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Shoefiti.com Interesting to Artists?

The Abbey Community Art Project included Shoefiti.com among the sites they reviewed during a recent workshop in the UK.
Thanks, from across the pond.

Published by admin on March 20th, 2008 tagged Shoefiti Mentions | 1 Comment »

Shoefiti in Russia

I have no idea what this says. Anyone know Russian?

Очень важный справочник для изучающих английский содержит самые свежие неологизмы. Самое свежее слово в английском на момент подписания номера в печать — shoefiti. Оно означает разновидность хулиганства — когда пару связанных шнурками ботинок вешают на линии высоковольтных передач. Создатели сайта внимательно изучают англоязычную прессу и отслеживают [...]

Published by admin on September 20th, 2007 tagged Shoefiti Mentions | Comment now »

Quicklime Plugs Shoefiti

Thanks to quicklime for the Shoefiti shout-out:

Published by admin on September 17th, 2007 tagged Shoefiti Mentions | Comment now »

MetaFilter on Shoefiti

Shoefiti sparked a hipster battle at Metafilter when it was mentioned there in May:

Shoefiti: shoes on powerlines
May 28, 2007 11:38 AM RSS feed for this thread Subscribe
Shoefiti: Shoes on powerlines. Shoefiti Phenomenology. Not to be confused with shoe trees.

Published by admin on September 16th, 2007 tagged Shoefiti Mentions | Comment now »

Shoefiti Variation: Shoeshoes

Junkyard Sports takes a look at the various forms of shoefiti but ends up siding with a variation called Shoeshoes:
Junkyard Sports Community - Shoe Tossing
As for me, I prefer the happier, less trodden shoe-tossing sport, known by the Fortunate Few as Shoeshoes.

Published by admin on July 24th, 2007 tagged Shoefiti Mentions | 1 Comment »

Shoefiti in Sweden

Jonathello takes a look at shoes hanging from powerlines from a Swedish perspective on his blog, Fresh to Death.
Häng upp dem.

Published by admin on July 21st, 2007 tagged Shoefiti Mentions | Comment now »

Shoefiti Caption Contest

TheSalems are running a caption contest regarding a photo of a pair of shoes hanging from a wire:
Came across these training shoes hanging from telephone wires..
“” Any Captions Anyone ? “”

They have 10 comments so far. Go join in the fun.

Published by admin on July 8th, 2007 tagged Shoefiti Mentions | Comment now »

Shoefiti Discussed in France

At least, that’s the impression I get from this French blog:
Le blog de mirabelle’ - AVEZ-VOUS ENTENDUES PARLER DES CHAUSSURES SUSPENDUES ? (c’est pas une blague !)
J’ai lu cela dans le Nouvel Obs’, l’Express et dans d’autres magasines aussi
Une nouvelle mode .. vient de se créer qui a débuté un peu partout [...]

Published by admin on June 2nd, 2007 tagged Shoefiti Mentions | Comment now »

Hawaii’s StarBulletin Newspaper Takes on Shoefiti Issue

The Q&A section breaks it down for a reader:
starbulletin.com | shoefiti

Luckily, the dangling shoes are more a visual blight than a hazard.
“The only immediate danger would be if someone other than a HECO crew tried to remove the shoes,” said spokesman Peter Rosegg. “We appreciate being notified of athletic shoes over lines and will get [...]

Published by admin on May 25th, 2007 tagged Shoefiti Mentions, Shoefiti in the Press | Comment now »

Does Shoefiti Build Urban Hipster Credibility for Neighborhoods?

And if so, is that a good thing?
Jamie of The Known Universe describes being on a “hipster photo shoot” that had all the right elements to qualify:
Hipster Photo Shoot | the known universe
“That is like the ultimate hipster scene right there,” I said. “You’ve got the band, the artsy photographer, the skateboard, the [...]

Published by admin on May 19th, 2007 tagged Shoefiti Mentions | 1 Comment »