Play with the city

INTRODUCING QASHQAI+2

If you’re one of the lucky ones attending the London Motor Show at ExCeL, make your way to the Nissan stand and experience the UK launch of the QASHQAI+2. Featuring the new 3rd row, stylish design and extra storage space, the QASHQAI+2 sits alongside the Murano, QASHQAI Lounge and Micra 25. If you are not able to attend the event, don’t worry, we’ve uploaded a little teaser of what you can expect from the QASHQAI+2. Enjoy…

STREET ART ‘A WORLD VIEW’

The Starr Auditorium on Friday evening at Tate Modern was jam packed with an audience keen to hear The Wooster Collective talk about Street art, ‘A World View’.

Discussing street art from around the globe, The Wooster Collective used Banksy, Space Invader, Roadsworth and Mark Jenkins as excellent examples. Favorites had the crowd laughing included a piece by Josua Allen Harris and rather a strange collection of an urban problem facing us all, The Spinkle Brigade.

The talk revolved around the basics of street art; having a point of view, dedication, personal and intimate and surprise and delight. The talk concluded with two main points; Street Art is only successful when it has a dialogue, even if only with one person and its need by all to unify ‘ugly’ spaces before the ‘gentification’ of urban areas.

A fascinating talk which is to be followed Friday 25th July at 6.30-7.30 by a talk from Street Artist Pure Evil and art critic JJ Charlesworth on ‘Collecting Street Art’. Not to be missed!

PUBLIC SPACE - WHO’S IT FOR?

An energetic audience greeted the artists Brad Downey and Mustafa Hulusi first of several Street Art talks sponsored by Nissan QASHQAI at Tate Modern.

Discussing the history of fly posting in London during the 1980’s, Mustafa gave a humorous and personal insight into a decade when regions of London where controlled by fly poster ‘gangs’. An artist in his own right, Mustafa recalled his early days as a student and his first fly poster evenings though to the fall of the fly poster activity due to a change in society and the gentrification of urban streets.

Brad Downey showcased several ‘inspiring’ street art films, including ‘Spontaneous Sculpture’, shot on 35mm by a friend over a four hour period, ‘On/Off’ showing how he managed to ‘urban-hack’ thirty Parisian shop fronts, and a work in progress which showed Brad setting fire to a CCTV camera.

The audience presented a series of challenging questions to the panel, including why one of the presenters was actually at the talk to why Brad Downey doesn’t make it his agenda to set fire to every CCTV in London, Brad responded with ‘Why don’t you? Why does it have to be me to do that?’

If the rest of the Street Art talks are anything like this then we are in for a massive treat. Make some time for these talks, roll on Friday 18th July when Tate Modern present ‘A World View’ at 18.30-19.30.

NISSAN QASHQAI+2 AT THE LONDON MOTOR SHOW

Be the first to experience the QASHQAI+2 at this year’s London Motor Show at ExCeL, London from 23rd July – 3rd August. Nissan is proud to showcase the QASHQAI+2, its newest addition to the Crossover Range in what will be a UK first. A team of QASHQAI experts will be at hand to answer any questions you may have, explain what makes the QASHQAI+2 the next step in Crossover evolution and also take bookings for the first in QASHQAI+2 test drives. Also on display at the Nissan stand is the amazing and hugely anticipated Nissan GT-R, as seen on Top Gear, the all new Murano, QASHQAI Lounge, NOTE Acenta S, Micra 25 and the futurist Pivo (as a scale model). More details to follow, click here for more information about the show. We’re looking forward to seeing you there.

NISSAN QASHQAI & TATE MODERN DRIVING TOURS

With east London being notorious for having some of the UK’s best street art, Nissan QASHQAI and Tate Modern have teamed up together to give you an exclusive free tour of the area.

Running on various weekends throughout July and August, Tate Modern and Nissan QASHQAI are giving you the chance to take part in a series of driving and cycling tours throughout the various streets housing these exclusive pieces.

To take part in Driving Tours, simply register using the form below and let us do the rest. Confirmation details will be sent to you once we have processed your application. For the cycling tours, simply turn up on the day and register at the Nissan Information Tunnel.

DRIVING TOUR DETAILS

Visitors can turn up at any time between 10AM and 4.30PM and should meet at the Nissan Information Tunnel outside Tate Modern. Pick up and drop off will be from Tate Modern and the tours will take approximately two hours; the walking tour takes one hour and the drive to and from Tate Modern takes half an hour each way. View the map to see an overview of the route.

REGISTRATION FORM

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THE HISTORY OF STREET ART

Street art legend Blek Le Rat tells the story of street art and talks about how New York graffiti inspired him. One of the first artists to have an impact on the European scene, he pioneered the stencil style (think Banksy) which has influenced many other artists. Joined by the street artist Rough, he’ll be providing an insight into the underground world of graffiti in the UK. This is one talk that you don’t want to miss.

Sponsored by Nissan QASHQAI, ‘The History of Street Art’ takes place at Tate Modern on Friday 1st August 2008 at 18.30–19.30.

NISSAN QASHQAI - BRINGING YOU CLOSER TO STREET ART

Tate Modern is proud to bring you six of the best documentaries on graffiti and street art produced over the last few years to accompany its Street Art exhibition.

Sponsored by Nissan QASHQAI, Tate Modern brings the art and artists to life with free screenings in the Tate Modern’s Starr Auditorium on August the 16th and 17th.

The rise of the art form has also seen an explosion in documentaries exploring this emerging movement. Tate Modern has selected a wide range of documentaries that showcase, explore and discuss the subject, countries and styles developing within the street art scene allowing us valuable insight and a complete picture of what is happening across the globe.

The screenings are divided over two days with day one featuring the ‘World wide’ programme - highlighting films that explore the new and old school artists and street art as a world culture. Day two features the ‘City style’ programme including films that look at specific city scenes, their history, development and style of street art and graffiti capitals including Amsterdam, Paris and Melbourne.

Don’t miss this opportunity to experience some of the most inspiring Street Art documentaries this summer, free and only at Tate Modern.

NISSAN QASHQAI CHALLENGE ON FLICKR

May 24th may well have passed but we’re still receiving photographs of the Nissan QASHQAI Challenge final that took place outside Tate Modern, London. With photographs taken by professional photographers and spectators what better than uploading them to our Flickr group and having them displayed here. Check out other great activities including QASHQAI Car Games, Netvibes and Nissan QASHQAI Challenge.

COLLECTING STREET ART

Pure Evil, a street artist with a gallery in Old Street, and art critic JJ Charlesworth discuss the various aspects of collecting street art and the pitfalls of this growing market.

Sponsored by Nissan QASHQAI, ‘Collecting Street Art’ takes place at Tate Modern on Friday 25 July 2008 at 18.30–19.30.

STREET ART NOW - A WORLD VIEW

The second event of the Street Art Now talks focuses on ‘A World View’ of Street Art, guest speakers will give an insight into the subject and how they see the future of the genre evolving.

Sponsored by Nissan QASHQAI, ‘A World View’ takes place at Tate Modern on Friday 18 July 2008 at 18.30–19.30.