Thundercut Takes Sticker Art to a New Level

Duuuude! Thundercut rules! We were walking around downtown New York City last year when we noticed several crosswalks (Walk-Dont Walk) signals that had been partially covered by stickers. The stickers were carefully designed cut-outs made to look like little adhesive articles of clothing. The stickers were affixed to the signals in such a way that the lit-up humanoid Walk and Don't Walk figures appeared to be "wearing" the clothes. There were various types of "outfits" -- a hip-hop dude carrying a boombox on one signal; a tennis pro in whites on another; a Yankees fan with a 40-ounce beer. (see above) on another. We later learned that the artist(s) responsible for these is called Thundercut. NYC street art doesn't get much cleverer nor much more playful than this. Now there's a web site where you can see some of Thundercut's best work. Check it out at www.thundercut.com and tell 'em Thurston sent ya'!

Posted by Thurston Ali at August 24, 2005 12:06 AM