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It’s a Failure Friday!

Usually I try to get things nice before showing them on Blade Diary, but today I thought I’d show you one of the times when everything goes wrong.

This is a stencil made specially for this spot. It’s BIG. Big enough to be seen from street level easily.

The spot itself is quite exciting- High up on a rooftop, it’s accessible by a quick climb from a back alley ladder.

So I climbed up, slathered the back of the poster with paste, and went to work.

Everything was going fine, except for the blustery weather. The wind was so strong (and cold) up there, the poster was tearing and flapping around like CRAZY.


I managed to get the poster up, however, even if it was in several pieces.

So I climbed back down, and went to bed.

But as you can see, the wind must have been blowing hard all night- it must of taken the poster down.

It was heartbreaking to see.

But I suppose I didn’t really want to go over the nice SAKE piece anyway. I had mixed feelings about that from the beginning. It was just such a nice spot, you know? I thought maybe the two would look good together.

So, since I’m not going to try and get it up in this spot again, I thought I’d show the failed attempt.

You can see men in the photo installing a (Possibly Illegal?) gianormous Telus advert that covers the whole side of the building.

I’m sick of all these crappy sell-phone commercials with all their animals conscripted into duty hocking disposable consumer electronics. ( BTW, Is the Telus monkey even a real species, or is it just a computer-generated simulation designed for maximum cuteness?)

It’s ironic, you know? Like those SUV commercials that show you getting “back to nature” by driving through it. What an American way of communing with the natural world.

Anyway, I think these photographs reflect on the whole “Street Art vs. Advertising” thing quite nicely.

P.S.!


My work was featured in the latest issue of TRUE EYE, a online magazine.


My Buddy PRVRT is featured as well! This was a pleasant surprise for me. Check us out!