Slog - Comments on Faded, Maybe, But Not Useless http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/faded_maybe_but_not_useless Last week, when I posted an item announcing that local artists (including NKO) were starting work on a large mural on the side of the Monique Lofts, I asked this question: Are they covering up all the ghost signage? I sincerely hope not. Which brought this response from Gurldoggie: I agree with preserving context when it's meaningful, but the importance of a decades-old service station ad eludes me. What's the history you want to preserve? It's not like it's a stop on the underground railroad - it's just a place people used to get their oil changed. To me... Copyright 2008 Sun, 31 Aug 2008 15:38:19 -0800 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 23:44:15 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by onion I think I know what Jen is talking about - in a lot of Central American small towns I think the itinerant sign painter is alive and well. Lots of signs are hand-painted directly on buildings, and just about nothing comes pre-printed. So for example the add for Coca Cola has the style of the painter as well as the corporate feel. Or you can tell that the ad for whatever brand of motor oil on one building is painted by the same artist as the one around the corner for ice cream...

]]> onion http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/faded_maybe_but_not_useless#c1118093 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/faded_maybe_but_not_useless#c1118093 Visual Art Sun, 31 Aug 2008 15:54:38 -0800 Comment by Dan warmonger Savage COMMENT DELETED: OFF-TOPIC


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]]> Dan warmonger Savage http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/faded_maybe_but_not_useless#c1118140 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/faded_maybe_but_not_useless#c1118140 Visual Art Sun, 31 Aug 2008 18:12:46 -0800 Comment by Jumbalaya Do they have a "spiritual obligation" to faded paint? Fucking please...

]]> Jumbalaya http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/faded_maybe_but_not_useless#c1118182 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/faded_maybe_but_not_useless#c1118182 Visual Art Sun, 31 Aug 2008 20:35:46 -0800 Comment by Terry Oh my god, I thought the first quote was the response from the artists, and was so distressed at what amounts to a "who cares?" I am SO glad the artists care. I don't know how to explain to the people who don't care the importance of preserving the remnants of what used to be, just so that we can see that there are and have been (and will be) different ways of living in the world.

]]> Terry http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/faded_maybe_but_not_useless#c1118190 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/faded_maybe_but_not_useless#c1118190 Visual Art Sun, 31 Aug 2008 20:52:05 -0800 Comment by EmilyP Why should we preserve the Mona Lisa? It's just a picture of some homely old bitch from Italy.

Gurldoggie seems to be adept at making the rounds on Seattle blogs and being a clueless fuck as loudly as possible.

]]> EmilyP http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/faded_maybe_but_not_useless#c1118744 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/faded_maybe_but_not_useless#c1118744 Visual Art Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:09:45 -0800 Comment by HuskyQuaker It's Wabi Sabi man, Wabi Sabi.

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