This Time-Sensitive Street Art Only Works at Night
August 7, 2013 | Andy Cush
During the day, this London piece by international street artist Above is an unassuming Banksy-like knockoff–a stenciled man, floating upside-down on a wall, one of his arms outstretched. At night, its true nature comes out. A streetlight illuminates the wall, casting the shadow of a nearby sign just under the man’s hand. He’s a breakdancer, of course, balancing on the shadow. See the piece, in both day and nighttime versions, in the video above.
The amount of street art in Shoreditch is palpable. It's all over, creating an almost Disney-like atmosphere as tourists of all ages walk the streets with their smart phones in hand, snapping photos, even if they have no idea who exactly they're shooting. A lot of the work continually going…
While walking around Shoreditch last Friday around 11:30PM and not even looking for any more street art, Aymann and I came across two artists painting a mural, legally, on Great Eastern Street. UPDATE: That wall has a name. It's a busy thoroughfare, so throngs of passers-by stopped, snapped photos with their…
For some enhancers of public and private property, street art and graffiti stickers are an important tool in the arsenal. London is covered with them. Click through gallery above. (Photos: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork)