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Magic Potion

Charlie Todd — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 12:33:34 +0000

Artist d.billy used a little tape to turn a water spigot into a magic potion dispenser in Portland, Oregon.

Ant Battle Thurs at 2 PM

Charlie Todd — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:17:06 +0000

Artist d.billy installed this sign in Central Park recently. Be there Thursday at 2 PM with a magnifying glass to check it out! (Though be careful not to melt the participants.)

Payphone to the Future

Charlie Todd — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 10:00:59 +0000

d.billy added tags reading “past,” “present,” and “future” to three payphones in the Times Square subway station. So if you’ve ever wanted to give the past of the future a ring, now’s your chance.

New Stuff from D.Billy

Charlie Todd — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 10:09:07 +0000

Brooklyn street artist D.Billy recently executed two new “conversions” in Bushwick, Brooklyn.

A fire / police call box flipped to be a drive-thru speaker

A rusty welded metal cover for a window air conditioner turned into a TV set

Previously: D.Billy’s Balloon-Based Street Art

via Gothamist / And I Am Not Lying

Balloon-Based Street Art

Charlie Todd — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 11:12:01 +0000

Brooklyn artist D.Billy has created several site-specific installations around the city using balloons as his primary medium.

He writes:

Using colorful media such as twisting balloons, party streamers, and artist tape, I have begun to add visual representations of sound effects to public spaces as a sort of dimensional graffiti. After embellishing the found scenes and photographing the results, I leave my additions in place to engage passers-by for as long as the materials hold up. For me, this process encourages a reexamination of surroundings and objects that are usually taken for granted, and injects a hint of the fantastical surreality that I have established in my other work.

Or, at the very least, I hope someone thinks these things are kind of funny.

via Laughing Squid

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