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I found the building that GGP posted the detail of in the following photo in jeeff's Voo-voo is Missing thread:
This article has been viewed 3005 times in the last 3 years Peter: 16th Nov 2005 - 17:17 GMTthe ground floor of the buildiong also makes sort of a smily robot face, eh?
elaine: 16th Nov 2005 - 17:19 GMTyes it does, but all those n shaped windows make it look a bit glum GGP: 16th Nov 2005 - 17:28 GMTthe whole area is bleak...strangely underpopulated and netherworldish. the kind of liminal zone that's harder and harder to come by our neck of the woods these days. By the way, in your shot, Peter, on the right, there's a bit of graf I like and here's some more. Any info on this artist? Peter: 16th Nov 2005 - 17:31 GMTthe character is by boner (as says the tag to its right) and the tag above is phonoh... boner: www.robotswillkill.com/graffiti/showgraff.php?artist_id=386 GGP: 16th Nov 2005 - 17:40 GMTHow cool. Thanks! I need to train my eyes to read these tags better...I try, but I appreciate the help with translation!
GGP: 16th Nov 2005 - 18:35 GMTit's like birdwatching...you have to really learn HOW to look in a particular way. you teach your eyes to look at/for certain things and to "read" the bird quickly, before it's gone. this makes me think of that. and, while I am at it, resonates with one of my favorite homespun theories, that the less something moves, the harder it is to identify. That is, IDing birds is easier than IDing plants and MUCH easier than IDing rocks (and graf tags).
Peter: 16th Nov 2005 - 18:56 GMTwhen i read them, i try to follow the "handstyle", or the movements one would make to write the tag. because its made to be hasty and easily reproducable, there are often shortcuts that are universally employeed, and once you learn to see them, otherwise obscured letters become clear. sort of like the end of the "N" into the lowercase "e" above, or the top of the "R" into the downstroke of the "R". try to imagien spraying that tag on a wall, and let your eyes trace the path of the paint. that helps some :) anon (pcp0011245237pcs.kensgt01.pa.comcast.net): 13th Dec 2005 - 05:38 GMTi13.photobucket.com/albums/a295/HISTORY_ICEBERG/PC110128.jpg kc: 13th Dec 2005 - 12:41 GMTit is kinda like birds. After looking at the page full of Boners, seems like you could just catch the shape and make a guess...I've always liked that brick building, feels like an outpost. I imagine the town bank in the Old West. And then there's the shootout, and the handy disposal across the block. Or perhaps in the Gowanus canal, down the street. GGP: 21st Dec 2005 - 19:47 GMTit IS a great building; a true stand-alone, an anomaly. Comment on this article..[previous] :: [next] |
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