adding to unar & the hong kong dessert place’s appeal is the new tai hang graffiti that popped up. looks like we have a neighborhood philosopher on our hands, but with all the flashy cars around the ‘hood, i don’t quite think the message is getting through.
i was meeting a friend for lunch on a street in sheung wan i hadn’t been in a while & found someone’s new hong kong graffiti campaign.
seems like there are two big themes going on in the area: chicken & guns. odd combo to say the least.
& on to the hong kong graffiti guns …
is it just me or do the bombs kind of look like birds at first glance? anyway, not sure why all the guns were necessary, but love the reverse stencil concept.
just a quick hong kong graffiti update. the people behind the llama wheat paste creations that now decorate tin hau & tai hang (among many other hk locales), just got in touch. the group calls themselves “the martians” & these “aliens” say that they come in peace & using “the universal language – art, to express messages to you.” far more interesting idea than the usual spaceship landing.
you can check out their fb page to see more of their commentaries around hk.
a collection of faces (in hong kong graffiti form) from around the city …
thanks to the guys at g.o.d for this new addition to hong kong graffiti.
although nothing else might be free in hong kong, at least this person’s political opinion via hong kong graffiti is.
clearly someone got a bit bored of the usual hong kong graffiti decorations in tai hang and grabbed some wheat paste to do something about it. the llama/草泥马 (cao ni ma) looks like a start from zero creation, but not sure about the others though. thoughts?
around the corner from one of the best afternoon tea set in hong kong.
thankfully the nearest happy meal is a few minute walk away…
know this person?
okay, i’m cheating a little and this last hong kong graffiti pict. it was taken just over the border from tai hang in causeway bay; i still love the multi-color afro nonetheless.
was in sheung wan for a hotel review and happened upon these bits of hong kong graffiti down a back alley. almost too bad they’re hidden from sight.
so not quite hong kong graffiti, but cars with ridiculous license plates (or are just ridiculous themselves) are just begging to have their photo snapped. here are four i caught in my ‘hood. the “u wish” deserves its own award for pretentiousness.
have you seen any other good plates roaming the streets of hong kong lately?
with school starting (school = hkust mba program) there hasn’t been a ton of time to post, but will try to my best to make up for lost pages now. with the races back (yes, there was time for the races of posting on here) i snapped a couple of picts in happy valley. first set here are from the underground pedestrian passage.
this set were snapped along my walk home just north of the track. the first one looks like a graphics airlines tag.
