hard rubbish

hard rubbish is a series of text work stencilled on objects that have been left in the street.
Click here to see the earlier work from this series that is located on the I love St Kilda blog.

J had just finished taking a photo of the mattress when a guy pulled up in the car.
He had a quizzical look on his face so she decided to ask him, “what do you think it means?”

He replied “I’ve been trying to work that out”. And then added, “yesterday it just said ‘you never think it will happen to you’, and then today somebody else has added ‘Then one day it does'”.
“I reckon it’s a couple splitting up and they have both written different things.”
And then he added, “I’m going to take a photo too”.

A brief history of stencils #4

A brief history of stencils #3

A brief history of stencils #2

A brief history of stencils

Citytraces is preparing work for an exhibtion so for the next 2 weeks, the posts will be the early work from the archive of ilovestkilda.
After that it’ll be back in full swing with some new ideas for work on the street.

Moving to St Kilda

Surplus to requirements or forced redundancy?

Same words

A different point of view in a different context.

Quiet resignation

Monument to mediocity

It’s the Australian Prime Minister’s 67th birthday today.
In the autumn of his life John Howard is well preserved for his age just like this couch. The beige herringbone cover is in good nick, the legs are sturdy and overall there are few visible signs of wear.

But surely there is more to life than this paticular version of ‘relaxed and comfortable’. If we are going to have retro I think I’d prefer a bean bag on the floor.