What's the most clever thing you have seen de-faced - Beyond Tiki

I ikitnrev Tiki Socialite D.C. / Virginia Joined: Jul 27, 2002 Posts: 1325	I ikitnrev Posted posted on Thu, Aug 26, 2004 9:23 PM The following happened in Columbus, OH, the same night that Combustible Edison played the Kahiki Restaurant. Several of us (including musicians too) were staying up in a room of a nearby hotel. On one wall, above the tv was a generic abstract painting, that was soon bugging one of us .... so we decided to deface it. We took the painting off the wall, and carefully unscrewed the back panel, removed the matting, etc, until the actual print was in front of us. One of the females had some lipstick that roughly matched one of the colors in the painting. We added the words 'HELP ME' in large letters (in a abstract font), and then carefully reassembled everything and hung it back on the wall. The 'Help Me' text wasn't so obvious right away, and one walking quickly through the room would not really see it. But if some future hotel guest were lying there in bed, watching TV, their eyes would hopefully eventually drift to the painting, and they would then see the 'Help Me' message .... and who knows what thoughts they would have for the rest of the night. Well, that's what we all hoped would happen .... I have a picture of the final painting somewhere. Vern [ Edited by: ikitnrev on 2004-08-26 21:24 ]

The following happened in Columbus, OH, the same night that Combustible Edison played the Kahiki Restaurant.

Several of us (including musicians too) were staying up in a room of a nearby hotel. On one wall, above the tv was a generic abstract painting, that was soon bugging one of us .... so we decided to deface it.

We took the painting off the wall, and carefully unscrewed the back panel, removed the matting, etc, until the actual print was in front of us. One of the females had some lipstick that roughly matched one of the colors in the painting. We added the words 'HELP ME' in large letters (in a abstract font), and then carefully reassembled everything and hung it back on the wall.

The 'Help Me' text wasn't so obvious right away, and one walking quickly through the room would not really see it. But if some future hotel guest were lying there in bed, watching TV, their eyes would hopefully eventually drift to the painting, and they would then see the 'Help Me' message .... and who knows what thoughts they would have for the rest of the night.

Well, that's what we all hoped would happen .... I have a picture of the final painting somewhere.

Vern

[ Edited by: ikitnrev on 2004-08-26 21:24 ]

Post #110567 by ikitnrev on Thu, Aug 26, 2004 9:23 PM