It took me a few days to find the ground again after feel­ing ele­vated last week­end at Elec­tric Zoo, New York’s elec­tronic music fes­ti­val on Randall’s Island. And with names like Axwell, The Chem­i­cal Broth­ers, Benny Benassi, and Major Lazer play­ing at the venue only some of the top street art stars could pos­si­bly cre­ate a visual pres­ence that responded to the rhyth­mic thump­ing of the bass.

The music cap­ti­vated many of us but the live art rounded out the expe­ri­ence for hun­dreds who watched on as Chor Boo­gie, Pose2, Doze Green, Cern and Cekis took on two giant buses as their can­vas for the two day project. Watch­ing them labor away dur­ing the day was enchant­ing as the artists went through dozens of spray cans in unprece­dented time. The fruit of their labor was best seen at night when the pieces really came to life. With black lights shin­ing up at the buses, Chor Boogie’s brightly col­ored piece became elec­tric as the flu­o­res­cent col­ors made the pat­terns pop off the sur­face. Cekis’ bird looks majes­tic and men­ac­ing as his eyes glow a fierce neon green. Doze Green and Cern brought together to very dif­fer­ent styles to cre­ate a care­ful cal­i­bra­tion between detailed ren­der­ing and illus­tra­tive line work. And Pose2 shows off some of his old school funk as he works in a hybrid of styles fus­ing a sur­re­al­ist fig­ure with abstract patterns.

Big thanks to Chor Boo­gie and Pose2 for includ­ing us in the festivities.

To go to the artist’s web­site click below:
Chor Boo­gie, Pose Two, Doze Green, Cekis, Cern

Tags: Axwell, canvas, captivated, chor boogie, Electric Zoo, fluorescent, Randall's, unprecedented

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