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Jun 3, 2009

What lies beneath

Sometimes, there’s more beauty (or at least aesthetic interest) in removed or partially removed things than in what was there before.

This seems especially true with advertising.

What Lies Beneath

They’re doing lots of restoration work in the bowels of King’s Cross tube station at the moment. These former advertising posters can be found in the entry/egress tunnels from the Victoria line platforms.

Ripped

More after the jump…

Peeling

How you know that deconstructivist design is starting to mess with your head

Scraped

See also: walls.

What lies beneath

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  1. Alice says:
    June 3, 2009 at 5:25 pm

    I love those too. Also ghost signs(i.e. old adverts painted on brick which have faded).

    I’m sure I saw a piece of art at the Tate Modern a couple of summers ago which was made with a form of collage based on that sort archeology old layers of old billboard ads. I might have made that up though, it’s a half-memory.

  2. Tom Taylor says:
    June 3, 2009 at 5:26 pm

    I took a few of these too:

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/scraplab/sets/72157614975835398/

  3. The Subtle Rudder says:
    June 3, 2009 at 5:36 pm

    Great shots–I love these! There’s something haunting about the half-faces and ghost words that stare out at you. I also love the hundreds of staples you find bristling on wooden phone poles, with little pieces of band adverts and tear-off flyers hanging from them.

  4. Gail says:
    June 7, 2009 at 9:12 pm

    Beautiful shots Meg, remind me of when my folks stripped 120 years worth of wallpaper (it had been layered to an unbelievable extent). It was like glimpsing history, so glad you captured these while they are still there!

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