Thursday, March 11, 2010
Art
Torontonian Bike Activist/Art Collective Marks Potholes with Stenciled Onomatopoeia
Posted
by Benjamin Sutton on
Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 1:24 PM
Toronto's street artist and bike activist collective
Urban Repair Squad, known for making radical interventions in on-street signage to promote cyclists' safety, recently unveiled a little project that could make bumpy, lumpy and cracking New York City streets much less dangerous. Their
Pothole Onomatopoeia series appeared on Toronto's Harbord Street recently, pointing out irregularities in the pavement with arrows and
old school-Batman-style words like "THUNK!," "OUCH!" and "OOF!" stenciled onto the street with bright spray paint. So many places in NYC need these badly, starting with almost every block in Dumbo, and long stretches of Chinatown side streets—I'm thinking, for instance, of Orchard between Grand and Canal, which is basically an off-road track right now. (
WoosterCollective)
Tags: street art, nyc biking, Urban Repair Squad, Toronto
Comments (0)