MCRmarks

Bortusk Leer stufff

2009-01-06T14:31:00.001-08:00

Bortusk Leer: little dog thing
Originally uploaded by beatniksalad

Bortusk Leer copper
Originally uploaded by beatniksalad

Check the following links for more Bortusk Leer fun! I shall be on the lookout for more of these...

http://flickr.com/photos/tags/bortuskleer/
www.bortuskleer.com

Another Kid Acne lady

2008-12-19T17:41:00.001-08:00

Another Kid Acne lady
Originally uploaded by beatniksalad

Vindictive poetry

2008-12-19T13:19:00.001-08:00

Traffic wardens
Awkward thick
Creeping lurking pouncing
Sneaky little worms
Just like children
(But hey
Someone's gotta do it)

Merchandise

2008-12-07T09:56:00.000-08:00

Poster and 2009 calendar can be purchased below.

Kid Acne stabby women

2008-12-07T09:13:00.003-08:00

A couple of Kid Acne's "little stabby women", which have been cropping up in major cities across the UK according to www.kidacne.com.

Kid Acne warrior, originally uploaded by beatniksalad.

Kid Acne hunter, originally uploaded by beatniksalad.

Old gate and stencil

2006-12-03T07:13:00.000-08:00

An ink pot, and a turd in a dog bowl?

2006-10-07T09:08:00.000-07:00

Haven't got a clue what these are supposed to be but i find them appealing. An ink pot, and a turd in a dog bowl is my best guess.

As ever, if you know who/what this is, let me know in the comments!

Eating animals

2006-10-04T10:07:00.000-07:00

Planet helpless

2006-10-02T11:15:00.000-07:00

Planet helpless
Originally uploaded by beatniksalad.

On Flickr this is the 9th photo of this particular wall. But hey, the lighting worked out well.

what

2006-09-30T07:25:00.000-07:00

After a fine summer break MCR Marks is pleased to return to its task of documenting mancunian street art wherever I stumble accross it.
This from Hammo recently appeared near the wonderful Matt & Phredds. Now you can piss up against a wall with a picture of someone pissing up a wall painted on it, even if you're too drunk to appreciate the situation.

Long arms, short legs

2006-06-17T06:43:00.000-07:00

Long arms, short legs
Originally uploaded by beatniksalad.

I think this is lovely. It can be found where the mancunian way passes over upper brook street.

The artist is called Hello. It looks a bit like Monsieur A, with its
long limbs at least.

Tea, Spliff, Tea & Spliff: a series of stencils from under the Mancunian Way

2006-06-11T04:32:00.000-07:00

Eurocultured 2006

2006-06-03T01:58:00.000-07:00

It has been suggested that they call "Eurocultured" as they do because there's more funding available for a festival of European cultural *stuff* than there might be for a free party with music and graffiti. I couldn't possibly comment on this.

Anyway, the street-artist roll-call included Rookie, San, Klit (photo 2 below), Ruse76 (who has decorated the cornerhouse window in the past, Matt Sewell who did the mural on the wall of Common, Dreph, Guy McKinley, and ooh loads more.

This year's festival was pretty rained out, especially on the Sunday, and the street artists were stop-starting with the showers. Browse all the photos on Flickr, there's some superb ones. http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=eurocultured

Here's my top 4. As ever, if you know who the artists are, let me know! Particularly the top one, which seems very familiar. Big love! It's God, looking at himself in a green-tinted mirror, in the bath, surely?

Canal Street / Princess Street

2006-05-27T04:56:00.000-07:00

Canal Street / Princess Street

A colourful little space invader, bigger than most, which I walked past hundrends of times before spotting.

A natural selection

2006-05-20T01:32:00.000-07:00

We flock to the city, attracted by that sort of culture and vibrancy which only seems to spring up when people live piled on top of each other in their thousands or millions. But that urban edge comes with a price - as the people pile in the nature is squeezed out; we are removed from our natural habitat and we feel an ennui at its loss. And that's undoubtedly what motivated the artists below to bring a bit more sky, parrots and potted ferns into Manchester's grey corners.

Hmmm writes!

