Street Blitz info for urgent forwarding to all artists

Hello everyone.

A quick thanks and belated welldone to everyone that came to, helped at,
took part in, or just thought about TAA last month. It was mega awesome
and we all did wonders. welldone all!!!

If you are still waiting to get work back then phone the artists line or
send an email.

Also, the website is changing!! new personally uploadable gallery pages
going up as we speak. Check it out, make your own gallery page, add
comments on past exhibitions. we would also love it if anyone has any
outstanding memories or opinions on London TAA '07 to email us a few
lines
to put on the website.

more on all this soon, but for now check out the street blitz....

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Hello fellow types,

Although promotion of the impending Street Blitz event has been scant we
are hoping this last minute kick up the bum will serve to get you
involved
in something which we want to push to become a national and
international
phenomenon. If you have missed all mention of it thus far you can get
the
lowdown below. Please circulate to anyone you think will want to
contribute and most importantly, get out there and do something
yourself...............................................

STREET BLITZ London

1 - 15 July 2007

2 weeks of creative urban modification

THE CONCEPT

Two weeks to use London as an open gallery. Install your art, modify
something currently spoiling your view or do something which changes the
perspective on our city. You then mark it onto the map on the Street
Blitz
website along with text and pictures.

THE MOTIVATION

The corporate image factory spends a huge amount of money on billboards,
posters, flyers or 'guerrilla' marketing campaigns masquerading as
street
art. They fill your lives with an unrelenting barrage of preposterous
ideals, numb values and false icons. No one asks for your permission
before they push these images in your face so neither should we seek
consent in order to leave our own mark on the city.

DEEDS NOT WORDS

We propose a 2 week blitz of street art in London between 1-15 July
2007.
Whether you make murals, stencils, stickers, posters, sculptures, street
projections, sign modification/removal/additions, billboard
subverting/defacing/destruction etc; whether creative or destructive;
whether to convey a message, brighten up a dull spot, rewire some
corporate brainwashing tactics; whether to leave your mark, remove a
stain, express yourself or simply to show your disgust - it's all valid
and all adds to The Blitz!

THE PROCEDURE

During the proposed two weeks we want you to use London as an open
gallery. There is a map of the city primed and ready for Blitzers to
post
their activities, no matter how big or small, onto a map overlay.
Install
your art or anything which changes the perspective on our city then get
online and post it onto the empty map on the Street Blitz website at
www.streetblitz.org. You can add a description and any photos of your
work. There will also be room for comments on each placemark which can
also be used to tell us if the artwork is still there or if the miserly
bureaucrats got there first.

THE FUTURE

Is ours. We wish to encourage Street Blitzes in other cities around the
world. We can set up sub-domains, email accounts and maps for these
events
- you just need to set the dates and promote it locally. The idea is
that
most people work best to deadlines and it also creates an intense
burst of
activity which is more readily perceivable and which turns the city
into a
temporary gallery space.

THIS IS YOUR CITY

Leave your mark!

WWW.STREETBLITZ.ORG

This is an automated system without any humans in control.

If you want to stage a Street Blitz in your town you can email
info@streetblitz.org