23rd September 10
WORDS
Deepday Madness
a jagged silver tune turns every deepday madness into jewels that you wear
- Bob O'Meally
- Bob O'Meally
18th September 10
Have you ever walked around in Lower Manhattan and noticed a trail of paint on the sidewalk?
About 3 years ago, one of my friends in school decided to follow the trail around and noticed that the trail produced the image that you see above; a strange-looking rendering of what appeared to be the word “momo.” MOMO, we found out, was the name of an artist that used to be based in NYC, and sure enough, the one responsible for tagging his name across the width of Manhattan.
After requesting a meetup, MOMO told my friend that he accomplished this task by fixing 5 gallon paint buckets to the back of his bike, poking a hole in the bottom of the containers, and riding though the West Village, SoHo, Greenwich Village, East Village, and Alphabet City. Momo made the tag in 2006. Some parts of the line have been covered up by roadwork and redone sidewalks but most of the line is still visible.
To me, the interesting thing about the line is how both similar and different it is to regular graffiti. Essentially, most graffiti writers enjoy seeing their name on things. The bigger they can paint it and the more visible their tag is, the more people will notice their conquering of the city. MOMO created the largest tag in New York, yet the scale of his work here, so massive that it can’t all be viewed at once, means that thousands of people will walk on it each day and never even notice it. It’s simultaneously the biggest and smallest artistic statement I have seen in my time here.
MOMO made a video about the line which you can see here.
If you ever walk over it, now you’ll know what you’re looking at.
11th September 09
Your DNA As Art.
Because your genetic code is quite sexy, I must admit.
24th August 09
Reverse Graffiti, courtesy of Alexandre Orion in Sao Paolo
“Hailing from Brazil, Alexandre sees his art work as a way of getting an environmental message across to those who ordinarily wouldn’t listen. A few years ago he adorned a transport tunnel in Sao Paolo with a mural consisting of a series of skulls to remind drivers of the detrimental impact their emissions have on the planet.
The Brazilian authorities were incensed but couldn’t actually charge him with anything so they instead cleaned the tunnel. At first the cleaned only the parts Alexandre had cleared but after the artist switched to the opposite wall they had to clean that too. In the end, the authorities decided to wash every tunnel in the city, missing the irony completely, it seems.”
21st August 09
Take a look at this 8-meter rainbow, designed by Bates 141, using 5,000 Pantone chips. I think it’s so amazing. Check out more photos of this stunning piece, here.
14th August 09
LIGHT GRAFFITI long exposure images in places I wish I was.
Winwinwin.
12th August 09
(via maluna)
Whooo likes hopeful street art?
IIII like hopeful street art!
(I do I do I do I do-ooo)
Only yeah, I actually really do.
