Before the alien made his mark this is where a hook was on the door of a bathroom stall.
Before the alien made his mark this is where a hook was on the door of a bathroom stall.
East Village: RE: San Francisco intends to levy “big fines, in addition to cleanup costs,” against Zynga for their illegal ad campaign...
…Now that’s what I call “interesting.” Are you sick of this story? I’m not. I hope New York follows suit and fines the fuck out of these assholes.
Want to play a fun game? It’s called push your weight around as a citizen against a private company worth billions of dollars. To…
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Urban Intervention of the Day: Jason Eppink and Newmindspace recently collaborated on the installation of “Spoiler Alert” signs beneath train arrival time LED displays at various NYC subway stations.
The Spoiler Alert signs warn waiting riders of this potentially unwanted information – allowing them to avert their eyes so they may preserve their spirit of adventure – while still leaving visible the data for travelers who wish to ruin the surprise for themselves.
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Urban Intervention of the Day: Jason Eppink and Newmindspace recently collaborated on the installation of “Spoiler Alert” signs beneath train arrival time LED displays at various NYC subway stations.
The Spoiler Alert signs warn waiting riders of this potentially unwanted information – allowing them to avert their eyes so they may preserve their spirit of adventure – while still leaving visible the data for travelers who wish to ruin the surprise for themselves.
East Village Feed: East Village Feed to Zynga: Please Clean Up 'Mafia' Dollars
‘Mafia Wars’ Promotional Dollars Outside St. Marks Bookshop (Near 31 Third Ave)
Zynga, the SF-based game developer, recently began a regional marketing campaign, including SF and NY, to promote their new game, Mafia Wars. The marketing included pasting promotional ‘dollar…
Sorry. Orlando, FL. August 2010.
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.
Large scale defacement
There’s this sign on the outside wall of the movie theatre…
That G sticker has been there for years, probably longer than I remember it being there.
At a rest stop on I-26 in North Carolina.
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Wendy’s!
Maybe that’s what the “F” stands for?
Saw this subtle bit of defacement back in May, can’t remember where, exactly. An F train platform, obviously.
(reader submitted photo - send your defacement pics here)
“Not-so-covert” Spotted in NYC
