How quaint, I thought. Someone has etched an autumn leaf in wet cement on the sidewalk. Then I noticed another, and then a whole slew of them under an almost bare street tree.
On many blocks along Seymour Street in Downtown Vancouver it is permanently autumn, thanks to these almost inconspicuous installations that must have been put in place when the sidewalks were paved in the late 1990s.
Vancouver has many examples of street art, most of it official, some of it unofficial (though, as you would expect, graffiti mostly occurs at the fringes of Downtown, not in the centre).
#1 by dimitrios kianidis on 8 July 2011 - 11:24 pm
Hello Megan. I am interested in your pictures of graffiti on pavement cement. I have just completed a book on the same subject (not a published book) and in my area alone, one suburb, I’ve collected over 120 images of graffiti. The text is quite interesting and occasionally I find an imprint or a design, like your leaf, for example. A quirky subject matter for a book but very interesting study of local history at the micro level. I like the leaf design. If I work out how to do it, I might post a couple of mine on the web.
#2 by megan on 18 July 2011 - 8:22 am
Thanks Dimitrios
I would love to see your pictures. Let me know if you post any. Of if your book gets published.
Cheers
Megan