Like the “Wash Me” messages scrawled on the back of delivery trucks, reverse graffiti is a method of creating graffiti on walls or other surfaces by removing dirt from a surface. It is usually done by removing dust or dirt with the fingertip(s) from windows or other dirty surfaces. Reverse graffiti on glass or windows can be highly visible due to the reflection of sunlight. Due to the lack of paint it is often considered legal and used for advertising, with companies such as Microsoft and Smirnoff advertising their products this way.
Brazilian artist Alexandre Orion turned one of Sao Paulo’s transport tunnel into a stunning mural. The mural, comprised of a series of skulls, very succinctly reminds drivers of the impact their emissions are having on the planet.
Try as they might, the Brazilian authorities couldn’t find anything to charge him with. The only option they had was to clean the tunnel - but only the parts Alexandre had already cleaned.
After which, the artist continued his campaign on the other side of the street. This put the city officials in a quandary and they decided to take drastic action. Not only did they clean the entire tunnel but also every other tunnel in Sao Paulo.
BLU has created an amazing stop-motion animation. Painted on walls in Buenos Aires and Baden, it features a black and white creature that morphs into various blob forms.
MUTO - An ambiguous animation painted on public walls.
I guess they have a different opinion about painting over someone else’s graffiti in Buenos Aires then the do here.
Watch as Chris Bliss performs an amazing juggling finale.
The music is a medley of Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End off of the Abbey Road album by The Beatles. Every time I see this I just have to revisit my Beatles collection.
I’m a big fan of Improv Everywhere and this prank is a great example of why.
In order to pull this mission off Improv Everywhere worked with the commissioner of the Hermosa Beach Little League. The commissioner provided them with the names, numbers, and batting order of all of the players for both teams. He told them the 2 PM game between the Mudcats and the Lugnuts would be ideal for their mission, and allowed them to arrive early to set up all of their equipment. He was the only person involved with the league who knew what was going to happen. The players, coaches, and parents were kept completely in the dark.
Some of the pranks their agents did were; they filled the stands with agents that acted as though they were big fans of some of the players. They produced full color programs for the event. They had an agent going thru the stands selling (for free) peanuts, popcorns, and other snacks. They collaborated with NBC Sports, and they took care of renting the jumbotron and hiring legendary sportscaster Jim Gray to call the game. Jim ran the play-by-play and one of the agents served as his color man. And as if that wasn’t enough, they worked with NBC Sports to get the Goodyear blimp to fly over the game and film the action from above.
And here is another video of the staged press conference afterwards.
Visit Improv Everywhere’s site to see pictures and a complete description of how they pulled off this event. And if you enjoyed this event check out some of their other missions.
British marine biologists have found what may be the oldest living animal - that is, until they killed it.
A team of scientists from Bangor University’s School of Ocean Sciences have found a quahog clam, Arctica islandica, which was living and growing on the seabed in the cold waters off the north coast of Iceland for around 400 years. Only after researchers cut through its shell, which made it more of an ex-clam, and counted its growth rings did they realize how old it had been - between 405 and 410 years old.
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