To celebrate 10 years of Upfest (I can’t believe I have only been to three of them) D7606, a wheatpaster and I guess unofficial artist at the festival scattered ten paste up balloons, each with a famous face, high up on the main streets of Bedminster.
These are the first two that I found, one with Twiggy and the other with Elizabeth Taylor. Finding each was like a prize, and the hunt was great fun. I bumped in to D7606 several times over two days and as ever, he was very happy to talk about his work and experiences.
I love the addition of a string to each of the balloons which was loose and able to blow around in the breeze. D7606 told me he had to paste them high up, so that they didn’t get pulled down. Several of them have gone already, but not to trophy hunters, rather, they have been pasted over with new advertisements. These balloons were a worthy addition to the 10th Upfest…hats off to D7606.
Natural adventures 
So many great things at this year’s Upfest and the balloons were definitely one of them
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I agree. I loved the Simpsons theme too. It could easily have gone wrong, but I think it worked really well.
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I totally agree, it was with some trepidation that i went down there expecting the entire area to be awash with Simpsons art but there was such a diversity as always that it was almost a surprise when a piece was discovered. I love the many tiny Barts I have found in many different forms and of course the absolute killer piece by Nomad Clan where Lisa is in the background is already a festival classic . . .
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