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The murderer of French artist Zoo Project condemned in the US

This article was originally published in French via Reuters  and was translated using Google Translate. If you know how to speak French and English and found flaws on the machine translation that we posted below please contact us. Images via ekosystem . ----------------------------------------------------------------- Friday, June 12, 2015 6:31 p.m. MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - A teenager of 18 years was sentenced Friday in a prison sentence of between 25 and 40 years for the murder of Berreni Bilal, a French street artist shot to death in 2013 in Detroit in the US. Jasin Curtis, a native of the city, who pleaded guilty in May, was also sentenced to two additional years of imprisonment related to wearing a gun, that will be performed after the main sentence. Bilal Berreni, writing under the pseudonym Zoo Project, was found dead in 2013 in a disused building near downtown Detroit. He was 23 years old. His identification had taken several months. Born in Paris, Bilal Berreni began

Random: Feed Us

Back in 2008 we used to searched the web for content to post on the blog, but now due to technology and accessibility of information, more and more artists are capable of sharing their works online. Our method, in a way, is evolving but out responsibility remains the same, and that is to curate for our readers what is culturally valuable, even though for some the cultural importance would be just 15 mins. It becomes harder and harder for us to choose what to showcase for our readers given that we are bombarded with lots of visual information because of these technologies . But we think the most important rule is we share the things that we like and what we think has a contribution to the whole scene. To cut it short, we will post images directly from instagram from time to time. Cheers. A photo posted by Invader (@invaderwashere) on Jun 21, 2015 at 11:53am PDT @digitaldoes detail dem recent exhibition at maxwell collette gallery #transition A photo posted by @graffuturism on Jun

Designubec 2015

The Streetkonect team got a chance to check out the Designubec 2015 exhibition. Designubec is cebu based, annual digital art exhibition created by Edzel Rubite that features a number of artworks form various graphic designers and artists. This years Designubec is the 3rd exhibition done since 2012.  This year's poster and artist roster. This years venue, The HeadquarterZ You can still catch the Designubec exhibition until June 20, at The HeadquarterZ, E-zone, F. Cabahug St., Mabolo, Cebu City. For more information on Designubec and the artworks you can contact their facebook page here . Photos by: Mikki Sanchez