visual ramblings

2006-11-11T19:59:00.000+08:00

my excuse for the blog being so quiet for so long is that i went to bali, took a whole pile of photos, came back, and then couldn't get my shit together to go through them and do a post. thus if all this seems a little nonsensical and muddled, welcome to my world. all of this work is in bali, and infact all of it, except the last few photos from seminyak (which is only up the road anyway) are taken in kuta. many of them are more than likely to have been done by foreigners and/or expats i would think. both of which the place is crawling with. needless to say i don't recommend it as a holiday destination, but then you knew that already....

2006-11-11T19:52:00.000+08:00

there was hardly any stencil work around, but this is awesome, and it went for about 3 metres!

2006-11-11T19:50:00.000+08:00

an admirable sentiment, but kuta isn't really a place for respect of any kind from what i saw. no respect for women by anyone (including many of the women themselves), no respect for tourists by the locals, and certainly very little respect for the locals by the tourists. fairly hideous all round really.

2006-11-11T19:48:00.000+08:00

these monkeys in black and red, along with the angry worm, appeared in kuta while i was in ubud for 4 days....

2006-11-11T19:46:00.001+08:00

red monkey (with annoying flash)

2006-11-11T19:46:00.000+08:00

the angry worm

2006-11-11T19:44:00.000+08:00

crazy bull

2006-11-11T19:43:00.001+08:00

love the samurai stencil

2006-11-11T19:43:00.000+08:00

boys, boys, boys.....

2006-11-11T19:39:00.000+08:00

this whole wall (and the next 10 images) seemed to have been done as a tie in thing with one of the local tattooists. lots of very non-graf amateur old school flash art tattoo type images. and they looked like they had been brush painted onto the concrete. it's somehow related to a tattooist in sweden. go to www.circletattoo.com if you're interested.

2006-11-11T19:32:00.000+08:00

indian guy with eagle

2006-11-11T19:31:00.002+08:00

creepy eyes

2006-11-11T19:31:00.001+08:00

um...lots of things all at once

2006-11-11T19:31:00.000+08:00

stuff

2006-11-11T19:30:00.001+08:00

i don't know about samurai, i think there is something distinctly anakin skywalker going on here.

2006-11-11T19:30:00.000+08:00

facing the moon

2006-11-11T19:29:00.000+08:00

when i took this i thought it said tattoo, now i'm not so sure

2006-11-11T19:28:00.000+08:00

croc/lizard type dude

2006-11-11T19:27:00.000+08:00

same wall

2006-11-11T19:26:00.000+08:00

unfortunately there was much crappy tagging

2006-11-11T19:25:00.000+08:00

perky nipple on breast stencil

2006-11-11T19:23:00.001+08:00

somewhere in kuta

2006-11-11T19:23:00.000+08:00

this is quite a cool piece, it just looks hideous because the photo is rubbish.

2006-11-11T19:22:00.000+08:00

hey look, apparently i went out in daylight ocassionally!!

2006-11-11T19:21:00.000+08:00

this is sweet. i probably like it because the colours match the crappy dilapidated concrete surrounds.

2006-11-11T19:19:00.000+08:00

this was painted on (as in with brushes)

2006-11-11T19:18:00.002+08:00

tex

2006-11-11T19:18:00.001+08:00

front of a restaurant

2006-11-11T19:18:00.000+08:00

more kuta

2006-11-11T19:17:00.000+08:00

i know this photo is totally shite, and possible even harder to see after i messed with it, but really....rad kids?? oh how we larfed.

2006-11-11T19:11:00.000+08:00

from what i can recall this is on the wall along the beachfront just north of kuta (but don't quote me)

2006-11-11T19:09:00.000+08:00

dunno

2006-11-11T19:08:00.001+08:00

love that fish!

2006-11-11T19:08:00.000+08:00

mr spray-can

2006-11-11T19:07:00.000+08:00

cool

2006-11-11T19:06:00.000+08:00

pretty sure this is the only political one we saw 'aceh community says we don't need freedom but justice love and yes peace!' note the poppies laneway directions, which are actually necessary when you're in a narrow winding seemingly directionless alleyway in the middle of the night.

2006-11-11T19:03:00.000+08:00

l'orange

2006-11-11T19:02:00.001+08:00

love that beetle

2006-11-11T19:02:00.000+08:00

many of these were taken in complete darkness on my rather minimalist digi, hence the approximate framing.

2006-11-11T19:00:00.000+08:00

power

2006-11-11T18:59:00.000+08:00

is this signed by someone from sweden or am i halucinating?

