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R2-D2's true purpose revealed
By adamg on Tue, 05/22/2018 - 3:04pm
Chalked on the side of one of the entrances to the Park Street T stop this afternoon.
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Subtle Marketing?
Just saying, the advertising budget for Solo seems to be in the billons. This might be a non-traditional way to spread the word.
As long as they didn't use Lite Brites, I guess things are cool though.
Hi Neighbor!
Is that a Narragansett he's drinking?
Adorable!
I shall call this Artist...
Boston Banksy....
I wish this person wouldn't
I wish this person wouldn't draw on the T station. The country's oldest subway station doesn't write on you, so you should have the same respect for it.
Hah. Good one.
It's CHALK. It will go away the first time someone pisses on that wall. And that won't be a long time.
Would you want someone to
Would you want someone to write on you with chalk without your permission?
drawing?
I wish this person wouldn't pee on the T station. The country's oldest subway station doesn't pee on you, so you should have the same respect for it.
Shepard Fairey
The brilliant street artist was arrested by the police for a lot less than this piece of art. I'm sure they are reviewing all the videos from Park street station.
You do realize ...
That chalk will come off in the first rain, as opposed to the more permanent paint that Banksy and Fairey use, right?
You do realize
it's still vandalism, even if it's "only" chalk. Would you be so understanding if someone did this on the side of your house?
If it looked this good?
I'd be fine with it. I do own a hose if I don't like it.
sure
Beats being egged or spray painted.
Does chalk always come off
Does chalk always come off vertical surfaces in every rainstorm?
Shepard Fairey
Shepard Fairey:
Good Point!
Adam, but Shepard Fairey never painted anything he put up a poster and was arrested at the ICA where he was speaking at a function in his honor.
History Lesson
In the early 70s, maybe 1973 or 74 (I'm old), somebody (maybe the T or the Mayor's Office) put up large blank white billboards for a whole summer on the walls of the Park Street and Boylston T stop entrances on the Common, the idea being that people could write whatever they wanted on them. Express yourself. A very early 70s idea. From what I recall there were very few drawings, and graffiti as we know it now wasn't quite a thing yet, but there was a lot of writing. Lots of poems, song lyrics, names in hearts, undying declarations of love...on the whole it was very positive and uplifting. I used to enjoy looking at them as well as writing on them. I'm not sure if such a project would work out as well today.
Cambridge has an entire alley like that
In Central Square.
They were different
The Cambridge Alley seems to be primarily artworks. The 70s billboards on the common were more like people scribbling down what they were thinking at the time. It was like a mind-map of collective consciousness.
That's one strange take on a
unit.