Street art, and a mystery solved

May 03, 2007 22:31

I just solved a mystery that has been bugging me for five years. Five years ago I saw these little white tents all over the city, in random places - tiny tents, about knee-height, made from white tarpaulin and tree branches painted white. The last I found out about them made them out to be a bit of a mystery to everybody - there was an article about it in the newspaper. Then, as suddenly as they had appeared, they were gone, as if a tribe of invisible miniature nomads had struck camp and moved on.

I've now found out that they were part of an art installation that apparently belonged to (or at least was timed to coincide with) a week-long festival in 2002. Unfortunately information about them on the net is next to non-existent, but here's what little I found:

http://www.ap-interactio.net/p_site/ARTEP_TEMPO.HTML

And I also found out today that someone has done what I've been meaning to do for years, and taken loads of photographs of my favourite recurring graffiti here in the city. I'm always cheered when I discover a new one of these guys:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tijuana/sets/72057594088109720/

frankfurt, art, real life

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