© Frank H. Jump
© Frank H. Jump
Urban Ediglyphs
A Pair of Urban Ediglyphs – Capitol Hill – Seattle, WA
© Frank H. Jump
© Frank H. Jump
I call the interplay between painted text on brickface and graffiti/streetart an “urban ediglyph.” The etymology of this word comes from the words ediface– an imposing building (in this case a building wall) and petroglyph – ancient rock engravings left behind by earlier indigenous cultures. Often the earlier fading ad is somewhat indecipherable but takes on a newer meaning with the addition of the streetart or urban tagging. Here are two from Seattle that I thought merited a blog posting.
United Railway Telegraph School – Coca-Cola – Graffiti – Urban Ediglyph – Fading Ad Wiki – The Tenderloin – San Francisco, CA
© Frank H. Jump
On Flicker & elsewhere on the blogosphere:
See Ediglyph definition on the Fading Ad Wiki.
ediglyph– a term Jump invented from the words edifice (building) and petroglyph (ancient stone wall etching). Ediglyphs encompass fading ads and graffiti. – Fading Ad Wiki
Fulton Street Hebrew Ediglyphs – Adonai (Yehova) – Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn
Fulton Street Hebrew Ediglyphs - Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn - © Frank H. Jump
Fulton Street Hebrew Ediglyphs - Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn - © Frank H. Jump
Adonai – Wikipedia
