22 Apr 2014
A Book About Ghost Signs
I am on the editorial panel for a book due for publication next year. Although it will be too late to find a place on the shelf at Bath’s Circulating Library (above), the topic for the book is ghost signs with the working title of ‘Ghost Signs: Historical, Social and Cultural Perspectives on Fading Advertising’. Full details, including the call for abstracts, can be found on this page which will be updated as the project progresses.
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Ghosting with Ghost Signs: An Experiment in Risography
One of the things I most enjoy about my work on ghostsigns is getting involved with student projects using the signs as a springboard into other creative processes. I’ve helped on a number of these, most recently the work of Gloria Soria at London College of Communication. She has now completed her studies and took […]
13 Aug 2014
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‘Phantoms’ by Michelle Madsen of the Poetry Takeaway
The Poetry Takeaway is a fun, interactive rapid poetry unit, and I was lucky enough to get one written for me a couple of weeks ago when I met the team at Here London. After a high-energy chat/interview with poet Michelle Madsen, I left her to it, and she came back with ‘Phantoms’ which you […]
24 Jun 2016
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Mapping San Francisco’s Ghostsigns
This project [Link expired] is seeking to create a comprehensive google map of ghostsigns in San Francisco. It is run by Kasey Smith of the Perception Filter blog (recommended) and has already made significant progress. Many of the stories surrounding the documented signs are published on the blog, including the reveal of the one pictured […]
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