Fragment Five Collective

Fragment Five is a new collaboration between designer Magnus Sanglid and artist Bascofive. Focusing on creating design items (furniture, clothes, etc) that are seen from a new light, combining, art, fuction and form. It will be an interesting project and it allows both artist to create something completely different from there regular styles.

Check the Fragment Five blog

Pecha Kucha 11

I am apart of Pecha Kucha 11, It's an evening where creative people giving presentation on there projects. It's tonight (Wedensday 17th). I'll be talking about my art and street art, so feel free to come down, and get inspired.

Pecha Kucha 11
Wedensday 17th - 19:30-late
Korsgadehallen in Nørrebro
Entre 35 kr.

Cross and Knife

Ego at Bay

I find at times I get caught up in the hype of 'Basco' that I forget about making the art. I focus on updating the sites, getting comments, getting facebook fans and promoting myself that making art slowly slips into second place. My ego needs "attention" and it needs it's daily meals. Then when it's a slow week and not much is going on I feel like less of an artist or perhaps a failure. If I haven't made money off my art I feel like a failure, if I haven't gotten on a blog or in magazine I feel like a failure. If I haven't gottena any flickr comments I feel like less. It's times like this I need to sit down and tell myself to slow down, it's really about making the art, the attention is just a result of a job well done (not the main thing). It's about that feeling when I draw with ink, and when I paint with water color. It's sitting and coming up with a new idea at 3am and not being able to sleep cause I'm so excited. It's about walking the streets and putting paper on walls. It's about exsploring new mediums, new ideas and working with new people. It's art, it's creation, it's my purpose. Money and attention comes and goes, like a wave with high and lows, and really in some ways it's beyond my control. But I can always sit down and draw, and as long as I'm doing that then I'm non the right track.

No matter what I'm not a failure, I'm doing good.

Here is a small video and mini written interview that Lasse Mikkelsen and Filip Stanfeld did on me and my art. The video shows me at a recent art festival selling my art goods. Lasse was an old classmate and friend so I was more then happy to help him out with is project. The final result looked great :)

Basco Five-Project Of The Month from Filip Stanfeld on Vimeo.

Vesterbro Market-Basco5 Art Sale

Come down to Vesterbro Market this Sunday (June 7th) from 10-17, I’ll be selling Basco Five products, such as tshirts, prints, buttons, zines and loads more. They’ll be lot’s of other vendors, so it makes for a perfect afternoon activity of browsing and buying, come down and say hi:)

Vesterbro Market
Sundag June 7th, 10 - 17
Sønder Boulevard by Cafe Dyrehaven in Vesterbro.
Copenhagen

It was a good day

A good song from when I was younger.

Wedsdays Pattern

Created some pattern designs for myself and then went out and took some photo's with a buddy, trying to put my "fine art" in the streets.

Layered Diamond Cutting

A street art event is coming up this Saturday in Copenhagen, all info below. Also did up a little random piece of art using scraps from prints and paintings, turned out neat.

Layered Diamond

Painting, Painting

I guess I don't have to much to say, just finished off a busy 2 weeks and have a bit of breathing space. I did this painting below recently, really enjoyed the process and I think it's a bit of a stepping stone for me. As an artist you sometimes feel that you make a jump in your creativity, something just clicks and you get a bit better. It opens the door to some new thoughts, this painting did that for me. I realize that I'm a slow mover when it comes to changes in my style and art, I take my time and really think things through. It has to feel right before I create it. It's hard to explain.


Kill Your Darlings