The Invisible Man reappears
An activist/street artist called the Invisible Man has left small plaques on walls and telegraph poles around inner city Sydney, particularly Surry Hills and Darlinghurst. But recently, the Invisible Man’s branched out.
At this spot on Premier Lane, Darlinghurst, and on a few other walls around town, the Invisible Man’s appeared as a copycat of This Is For That‘s alphabaffiti.
We’ve had people searching the blog for various combinations of ‘Darlinghurst’, ‘Sydney’ and ‘invisible’ or ‘invisible man’ every day for the past month or so. And at least one report, in the comments, of hand delivered material from Invisible Man.
Then one of our readers, Steve, noted this plaque on the corner of Farrell Avenue and Kirketon Road, Darlinghurst.
Hard to see, I only caught a glimpse of it out of the corner of my eye. It’s stuck to the curb that forms the garden bed on the little traffic island at the intersection of Farrell Avenue and Kirketon Road.
This one is for Lisa Marie Smith and references something happening with her in Bangkok in ’96 – and on a side note, asks to ‘FREI BOGAN SCHAPELLE CORBY’.
It’s also got what looks like a giant spliff on it.
And then this…
Walking down to Cafe Hernandez on a recent morning, we noticed this artwork on a shelf, dated 2007 – clearly by the same artist – Damien Jones.
Hi, I am actually writing to you about the garbage bins in Womerah Avenue. I am sure you know (not sure if it was mentioned on Darlo Nights) that the council did away with our previously perfectly good bins which fitted into the little bin storage compartment under our house and with the old bins went the twice a week pick up. The council has given us larger bins which do not fit in the said compartment and have cut back to a once weekly pick up. They have now threatened (via letter) to come and speak to us personally about the bins being constantly in front of the house. I can hardly wait. In order to relocate the bin, I would have to either hoist it 3 meters up onto our front balcony (no external access) or I would have to wheel it through my house to the courtyard out the back which I am not about to do. Alternatively I could ask the neighbour in unit 2 upstairs to use the rear entrance (unit 2 exclusive use so we don’t have keys) and remove a number of his nice tropical plants in order to make space for butt-ugly bins in a manicured courtyard 3×3 meters large acting as an outdoor dining space, so wherever you (or rather he) put the bins, a diner would seat no further away than 1,5 meters from a bin. This is a completely ridiculous result of a one size fits one policy by the council. Speaking of one size fits all, they offer an alternative small bin which is microscopic and which we would fill within 2 days flat with nappies and other refuse generated by a family of 4 downstairs and household of 2 upstairs. I can’t wait to talk to the council in person when they turn up! Has anyone else written to you about this issue? Cheers, Maggie
maggie wojciechowska
14 Jan 10 at 10:44 pm
There is a duplicate of the Lisa Marie Smith plaque at the bus stop out the front of the Hub in Newtown too…
pt
5 Feb 10 at 9:45 am
I have found a plaque behind King Street in Newtown and my friend received a letter from the Invisible Man. I have a photo of the plaque and the orginal letter. Email me on the address provided and I can forward you what I have.
Lisa
20 Feb 10 at 6:52 pm