2006-05-19T01:05:00.000-07:00

I want to share with you the following missive I recieved from Hmmm.

"Hmmm has many guises and faces on and off the street. How glad I was to find an example of some scrawling I had done under the influence of somewonderful drug: Booze. Keep your eye and lens open as some more jollies should be hitting the northern qtr and beyond over the next month.

Hmmm"

Oh, and some links Hmm sent links to some pictures too: Storm trooper and New Orleans.

Guero

2006-05-12T05:59:00.000-07:00

Guero is Mexican slang for "white boy". It is also the title of Beck's latest record. I thought at first this was some corportate sponsored graffiti advertising the record, but it turns out it's about a little boy nicknamed Guero.
The artist has a flickr site at www.flickr.com/photos/karmacomazzz

The ubiquitous 30dz

2006-05-09T15:11:00.000-07:00

The ubiquitous 30dz
Originally uploaded by beatniksalad.

Right next to the mushroom feautured below, on the wall of a car park in the northern quarter

Super Mario mushroom

2006-05-07T05:04:00.000-07:00

Super Mario mushroom
Originally uploaded by beatniksalad.

Beer and murals

2006-05-07T04:40:00.000-07:00

Four murals from local bars. (1) from the Cornerhouse, (2) from Rodeo (obviously), (3) Matt Sewell's mural from Common and (4) from the back yard at Space (put up during the 2005 "Eurocultured" festival I think).

Hmmm!

2006-04-29T10:38:00.000-07:00

Hmmm!
Originally uploaded by beatniksalad.

The sqaure headed guy who says "hmmm" has long been a feature of the mancunian landscape. This one's on Oxford Road.

Square cows and click

2006-04-07T12:38:00.000-07:00

Square cows and click
Originally uploaded by beatniksalad.

I quite like the square cows... the "click click" thing is a club night in Mnachester. It's supposed to be a rocket next to the speech bubble thing.
New wakefield street.

Yeti thoughts

2006-04-01T09:02:00.000-08:00

Yeti thoughts
Originally uploaded by beatniksalad.

Oxford Road, under the Mancunian Way.

Not a happy man

2006-03-30T08:24:00.000-08:00

Not a happy man
Originally uploaded by beatniksalad.

An Iraqi torture theme going on here, I assume, but it's hard to tell... Oxford Road, under the Mancunian Way.

Not a real girl

2006-03-28T08:40:00.000-08:00

Not a real girl
Originally uploaded by beatniksalad.

New stencil opposite Pure Space, which used to be Generation X.

Stickers!

2006-03-06T06:08:00.000-08:00

...from the first international sticker awards.

The hotspur portrait gallery

2006-03-03T09:00:00.000-08:00

In the last week four large and quite fantastic faces have appeared on Hotspur House, behind Oxford Road, apparently by two different artists. Anyone know who they are?!

UPDATE: Yes, some-one does! They are by Kid Acne (left on the first one below) and Drephos (right). Thanks! Kid Acne has a website, and makes records, which you can listen to on myspace.

Revamped speed camera sign

2006-02-22T10:43:00.000-08:00

revamped speed camera sign
Originally uploaded by beatniksalad.

That'll be Mr. Eggs again, then.
Go to flickr to see more! (Not in a sexual way though.)

D*face paste-up

2006-02-07T02:58:00.000-08:00

This tattered thing was found somewhere in the Northern Quarter... view all d*face on mcr marks (3 to date!)

Deutsche Post fish

2006-02-03T04:14:00.000-08:00

Deutsche Post fish
Originally uploaded by beatniksalad.

Drawing on post office stickers is a pastime of street artists everywhere. Here's a German päckchen sticker on a Manchester security camera pole, by the person who does the fish.

Best

2006-02-02T00:52:00.000-08:00

Best
Originally uploaded by beatniksalad.

One of many pictures of George Best around Manchester. legend has it they appeared on the walls of their own accord, at the very moment he died...

Neither big nor clever

2006-01-30T04:52:00.000-08:00

Two photos to file under "neither big nor clever"; the latter can be sang to the tune of "Sheena is a punk rocker" if you feel inclined.

