Well, it isn’t that bad – really! This poster mysteriously appeared near our house recently, and I just had to shoot it (no pun intended). It’s a rather cool looking thing – complete with all the requisite metres/scales that are required, presumably, to evaluate one’s prowess with the ol’ pistol. The holes (real bullet holes???) look quite real, but we can only assume we’ve got an artist in our midst. Dalston is the edgy, up and coming, new arty area of London,of course. So we hear. Bang.
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Lame, the marker pen writing looks awful and everyone rattling on about Dalston’s art scene is draining.
@Ho-scar
Dalston is my patch to cover for news for the year (I’m an MA newspaper journalism student at City University London) so I’d be interested to hear more on why you think all the talk about Dalston’s art scene is draining. I’m still learning about Dalston so it would be good to hear from people who know more about it!
Catherine Wylie
Very nice site!
Hi. I love this post. Whilst I am of the same opinion of the previous person on the subject of the marker writing, I am constantly fascinated by the ever-changing ‘scene’ in London and wonder about the ebb and flow of ‘up and coming, edgy and arty in the capital.
I have recently started a blog that is largely concerned with type and lettering ‘in our own backyards’ and invite you to contribute your observations on other aspects of Dalston’s visual communication…
http://mytypeof.wordpress.com/
Hi,
I’m a newspaper journalism (MA) student at City University London and Dalston is my patch to cover for the year.
I would love to do a write-up about this artwork…but I’ll need your help! Can you tell me where exactly it is in Dalston? And say a bit more about what you think of it?
My email is catherine.wylie.1@city.ac.uk (already posted above in required fields…but I’m keen!)
I would REALLY appreciate your help!
Thanks a million.
Regards,
Catherine Wylie