A stripper’s mementos

As one commentator observed: photographer Juliana Beasley changed from being observed (as the once upon a time strip dancer Nico) to observer. Reminiscing on her blog, she published some cool Polaroids from her stripper days – and awesome excerpts from her book ‘Lapdancer, providing a window into the world of a stripper.

What about the photos? Juliana “decided to have a ‘fan photo’ taken with various feature dancers, as a mimicry of customers who often paid for the same service, in order to take a token of the nights evening, and the dancer, away and home with them”.

Hacking road signs: zombies on attack

Another subversive act of humourous street art. Wooster Collective reports that two city construction road signs near the University of Texas were hacked a few days ago, warning the residents of Austin that a zombie attack was imminent. Well done! 🙂

Subversive street art: Legal to Pee Prank

An anonymous female artist called Questionmarc has been causing a bit of a stir in Nottingham over the last couple of weeks in a hilarious attempt to highlight some ignored issues in the city.

City hit by ‘legal to pee’ prank (BBC)

Nottingham Council said anyone taking the advice of the signs could be prosecuted. People should ignore signs telling them that it is legal to urinate in certain public places in Nottingham, the city council said.

The signs, which were put up by pranksters in and around Nottingham, are designed to look official. They feature a toilet sign and include the words: “Public Urination Permitted After 7.30pm”. Nottingham City Council is now urging the public to ignore the notices as it sets about removing them.

The prank also featured a laminated note, headed with the logo of Nottingham City Council, which said the scheme was aimed at reducing the mess faced by residents outside their homes. The notice reads: “In an attempt to reduce late night public nuisance, during the holiday period, Nottingham City Council has designated several public urination areas across the city. “This urination area will be cleaned daily between the hours of 5am and 6am.”

A spokeswoman for the authority said: “It is an offence to urinate in public and these signs have been put up illegally, for whatever reason. “We would urge people to ignore them, otherwise they could find themselves inadvertently facing a prosecution. “We are taking the signs down as quickly as possible and if anyone spots one of the illegal signs we ask them to please contact the city council so they can be removed.”

[Source: Wooster Collective]

Related articles

• The “Legal to Pee” Prank (neatorama.com)
• “Public Urination Permitted After 7.30pm” (dvorak.org)
• Council removes ‘Urinate in public’ signs (telegraph.co.uk)