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Flashmob Public Art & Crafting on a Whim
Guerilla art is often also used for advertising (with permission) - an example of which is the guerilla gardening by 'Adidas' shown below.
Flashmob art is where a group of people organize an event secretly amongst themselves and then carry out a particular action at the same pre-planned time. There are some examples of this below too.
I have compiled many of my favourite photos of fun public art, plus links to inspiring photo galleries and ideas. I hope you find this page interesting!
Photo by Mika Meskanen.
Guerilla Knitting
Photo by Jean Malnory.
Flower Project
The 'Guerilla Flower Project' was an experiment about guerrilla marketing, treasure hunting & flowers. 130 paper flowers were hidden overnight in Villa Guardia, a little Italian town. Each flower had a card with a little nonsense rhyme, a web link and one of five different pieces of a treasure map attached. If you could find every part of the map, you were able to reach the treasure, hidden in the flower shop of the town.
Photo by Komart.
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Rock Stacking
Stacking rocks and pebbles like this creates attractive sculptures, and you can try and make temporary art like this yourself on your next beach trip or hill climb, so other people can see and enjoy them too.
Photo by Richard Shilling.
See more sculpture photos at RichardShilling.co.uk.
Random Humorous Posters
Photo by USB.
Click here for a gallery of some more funny street flyers.
Interesting Art Links & Photo Galleries
- Flashmob Art
- Organised surreal meeting of people in top hats.
- Drawing In Action
- Drawing on walls and chalkboards - can tape paper on walls for temp art.
- Street Art Camouflage
- Body art combined with backgrounds including street art.
- Roadsworth Gallery
- Fun guerilla road painting examples.
- Guerilla Gardening
- What it is and why it's awesome!
- Guerilla Handiwork
- Lovely story about night-time handiwork.
- London Guerilla Knitting
- A nice article about spontaneous knitting.
- Guerilla Knitting Flickr Pool
- Photo gallery of knitted graffiti art.
- Urban Knitting
- As rebellious as knitting gets.
- Yarn Bombing Gallery
- Knit graffiti is the new spray paint!
- Knitted Wonderland
- Large artwork covering many trees with guerilla knitting.
- Converted Dumpsters
- Street skips revamped into swimming pools, TV rooms and more.
- Project Pothole
- Colourful fabric braids put in cracks and potholes on the street.
- Poetry Bombing
- Adding surprise poetry and quotes to thrift store clothes.
- Unconventional Street Art
- Brilliant cross stitch walls, mosaic art and balloon words.
Yarnbombing
Guerilla knitting (sometimes referred to as 'yarn bombing' is where knitted sections of yarn are added to objects in public areas.
The tree shown above consists of sections knitted by only the local community and it took 4 hours to put up. It was installed for the Viva La Gong Festival in Wollingong (2009) and I love it!
Photo by Grrl+dog.
Colorful Crossroads
This guerilla event started with brightly coloured paint being poured in front of cars whilst they waited at the traffic lights, and resulted in pretty and colourful tracks being made all over the crossroads. Don't worry too much though - the paint used was washable, organic and biodegradable!
It took place at Rosenthaler Platz in Berlin.
Photo by Mika Meskanen.
Cute Yarn Bombing
Photo by Hanna.
Post-It Art
To see the post-it note art as a whole, click here.
Photo by Jennifer Diamond.
Guerilla Sculptures
This guerilla art sculpture appeared overnight in Gas Works Park in Seattle. The artwork consists of a gold-coloured male sculpture standing on the waterfront surrounded by sculptures of people emerging from shells. They are all made with papier-mΓ’chΓ©.
Photo by Kathi S.
Morph Flashmob
This lovely guerilla art installation was created by flashmobbers who brought along their own 'Morph' inspired clay creation and placed them outside the Tate Modern on the Southbank of the Thames, London. The event was organized to celebrate the work of Tony Hart (the creator of the 'Morph' character).
Photo by amWalker44.
Fun Arty Ideas
- DIY Art
- Make your own art installations.
- Poster Art
- Upgrading personal posters into graphic design showcases.
- Pop-Up Train Tray
- A little bit of paper art to make someone smile.
- Paper Street Art
- Cute ideas for temporary art.
- Tiny Messages
- Cute idea for mini public messages.
- Homemade Sidewalk Chalk
- Great for playing around on your driveway.
- How to be a Guerilla Artist
- A few useful tips and ides.
- Guerilla Art
- Some fantastic ideas for activities from drawing to gardening.
- Seed Bombing
- Useful for guerilla gardening.
- Guide to Guerilla Gardening
- 12 step guide to add flowers to neglected public areas.
- Snow Graffiti
- Simple way to have artistic fun in the snow.
- Funny Street Signs
- Photos of fun posters displayed in public.
- Kitty Magnets
- Cute magnets are hidden around a city.
- Moss Graffiti
- All-natural graffiti written in a moss solution.
- Plant Pockets
- A DIY mix of yarnbombing and seedbombing!
- Post-It War
- Creative Post-It displays in houses and public buildings.
- The Pothole Gardener
- Brilliant mini gardens created inside potholes by Steve Wheen.
- Dirty Car Art
- Amazing art created on dirty car windows using stencils and brushes.
Guerilla Garden Adverts
These guerilla gardening installations are part of a large advertisement plan by Adidas. More interesting than most adverts!
Photo by HowAboutNo.
Floral Street Art
Sweet little DIY plantpot attached to a tree in Berlin on Valentine's day.
Photo owned by Helen Wogan.
Chalk Art Flashmob
Fun flash mob event where people add their own chalk art to the public space in Berlin.
Photo by Jotha.
People as Art
You've probably seen street performers dressed up as statues before, and I like the idea of becoming the art yourself.
Photo by boneytongue.
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TheMummyNextDoor
Apr 16, 2012 @ 3:52 pm | delete
- I'm absolutely loving this, it great!
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fugeecat
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- That yarn-bombed tree is great.
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printabledolls
Feb 5, 2012 @ 10:06 am | delete
- today in Cagliari where I live we have had a guerrilla knitting!
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freyalou
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- I love these! Especially the yarn-bombed tree.
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gardencentreman
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- Really cool, like it a lot. I would love to see more subvertising going on in my city to make people stop and think, especially when made out of plants :)
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