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A bunch of guys painting beer signs on the side of a building in New York City. It's not the sort of thing that you would expect to bring a lump to your throat, but it is so beautifully filmed and is such a silent and dying art that you'd be surprised. Check out the Ritual Project's Vimeo site to view this short documentary. (Thanks once again, Rudy.)
posted by andrea at 8:25 p.m.
7 Comments:
very cool ;)
That was great!
That is beautiful. You always have links to great stuff, Andrea.
During High School I worked for a sign company in the summers. This was the 70s before the computer driven vinyl lettering and I got to see glass blowing for neon signs, artisans get out the stencil & chalk and hand paint signs and murals leaning on their ballsticks.. It was pretty cool.
btw: we had a power outtage and I took it as a sign to evecuate the electronic interwebs,especially Fb, for a while and enjoy the out-of-doors. :)
No doubt this is yet another dying art, like the kind of quality neon Vancouver once had. Oh, and BTW, there is an award for you at my site. Please check it out.
I just happen to love Stella
I'm skeptical of nostalgia, and I don't automatically romanticize "lost arts" (technology and cost effectiveness, after all, are not always - or even often - counter to the humane), but the film is very enjoyable, and I admire the men still working these gigs. To be sure, they have more craft/skill than many an artist exhibiting inside some of the buildings they paint!
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