How do robots see the world? This is an experiment in found machine-vision footage, exploring the aesthetics of the robot eye. [SLVimeo]
posted by jivadravya on Feb 7, 2012 - 14 comments

"if you see ken around the downtown eastside, chinatown, or gastown, buy his art or i'll stab you in the neck!" Ken Foster wanders the streets of Vancouver, painting the neighborhoods and selling the paintings he's made on found objects.
posted by cross_impact on May 7, 2010 - 4 comments

Jail Finds is a flickr set of art found stuffed inside books by the account holder at the jail where they are a volunteer running the book cart.
posted by jonson on Oct 29, 2007 - 9 comments

The Box Doodle Project - Cool cardboard art.
posted by dobbs on Jul 19, 2004 - 3 comments

The Museum of Bad Art
posted by anastasiav on Mar 15, 2004 - 10 comments

Stickernation - found sticker art from around the world.
posted by dobbs on Jan 27, 2004 - 5 comments

TRASHLOG — or — arresting and acute observation of ordinary offal.
posted by pedantic on Jan 23, 2004 - 5 comments

Time Tales : a collection of abandoned photographs, found at fleamarkets, thriftshops, or just lying on the street
posted by anastasiav on Nov 15, 2003 - 7 comments

Object Not Found. Lost and found photographs, postcards and letters.'The collection of postcards, photographs and letters collected here allows me to peek into a however small part of other peoples lives. '
Found via Countries of the Mind, a page about an imaginary world, and its postage stamps and postcards.
Related interest :- P22 Mail Art, and gallery.
posted by plep on May 22, 2003 - 5 comments

StreetMattress.com - Much like "found art", this site chronicles the phenomenon of abandoned mattresses, and finally gives the public a forum on which to comment on them. Some if my favorites are here, here, and here.
posted by emptybowl on Jun 11, 2002 - 10 comments