One week to go to UpRise 2010. More names added to the line up; Soothsayers / Aruba Red / The Insomniax / Shri / Ordio Kid (Urban Nerds) / stand-up comedy from Show Racism the Red Card & much more. Spread the word.

Props, backdrops and a pull-out-all-the-stops attitude means there’s an added level of craft and invention to the work of fashion photographer Grégoire Alexandre.

Not to sound like an Old-Skool grandad, but Hip-Hop in its prime is an art form of humour, genuine emotion and boundless creativity. When it achieves those heady heights, it looks a lot like El-P’s Stepfather Factory from 2001.

A product for society becomes a product of society in this thought provoking (but ultimately slept on) addition to the nature vs nurture debate.

The video may not have made it to MTV and the like, but when it comes to a creative concept that’s both brilliantly thought out and impactful, work like this should pop up on your radar.

Art work from the Sequences Real-Time Art Festival from back in 2008, proves that not only is milk good for your bones, but it’s good for font design too. Providing you’re willing to make an awful lot of mess.

The 2010 version of the festival runs from October 30 to November 7 in Reykjavík, Iceland.