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Shoefiti Strikes Helsinki, Finland
Patriotic shoes
Originally uploaded by dronir.
A great shot of shoefiti next to the Finnish state flag atop the House of Estates in Helsinki.
Is this a message to the government?
Published by admin on March 29th, 2007 tagged General | Comment now »
Ontario’s Aspiriting Shoefiti Artists
Not shoefiti artists in the throwing shoes sense, but people who draw hanging shoes. Visual Arts Bramption (Ontario, Canada) includes an assignment for drawing shoes hanging by their laces in their 2007 homework:
Visual Arts Brampton: Home Assignment list, 2007
1. Shoes hanging by their laces, from a door knob
Any type of shoes, so long as [...]
Published by admin on March 2nd, 2007 tagged General | Comment now »
A St Patrick’s Day Encounter with Shoes Hung Over a Powerline
Katie B at Tales of a Dreamer breaks down what made her St Patrick’s day stranger than average:
Today
was an interesting day. First, my back is gross…peeling like a snake.
Beautiful! OK. The other things were freak occurances…First, a naked
dude wrapped in a blanket on the side of the road in Middleburg, less
than a mile later - [...]
Published by admin on March 30th, 2006 tagged General | Comment now »
Handsome Family Songs Have the Answers?
Cory Rau, of CoryRau.Blogspot.com may have discovered the answer to the hanging shoes on telephone wires dilemma in an album by the Handsome Family:
One of the items in the Biography section of aforementioned web site,
on the topic of their yet-to-be-released new record, asserts “This new
Handsome Family record travels from swamps and caves to laboratories
and bowling [...]
Published by admin on March 29th, 2006 tagged General | Comment now »
More Hanging Shoes in Melbourne
Flickr user, listanddiagrams, has been documenting hanging shoes in Melbourne. She even dresses up the hanging shoes with special lenses and photoshop effects!
Published by admin on February 14th, 2006 tagged General | Comment now »
A Love Story Mentioning Hanging Shoes
Mara of ideaofthememory mentions shoes hanging on power lines in a story about clowns and ballerinas:
“Greeley has shoes hanging on power lines and I think about the feet that went into those shoes and all the places they could have possibly been.”
Published by admin on January 31st, 2006 tagged General | Comment now »
Kids have great shoes on power lines theories
Pat Cashman of the King County Journal took a shot at getting to the bottom of the shoes on power lines mystery by quizzing neighborhood kids in exchange for Mountain Dew and Pop Tarts:
kingcountyjournal.com - The mystery of the hanging tennis shoes: “
* “My dad says that Nordstrom puts them there so people will think [...]
Published by admin on November 10th, 2005 tagged General | Comment now »
Is Shoefiti the work of War Protestors?
An anti-war activist in Melbourne, Australia is promoting throwing shoes over power lines to protest Australia’s involvement in the Iraq war. One contributor to indymedia.org’s thread on the topic evangelizes:
To the ignorant the site of shoes up there is confusing, I admit, but
to me it also does provoke intrigue. On another level, as one who
throws, [...]
Published by admin on November 6th, 2005 tagged General | Comment now »
Continued Inconsistency from Xcel Energy on Shoe Removal Policies
I first became interested in shoes hanging from power lines after spotting a pair hanging near my home. I reported them to Xcel Energy and asked them to remove them at their convenience. I realize this isn’t the biggest issue faced by a power company, but I figured they’re responsible for the lines, so should [...]
Published by admin on November 5th, 2005 tagged General | Comment now »
Shoefiti Strikes Midtown Manhattan
We continue working through shoe reports from the boroughs. Today’s update comes from Midtown Manhattan via The Known Universe:
While walking in Midtown the other day, I saw a pair of dangling sneakers and wondered whether or not I should take a picture of them. I�ve taken a lot of dangling shoe [...]