If you'd like to see more than just the wee taster of images we've uploaded at the end of this waffle then by all means click on the link below which will guide you wistfully to our website for more lead based loveliness. Also check out the new Studio4 Gallery myspace page and adorn yourself in cotton based garmentry. Alternatively get yourself a few ltd edition signed and numbered prints by a veritable array of established and up and coming artists. As a treat we've uploaded a timelapse animation/collaboration between Meisai and The Outcrowd. Enjoy!
Links of Interest:
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Please be respectful, the images above are copyright of The Outcrowd Collective 2007, they may not be taken from this site and used without prior permission from us. Many Thanks!
Music
Outcrowd related bands/musicians; Iacon, Health & Efficiency, Electric Eskimo, Copter, Whaler and Ross Spencer. Herman Dune, Sufjan Stevens, The Smiths, Pullman, Akron Family, Fields, Pinback, Ryan Adams, James Taylor, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Iron & Wine, Belle & Sebastian, Arcade Fire, Stars, Peggy Honeywell, Calexico, The Organ and pretty much anything on the Static Caravan, Sub Pop, Bella Union, Matador, 4AD and City Slang Labels. Oh and Talking Heads of course.
Movies
Where the Buffalo Roam, Buffalo 66, Thumbsucker, The Squid and the Whale, any Wes Anderson, any Kevin Smith, Belle Ville Rendezvous, Princess Mononoko, Garden State, Together, Factotum, Basquiat, American Splendor, A Taste For Tea, Flight of the Navigator, Short Circuit, A Visual Sound.
Television
Wildlife programs with nature in it, preferably with Sir David Attenborough commentating.
Books
Any Bukowski, Beautiful Losers, Concrete to Canvas, Jim Houser 'Babel', any Edward Gorey, Ethan Hawke 'Ash Wednesday'. Raw Creation and other Outsider art literature.
Magazines: Plan B, Creative Review, Anorak, Polished t, The Illustrated Ape, Sidewalk and document·
Heroes
Stef Grindley, Stevie Copter, Tsz, Beatrice Tyndale, Chris Bourke, William Murray Esquire, Ross Spencer aka The Wizard, Ben Javens, Keith Burns,Vaughan Baker, Vincent Gould, Lee Bassford, Jonny Costello, Kate Pemberton(Endfile), Rich and Glen, Jamie Cordwell, Jo Guilbaud, Tore Fossbakken, Lewis Davies, Robert Darch, Oliver Todd, Beat13, Prime Objective, Jo Waterhouse, Marcus Oakley, Banjo Collective, Side Effects Of Urethane, Surburban Bliss Clothing, Supermundane, Beautiful Losers/ TMoss, Mcgee, Rojas, Templeton, Kilgallen, Frost, Mills, Jarvis and Mcfetridge, Maya Hayuk, Will Sweeney, Jim Stoten and New Future Graphic. Below is a video of our very own Vaughan Alfred Baker with his 'curtains' part from Dan Magees 1st Broadcast video released in 2003 and Outcrowd in-house band Copter...Enjoy!
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About me: "The Outcrowd" is a shambolic visual collection of
hoodlums and battered psyches, born out of a basic
obsession to create. Not to be trusted with pen,
paint or any other medium that will leave an
indelible mark for that matter.
Initially realised in 2003 and formed in early 2004 by
Artists/Co-Curators Simon Peplow & Lawrence Roper.
Enlisting began, compiling a tight group of friends,
Skateboarders, Illustrators, Image-makers, knitters and
Lurkers. Since then The Outcrowd Collective has taken
on an organic, almost parasitic growth form, spanning
continents and breaking cultural boundaries as more
creators enlist and mutate to survive.
"This is chance for some of us to air our secret
Visual diaries, a mass of weird visions and telephone
squiggles, that until now have been left ominously
gathering dust in darkened corners. For others it's
about escaping the mundanities of modern life and
creating work that they enjoy, outside of any particular
agenda.
Personal freedom to express themselves,therapy with a
paint brush, a subconscious flow of thoughts and dreams
from the soul that have to be documented. Some have
achieved success, but this is not their driving force,
others have been formally trained
and educated, but choose only to digest and process what
was relevant and necessary, favouring instead to venture
forth on a path of self discovery".
So leave your wheat fields, your crumbling castles,
your muddy holes in the ground, come in from the cold
and immerse yourself within the delicate & befuddled
psyches of The Outcrowd Collective.
Who I'd like to meet: Craft based visionaries, Illustrators, Designers, Artists, Art Directors, Galleries, Publishers, Independent Music Labels.
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You are a boss my friend... nothing personal homie, we all got business to attend to. Regardless, its always a pleasure my friend... Best wishes... Hopefully; our paths will cross in the not so distant future...
I heard it is ur birthday soon so happy birthday for then, hope u have fun n stuff :)
I went to Richard Coldicotts opening night of exhibition last night, was very good. nice to meet him as well :)
u been up to much? I saw some of ur work in the illustrated ape, always enjoy looking at ur work. love how the magazine is in colour now, i think it makes a huge difference.
neway, hope u are well n hopefully speak to u soon Harriet xx
