Slog - Comments on Flickr photo of the Day

Comment by little bird!

little bird! — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 09:51:38 -0800

That wheatpaste is No Touching Ground.

Comment by michael strangeways

michael strangeways — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 10:18:51 -0800

it looks like the stuff that's covering the Bridge Motel for that Motel art show event a couple months ago...

maybe Jen Graves knows...

Comment by Erika

Erika — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 10:19:05 -0800

My favorite is of a dude sitting cross legged, suspended by his flesh with hooks. It's on 12th, close to the Photographic Center NW.

Hot.

Comment by chrisdiani

chrisdiani — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 10:39:52 -0800

It's kinda Banksian, no? (Banksyesque?)

http://www.banksy.co.uk

Comment by Amelia

Amelia — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 10:51:06 -0800

Me too.

Comment by Slightlynorth

Slightlynorth — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 10:51:08 -0800

Yes, this is done by No Touching Ground. He did some of the amazing collection of stuff on the Bridge Motel. He also does the wildlife you see pasted all around the city. I love seeing it!

Comment by BC

BC — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 10:53:19 -0800

"no touching ground"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hv_jdKfL_s

Comment by tamara

tamara — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 10:58:05 -0800

http://www.notouchingground.com/

Comment by It's Mark Mitchell

It's Mark Mitchell — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 11:24:58 -0800

I love this stuff too. There was a little girl by my old place that I loved.

Comment by andy niable

andy niable — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 11:56:19 -0800

Sincerest form of flattery. What Banksy Hath Wrought. Now if they'll start coating the sides of those ugly condos going up all around...

Comment by subwlf

subwlf — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 11:56:32 -0800

'It's Mark Mitchell'
Careful, you can be arrested for that...

Comment by SDA in SEA

SDA in SEA — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 12:06:51 -0800

"This is a reminder, you know, of what would be if we weren't living here."

So, I take it that if we weren't here, moose would be parading through Georgetown? I didn't realize moose were native to the Seattle area.

I appreciate his point and his earnestness, not so much his accuracy or art appropriation.

Comment by elenchos

elenchos — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 12:23:54 -0800

Anyone who suggests moose are native to this area doesn't deserve to live. It makes me sick that anyone even thinks it. Ever. It's a terrorist attack on all of us to lie about the locale of moose habitat. We are victims of terrorism every single day and our leaders don't know or care. This is the end of our civilization. What's left of it.

What were we talking about?

Comment by Fnarf

Fnarf — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 13:02:25 -0800

It's not even remotely Banksian. Banksy paints over with stencils. These are printed and stuck on. They're also dull and unimaginative and appear to be always the same bird, or are they flying bananas? It looks like Seattle hippies trying to coopt something they are unequipped to understand. The art of the mentally damaged, not the art of smashing preconceptions. It doesn't have anything to do with the wall it's painted on, either. Banksy always does.

Comment by Gurldoggie

Gurldoggie — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 14:16:55 -0800

I like it too. I've seen a lot of pasted paper graffiti over the last few years in New York, Washington, Barcelona, and this is the first stuff I've seen making an impact here at home. We still got a long way to go to get the level of geniuses like Swoon or WK Interact.

By the way, what's up with Fnarf these days? He's become so relentlessly negative. Did he develop a new tolerance to his antidepressant medication, and has he replaced by the anti-Fnarf?

Comment by Gurldoggie

Gurldoggie — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 14:18:18 -0800

That is, has he been replaced by the anti-Fnarf?

Comment by cunei4m

cunei4m — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 15:04:46 -0800

Wheatpasting is a "new trend in graffiti"???? Um...it's been going on for *QUITE* some time...I'd say it became popularized with the whole Obey campaign (see: Shepard Fairey). But that was awhile back? I figured he's in Cali and Seattle is West Coast as well and that you guys would have this?? Hmmm....just wondering.

Comment by Fnarf

Fnarf — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 15:08:59 -0800

All things move in cycles, Gurldoggie. Negativity is the new positivity, and I'm cresting the bottom here.

That's not true. The fact is, it's a crummy-looking thing, and I don't like crummy things. I'd love to see a Banksy emerge here but that ain't it. I'm extraordinarily positive about things that merit kudos, but I don't see many of them in this place these days.

Comment by michael strangeways

michael strangeways — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 15:15:22 -0800

i likee 'cause Fnarf don't likee..

hey, anything is better than fuckin' lameass tagging shit...

Comment by Fnarf

Fnarf — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 15:56:07 -0800

That much is undeniable.

Comment by jack ass

jack ass — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 16:55:18 -0800

@12

http://depts.washington.edu/natmap/maps/wa/mammals/WA_moose_nm.jpg

Moose, in Washington, are mostly limited to the northeast corner and the northeast Cascades, but are expanding their range and numbers. A few show up occasionally near Bellingham on the west side. In the Northeast Cascades, they are found along major water courses, primarily in Okanogan County. They can be found in coniferous and hardwood, closed canopy forest near stream bottoms, lakes and other wet areas. Must also have access to clear-cuts, burns, seed tree cuts, and other openings dominated by saplings and brush. If cover is available, may be found near alpine lakes.

Comment by skeletonandkey

skeletonandkey — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 21:06:53 -0800

(OvO), Sirkullay, Chicken Head Kid and a bunch of other graffiti/sticker/whatever artists are in on this. It's really beautiful because there's got to be at least a dozen artists if not more. What was cool was to watch it grow. It's only sad because it's hiding on the back of a building where no one sees it, unless you know where to look or you catch it out of the corner of your eye; at the same time, that's what is going to keep it safe from the graffiti removers.

Comment by rb

rb — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 22:06:23 -0800

I think Fnarf has been extraordinarily cranky as of late, but he hit the mark on this one. This is a cheap copy of something that has been done far better by others. I don't hate it, but it does remind me that we live in a provincial backwater, where the best we can do is imitate others.