Holy Great Ideas, Batman!

Today's song: Only Happy When It Rains by Garbage

I am not really one for arts and crafts.  I have no appreciation for art and virtually no talent.  But some projects require little of either and cool enough to even appeal to Philistines.  Making art that only shows up on concrete when it rains definitely qualifies.

The first time I saw anything like this the project used Neverwet, a proprietary waterproofing product.  The results were pretty cool and I considered doing it when I owned my office building downtown, but I never got around to it.  There were two reasons, first I never took the initiative to go get Neverwet or any similar product.  It seemed like a lot of bother to use the two step application process on something so frivolous.  The second reason was that technically, meaning in reality, I was a co-owner of the building and it seemed like the kind of thing you have to run past your business partner first.  Cool as he was, I guessed Adam would not be up for the project.  Below is the vid that led me to consider the project.



I never went trough with the project but I kept mulling it over.  This weekend a new video was put on YouTube that makes it much more likely that I will go through with it.  There are three reasons why this idea is better than the original one.  First of all, it is simpler.  It is a one step process that uses a commonly available product.  Second of all it is not as permanent.  The video maker says the product "lasts for a pretty good while", he does not say it lasts forever.  The fact that it does not last forever makes me more willing to commission someone to produce street art for me because I am not permanently affecting anyone's resale value of their property.  And lastly, the Bat-symbol is such a cool idea for such a project.  What better way to bring a smile to some sad pedestrian forced to walk in the rain than to have them chance upon the Bat-symbol.

Here is the vid:



Spring is finally here.  Those April showers I keep hearing children sing about will soon be upon us.  Seems like the perfect time to do a little street art.  They keep doing tasteless and dumb art projects in the Downtown, seems like it is about time someone did something that people might actually enjoy.  Anyone up for a little Banksey style guerrilla art?

Later

Bob