Torn swoon paste-up on old knitwear shop

2006-01-24T00:36:00.000-08:00

For knitwear

Torn swoon thing

The London Police

2006-01-23T00:35:00.000-08:00

The London Police
Originally uploaded by beatniksalad.

This little sticker, seen on Princess Street, is the logo of TLP. I wonder if they have anything a bit, well, bigger around Manchester...

Gorb vs D*face shop shutters

2006-01-20T00:41:00.000-08:00

This can be found somewhere up there in the northern quarter, up where all them new trendy bars are. D*face has appeared here before, Gorb has a photolog here and you can read an interview with him on Fatbombers here.

Blue invader

2006-01-18T09:25:00.000-08:00

Blue invader
Originally uploaded by beatniksalad.

An attractive blue space invader somewhere above a shop in the northern quarter.

Speaker

2006-01-17T00:57:00.000-08:00

Found somewhere behind Picadilly, December 2005.

Kill your boss!

2006-01-16T01:17:00.000-08:00

Kill your boss!

A sticker from Bodz. This was on walk up to Picadilly station, but I don't think it lasted too long.
see all bodz on mcr marks

Three more from Mr. Eggs

2006-01-05T01:03:00.000-08:00

Mr. Eggs is a prolific and interesting graffiti artist of Manchester's very own, hooray! Sadly his website got messed about with recently, and most of the recent paste-ups along the dark and dodgy route down Fairfield Street (see below) have disappeared - presumably a victim of the City Council, which hates free art.

These new photos were submitted by a reader (believe it or not I seem to have acquired one).

Technical problems

2005-12-07T18:05:00.000-08:00

My laptop died recently, so uploading photos has become a little challenging. I've taken some great ones though, and I'm looking forward to showing them to the world, as soon as I become technologically enabled once more.

Mean time, I bought the space invader map of Manchester, which came with some stickers about Rubik's Cubism. You may see one or two in town. Nothing to do with me, mind.

Also, how evil are tats cru? "The TATS CRU furnishes advertising and design services to businesses reaching out to young urban consumers ...". More whores at the capitalist gang bang, to paraphrase Bill Hicks.

So these TATS CRU guys sprayed fake graffiti adverts for some Sony console thing on rented walls. There's lots of discussion and pics on wooster and an article on wired about it.

Old tomato clings on

2005-12-07T04:43:00.000-08:00

Old tomato clings on
Originally uploaded by beatniksalad.

MCRmarks being about more than just street art, here is a piece of tomato which has been stuck to a wall on Princess Street for as long as I can remember.

Tenzin on the supermarket wall

2005-12-07T04:42:00.000-08:00

Face stencil on the supermarket
Originally uploaded by beatniksalad.

These faces were sprayed up all over town (perhaps all over the country) and then, two weeks later the explanation was added, in the form of the words "SENTENCED TO DIE" and "SAVETENZIN.ORG" stencilled below each one.

Good marketing from the crafty bhuddist types, there.

Dirty Blondes

2005-11-13T07:21:00.000-08:00

Dirty Blondes
Originally uploaded by beatniksalad.

See this work in its full glory on the Wooster Collective site.

1 pint six eggs

2005-11-13T07:20:00.000-08:00

1 pint six eggs
Originally uploaded by beatniksalad.

No eggs on North Western Street

2005-11-13T07:17:00.001-08:00

No eggs on North Western Street
Originally uploaded by beatniksalad.

Blue egg in polystyrene

2005-11-13T07:17:00.000-08:00

Blue egg in polystyrene
Originally uploaded by beatniksalad.

Just past the Star and Garter

Frog perspective

2005-11-02T07:24:00.000-08:00

Frog perspective
Originally uploaded by beatniksalad.

By the same guy or gal who did the fake frog street sign.
Cornerhouse wall, October 2005

Mr Eggs's cup

2005-11-01T01:04:00.000-08:00

Eggs cup
Originally uploaded by beatniksalad.

Princess Street, October 2005.

There's more and bigger stuff on the way from the egg man. see mreggs.com. coo coo cachoo.

Allergic

2005-10-28T06:58:00.000-07:00

Allergic
Originally uploaded by beatniksalad.

