A great collection of stuff this week during the height of summer in New York. From block parties where the street gets closed and cousin Eddie grills some meat and kids jump in bouncy houses or run through the water spraying from a fire hydrant, to going to concerts in the park and sitting on a blanket with grapes and cheese and food from the deli, to spending the afternoon with a few hundred other close friends at McCarren pool or thousands on the sand at Coney Island, everybody wants to go out and play.
We’re all trying to forget our troubles and because – Hey! It’s only summer for a short time. Let’s go ride bikes! Let’s sit on a stoop and watch the pretty girls and boys go by. Let’s hike up the railroad tracks and see new graffiti and Street Art.
So here’s our weekly interview with the streets, this week featuring Damien Mitchell, El Sol 25, Jerkface, Marina Zumi, Molly Crabapple, Naveen Shakil, Nick Waler, Plasma Slug, RAD, and Sonny Sundancer.
Top image: Sonny Sundancer. Detail.The L.I.S.A. Project NYC in Little Italy, NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Sonny Sundancer. The L.I.S.A. Project NYC in Little Italy, NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Jerface (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Nick Walker. The L.I.S.A. Project NYC in Little Italy, NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Molly Crabapple’s dark, frightening and humorous illustration about the mult-headed monsters steering the ship of state. She calls it “Trumpbeast”(photo © Jaime Rojo)
Marina Zumi for East Village Walls. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Plasma Slug (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Plasma Slug (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Plasma Slug (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Plasma Slug (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Damien Mitchell for JMZ Walls. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
RAD (photo © Jaime Rojo)
El Sol 25 (photo © Jaime Rojo)
El Sol 25 (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Unidentified artist (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Naveen Shakil (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Untitled. Brooklyn, NYC. July 2017. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
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