Daniel Samson

Here is a list of DVD’s and Books I have been consuming, all of them interesting in some way.

Beautiful Losers

I have already posted a video to this below, but just wanted to re-iterate how good this documentary is. Very inspiring.

Meta-Graffiti

This is basically the next steps in graffiti, perhaps… Basically its a bunch of short films about graffiti in a whole load of different styles, qualities etc. It has kids Clean Bombing trains, people creating animation from graffiti and short narratives. Its pretty much about everything except normal graffiti.

Rash

This is an Australian graffiti documentary, about the scene in Melbourne. There is some very interesting work and also an interesting attitude taken by some of the councils. What I like here is that they cover stencils, stickers, tagging and graffiti, aswell people doing wilder stuff.

Piece By Piece

This is about the history of the San Francisco graffiti culture, very interesting stuff. It starts in about 1982 and goes up to 2004.

Graffiti Instincts

This is a straight up visuals thing, just sit back and enjoy while these guys create. This is a section taken from the DVD, not the full thing.

Brasil Inspired

This is a book on Brazilian art, some of it is street art, some of it graphic design. All quite fresh and interesting though.

New Skateboard Graphics

A book devoted to skateboard deck graphics, some interesting things in here. Perhaps a little light on text though.

Concrete to Canvas: Skateboarders Art

This is about the art that skateboarders create, some of it graffiti some of gallery pieces. All sorts of styles and influences here. This book is really quite relevant to what I am doing.

Sticker City

Although the title is sticker city, its mainly about large scale stickers or pasteups. It has smaller stuff, it has 3D stuff. This is an interesting look at a variety of artists spanning the world.