On Bunsen Street, near the brothers and the butterflies

Brothers and butterflies on Bunsen Street

2005-10-22T03:59:00.000-07:00

Brothers and butterflies on Bunsen Street
Originally uploaded by beatniksalad.

Brothers on Bunsen Street

2005-10-22T03:56:00.000-07:00

Brothers on Bunsen Street
Originally uploaded by beatniksalad.

Butterflies on Bunsen street

2005-10-22T03:52:00.000-07:00

RIMG0243
Originally uploaded by beatniksalad. Butterflies on Bunsen street, October 2005

2005-10-21T09:04:00.000-07:00

Real street sign, Piccadilly, October 2005

2005-10-21T09:00:00.000-07:00

Fake street sign, Oldham street, October 2005

Links and promises

2005-10-13T10:00:00.000-07:00

Clearly I need to get these photos on Flikr. There are, ahem, 263 photos tagged "Manchester Graffiti".

There should be a new bunch of photos at the weekend. I need to get better ones of those space invaders - I'm not doing them justice!

Meanwhile, look at xoooox. It's gorgeous. Clicking the chronology button is the button to be clicking.

(Found through kabakuba, which has beautiful pictures of a non-graffitistic nature).

2005-10-08T06:49:00.000-07:00

Four more space invaders! So, clockwise from top left; Union jack space invader near the hairdressers on the way from market street to the CIS; Large inverse space invader on Faraday Street (off Lever Street), Yellow out-of-focus space invader above withy grove stores sort of round the back of the Printworks; and lastly one right on the front of an old bank on the corner of Princess Street and Portland Street.

2005-10-08T06:34:00.000-07:00

"With the change of school, my son felt a little out of his element" or something. Portland street, October 2005

2005-10-08T06:31:00.000-07:00

Banksy bulldog enhanced somewhat, Richmond Street (behind Canal Street), October 2005

2005-10-08T06:29:00.000-07:00

Egg carton, Picadilly, October 2005

2005-10-08T06:27:00.000-07:00

Drainpipe, back picadilly, October 2005

2005-10-04T14:06:00.000-07:00

Collage: Three plaster remote controls stuck to walls at various points on oxford road, October 2005

Recent sightings

2005-10-03T05:36:00.000-07:00

Recently seen on the streets of Mancunia:
- three ceramic remote controls stuck to walls on oxford road. What on earth is that all about?
- A realistic fake street sign on oldham street, with a frog outline in one corner. It could have been there for years for all I know. I've seen a lot of stickers with a similar design recently, blank except for a little frog's head in the corner, but a proper street sign tied to a lamp post is a good effort.

I'll load pics of those up soon (as long as I catch them before they are removed by the sinister anti-art authorities).

Oh yeah, and Wooster has fresh stuff from mr eggs. Don't know where it is though.

2005-10-02T03:59:00.000-07:00

Moving space invader, Back Picadilly, September 2005. I think this is the fourth space invader on MCR marks. There are four more I've spotted, and I haven't bought the map... yet.

2005-10-02T03:57:00.000-07:00

A green house on post street (detail), September 2005

2005-10-02T03:56:00.000-07:00

A green house on post street in the Northern Quarter, September 2005

2005-10-02T03:54:00.000-07:00

Black and white head behind bushes, on the corner of murray street and jersey street, September 2005

2005-10-02T03:53:00.000-07:00

Odd glowing house creature, Corner of murray street and jersey street, September 2005

2005-10-02T03:51:00.000-07:00

Peeling posters on Jersey Street, September 2005

2005-10-02T03:49:00.000-07:00

Make Property History, Jersey Street, September 2005. Obviously this is a kind of communist pun on the Make Poverty History campain (and a pretty good one, especially for all of us who are sick of boring, identical flats for wealthy young professionals springing up in our gentrifying neighbourhoods. There's no reason why the city centre needs to be reserved for the posh, y'know.)

2005-09-20T12:22:00.000-07:00

Old tiling with six and arrows, on a vacant lot on Newton Street, September 2005.

