Jason Fried wrote this on May 19 2008
There are19 comments.
Anonymous Coward
on 19 May 08
That’s crazy. At first, I doubted it was real wall-painting, especially when the passersby are in multiple frames, but considering the shadows and the ghosting, I believe it.
As a side note, the first frame says not to post it on a commercial website (like this one), but it also says it’s CC licensed, which would allow the posting. I wonder which one wins.
J
on 19 May 08
AC, YouTube is definitely a for-profit site owned by a for-profit company. Once it’s on YouTube it’s everywhere.
S
on 19 May 08
That was creepy. Got anymore?
Deano
on 19 May 08
I use this word too much but this is truly amazing.
My only question is what kinds of drugs fuelled the creative process?
Doug
on 19 May 08
And I kept thinking, “I wonder if they went back and painted over it all.” This could be a way to reclaim the graffiti infested walls of the inner cities of the US, but only if the final paint over was included.
Unanonymous
on 19 May 08
Awesome!
To Anonymous Coward: There are many different kinds of CC licenses, and some of them allow you to deny the right to use the work on commercial websites. No battle there. :)
Kevin
on 19 May 08
@S: Barnstormers has been doing “motion painting” for years, although they tend to work by painting a floor while a camera is positioned above head. check out http://www.b-stormers.com/
just another john
on 19 May 08
looks like tons of work in adobe after effects, or some serious tagger talent.
Tom G.
on 19 May 08
Holy Crap. Somebody’s got some spare time on their hands…
Chris R
on 20 May 08
Very influenced by the style and technique of the wonderful South African artist William Kentridge, but taken to the great (urban) outdoors. Muchos gracias (if Blu’s actually from Buenos Aires)!
Wow! That was an awesome video! I wish I knew how to do that…and had the time! Good find Jason!
Anonymous Coward
on 20 May 08
Ben:
You have the time. You just choose not to spend it creating animated graffiti. Be proactive. You have a choice.
(I am reading Covey’s 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.)
:)
PS: This is awesome.
Drew
on 20 May 08
It’s awesome if the artist had permission from the owners of the surfaces painted. If not, it’s vandalism.
Artistically impressive either way, but the obsession with legitimizing graffiti annoys the hell out of me. Altering the surface of someone else’s property without their consent isn’t cool and edgy, it’s just disrespectful and, generally, illegal.
JF
on 20 May 08
Drew, I am strongly apposed to graffiti and vandalism and have written about it on SvN in the past. That is why I said this was “artistically stunning.” I don’t condone it at all, but artistically it’s amazing.
Gary R Boodhoo
on 20 May 08
@Drew
advertising regularly defaces public space and is typically less than artistically impressive. I didn’t ask for it, I don’t support it and consider it a major source of pollution (visual, ideological, behavioral) For example, witness the banal sameness of the US interstate highway system, any suburban enclave, recreational areas, Starbucks!
That’s somehow OK though, because it was paid for and thus validated by the status quo? What some call vandalism is for others an effort to creatively reclaim control of the environment they live in. McDonalds doesn’t live here, I do! Are you actually implying that permission should have been asked first?
JF
on 20 May 08
That’s somehow OK though, because it was paid for and thus validated by the status quo? What some call vandalism is for others an effort to creatively reclaim control of the environment they live in. McDonalds doesn’t live here, I do! Are you actually implying that permission should have been asked first?
Gary, vandals deface other people’s property without permission. That is vandalism and it’s illegal.
An advertisement accepted, paid for, and placed on a billboard owned by someone else is not vandalism.
BAL
on 20 May 08
@Gary R Boodhoo
I’m going to imply that you should ask for permission before painting my property. Thanks!
Drew
on 21 May 08
Jason, thanks for the reply. I should have framed that differently so it didn’t seem like a jab at you for posting the piece. It IS an amazing artistic effort, thanks for sharing.
@Gary – I’m not implying it, I’m stating it openly. If you want to paint property owned by someone else, you should ask their permission. I’m no fan of the constant visual assault of public advertising, but property rights are property rights. Your perception of the ugliness of advertising billboards and the beauty of graffiti does not change this, just as you would have no right to paint my house or my car because you considered them banal or “pollution” during your daily commute. If you want to change the appearance of your world, get out and involve yourself in local and regional politics. Propose local ordinances that will limit such things and try to get them passed. Or, alternately, organize a grassroots movement to get all of the citizens who share your opinion of the advertisement machine to boycott those products and express their disapproval to those corporations through consumer pressure. Heck, you could even try to get enough funds raised to buy up the areas used for advertising and remove the ads from them.
Admittedly, that’s probably not as immediately and vicariously satisfying as casting vandals as class heroes.
Anonymous Coward
on 24 May 08
what about carving some big faces into the side of a mountain! that is the ultimate form of vandalism
This discussion is closed.
