July 26, 2009

Graphopolis

Looking at graphic augmentation of the city + civilians.

…from a protest in Paris over the Iranian post-election crackdown, and the murder of  protester Neda Agha-Soltan:

Photo Jacques Brinon/Associated Press
Photo Jacques Brinon/Associated Press

…election posters hung in Tripoli around the election in spring 2009:

photo Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
photo Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

…images from Delete! (2005) site-specific project in Vienna, Austria
by Steinbrener/Dempf:

still from Delete! Delettering the Public Space
Delete! by Steinbrener/Dempf, Vienna, 2005
still from Delete! Delettering the Public Space
Delete! by Steinbrener/Dempf, Vienna, 2005

…in Toronto, Sean Martindale and Eric Cheung are turning street ad posters into
planters with The Poster Pocket Plants :

Poster Pocket Plants, image from The Torontoist
Poster Pocket Plants, image from The Torontoist (Click on image for more great pics.)
image from Spacing Toronto
image from Spacing Toronto

…the Object Orange project in Detroit from 2006:

Object Orange, Detroit
Object Orange, Detroit

..where the flat and the fizzy meet, with a cherry on top — artwork by Vinchen:

artwork by Vinchen
artwork by Vinchen
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