2005-09-19T11:21:00.000-07:00

ID CCTV HMP UK? On the way from Oldham Street to Newton Street. [HMP stands for Her Magesty's Prison, for those readers who may not live under the tyranny of the British royal family]

2005-09-19T11:18:00.000-07:00

Bodz, off Oldham street on that skater shop, September 2005. Note that it's drawn on cheesy wallpaper, which is quite good...

2005-09-19T11:16:00.000-07:00

Fish caught on pedestrian crossing sign, Oldham Street, september 2005. The fish logo is a tag seen all over Manchester.

2005-09-15T11:57:00.000-07:00

Phone sex with Jesus, somewhere on a Clear Channel billboard, September 2005. Clear Channel do outdoor advertising, and as I may have mentioned, advertising is the enemy. As well as propagating psychological brainwashing techniques, they also do their best to destroy independent music.

2005-09-14T13:27:00.000-07:00

Atomic bombs fall upon Hotspur House, Cambridge Street, September 2005. Is this grafitti? Maybe it was put there by the tennants of this semi-derelict building. Why is a mystery. Maybe I should knock on the door and ask...

2005-09-12T06:16:00.000-07:00

Pace Aiders, Face Ailers, Princess Street, September 2005

2005-09-10T09:05:00.000-07:00

Bespectacled man with strange machinery, pulleys, other figures and body parts, Cambridge Street, September 2005. Artist: Swoon. This building looks like they are about to renovate it, so this worn combination of pencil and stencil won't be around for much longer. Hopefully they can put this whole wall section in the city art gallery.

2005-09-07T12:43:00.000-07:00

Union walls 6 (students, gerbils, kooks), September 2005

2005-09-07T12:42:00.001-07:00

Union walls 4 (red face and question), September 2005

2005-09-07T12:42:00.000-07:00

Union walls 5 (broken stereo), September 2005

2005-09-07T12:41:00.001-07:00

Union walls 2 (snail), September 2005

2005-09-07T12:41:00.000-07:00

Union walls 3 (woodstock), September 2005

2005-09-07T12:40:00.000-07:00

Union walls 1 (fairies and cocks), September 2005

2005-09-03T05:15:00.000-07:00

An absence of advertising (2), with reflection of photographer. Advertisers are the enemy, and here their machineries are laid bare. Picadilly, September 2005.

2005-09-03T05:11:00.000-07:00

Metrolink foetus, Picadilly, September 2005. Probably created by the same person who left us the egg. What is s/he trying to tell us?

2005-09-03T05:07:00.000-07:00

Yellow man mural, Church street, September 2005. A round of applause for this, please.
The artist is Os Geomos, I'm told.

2005-09-03T05:05:00.000-07:00

Motion F-50, Tibb street, September 2005

2005-09-03T05:02:00.000-07:00

Dorsey Street Space Invader, September 2005

2005-09-03T05:01:00.000-07:00

Laugh now, but one day we'll be in charge. Banksy, of course. Oldham street, September 2005.

2005-09-03T05:00:00.000-07:00

Overlaid images, one of which is of a boy holding a molotov cocktail and winking, which doesn't seem like a constructive example of street art to me, but hey, I merely record. Oldham street, September 2005.

2005-09-03T04:58:00.000-07:00

Red head, Oldham street, September 2005

2005-09-03T04:57:00.000-07:00

Broken ghetto blaster, Oldham street, September 2005

2005-09-03T04:56:00.000-07:00

Various MCR stickers, Oldham street, September 2005

2005-09-03T04:54:00.000-07:00

Fried egg, Princess Street, September 2005

2005-08-31T00:07:00.001-07:00

Euro Squad, The Queen is dead... Princess Street, August 2005

2005-08-31T00:07:00.000-07:00

Work, Buy, Consume, Die! - clumsy anti-capitalism on a Princess Street lamp-post, August 2005

2005-08-31T00:04:00.000-07:00

Handbag spanking at ankle height, Oxford Road, August 2005

2005-08-31T00:03:00.000-07:00

An absence of advertising, Whitworth Street, August 2005

2005-08-30T11:01:00.000-07:00

Lamp post cavity stuffed with litter, Oxford Road, August 2005

2005-08-30T11:00:00.000-07:00

Dollar sign on a rusty post for no discernable reason, Oxford Road, August 2005