#3 & #4 are taken with flash. Photos © 2008 Ed Zerne
Archive for March, 2008
From the crest of the hill on West Laurel Street where Horton Avenue & Curlew Street meet, San Diego, California. Photos © 2008 Ed Zerne
This photo was adjusted with a bitmap editor, two identical layers were created. Everything was deleted, except the signs and the top layer of signs was adjusted.
Ray at Night, Ray Street, San Diego, CA Photos © 2008 Ed Zerne
Other Fire Eaters from YouTube: Insectavora, Coney Island Fire Eater; Kim Vermillion’s “Absinthe Cabaret”: Fire Eaters
American Crow - Corvus brachyrhynchos
Fish Crow - Corvus ossifragus
Photos © 2008 Ed Zerne
“Well-known folksingers MAGPIE, Greg Artzner & Terry Leonino, sing their latest “short-shelf-life” political satire about Bush, Cheney & Co. at the Washington Folk Festival (DC) June 2007″
Terry & Greg are wonderful people as well as great musicians.
Old Crow Medicine Show - Wagon Wheel YouTube
Poway, San Diego County, California.
Aeonium arboreum ‘Atropurpureum’ (Purple Aeonium)
MCASD, La Jolla, California. Photos © 2008 Ed Zerne
Youngwood Court, 17 Davids at West 3rd Sreet and South Muirfield Road, Hancock Park, Los Angeles - Photos © 2008 Ed Zerne
Photos © 2008 Ed Zerne
In 1974 the Cadillac Ranch was created by Chip Lord, Hudson Marquez and Doug Michels, who were a part of the Ant Farm Collective. [1] It is located off Interstate 40 West of Amarillo, Texas between Exits 60 [Arnot Road] and 62 [Hope and Holiday Roads]
Wicomico County, Maryland © 2008 Ed Zerne
© 2008 Ed Zerne
This is not a simple issue.
The auction of Banksy’s [1] wall proves that there is an Graffiti Esthetic that has commercial value. Banksy’s esthetic is really quite special, humorous and pointedly political. It shows that Graffiti can give value to property…
but there is a hugh HOWEVER…
The majority of the “graffiti” is tagging and has little or no value. It is expensive to remove…and anyone with a 2 dollar can of spray paint can cause hundreds of dollars if not thousands of damage to property. Making it difficult for owners to restore their property to its original condition.
Perhaps there should be public places where this activity could be allowed.. The levees along the Los Angeles River are an example of a “canvas” that would be suitable and there could be other areas…
Image & Photo by Banksy
YouTube videos on Banksy:
© 2008 Ed Zerne
Post-Script:
The Splasher & The Splasher Manifesto, AVANT-GARDE: ADVANCE SCOUTS FOR CAPITAL and “Art: The Excrement of Action.
