Ben Cooper

Group Innovation Director M&C Saatchi Sydney. Co-Creator O Six Hundred Kayak. Proud father. Loving husband. British.

Category for graffiti / street art

GPS chairs tell a story in NYC

Published March 1, 2010

Blu Dot inspired by the furniture finding scene of NYC (called ‘curb mining’). Dropped 25 Real Good Chairs in NYC to see what would happen. This video is what they discovered. When I first moved

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Light playing with sparklers

Published February 18, 2009

Like writing your name in lights, well kind of, you know when you grab a sparkler and frantically shift it around until your message is scared on your retina? Well here is a movie

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Video footage with animated blend

Published January 8, 2009

Just found this great clip on Vimeo. Wanted to share. Despite the work looking familiar I don’t recognise the artists name: ljudbilden. Visit their blog for more rich artworks and videos. Minilogue – Animals

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MIFFed

Published July 28, 2008

It was my birthday last week and as a surprise Rach flew me to Melbourne for MIFF. MIFF stands for Melbourne international film festival. I forgot how much I love Melbourne. Intimate bars, incredible

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The Cans Festival, London.

Published June 17, 2008

Quick post… had to share. Check our man on the ground; Thaddeus Maximus’s photostream

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Banksy in Bristol + Tourists!

Published July 2, 2006

Banksy Tourists! Originally uploaded by iyers. New Banksy work in

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Banksy back in Bristol

Published July 2, 2006

The latest apparently Originally uploaded by Snood. This is on the side of a sexual health clinic, according to the

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MiniGraff – Kerb raft (zoom)

Published June 29, 2006

Kerb raft – zoom Originally uploaded by benhamin. Here it is, imagine discovering this little piece of magic as you wonder down the

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MiniGraff – Butterflies

Published June 29, 2006

Butterflies Originally uploaded by MiniGraff. So MiniGraff just made me a friend on flickr. I’ve loved the work of this Sydney Graffiti artist fom the first moment I stumbled upon an intricate ‘kerb stencil’ of a

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Dr.D Coldplay diagnosis at Brit Awards

Published February 21, 2006

“This evening at 10:00 pm dr.d hit a billboard bang opposite the Brit awards, the British music industry’s annual self-congratulatory love-fest. For all their talk of fair trade, presumably Chris Martin and the other

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Urban Chaos >> Manipulative Grafitti

Published January 4, 2006

Look I know I should be writing my own impression of the stuff that inspires me, but I’m still in holiday mode – forgive. So, there’s a kid called Piero who’s incredibly cool…so cool that

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Lost black and white cat!?

Published December 22, 2005

Lost black and white cat! Originally uploaded by benhamin. Just walked past this in Surry Hills (Sydney) worthy of a photo I felt. “Black and white 3 year old Persian Kitten, will answer to the name

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Grafitti Crayons

Published December 15, 2005

Respect to the photographer, artist – but sadly I’ve lost the link to where I sourced this from. Please forgive. Great work, street sized crayons for all your colouring

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Graffiti mobbed tube

Published December 12, 2005

This is nuts, tube stops in station, emergency stop pulled and the whole carriage gets covered. Watch for

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Cutup Collective

Published December 12, 2005

“At the forefront of a new breed of urban intervention, Cutup have rethought traditional methods of making a statement through the subversion of the visual landscape of the city. CutUp’s billboard images are created

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