When art, tech, and crowdsourcing come together, magical things can happen. At that intersection is Street Art View, a project that collects and maps images of street art collected around the world on Google Street View. A collaboration between Red Bull and the Brazilian ad agency Loducca, it includes photos from around the world; although a large plurality come from Brazil, the U.S. and Europe are also well-represented. You can search SAV for a specific location or artist (a limited list including Banksy, Blu, Keith Haring, and a few others), browse in a particular region, or add and tag an image from your neighborhood. As long as the entries are kept reasonably up to date, SAV could double as a great tool for planning your next street art-appreciation outing. Check out a few of our favorite pieces after the jump.
[via ArtInfo]
Comments (5)
You say it well: this is a great merger of technology and art. For those who appreciate the growing respect for street art, we’ve seen most of these images. Where the merger seems most useful, perhaps, is for new audiences – from techies to teachers – who may be less inclined to look at infrastructure and graffiti as being beautiful. Thanks for posting!
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What a great idea, I have seen Google Street View used as a database for galleries, this is something very similar. Thing is, that in many areas Google Street View is not often updated so a lot of pieces are lost that way. Otherwise the project is very interesting.
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