On my train journey to work a couple of weeks ago I spotted these Lego-like crate people. It was enough to brighten my morning. I’ve been meaning to capture them on digital camera ever since.
Unfortunately, by the time I got a chance to make a trip to their location, pieces of the work were already starting to disappear (heads missing etc). But I guess that’s part of the ephemeral nature of street art. Part of the thrill is knowing that you are witnessing something transitory. I was reminded of a post written by Georgina on Sarsparilla a while ago. She says of graffiti that:
Once on the wall it becomes part of the community: it’s read and analysed by those who see it and it can also disappear just as quickly as they create it.
The post is also worth checking out because it links to some interesting flickr groups on street art. Similarly, I recently discovered Random Vandal (via WordPress’s blog of the minute), a interesting blog that posts photos of street art.
Update: I just found a flickr set of the crate people (by Hellblazer), taken while they were still intact.
6 Comments
June 4, 2007 at 11:54 am
cool. I’m from melbourne too. Where abouts was this art, I’d love to show my kids.
June 4, 2007 at 12:04 pm
Hi Bindi, the building is behind the Victoria Park railway station (Epping/Hurstbridge line), between the station and Hoddle Street.
June 10, 2007 at 12:34 am
The crate people are wonderful. Thanks for sharing them!
June 16, 2007 at 12:10 pm
That was truly awesome, i love interesting street art and i’ve never seen anything like that before. i would’ve loved to have just looked up and seen it by surprise! it makes me wonder how they made it. i still can’t comprehend how most graffiti is done.
thanks for passing that on, and the links too.
June 17, 2007 at 6:55 pm
Glad you enjoyed them Kate and Count Skogg!
June 18, 2007 at 2:06 am
Thanks for heading over my way. I’m usually a lurker here but I’ll try contribute some more!
http://www.randomvandal.wordpress.com