I've come to realize the longer I do this blog that while I definitely see the stickers on the streets, I haven't noticed as much as I thought I did. Part of it is just the fact that I'm looking to collect as many as possible, knowing that it's unlikely that I'll even capture a third of the stickers that are out there. So I'm scanning all of the usual spots to find these stickers without truly comprehending what I'm capturing. Sure there are some stickers that I recognize just from the fact that I see them so often, but I can’t say that I really know what I’m taking a photo of at the time. Obviously nothing wrong with that since it gives me something to present with the blog but I do feel like I'm missing out on quite a few connections. Elements of these stickers which if I knew about them before could make the actual physical search a little more interesting, possibly giving me a different angle for my photos as well. But this should change the more posts I do.
I originally saw this sticker at a bus stop on Liberty and thought it was tremendously fun. It was one of those things where I thought it was a legit service announcement while I was far away from it but realized that it was a statement instead. Unfortunately those first exposures didn't turn out as well as I would have liked, so I was glad when I found it again in Bloomfield. I liked how I could frame the sticker with the electric meters and keep it as the only piece of graffiti in the image. Like the service announcement I thought it was originally, it makes a statement about graffiti's place in the world so I wanted to give it the gravitas it deserved. Since graffiti is such a fluid art form, constantly changing with street and the people who pass by them, I thought making this the focus was important. While I definitely noticed this sticker for a while, I can't say I made a connection with the artist's tag. I really didn't see that IRL also was behind this find until I started researching it this weekend. Although I will admit that I'm not entirely sure IRL is the original artist behind it. When I was looking it up, I found that a metal version of this image was created by the artist Dissizit. While I wasn’t able to find the image on his website, his tag can be clearly made out at the bottom of the sign. There are a couple of subtle differences between the two versions but the message is the same. Whether it was started by IRL or by Dissizit, this image is definitely out to make the audience take notice. For both of these artists, graffiti is an important medium to share their opinions. Maintaining that ability to give sentiments a voice is essential for graffiti artists, so cheeky reminders like this is a great way to continue the conversation and poke a little fun at those who can’t appreciate a little public defacement.
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Maggie Ondrey
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