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letsdiscoverkitty · 7 years

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I think I've got the same glasses as you in your most recent picture! I bought it last friday and it waits for me in the store as it has arrived yesterday (but it's an 20 minutes walk into town and it's unbearably hot and there's next to no shaddow and we don't have a car or public transpostation - ugh) Anyway, as I have choosen it myself I think it's really pretty and suits you really well (as I also think you too are very pretty and I like your personality and hope you have a wonderful day)

Aww thank you anon! I hope you have managed to pick up your new glasses (it is such a great feeling when you can walk out the shop and actually SEE things! I will never not be amazed when my eyes change prescription and I can suddenly see all the leaves on trees and all the detail in the world around me with the new lenses!) My new glasses were from the new Kylie Minogue range at Specsavers, I really love their shape and they feel really comfortable/good on. I am finally over those horrible first few days when new glasses rub and now pretty much forget I am wearing them :) I hope you enjoy yours, take care x

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funnythingshere0-blog · 5 years

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Behind the Scenes With Britain's Rogue Satirical Artist

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Behind the Scenes With Britain's Rogue Satirical Artist

Having taken my fair share of peak-time journeys on the London Underground, I’ve been so close to other commuters that I almost felt we had a relationship. After all, we’d spent 30 minutes together in very close proximity in a heaving, sweaty carriage. So when I saw an ad at Camden Town station, it seemed entirely plausible:

Transpost for London: Tube Dating

Press Up Against New People Taste Their Breath Feel What’s in Each Other’s Pockets Share Sweat

But, of course, it wasn’t a real ad.

The piece is the creative work of Foka Wolf (@fokawolf), the assumed name of a street artist from Birmingham, England. The artist plants witty fake ads in public places and around tube stations, pranking local authorities, corporations and members of the public. If Banksy created ads, this is probably what they’d look like.

The artist, who sees themself as a “collective of people and ideas,” has surfaced in British tabloids since the prank pieces started appearing, and most recently received national coverage after their tongue-in-cheek comment was left on a building site for the world’s largest Primark store.

The ads are intended to show how people will still believe anything when it’s presented in the archetypal advertising format, Wolf says. An example: An ad for “How to Become a Successful Car Jacker” was posted below a sign for multinational advertising agency JCDecaux. The seller promises to show you “how to find vulnerable people,” “how to fight pregnant women,” “how to restrain pensioners” and, ultimately, “how to live with yourself.”

Press play to listen to a caller who wanted to order the book:

Another fake ad, posted in London’s trendy Soho and Shoreditch neighborhoods, invites readers to learn how to become a “moped mugger.” In a sarcastic nod to gentrification, a larger installation took the form of a billboard placed on land apparently acquired for a residential development: “To view a soulless, overpriced orange box, call 0121 31 888 05.”

Foka Wolf takes inspiration from English graphic-novel author Alan Moore, who once said that “all art is magic and advertising is a form of black magic because it’s art that’s used to make people buy stuff.” A street artist for close to 10 years, Foka Wolf says no one noticed their work until it took the form of tongue-in-cheek fake advertisements plastered around a very visible public space.

It all began as small, handwritten joke ads left in random locations around Birmingham, explains Foka Wolf, adding, “Then I thought, wouldn’t it be funny if these were massive, with a phone number that actually worked?” The first poster, created this April, read:

Do you drive a 4×4, Jeep or Range Rover? You could be entitled to FREE penis enlargement therapy on the NHS.

The phone number added at the bottom of the ads was real — and hundreds of people have called, according to Foka Wolf.

Not surprising, the controversial posters have hit a nerve with some community members. Case in point: A poster offering voodoo for kids prompted the head of Birmingham’s Pentecostal church to leave Foka Wolf a voicemail, asking to meet up and discuss the content — an offer the artist has not yet taken up. There have been a few death threats too, from people who believed the ads were serious and thus immoral, Foka Wolf explains.

This doesn’t seem to faze the artist though, who has plans for more elaborate pieces with greater longevity: “I am working toward more permanent, hand-painted signs. Like fake ghost signs with more illustrative elements.” There are also plans to eventually move beyond Birmingham and London.

In the meantime, Foka Wolf will continue using fake ads to get people to question advertising in general and to not just mindlessly LOL and like on Instagram.

Source: https://www.ozy.com/good-sht/behind-the-scenes-with-britains-rogue-satirical-artist/89680

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streetsofdublin · 4 years

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THE BROADSTONE GATE AND PLAZA [DUE TO BE COMPLETED IN SUMMER 2020]-160210 by William Murphy Via Flickr: I have been tracking this development for many years because I live at Henrietta Place which is a laneway off Henrietta Street. In May 2016, the boundary wall dividing Broadstone and Grangegorman was removed, creating a historic pathway joining the two sites for the first time. The true story is slightly different as the routs is a temporary with limited hours which to not match normal working hours. The Grangegorman Development Agency said on its website: “The Minister for Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform Paschal Donohoe TD officially opened the new link between Grangegorman and Constitution Hill this morning, Friday 16 November. This new link, while temporary, is historic, as it is the first time the Grangegorman site will link directly to the north inner city.” “It will be possible to walk from the campus to Bolton Street in 9 minutes" ... I have some issues with this as the entrance to Kings Inns Park is closed at weekends and on holidays. If the gates are open the Broadstone tram stop is the nearest to my apartment but if the gates are closed it takes much less time to walk to the Lower Dominick stop. The Luas Stop at Broadstone opened in late 2017 and, to be honest, I was under the impression that the public space are would have been completed at the same time.However, according to the online project plan works to the Plaza are ongoing and due to be completed by summer 2020. The Broadstone Gate will provide access to the Grangegorman site once complete and is currently being developed as part of the Luas Cross City works. It will act as a public plaza and will provide much needed linkage between Grangegorman and Dublin city. The plaza is situated off Constitution Hill on the site of the old royal canal at the former Great Western Railway Station commonly known as Broadstone, and will mark a prominent entrance to the Grangegorman urban quarter. The Broadstone site, which borders Grangegorman on its east side, was subject to a Part VIII planning process in 2014 in order to facilitate the site development and gate access. Under the Grangegorman Masterplan, the primary urban path through Grangegorman – St Brendan’s Way will link with the Broadstone Gate which when completed will reach as far as Prussia Street. The link with Broadstone can also be seen as an extension to the 18th century historic spine of Dublin City which covered Dublin Castle across Grattan Bridge, along Capel Street/Bolton Street, Henrietta Street and King’s Inn.

#summer 2020 #grangegorman #broadstone plaza #broadstone gate #public transpost #luas tram stop #Great Western Railway Station #Henrietta Place #Henrietta Street #Kings Inns #William Murphy #Infomatique #Fotonique

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