18th street, SF.
Thank you Hi Fructose and Fecal Face and Uptown Almanac for the rad writeups.
Somehow I found myself involved in a spontaneous, public art project that organically unfolded over the last couple of weeks in sf.
For the hell of it, i was drawing a famous clown named Ronald (as a junky villain derelict,) but somewhere along the way, I saw a glint of compassion in his eyes. So the drawing ended up showing Ron suddenly caught in an existential crisis of sorts... Like he just realized that he was solely responsible for the death of hundreds of millions of cows. Maybe he suddenly understood that he was fueling massive rainforest destruction and undeniably accountable for child obesity and onset adolescent diabetes.
So i drew him, printed him out, mixed up some pigment and painted on some paper. Then I pasted him up in a foodie district in the mission. The following photographs were taken over the next 2 weeks.
1. the aging clown experiences an unexpected moment of clarity.
2. a few days later, someone (equipped with at least 4 colors of aerosol) wasn't amused. "fuck you, hipster scum." Right on point, oh disgruntled youth.
3. a public forum concluded that it was obviously the work of a certain masked villain. (humburglar was later arrested for defacing public art)
Only hipsters use words like "Hipster."
4. a few days later, a stencil party ensues.
5. followed by a confirmed metric fuckton of unadorned radness.
6. and finally.... according to the local shopkeep, the entire wall is "archived for historical significance." ..
UPDATE.
After the community art wall was "archived" and new wood was put up, i went back and added "Sue Nami." She needed a home and the blank plywood canvas presented itself...
A week or so later, I decided to check to see if any images of the skele girl were circulating. A quick zoltron search on google came across this link, with a most welcome updated image.
So, rather than getting tagged over, crossed out, torn down or worse of all, buffed by the city, the wall became an anonymous artistic collaboration. no rules, no approvals, just an unforeseen, unrehearsed group project between a bunch of hipsters.. excuse me, artists sharing a public canvas.
Here's all the photos merged together, a time lapse of sorts.
Join us next week, as we discuss vegan soy lattes and their effect on the youth of America.
- Zoltron
[ UPDATE: the wall and some original artwork will be on display, just a few inches from where it was originally posted at 18 Reasons on Sept 16th. 6-9pm.]
Somehow I found myself involved in a spontaneous, public art project that organically unfolded over the last couple of weeks in sf.
For the hell of it, i was drawing a famous clown named Ronald (as a junky villain derelict,) but somewhere along the way, I saw a glint of compassion in his eyes. So the drawing ended up showing Ron suddenly caught in an existential crisis of sorts... Like he just realized that he was solely responsible for the death of hundreds of millions of cows. Maybe he suddenly understood that he was fueling massive rainforest destruction and undeniably accountable for child obesity and onset adolescent diabetes.
So i drew him, printed him out, mixed up some pigment and painted on some paper. Then I pasted him up in a foodie district in the mission. The following photographs were taken over the next 2 weeks.
1. the aging clown experiences an unexpected moment of clarity.
2. a few days later, someone (equipped with at least 4 colors of aerosol) wasn't amused. "fuck you, hipster scum." Right on point, oh disgruntled youth.
3. a public forum concluded that it was obviously the work of a certain masked villain. (humburglar was later arrested for defacing public art)
Only hipsters use words like "Hipster."
4. a few days later, a stencil party ensues.
5. followed by a confirmed metric fuckton of unadorned radness.
6. and finally.... according to the local shopkeep, the entire wall is "archived for historical significance." ..
UPDATE.
After the community art wall was "archived" and new wood was put up, i went back and added "Sue Nami." She needed a home and the blank plywood canvas presented itself...
A week or so later, I decided to check to see if any images of the skele girl were circulating. A quick zoltron search on google came across this link, with a most welcome updated image.
So, rather than getting tagged over, crossed out, torn down or worse of all, buffed by the city, the wall became an anonymous artistic collaboration. no rules, no approvals, just an unforeseen, unrehearsed group project between a bunch of hipsters.. excuse me, artists sharing a public canvas.
Here's all the photos merged together, a time lapse of sorts.
Join us next week, as we discuss vegan soy lattes and their effect on the youth of America.
- Zoltron
[ UPDATE: the wall and some original artwork will be on display, just a few inches from where it was originally posted at 18 Reasons on Sept 16th. 6-9pm.]