in addition to the Banksy work itself, gathered fans of and enthusiasm, or tailored to the tourist spot to protect the Banksy works, dealers of reason to pitch toward the wealthy. Also the owners of the reaction and to turn off the Banksy work as graffiti, such as local graffiti artists who draw a self-made from the top of the work, a variety of thoughts cross each other.
The Banksy of course the person is in a non-authorized documentary does not appear at all, it is difficult to uncover the identity of the mysterious masked artist. However, that the place to begin to see the social problems such as poverty and inequality faced by the city of New York. By chasing back invisible Banksy, the darkness and contradictions that New York faced that can not be tasted in tourism in everyday life and relief. After watching the same work, and overlooking the Shibuya of the city, should a little look different scenery. Station, Udagawa-cho, Aoyama, such as such as Maruyama-cho, alone Shibuya district, within walking distance from the uplink, area with a variety of land pattern in Shibuya are concentrated. When I walked the streets in the mood, such as became Banksy who came from a foreign country, it must be able to have a fresh experience.

If you are a Banksy, what picture, I wonder to leave any message in this Shibuya.

Banksy - Does New York
Yes Director: Chris Mokaberu
Yes screening: 2016 April 2, from (Saturday)
Yes theater: Shibuya-up link
〇 Official:Http://www.uplink.co.jp/banksydoesny/

Editorial Yokota

Born in 1980, Kanagawa prefecture. Shibuya since he moved to Tokyo in the period in the university is a sacred place of culture. While now belong to the Shibuya culture project editing unit, is the straw sandals life of two feet to act as a caregiver.