Little People in the City
The Street art of Slinkachu
Foreword by Will Self
When I was in London cruising around the incredible Covent Gardens, I stumbled across many awesome book stores. All the books were so cheap in comparison to Australian prices. I saw the book Terryworld by Terry Richardson for £20. I really wanted to buy it, but it was so heavy and I was already over my baggage limit. So I settled for smaller books. This was one of the books I brought home with me.
I really like the introduction as well:
Policeman: Excuse me Sir. Would you mind telling me what you are doing?
Slinkachu: Oh. Er… I was just gluing down this little plastic person
Policeman: Eh?
Slinkachu: Here, look. It’s an… er… an art thing. Kind of. I take photos of these little people. Then leave them.
Policeman: Oh, ha! Cute! Sorry, I thought you were sniffing glue, what with that super glue. We get a lot of that around here.
Slinkachu: Yeah. Ha…
Policeman: Yeah, this is cute. Ha, a little car too! Sweet. My kids would love this!
Slinkachu: Yeah, it’s, er… a little prostitute. And a punter. In the car.
Policeman: …oh….oh, well, er… carry on.
Slinkachu: Er, yeah. Thanks…
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February 3rd, 2010at 10:31 pm(#)
Such a great idea for a book. Mad chief.
February 3rd, 2010at 11:15 pm(#)
Yes! So glad you scanned these in, been wanting to see it ever since you bought it. Should probably buy it as it’s cheap here, like you say.
Oh, was gonna buy Terrysworld for ash’s bday but they were out of print, re-printing it now due to popular demand.
Nice one.