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15,000th photo uploaded tonight
Congrats to SF local CAB for being the 15,000th upload to the Stencil Archive. Since 2002, the good ole' Stencil Archive has been sharing stencil art of all kinds from around the world! This site doesn't work in a vacuum, so everyone that makes the art, takes the photos, and sends them over is much much appreciated!
Thanks to this month's bulk submitters: Gary Atkinson, Mon Graff, TXMX
EUROPE ::::
12 Inch Team (DE)
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=57660
Banksy (mostly here in San Francisco and USA)
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=4284
C215
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=60827
code
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=5296
funk25
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=3450
NEW :: Hogre (IT)
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=68497
NEW :: KBS (Hamburg)
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=68587
Ocioso
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=54926
Piratos
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=54935
Quasikunst
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=54944
NEW :: Sten
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=68494
tona
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=56002
xooox (DE)
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=60502
Germany
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=2603
Hamburg DE
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=2746
Denmark (just one)
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=3069
Italy (dozens of new pics!)
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=5638
UK
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=5898
ASIA AND AMERICAS ::::
NEW: Farhansigarlaki (ID)
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=68604
Argentina
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=173
NEW :: Bolivia (BO) … thanks Mona
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=68580
Mexico (just one, thanks Larry)
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=120
USA ::::
Boruchow (PA)
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=65277
Larry Cyr (WA)
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=55879
NIKD (OR)
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=55634
Carlos Pinto (NYC)
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=68329
X-Sacto
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=50272
No. California (thanks Larry)
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=17110
SAN FRANCISCO ::::
CAB
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=65307
Eclaire
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=11823
Sasquatch
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=65556
Scott Williams
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=10581
No Sit Lie Protest Stencils
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=12219
Haight St./Duboce Park
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=7970
the Mission
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=8411
the Castro
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=7826
Valencia St.
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=9775
SoMa
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=9477
Civic Center (thanks Larry)
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=39134
Other hoods (thanks Angel and Ruby)
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=9276
In Media (thanks X-Sacto)
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=18143
Up on the Roof with Banksy's Haight St. Rat
Last Sunday, I walked over to Haight St. to see and photograph Banksy's rat up above Villain's Vault. I grabbed a chai and tried to figure out how he got up there. While I watched people snap photos, I realized that The Booksmith had a great angle for framing the rat. They were setting up a stencil window already, so I contacted the Booksmith's owner to make sure "Stencil Nation" was going to be in the window and see if she could help me get on the roof. Christin said that the stencil window was in the works two weeks prior to Banksy's apearance, and she gave me the contact info for the two property owners across the street. Gary got in touch quickly and wanted to go up there with me some time later this week. Sami, who owns the Red Vic building where the rat lives, contacted me and wanted to somehow include http://www.350.org/ as part of the Banksy frenzy. Sami planned to meet me today (Thursday) to look at some books and talk about http://www.350.org/ , and Gary finally had to cut the lock to his rooftop hatch and replace it before we met today to go up there. Sami doesn't like graffiti, taking care of her beautiful Victorian and displaying messages of peace and love are her main focus, so she wasn't completely thrilled about Banksy's rat. What she was thrilled about was trying to get her own meme going via the Banksy photos from all the tourists that visit the Upper Haight. She started out by getting her manager Troy to tack on a handmade 350.org sign, which may have blown away by now. I told her that painting a logo up there might be the best idea, and live longer among the elements. I went up there with Troy to snap some photos of the rat with the sign (Sami has a vision and we all are partners!), walking out a door that leads straight to the neighboring wall. Troy is convinced that Banksy stayed at the Red Vic B&B. Two Englishmen were registered there at the time of the crime, and they needed a key to get into the building the night the stencil went up. Troy watched videos and feels that a person who said he was Banksy on one of the vids (with a mask on) looked and sounded like the same person registered at the Red Vic. It seems that if the rat stays on the wall, Sami will have a 350.org logo by it. That is her vision and wish to turn an illegal piece of graffiti into a positive message that will help save the planet. I couldn't disagree with that and told her "It's your building, so you can put whatever you want on the wall!"
Blek, Above Hanging Show
Whitewalls has started to post pre-show photos of Blek (and Above's art) in the gallery. Should be a great night May 1!
http://www.whitewallssf.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/AboveSmallArrows-15…
30 Apr : Czarnobyl - Mutation (Berlin)
Czarnobyl - Mutation
Opening: 30.04.2010, 19 Uhr
Exhibition: 30.04. - 29.05.2010