Shoefiti in Germany

A German blog about Men’s shoes has a nice summary of Shoefiti’s history and trends:

Shoefiti nennt sich das Phänomen dann und setzt sich, wie sich bereits vermuten lässt, aus den Worten Shoe und Graffiti zusammen.

A Google Translate version is available here.

Published by admin on January 22nd, 2010 tagged Shoefiti Mentions | Comment now »

Shoefiti in Vienna, Austria



DSC_0004, originally uploaded by yvonne franz.

Yvonne Franz captured some shoefiti above an intersection in the Neubaugasse shopping district in Vienna, Austria.

Published by admin on January 10th, 2010 tagged General | Comment now »

Shoefiti Strikes Girona, Spain



Shoes hanging, originally uploaded by jmariofranco.

Nike shoes hang from a wire attached to an apartment building in Girona, Spain.

Published by admin on January 3rd, 2010 tagged General | Comment now »

A Marine’s Personal Experience with Shoefiti

A recent commenter named Robert explains his involvement with shoefiti in the 1980’s

In the late 80’s, I was in the U.S. Marines. On your last day of serving 4 years of active service, guys would throw a pair of combat boots up in the air on power lines. I guess it was to say “I won’t be needing these f*cking things anymore”. Nobody ever said why we did it, we just did it.

Published by admin on January 1st, 2010 tagged Shoefiti Theories | Comment now »

More Australian Shoefiti

Valerie: The Disco Song, has documented some shoefiti she’s found in Australia on her blog.

Published by admin on December 31st, 2009 tagged General | Comment now »

Shoefiti Goes L.E.D.

L.E.D. Shoefiti

LostValues.com is offering an L.E.D. solar light kit that lets you retrofit shoes before turning them into shoefiti in order to brighten up the night sky.

Published by admin on December 29th, 2009 tagged Shoefiti Mentions | Comment now »

Appliancefiti?



Appliancefiti, originally uploaded by Steven Pam.

Hmm, does anyone have any theories on what this form of ‘fiti is illustrating?

Published by admin on December 26th, 2009 tagged General | 1 Comment »

Shoefiti T-Shirts on Ebay

Ebay seller, soda*soda, has a line of shoefiti shirts on Ebay that are worth checking out. Here’s an example print:

Shoefiti Shirts on Ebay from soda*soda

Published by admin on December 20th, 2009 tagged Shoefiti Mentions | Comment now »

A Lower Rung of Shoefiti

John Hoff of Minneapolis points out on his Adventures of Johnny Northside blog that at least one shoefiti “artist” has lowered the bar on the game by hanging shoes from a “guy wire” rather than way up on a crossing power line.

Are standards for shoefiti slipping, or is this an isolated incident?

Published by admin on November 30th, 2009 tagged Shoe Sightings | Comment now »

The BBC Takes on NYC Shoefiti

The BBC stopped by Brooklyn and The Bronx to get to the bottom of what shoes hanging from powerlines is all about. Lots of theories are presented. Check it out:

Published by admin on November 23rd, 2009 tagged Shoefiti in the Press | Comment now »