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Proper Cornish songs
soak the rolling Cornish hills
toe tapping shanties
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by Scooj
Tag: Festival
3076. St Marks Avenue (9)
I was walking in Easton last week, without the dog, which meant I was able to extend my range a little further and go a bit faster than normal. I decided to visit St Mark’s Avenue to see if anything had changed since I last visited a few months ago. Much was the same, but there were a couple of these bright colour portraits which I didn’t recall seeing before.
Regular readers will know how I rarely post pieces by unknown artists, but sometimes they simply deserve to be written about and maybe I’ll get lucky and find out who the artist is in due course. The white face is decorated with colourful makeup and looks as if it is prepared for a festival of some kind. I think the portrait definitely looks better viewed from the right than from the left – amazing how different it can look from different angles. I have pictures of another piece by the same artist which I will post in due course – I hope with the artist’s identity.
Update 21 August 2020 – I believe this piece is by Rosalita
Pride
Sounds of Bristol Pride
cascade across Redland Green;
dogs play joyfully.
by Scooj
Marc Almond
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A retiring chap
I dance with my pen; others
dance to tainted love.
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by Scooj
Let’s rock Bristol
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Young and old
gather on the Downs
in the sun
having fun
watching bands from the 80s
nostalgic day trip.
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by Scooj
Upfest 2017
Street artists converge
on Bristol for a few days,
painting the town red.
by Scooj
902. North Street Green (8)
So here it is, time to get excited about Upfest 2017 with this year’s festival artist Pahnl. There are two of these pieces, one at the North Street Green, and the other at the North Street Standard. Both I expect will be over written at the festival, the latter I believe by Inkie.
I don’t really know anything about Pahnl, so it is lucky that the nice people at Upfest have produced a free festival map and a short biography of Pahnl which reads:
‘Living at a lower level of existence, Pahnl’s miniature people, dogs, cats and birds can often be found outside in the street. Taking influence from comics and street signage, whilst adding their own subversive and funny twist, Birmingham-based duo Panhl use stencils, stickers, posters, animation, screen printing, film and photography to bring their own small world to life.’
So now you know as much as me. Certainly their work has a very strong brand feel to it, and perhaps that is a good thing for the Festival, but it is quite unlike most of the street art you find in Bristol, and maybe not representative. Having said that this is strong and characterful and demonstrates the broad church of street/graffiti art that Upfest espouses. Only a few days now.
Last chance
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Wife camped on PC
Glastonbury tickets sale;
Not my cup of tea.
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By Scooj
Festival weather
Harbour festival
threatened by leaden skies
a Summer dulled.
by Scooj
Natural adventures 