11/28/09

11/28/09
Dumpster Behind the Unique Thrift Store at the intersection of Randolph and Connecticut.
Appears to be Marker?































This one was done by my cousin. It doesn't count.










This one was also done by my cousin. It doesn't count.







This is a SNEAK PREVIEW of the big project I've been working on for the past few weeks.

(It doesn't count.)

11/25/09 and onward

These were all found in Friendship Heights on Wisconsin Avenue on the way to Tennleytown, 11/25/09. The place was riddled with stickers. Almost excessively. Almost.

I like the canon. Partially transparent vinyl sticker. It's on a strange metal box. I will find out what is inside someday.

Also, the "no se puede" baby is part of a series explored in more depth below.







Postal Sticker, back of a street sign.






Paper Sticker, back of a street sign.










Vinyl Sticker, back of same street sign.









Some sort of sticker, back of a stop sign.





More of his type up a little while away. Torn.








Something completely different: leaves raked into a ring around a tree. There is a homeless man partially visible behind the tree. Whether or not this is his doing is not clear.










Vinyl sticker, back of a street sign. There were many of these.

These are a collection of Captain Arturo's, along Wisconsin Avenue in Friendship Heights. They were all found on the backs of street signs (except the third, which was on some sort of large metal box, probably with electric doohickeys inside) on 11/25/09.
The fifth is a piece of paper taped up, the seventh is a paper sticker. The rest appear to be vinyl stickers.













These appear to be a series as well. Same location. 11/25/09. Vinyl Stickers. The fourth is on a metal pole attached to a telephone pole. The rest are on the backs of street signs.

Probably not considered street art. Still, someone took the time to stick it there.

Washington D.C, near the National Mall.
Inside of a trash can.
11/7/09
"Hello my name is" sticker.

....The blog is not off to a good start.










Georgia Avenue, near Wheaton Metro Stop.
Back of a sign.
11/14/09
Appears to be a sticker. Very high up.











I did that. Stuck under a table in some mall. Picture edited a little to see the sticker better.













Best available picture of this.
Pumpkin Man.

Outside of Silver Spring Metro.
The Sun Newspaper Stand.
11/14/09
Postal Sticker.
(It's nighttime)








Blurry, I know, but it's hard to tell on a little camera screen.
Iron sticker. Probably has more significance than I know.

Outside Silver Spring Metro stop
Top of Silver Spring Voice newspaper stand
11/14/09
Sticker.








Totoro Spraypaint. Something written after "Totoro." Wins because is Totoro.

Silver Sprink Metro Stop.
Border of Train Track.
11/14/09
Spray paint.








Outside Glenmont Metro Stop.
The Gazette Newspaper Stand
11/14/09
Appears to be a cut postal sticker? Says UPS on side...











Outside Glenmont Metro Stop.
Mailbox.
11/14/09
Two cut Postal Stickers.










Captain Arturo Reference, more on him as he appears. My favorite so far.



Outside Glenmont Metro Stop.
Phoneless Verizon pay phone
11/14/09
Ordinary Printer Paper, taped.






More from Arturo Woman. Same location, wider view. There was a second copy two phones over (there was a phone in that one)

Welcome

This is an attempt to document street art. I do not necessarily go in search of street art -- or rather, I would even if I wasn't trying to document it. I'm going to try to keep my camera with me at most times.

I can't include every single thing I see, there's too much that can be considered street art. Rather, I will record the things that pop out at me. If I don't notice it, or it doesn't strike me as in any way special, it doesn't matter.

Which brings me to the point: this isn't a documentation of street art in Washington D.C, or in Maryland, or anywhere else. This is an attempt to record one person's experience. How much effect does street art have on a single passerby, going through life. If I go to Arizona for a weekend, and see a neat sticker on a lamp post, I'll take a picture of it, because it is part of my experience.

Any street art that I create is superfluous, but may still be shamelessly flaunted on this blog. It will be marked as my own.

I was instructed to include the following about each thing I find:
Location.
Date.
Material.

Probably more.
Let's see how Long I can keep this up.