if you’re ever in nyc, look down. hiding between sidewalk cracks and under train tracks, you might find one of the people who inhabit joe’s cool, miniature world.
joe is joe iurato, a street and commercial artist, and he’s amazing.
he has painted on large, outdoor walls for a long time. he also makes small, spray painted wood cutouts of people and photographs them in public places throughout the city.
when I found joe’s art near where I live, it was like opening a pop-up book of my life. instantly it felt like someone was showing me what I look like, even how my music looks. I learned joe and I like a lot of the same stuff, like graff and skateboarding. it was weird.
his art makes me happy when I don’t feel so good about things. when I see the little people in the tar banks behind a local supermarket, spray painting, riding a board down a flight of stairs, hanging out in a parking lot or a drainage ditch, or scaling walls to escape, it reminds me: I may be small, maybe I’m just a bug fighting for life on the sidewalk, but I have a life all my own to live how I want, and there’s this universe of songs inside of me that’s big.
when I asked joe if I could include his art on my bandcamp page, he was super cool about it.
I wanted to share his incredible stuff with you. o, and a new song, called stingray. no matter how much bad stuff happens in a day, my bike always makes it better.
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