This street art spotted in Toronto offers some cheeky advice with a sense of humor for these difficult economic times, although I’m not sure if laughter is the best medicine for people whose savings are running on fumes and rent is due. At least in Canada the unemployed don’t have to worry about health insurance.

A mysterious (well, aren’t they all?) street artist named TrustoCorp recently culture jammed the street signs of Manhattan and Brooklyn with some awesomely hilarious and topical replacement signs.

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Flickr user RomanyWG snapped photos of new street art by Banksy “taken along the Regents Canal in Camden Town.” And in related breaking news, art blogger C-Monster found this awesome mash up of Banksy with the Dramatic Chipmunk, a popular Internet meme.

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Never Crew, an art collective put their artistic stamp on this pool at Lugano Skatepark located in Lugano, Switzerland. View more behind the scenes photos and video here.

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Cardboard creatures roams a foreboding urban landscape in this awesome stop-motion video created by Sjors Vervoort for a student graduation animation project. Well done, kid. The style does remind me of the past work of famous street artist Blu who I previously mentioned.

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LA artist Joshua Callaghan’s comissioned public art project is the inverse of typical street art and graffiti. Rather than painting images that disrupts public spaces, Callaghan takes on unsightly utility boxes littering Los Angeles neighborhoods by covering them with vinyl digital images that resemble their surroundings. The paradoxical result is that these boxes attract more attention as well as blend into the urban landscape.

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As someone who loves and appreciates street art I have to say it is rare these days when graffiti moves me. Maybe it is just living in a city like New York. We’re inundated daily with it on building sides and subway platforms. It’s become part of the city’s landscape.

With that said I could not be more thrilled to have uncovered Mosstika. Born Edina Tokodi in Hungary and currently residing in Brooklyn, she is a graffiti artist working with an unusual paint: greenery.

Her creations, found on building sides and subway cars, use living plants to create images striking in beauty. Forget spray paint. This art is thoughtful, non destructive, and truly original.

Her online gallery can be viewed here.

Untitled Video Painting 02 from borna on Vimeo.

If you are in New York City on October 8, stop by the Best Buy in Soho to witness Borna Sammak’s takeover of the electronic store’s display televisions to showcase his video installation. Barring the heavy hand of The Man or in this case, yellow shirted store security and the NYPD, the artist plans to exhibit from 7 to 9 pm. No word yet on whether wine and bubbly will be served. Animal beat me to the punch, but this stunt reminds me of one of my favorite Improv Everywhere missions which took place at the Best Buy on 23rd Street.

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Parisian street artist Invader’s instantly recognizable colorful mosaics have invaded urban landscapes in over 40 cities from around the world from Bangkok to Kenya to Tokyo. Using the classic 1978 Atari video game Space Invaders as an early point of reference, Invader starting in 1996 began installing pixelized mosaics of Space Invaders as well as other characters of the 8-bit video game era. Earlier this spring, I snapped a couple photos of his mosaic artwork installed here in New York City’s Chelsea neighborhood.

If you’re wondering what the point is, Shepard Fairey helps contextualize Invader’s art:

Whether or not he intended it, Space Invader’s work mirrors the video game culture it references, acknowledging the sensory-overloaded public’s need for immediately digestable symbols. Invader’s pop art may seem shallow, but by taking the risk of illegally re-contextualizing video game characters in an urban environment that provides more chaotic social interaction than a gamer’s bedroom, he makes a statement about the desensitizing nature of video games and consumer culture.

For more, check out this insightful video interview with a Darth Vader helmeted Invader. Watch until the very end for his unveiling.

Off The Wall :: INVADER from friendswelove.com on Vimeo.

Created by Karolina Sobecka and software design by Jim George, SNIFF is a light projection of a 3D dog that also happens to dynamically interact with the viewer.

As you walk down the street you are approached by a dog. He is on his guard trying to discern your intentions. He will follow you and interpret your gestures as friendly or aggressive. He will try to engage you in a relationship and get you to pay attention to him.

This is on display through September 20th at 84 Havenmeyer Street in Brooklyn, New York. This project is definitely a win, especially for a certain blogger who likes to greet all dogs he passes on the street with an effusive “hello” and wave.

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If you have tons of old useless vinyl records lying around and aren’t sure what to do with them, then look at this find by Wooster Collective for inspiration. It’s a fish whose body is made of vinyl albums.