Art Basel Miami Beach

After arriving in Miami from LA 3 days ago in to a dodgy Hostel off Miami beach , 55employees Sims and Thompson were somewhat dazed and concerned regarding the difficulty of getting their heads around a new city and a different country. Thank god English was widely spoken!!

Spending the past 2 days beach combing, and generally looking for stuff to film or entertain us we were desperate for out art editor Tony to arrive.

As expected like a couple of horny pups, when Tony arrived he had it all planned out. Within 1hour we were in a taxi heading toward the sketchy area of Miami to hit the underground urban street art event of the year.



With a mass of warehouse buildings quickly being engulfed in graffiti art and street art and a huge hive of activity, the whole area has been taken over by these artists.







Unlike Europe the street art scene has a massive canvas to exploit in the US and in many ways is turning an exceptional run down area of Miami into living breathing and developing gheto of the arts.


With vast warehouses being turned into galleries similar to London's Viner St just for this weeks art run, and sure to be followed by more permanent locations in the area.

Within the past 3 years, it has gone from a small almost localised event of urban artists, to a serious collaboration of financial backers, social developers and global followers of this emerging scene.

In true gorilla style, 55tv and 55employees are there 3 days before it opens pulling together shows and underground filming and interviews with those that make the underground and street art scene what it should be, grass roots....

 Follow us for the next 5 days on 55tv to catch what the origins of street art has become.