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Graffiti fans scorn cove cleanup efforts

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Jonathan Curiel, San Francisco Chronicle Staff Writer
Friday, August 3, 2007
Original article with photos

Warm Water Cove is a park on the southern waterfront of San Francisco that doesn't get much traffic from tourists, or even San Franciscans. It does have a devoted group of regulars, however - dog walkers, musicians who enjoy the acoustics, and graffiti artists who have transformed walls into a cacophony of scribblings and images.

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Peat, a Stencilbilly, and a Corporation (Video)

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Guilt-ridden plug for a soft drink I don't endorse, but man is Peat Wollager's video funny as hell or what? I grew up with real hillbilly's so this is a gut-buster, I tell you what.....

You may of heard this Spring/Summer I collaborated with Mountain Dew on a Limited Edition Bottle.

Well...they also had me create a Stencil Video inspired by the design.

Peep out the new store...buyart.stensoul.com

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A Novel Idea: Stencil artists tell a love story on sidewalks. Read it while you can.

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A few corrections, just regarding the bits about me:
• I took my first stencil photo in 1995, and then dozens more when I moved to San Francisco in 1997.
• My current research for the book shows that street stencils really began around 1976, when John Fekner hit NYC for the first time. I told the journalist that stencil art fits certain situationist beliefs regarding breaking up your daily urban routine. Why commute the same way to work when there might be a new stencil a block over?
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Stencil Story, "She Loves the Moon" by the Strangers

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Using Chairy's leads, I went for a walk today and spent several hours photographing and documenting all the stencils that I could find.

"Her story" actually begins at 21st and Guerrero. I didn't even make it out that far today so will have to go back and keep looking.

I found 30 stencils total with 4 endings, and one arrow that pointed to nowhere (20th and Capp pointing towards Harrison). Walked about 3 blocks and then decided to turn around for that dead end.

Call for Stencil Content: Stencil Nation Book Project Needs You

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...................... 2. GENERAL RULES FOR SUBMISSION ..........................................

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: August 20, 2007
  • Feel free to submit art and information for any of the categories that relate to you, but make sure that you read each category's details before doing so.
  • all submitted images must be 300dpi (high resolution) to be printed in a book. If you do not submit hi res photos, your photos will not be used. (Contact me if you wish to mail content to be scanned.)
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