Friday, September 12, 2014

Typewriter artist Paul Smith

Thanks to TCGirl for finding this wonderful video.

4 comments:

  1. Fucking genialt.

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  2. Buck "I'm Here to Fuck" McCoy17 Sept 2014, 21:41:00

    Why use a typewriter, though? The end result isn't something that couldn't be done better with, you know, a pencil.

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  3. Good question. Which is why I often label such things under the heading of "art or sport?" Does it make it better art?
    No, but arguably it makes it more interesting.

    And in the case of Paul, with his cerebral palso, he simply can't control a pencil, so without an aid like the typewriter, he could not make his art.

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  4. Buck "I'm Here to Fuck" McCoy26 Sept 2014, 03:54:00

    No, but arguably it makes it more interesting

    Based on this video and the images of his work I could find, you wouldn't be able to tell it was done with a typewriter if you didn't already know. Besides, it's the end result that counts, not how you get there.

    And in the case of Paul, with his cerebral palso, he simply can't control a pencil, so without an aid like the typewriter, he could not make his art.

    He's got an excuse. He's not a hipster.

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