The throwaways of the city,
How to play with the mundane?
How to play with a twist on street art?

An element of surprise?
We run around from day to day, rushing from place to place,
The fast pace life of the city.
But an idea of surprise makes you stop,
something out of place, out of time?
You slow down, stop, to get a closer look?
Curiosity?
How did it get here? Why is it here?

But how to play with this?

An intriguing project.
The pothole gardener

Steve Wheen, is the pothole gardener, transforming small spaces, holes in the city into small garden paradises. I think this is a fabulous idea all though am not entirely sure how i feel about the props. But it is the public's response to these little gaps in the city that I am intrigued by. They are caught off guard by these obviously out of place little installations. There is a great video of reactions up on The Pothole Gardeners blog and also an intriguing talk by Steve, for the lost lectures series in his talk entitled Little Holes of Happiness. 


Another intriguing idea of street art comes from a project entitled A Common Name, run by a lady called Julian Paige based in California. Where she creates "Geodes" out of paper and resin, and hides them in the nooks and crannys of the city. Leaving the city to do with them what they want, to break down in the weather, to slowly fade away or simply be taken. They are little treasures in the middle of the metropolis.