Pavement Appreciation
There is something absurd about the pavement– this vast artificial structure that covers up the earth. In its absurdity it attracts wits, wags and creative road workers, who make jokes to amuse their immediate audience of mates and bemuse a future audience of passing strangers. But when graffitists tamper with official signs they are resisting authority; behind every joke there is always an objection to some imposition.
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Whistling pedestrian at a Reclaim the Streets event. Newtown (Sydney), 1999.
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Face. Surry Hills (Sydney), 2010.
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Concrete – Stop – Smiley. Workers’ instructions. Enmore (Sydney), 2011.
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Pothole marked for repair. Newtown (Sydney), 2008.
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Foot. Pothole marked for repair. Newtown (Sydney), 2008.
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Smile. Newtown, Sydney, 2000.
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Drip tray. Label on a pram ramp. Newtown (Sydney), 2000.
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Zebra crossing. Newtown (Sydney), 2003.
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‘Cut here’, an installation by artist James Hancock. Ultimo (Sydney), 2000.
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1000. Altered speed limit sign. Walcha, New South Wales, Australia, 2004.
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Roundabout, burnout and tag. Layering of pavement marks. Marrickville (Sydney), 2009.
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… you f—er. Workers’ instructions. Glebe (Sydney), 2002.
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Look after yourself. Newtown (Sydney), 2004.
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Kermit the frog. Newtown (Sydney), 2006.
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Alex. Chippendale (Sydney), 2008.
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Give way to Hype. Victoria Park, Camperdown (Sydney), 2010.
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Bicycle barrier in Newtown (Sydney). 2011.
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Shared path. Sydney city, 2011.
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Shared pathway penis. Kyeemagh (Sydney), 2008.
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Parking space penis. Redfern (Sydney), 2009.
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Cyclist. Redfern (Sydney), 2009.
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Exit. Newtown (Sydney), 2003.
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Gabe is a sex god. Enmore (Sydney), 2008.
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Shity Road. Walgett, New South Wales, Australia, 2006.
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Wet concrete how I love thee. Camperdown Park, Newtown (Sydney), 1999.
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Put George in cement. Enmore (Sydney), 2002
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Put George in cement – Why put me in cement? – Just shut up and stand still! Enmore (Sydney), 2002.
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Bite ya bum, bum son! Enmore (Sydney), 2003.
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Question everything?? Newtown (Sydney), 1999.
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Y not 2k. Enmore (Sydney), 1999.
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F— me with ya dress up. Newtown (Sydney), 2003.
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Suck shit up. Stanmore (Sydney), 2003.
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New! Low G.I. dog water “Gravelly + good” – Rex. Outside a bookshop. Newtown (Sydney), 2004.
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Not my fault. Enmore (Sydney), 2005.
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Yes you did. Newtown (Sydney), 1999.
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Café quota filled. Enmore (Sydney), 1999.
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Action figures assemble. Enmore (Sydney), 2007.
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Join the army, meet interesting people, and kill them. Stanmore (Sydney), 2009.
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“When they tell you what you can’t achieve and why just go ahead and do it” – brokenman.net … Hello, I found your chalk! Newtown (Sydney), 2003.
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Do not disturb. Haymarket, Sydney, 2004.
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Cut here … Glebe (Sydney), 2002.
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Bee yourself. Everyone else is taken: Oscar Wilde. Newtown (Sydney), 2012.
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A brief history of 21st c. art. Buy. Buy. Buy. Newtown (Sydney), 2012.
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Sell. Sell. Sell. Newtown (Sydney), 2012.
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