Roadsworth

Posted October 29th, 2008 by notesdesign

Art
Ephemera
Graphics

While we were out in Amsterdam, we came across the work of Canadian stencil artist Roadsworth (Peter Gibson), and really liked it, so we thought we'd share.

He's been doing his thing since 2001, using stencils to adapt the existing road graphics, mainly on the streets of Montreal, initially as a protest against the lack of cycle lanes, but increasingly as a commentary on car culture, oil dependancy and authoritarianism. We're not sure how successful it is on those counts, but as a way of injecting a little wit and lyricism into the urban landscape, it rocks.