About Jason Fried
Jason co-founded Basecamp back in 1999. He also co-authored REWORK, the New York Times bestselling book on running a "right-sized" business. Co-founded, co-authored... Can he do anything on his own?
Anonymous Coward
on 19 May 08That’s crazy. At first, I doubted it was real wall-painting, especially when the passersby are in multiple frames, but considering the shadows and the ghosting, I believe it.
As a side note, the first frame says not to post it on a commercial website (like this one), but it also says it’s CC licensed, which would allow the posting. I wonder which one wins.
J
on 19 May 08AC, YouTube is definitely a for-profit site owned by a for-profit company. Once it’s on YouTube it’s everywhere.
S
on 19 May 08That was creepy. Got anymore?
Deano
on 19 May 08I use this word too much but this is truly amazing.
My only question is what kinds of drugs fuelled the creative process?
Doug
on 19 May 08And I kept thinking, “I wonder if they went back and painted over it all.” This could be a way to reclaim the graffiti infested walls of the inner cities of the US, but only if the final paint over was included.
Unanonymous
on 19 May 08Awesome!
To Anonymous Coward: There are many different kinds of CC licenses, and some of them allow you to deny the right to use the work on commercial websites. No battle there. :)
Kevin
on 19 May 08@S: Barnstormers has been doing “motion painting” for years, although they tend to work by painting a floor while a camera is positioned above head. check out http://www.b-stormers.com/
just another john
on 19 May 08looks like tons of work in adobe after effects, or some serious tagger talent.
Tom G.
on 19 May 08Holy Crap. Somebody’s got some spare time on their hands…
Chris R
on 20 May 08Very influenced by the style and technique of the wonderful South African artist William Kentridge, but taken to the great (urban) outdoors. Muchos gracias (if Blu’s actually from Buenos Aires)!
Ben
on 20 May 08Wow! That was an awesome video! I wish I knew how to do that…and had the time! Good find Jason!
Anonymous Coward
on 20 May 08Ben:
You have the time. You just choose not to spend it creating animated graffiti. Be proactive. You have a choice.
(I am reading Covey’s 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.)
:)
PS: This is awesome.
Drew
on 20 May 08It’s awesome if the artist had permission from the owners of the surfaces painted. If not, it’s vandalism.
Artistically impressive either way, but the obsession with legitimizing graffiti annoys the hell out of me. Altering the surface of someone else’s property without their consent isn’t cool and edgy, it’s just disrespectful and, generally, illegal.
JF
on 20 May 08Drew, I am strongly apposed to graffiti and vandalism and have written about it on SvN in the past. That is why I said this was “artistically stunning.” I don’t condone it at all, but artistically it’s amazing.
Gary R Boodhoo
on 20 May 08@Drew
advertising regularly defaces public space and is typically less than artistically impressive. I didn’t ask for it, I don’t support it and consider it a major source of pollution (visual, ideological, behavioral) For example, witness the banal sameness of the US interstate highway system, any suburban enclave, recreational areas, Starbucks!
That’s somehow OK though, because it was paid for and thus validated by the status quo? What some call vandalism is for others an effort to creatively reclaim control of the environment they live in. McDonalds doesn’t live here, I do! Are you actually implying that permission should have been asked first?
JF
on 20 May 08That’s somehow OK though, because it was paid for and thus validated by the status quo? What some call vandalism is for others an effort to creatively reclaim control of the environment they live in. McDonalds doesn’t live here, I do! Are you actually implying that permission should have been asked first?
Gary, vandals deface other people’s property without permission. That is vandalism and it’s illegal.
An advertisement accepted, paid for, and placed on a billboard owned by someone else is not vandalism.
BAL
on 20 May 08@Gary R Boodhoo
I’m going to imply that you should ask for permission before painting my property. Thanks!
Drew
on 21 May 08Jason, thanks for the reply. I should have framed that differently so it didn’t seem like a jab at you for posting the piece. It IS an amazing artistic effort, thanks for sharing.
@Gary – I’m not implying it, I’m stating it openly. If you want to paint property owned by someone else, you should ask their permission. I’m no fan of the constant visual assault of public advertising, but property rights are property rights. Your perception of the ugliness of advertising billboards and the beauty of graffiti does not change this, just as you would have no right to paint my house or my car because you considered them banal or “pollution” during your daily commute. If you want to change the appearance of your world, get out and involve yourself in local and regional politics. Propose local ordinances that will limit such things and try to get them passed. Or, alternately, organize a grassroots movement to get all of the citizens who share your opinion of the advertisement machine to boycott those products and express their disapproval to those corporations through consumer pressure. Heck, you could even try to get enough funds raised to buy up the areas used for advertising and remove the ads from them.
Admittedly, that’s probably not as immediately and vicariously satisfying as casting vandals as class heroes.
Anonymous Coward
on 24 May 08what about carving some big faces into the side of a mountain! that is the ultimate form of vandalism
This discussion is closed.