Faile Bast Deluxx Fluxx Arcade
Posted on: 19 February 2010
Lazarides’ 2010 programme kicked off last week with a uniquely immersive installation in its Soho gallery. Brooklyn based street art pioneers Faile have teamed up with long-time collaborater Bast to create the Faile Bast Deluxx Fluxx Arcade. On London’s Greek Street, one can find haven from the dull city winter in a dazzlingly bright and intricately detailed exhibition space. Over 2 floors the stylised ‘arcade’ has been worked over with their signature style of brash, flypostered pop culture, with literally every corner and surface given the Faile treatment. The ground floor plays host to an assortment of reappropriated old school arcade cabinets, rejigged with simple, yet bizarre interactive artworks. The basement floor is a more spacious affair, though still lined with an overwhelming abundance of dayglo colours, UV, and continuing the arcade theme are a duo of customised table football rigs. Though playable, the tables are still a few steps below the Bonzini tables coolography is used to, but we’d be hard pressed to find a more unique environment to play in. continue reading »
