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The Grande Return

citiesinpixiedust — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 17:39:14 +0000

Hello my dear blog. I have returned.*

Here are some pictures of “found art” in different cities.

Los Angeles

(megan geckler)

New York:

(art garden in the lower east side of nyc)

Philadelphia, PA:

(the house of the apocalypse now, fishtown)

Camden, NJ:

(part of a graffiti collective in camden, nj)

Tucson, Arizona:

(downtown mural)

* Returned means, I had knee surgery and neglected this blog for five months.

street art

citiesinpixiedust — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:05:55 +0000

Cities in Pixie Dust is a big fan of art you can access in the everyday world, without going too far out of your way to see it - such as street art, graffiti, murals, stickers, found art, etc. Cities are places where people interact with each other. Sometimes they choose to interact with each other, and sometimes they’re forced into it.

So many people in the city go about their day with a hustle and bustle and don’t have time to look around. Street artists take the time to make something and put it where everyone can see, on the sly, while trying not to get caught “defacing” property. Some people would call a lot of street art a criminal act and not a work of art, but CPD disagrees. There is a lot of stuff you could do to get yourself into trouble, but painting on a wall or sign is probably amongst the lesser evil things out there.

Recently, and we don’t know how we’ve missed this site for so long, CPD stumbled upon an amazing blog on the Village Voice – Camille Dodero’s Streetscape Blog. So you should go check it out.

And here are some pix of street art that CPD has stumbled upon in the recent past. There will be more to come. Or hit up the flickr for graffiti and murals…

The Devil is the Boogie Man

citiesinpixiedust — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 18:01:32 +0000

Christian Posters Invade Philly! But there is no 53 AM. Or is there?

Sent to me by Chris “Spam” White,

“These posters have been showing up in center city and south Philly for
about a year. They always have a model’s head and a similar style of
Christian ranting. They always mention demons getting in your blood
and defecating. They also exhort you to stay married, stop shacking
up, and listen to Christ radio. These new ones also mention that
angels will hug you forever in heaven.”

The poster reads:

“You must listen to Christ Radio 53AM on 24-Hours or the Devil will take you and your family and make bats out of all of you. Christ will protect you. Devil is Boogie Man.

Beautiful and Gorgeous Mary and Christ will hug and kiss you forever in heaven. For keeping the 10 commandments. It’s so easy to keep the 10 commandments. Teenages and people in hell are suffering terrible. Screams of horror forever. Stay married or stop shacking up. Or burn in hot lava in hell forever. Beautiful Mary will listen to Christ radio 53AM with you. You will be so happy to know you will get to heaven for sure…”

The blue poster adds:

“You must stay married. Christ said one marriage. A face of a woman was on a bat’s face in a front page news. The Devil is the Boogie Man. It’s the God Truth. — Shacking Up. Stay Sober. Throw away filthy movies. Don’t — —- or burn in hell forever.