The Media artist Jürgen Scheible painted the main building of University of Helsinki at Senate Square and three other buildings in different campuses during a MobiSpray event of University of Helsinki on 18.1.-21.1.2010. Here you find a video documentation, TV news coverage and radio interviews of the event. Enjoy!
If you happen to be in Helsinki on Monday 18th - 21st January 2010 come by and watch MobiLenin live in action, painting buildings of Helsinki university. The media art event celebrates the new era for the university and its 370-year history. Find more info from this blog: Mobispraying HU.
Dates and time of the MobiSpray sessions:
* Ma 18.1.2010 Keskustakampus, Senaatintori (Unionink. 34) klo 16-20
* Ti 19.1.2010 Meilahti, Biomedicum 1 (Haartmaninkatu 8 ) klo 16-20
* Ke 20.1.2010 Kumpula, A.I.Virtasen aukio (Gustaf Hällströminkatu 1 ) klo 16-20
* To 21.1.2010 Viikki, Biokeskus 1 (Kanslerinkaari) 16-20
This video shows the artist MobiLenin using his MobiSpray art tool to paint buildings, airplanes, ships and other objects around the world. MobiLenin’s digital ephemeral art is about transforming a building or object so it acquires a new power to communicate with artist or viewer and become alive and of value on its own account.
The MobiSpray art is about engaging in space, bringing extra tension or play to challenge peoples assumptions about an object or place. Similar to the artist Christo who uses buildings and object from the environment to create ephemeral art by wrapping them up, MobiLenin uses buildings and objects to create highly ephemeral art by painting on them with light and his Mobile phone. MobiLenin offers his MobiSpray live action painting show to event organizers globally.
MobiSpray was this year shown at Art Basel - but not in the traditional way as all the other artworks were, no, I hi-jacked the event and put it up in guerilla manner, in the MobiLenin style. Check out some of my trophies below. I’ll put up a video a bit later. I found the Art Basel this year highly inspiring and really worth visiting. I met many interesting people and had good talks.
Spraying outdoors on the huge frontside of the Art Basel Exhibition main hall. Yes, it was done by me.
Every evening I painted the citiy of Basel in some location that I was tempted to change into the looks as I want it. Here, I painted at the Marktplatz.
This is in some quater in the city centre somewhere.
Reuters.com news - the source for breaking news videos and top stories, showing video clips about business, technology, sports and entertainment - has featured MobiSpray on their website via a 1min 22sec. video. Reuters Technology Correspondent Matt Cowan captured Jürgen Scheible (’MobiLenin’) demoing MobiSpray at the Mobile World Congress MWC 2009 in Barcelona, Spain, where he also interviewed Black Eyed Peas singer will.i.am and Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey (can be seen here in a separate video).
I love it to be able to make my environment look as I want it to be. It is liberating. Because of this I started to embrace the cities and places I go these days much more than I ever did. It is fascinating to be able to change the looks of my reality. I feel the world is giving me a lot - it inspires me, heavily. And I want to turn this inspirational energy into something new, unexpected, kicking - my MobiSpray paintings.
During the last few weeks I had the chance to travel to New York, Melbourne, Sydney, London and Vancouver. And to give you a quick overview of my creations in various places, I put up here a few collages up. Enjoy!
From left upper corner: Vancouver: Siwash rock Stanley park, Science world,Waterfront buildings, Canada place, At gallery, London Smartphone show party.
From left upper corner: Sydney Potts point neighborhood, Federation Square Melbourne, Sydney Opera House, London Big Ben, Parliament house, Tate Modern museum London.
