Comments on: Papergirl SF - October 29th 2011

Papergirl SF - October 29th 2011

busillis — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 09:40:13 -0800

Art thrown from bicycles, paperboy style. Papergirl SF is a mail-art and delivery systems art project. Art is distributed like a newspaper, rolled and bundled, and thrown to random passers-by from bicycles, paperboy style. Papergirl SF will roll out in San Francisco, October 29th.

"Papergirl was founded in Berlin by Aisha Ronniger and has been carried out once a year in the summer since 2006. It began as a response to a tightening of German graffiti laws. Papergirl SF is the San Francisco division of the original Berlin Papergirl Project. Papergirl SF seeks to bring art to people in a new, exciting and participatory way; directly and freely by bicycle." And they are taking submissions until October 8th. Art and bikes ...

By: Ironmouth

Ironmouth — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 09:41:03 -0800

We call this littering.

By: 2bucksplus

2bucksplus — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 09:45:15 -0800

If she breaks my window I'm chasing her down the road in my bathrobe.

By: DU

DU — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 09:47:57 -0800

thrown to random passers-by from bicycles, paperboy style That's exactly how I used to deliver newspapers! Flinging stuff at strangers on the street sure saves you time when it comes to collect the monthly fee because you have no idea who to collect from!

By: Horselover Phattie

Horselover Phattie — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 09:50:53 -0800

I was hoping the subject matter would be a bit more challenging or provocative than what I saw in the gallery. Although, I like the idea of foisting art on people who might otherwise not look at it regularly or think of it as something you need to go pay admission to see somewhere. "Littering" is an uncharitable view of this.

By: Horselover Phattie

Horselover Phattie — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 09:53:09 -0800

Also, here's a video of them distributing the art. See how upset people get!

By: kitarra

kitarra — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 09:55:43 -0800

We call this littering. posted by Ironmouth at 11:41 AM on September 29 Ready to throw the book at them, eh?

By: Wolfdog

Wolfdog — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 10:12:41 -0800

Having someone fling shit at you does not fit my understanding of the word "participatory".

By: Horselover Phattie

Horselover Phattie — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 10:22:44 -0800

That depends on which clubs you like to hang out at.

By: East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94

East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 10:26:12 -0800

This is a great thing. Just yesterday someone threw most of Serrano's Piss Christ at me

By: longsleeves

longsleeves — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 10:29:46 -0800

"It began as a response to a tightening of German graffiti laws." And that is why you got hit in the back with a rolled-up drawing of Legolas today.

By: EvaDestruction

EvaDestruction — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 10:34:39 -0800

I love the idea of this. Yes, it looks like it leans more toward an etsy-craftsy aesthetic and I don't see much in the gallery that moves me, but the idea of papergirls flinging art at pedestrians makes me smile.

By: EvaDestruction

EvaDestruction — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 10:37:35 -0800

Papergirl-World (tucked in the sidebar of the German site).

By: CynicalKnight

CynicalKnight — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 10:38:36 -0800

This form of art distribution would be much more efficient and exciting if you designed a special Gatling gun.

By: kmz

kmz — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 10:40:51 -0800

The German Graffiti Law Effect isn't quite as snappy as Butterfly Effect, unfortunately.

By: steef

steef — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 11:04:51 -0800

Paperboy style? Press 9, repeat.

By: JoeXIII007

JoeXIII007 — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 11:10:33 -0800

Who's in charge of raising by fishing pole a roughly uniform mob of bees that will eventually begin chasing paper____?

By: lesbiassparrow

lesbiassparrow — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 11:40:29 -0800

Although, I like the idea of foisting art on people who might otherwise not look at it regularly or think of it as something you need to go pay admission to see somewhere. Because when you foist things on people, they always learn to enjoy them...

By: drumcorpse

drumcorpse — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 12:35:31 -0800

Well hey, non-cynical Western MA mefites, Papergirl Northampton just extended the deadline for submissions through October 5th... And yeah, it's not like they reject anything that gets submitted. In the past few years being downtown during the Papergirl rides I received a great big woodblock print, a nice little etching, a watercolor that looks like it was done by a 6th-grader who was really into D&D, and a "tag" scrawled in paint pen on an index card. Fun!

By: Horselover Phattie

Horselover Phattie — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 12:36:45 -0800

> Because when you foist things on people, they always learn to enjoy them... Shoot, if it's good art it won't matter if they "enjoy" it because it will challenge them in some way just with a glance.

By: MangyCarface

MangyCarface — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 12:40:51 -0800

CALIFORNIA

By: You Can't Tip a Buick

You Can't Tip a Buick — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 13:50:38 -0800

CALIFORNIA posted by MangyCarface at 12:40 PM on September 29 [+] [!] knows how to party.

By: 2manyusernames

2manyusernames — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 14:28:22 -0800

Horselover Phattie: "I was hoping the subject matter would be a bit more challenging or provocative than what I saw in the gallery. Although, I like the idea of foisting art on people who might otherwise not look at it regularly or think of it as something you need to go pay admission to see somewhere. "Littering" is an uncharitable view of this." Well if the person calling it "littering" declares their statement is an Artwork then it can't be "uncharitable". It is art.

By: anigbrowl

anigbrowl — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 14:50:14 -0800

I felt snarky about this. But after reflection, I decided to provide them with artwork of mine that will then be flung at random passers-by. If I were to see such flingage taking place in the context of a whimsical movie, I would tearfully approve; my reflexive hostility having art flung at me by bicycling bohemians probably stems from a lack of confidence about the flingworthiness of my own art. Therefore, some strangers are going to get lucky, whether they like it or not.

By: wreckingball

wreckingball — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 16:40:18 -0800

Oh hey. I made a piece (self-link, obvs) in the form of a newspaper last year, and I wasn't sure I'd have a chance to show them again before they mouldered away to nothing. So hooray, this. Also, thank you for reminding me, MetaFilter, that posts about art here invariably yield comments only marginally less irritating than your average YouTube video.

By: GuyZero

GuyZero — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 16:44:27 -0800

Will she shoot beers down a bar next? Perhaps hunt spys in a car? Maybe help a frog cross a road?

By: found missing

found missing — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 17:04:41 -0800

You call these Metafilter comments art?? My five year old could make comments as good as these--on YouTube!

By: freebird

freebird — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 21:55:03 -0800

She's wading through the crowd at the Effulgent Mussel, my favorite Joyce bar of all in the Mission, shouldering her way past swillers of beer, carefully assisting sippers of wine to the side as she strides inexorably toward me. My efforts to swim upstream to the men's room or lose myself in the cigarette garden awash with critical theory are for naught and she catches me up, hard against the lee side of the retro video game simulator cabinet. I smell artisan coriander gum as she thrusts her goggled and tattooed face into mine - it's the Papergirl, and she's growling through gritted teeth: "I want my two dollars!"