2006-11-11T18:58:00.000+08:00

no idea what this one says

2006-11-11T18:57:00.000+08:00

sorry about these angles but the lanes were tight (and i was more than likely a little drunk also)

2006-11-11T18:56:00.001+08:00

i really wish the car wasn't in the way (note the offering on the bonnet)

2006-11-11T18:56:00.000+08:00

this is sort of bling (being presented by megan in best 'wheel of fortune' fashion.

2006-11-11T18:55:00.000+08:00

so diupo was born in 1980. i'm not sure if adventure is his middle name however.....

2006-11-11T18:53:00.001+08:00

diupo

2006-11-11T18:53:00.000+08:00

duipo?

2006-11-11T18:51:00.000+08:00

so the next 6 photos were all taken in one of the gangs between poppies 1 & 2 in kuta.

2006-11-11T18:50:00.000+08:00

wide shot

2006-11-11T18:49:00.000+08:00

this is pretty cool

2006-11-11T18:48:00.001+08:00

next panel along

2006-11-11T18:48:00.000+08:00

kuta

2006-11-11T18:47:00.000+08:00

this is the first piece i saw.

2006-11-11T18:46:00.000+08:00

ak47? this is kind of cool.

2006-11-11T18:45:00.001+08:00

whatever and flying spray-can

2006-11-11T18:45:00.000+08:00

whatever again

2006-11-11T18:44:00.001+08:00

abandoned building in seminyak

2006-11-11T18:44:00.000+08:00

ny/uk?

2006-09-20T22:59:00.000+08:00

fly my pretties

2006-09-20T22:58:00.000+08:00

bzzzzz

2006-09-20T22:57:00.000+08:00

great big troll

2006-09-20T22:56:00.000+08:00

just past the window faces

2006-09-20T22:55:00.000+08:00

these are hard to photograph. check them out on the left as you drive down fitzgerald street, just before you get to the newcastle street lights.

2006-09-20T22:53:00.001+08:00

oh yes, the silver rocks!

2006-09-20T22:53:00.000+08:00

she's so pretty. i think troll may have noticed.

2006-09-20T22:52:00.000+08:00

ascending anarchy

2006-09-20T22:51:00.001+08:00

an extinct creature

2006-09-20T22:51:00.000+08:00

i'm not sure why i like this, but i do.

2006-09-20T22:50:00.000+08:00

this is just wrong

2006-09-20T22:49:00.001+08:00

probably not

2006-09-20T22:49:00.000+08:00

she is just adorable

2006-09-20T22:48:00.000+08:00

mandy on a pole

2006-09-20T22:47:00.001+08:00

not the best photo but it's gone now

2006-09-20T22:47:00.000+08:00

round the back of the empty turkish place in highgate

2006-09-20T22:46:00.000+08:00

there is something about this that makes me think of south park. where did they get that mail order african kid from, kenya?

2006-09-20T22:44:00.000+08:00

tree closeup

2006-09-20T22:43:00.001+08:00

he sure does!

2006-09-20T22:43:00.000+08:00

there was one more!

2006-09-20T22:42:00.000+08:00

more french

2006-09-20T22:41:00.000+08:00

awb kick backs. that old chesnut.

2006-09-20T22:29:00.000+08:00

so now the wanjina's just scaring the crap out of skinny people from highgate to mount lawley.

2006-09-20T22:26:00.001+08:00

quick, i think he saw us!

2006-09-20T22:26:00.000+08:00

run, run, ruuuun....

2006-09-20T22:24:00.000+08:00

the boys are a tad clearer here

2006-09-20T22:23:00.000+08:00

a short stumpy hypnotised orange one!

2006-09-20T22:22:00.000+08:00

i love the floating hand

2006-09-20T22:20:00.000+08:00

data strikes again

2006-09-20T22:12:00.001+08:00

blah!

2006-09-20T22:12:00.000+08:00

dali can also be purchased in greeney black!

2006-09-20T22:07:00.000+08:00

somebody likes auden

2006-09-20T22:06:00.000+08:00

yeah well, so were you is what i heard.

2006-09-09T02:08:00.000+08:00

this bloke snuck up on me in the old outdoor laundry! it happens. this whole area is minutes from destruction. urban renewal don't you know. i popped in to take as many photos as i could before it all becomes rubble and memory. it was fun while it lasted.

2006-09-09T02:05:00.000+08:00

closeup

2006-09-09T02:04:00.000+08:00

yok

2006-09-09T02:03:00.001+08:00

charming (and mature)

2006-09-09T02:03:00.000+08:00

yok eye

2006-09-09T02:02:00.001+08:00

yok

2006-09-09T02:02:00.000+08:00

i like this

2006-09-09T02:01:00.000+08:00

wilm?