Tuesday, June 30, 2009
New ideas..
I was thinking a bit more about my black squares and thinking they need something, as I was blogging a while ago, I was thinking about countries, ownership etc.then I had one of those nights you know when you can't sleep because your head is buzzing with a million and one ideas and heres what I 've got out of it...First I started thinking about graffiti artists and how when they tag someting they claim ownership of it really, in a way, they put their tag name on it and forever brand it as theirs until someone paints over it, so I thought I should research tags and tagging why they choose that tag name and all that. Then I started thinking about why they tag and graffiti where they do?for some people its just mindless, for others it can be to make an area which is usually run down to look better, to add beauty, colour, art to it....which lead me to what if I chose my areas of ownership for the same reasons, to make a run down place look better. So how would I do that...my idea is to plant a square of flowers surrounded by a little fence so as to protect my area of land. In many cases obviously I couldn't plant it in the ground but I think it would look all the better these plants just sitting on pavement. I know as well they wouldn't last they would be kicked or whatever but that can all be part of the process. Any opinions/suggestions?
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I love the idea of putting plants in a spot in the city. its like how we put flowers on windowsills to add life and beauty and character. itll be cool when they get destroyed!! do it!:)
ReplyDeleteWhat a fantastic idea...the world needs more flowers...only saw your posting now but i found a pretty good article which might be of some use to you...it's http://www.humanflowerproject.com/index.php/weblog/comments/floral_graffiti/
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as i was rereading that i just remembered the loose brick in the pavement on the way into the city, outside the celtic bookshop. maybe you could lift it so that you could plant some flowers in the crack. i dunno, maybe it would provoke a lot of thoughts!!!! i think it would look so out of place and incredible!
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