Shoefiti Write-Up in L’espresso
How’s your Italian? Mine is not so good. A recent article in L’espresso in Italy takes a look at shoefiti:
Un paio di scarpe da ginnastica da uomo, usate, e sospese al filo della luce all?inizio di via Gobetti (nella foto). Anche a Pescara, dopo Caserta e Bologna, arriva il fenomeno battezzato «shoefiti», nato dalla fusione di shoe (scarpa) e graffiti.
November 12th, 2009 at 7:52 pm
i can translate for you… my english is not very good, but i can try… cheers!
“a pair of used shoes for man, hanging to the electricity wired, at the beginning of via Gobbetti (in the photo). Also in Pescara, after Caserta and Bologna, comes the phenomenon called “shoefiti”, a word born from the fusion of shoe and grafitti.”
November 14th, 2009 at 10:09 pm
Here translation from Google Translate:
“A pair of sneakers for men, used, and suspended the wire to the light? Beginning of Via Gobetti (see photo). Even in Pescara, Caserta and after Bologna, comes the phenomenon named ‘Shoef, born from the merger of shoe (shoe) and graffiti.
They bind the ties of two shoes and thrown into the air so that they remain hanging from the cables of power lines. The shoes are flying that dangle between the buildings, old shoes, sneakers, boots and shoes, a fashionable yet arrived in Italy on the sly, in a few cities, and came from the United States. In 2005, the blogger in Minneapolis, Ed Kohler, dubbed the strange phenomenon Shoef dedicating a site, http://www.shoefiti.com, where c ‘is a carralleta of photos of shoes dangling. The United States, then, the trend has shifted in Europe, with records in major cities, and quests? Years has arrived in Italy and now also in Pescara.
But what is its significance? The interpretations are varied. C? You see graffiti in a flying shoes? Air, a form of expression through an actual launch? Ether and different from that of smearing the walls of the city. For others, however, the shoes would indicate the presence of drug dealers in the area or are used by gangs to mark their boundaries. Among the many theories, c? Is also the one that says the shoes run coincides with the loss of virginity.
A fashion that follows the locks Moccia Ponte Milvio seal of? Eternal love, but whose message is still mysterious. Other explanations relate to the bullying, the desire to leave a mark or semplicemte than to get rid of old shoes and worn. The shoes appeared to be two days in Pescara are gymnastics, men’s and used. In other cities, on a cable, hang several pairs of shoes.
In some areas of the world, like New Zealand, throw your shoes and hang them to the wires has become a sport with a championship and rules.
The phenomenon has also appeared in the cinema. In 1997, in the movie “Wag the Dog” with Robert De Niro and Dustin Hoffman, the shoes were thrown in a sign of solidarity with a U.S. soldier taken prisoner, while in 2003 Tim Burton in “Big Fish” made it the symbol of the search happiness. Up, finally, were born several groups dedicated to the flying shoes.”
There ya go!