Not Very Green Graffiti

In the spirit of recognizing and recording, not only my successes, but also my failures;
this post is dedicated to possibly THE BIGGEST FLOP OF ALL TIME!

You may remember my previous post on Oct 20th 2008, about green graffiti, entitled “Theatre as Disposable Art”. Well... having researched different forms of environmentally friendly graffiti in the processed of writing that post, I decided I wanted to give it a go myself.

I made a mixture of moss and buttermilk and painted it on walls around London. The main idea is that the moss should grow in the shape in which it was painted. So, I painted a series of footprints on some already gratified walls across London. The foot prints were intended to grow into lush green plant life in the context of urban decay. I hoped that once the foot prints were fully grown they would possibly encourage anyone who came across them to consider the tracks we are leaving in our natural world as we expand and developed.

...The desired effect was not achieved, however...
Not by a long shot!!!
My poor little feet didn’t grow. I think I didn’t water them enough...

...bummer...