You have now entered a love supreme, the age of time has now been
forgotten. Your soul has surrendered as your vision shines an omnipresence, this revolution has just begun'...Uprock.
"The first time you see one of Andy's pieces, it's like looking at something entirely new. He's this complex artist character with hundreds of elaborate theories about the universe."
-Briony Wright, Vice Magazine

Andy Uprock's incessant questioning of his surroundings and his astute fascination with life, rhythm and movement is what makes him a unique artist. Cuprocking is one small part of the diverse tools and mediums he uses to create. He works as a contemporary artist through painting, sculpture, sound and installation.


ANDY'S WORDS
BRAILLE POETRY - GRAFFITI FOR THE BLIND
CULTURE AND COMMUNITY



ANDY'S WORDS ON CUPROCKING

The idea germinated when I was a kid playing soccer and all the kids used to squash their drink bottles and rubbish into the fence. Being quite imaginative as a youngin, I would see the patterns and shapes emerge and would then add more junk to create patterns or words. It wasn't until a long time afterwards that I got into conversation with good friend 'n' fellow artist Tim Moore. We were talking about innovative ideas, art and fences and then....BOOM, it came to me....cups....the perfect geometric shape to fit into a diamond. Time froze right there 'n' I ran with it knowing this was going to revolutionise bombin'. I kept it so ninja for four years, hitting up the streets of Sydney 'n' by 2007 kats were just catching on. Chess not checkers baby.

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BRAILLE POETRY - GRAFFITI FOR THE BLIND

Andy's work includes large scale braille poetry; pieces out of cups that can be read with the hands. His long term vision with these works is to communicate graffiti with a poetic message to the blind. He is currently preparing an exhibition of his Braille series titled 'Sign Language' to be shown at the MTV Gallery in November 2008 in association with Vision Australia.



CULTURE AND COMMUNITY

Andy's b-boy culture is crucial to his core. Growing up in the 90s, dancing became a big part of his life and he continues to be involved in passing on this culture by teaching underprivileged kids through dance and art workshops.