Mysterious "Meme-o-Matic" Appears on NE 28th and Burnside

:-d

looks like someone joining Lex Loeb's concept of pedestrian friendly cultural/intellectual inspiration. Loeb's the originator of the UFO museum and proprieter of the world's smallest museum in the lobby of PICA.

I'd seen this before - in a much plainer form - and then it "left" - looks like it grew! Hope to enjpoy it again soon. (Thank you Oh mysterious Giver/s)

best in repurposed documentation machinery.

you rock!!

nice. i'll be looking.

This has been there for over a year. No mystery.

Hmm. It's the first I've noticed it. Then again I've been out of town a lot this year. But still, I guess that shows how observant I've been. I'm surprised it hasn't been removed, especially the stuff on the poles. Does anyone know how long it's been there? And have the same people done anything else?

Why would I want to read some independent conspiracy theories when I have that pretty, pretty, yellow Oregonian box right across the street? I'll stick to spending my daily .35c on the "REAL NEWS". hahahahahahahahahahahhasahahahahah

this was locked up near the Fresh Pot on Mississippi for a while
last year. i thought i saw it somewhere else too. maybe there's
an army of them. maybe they feed on media and reproduce ...

Nothing mysterious, just community artwork. It would be a sad day if the city took any of it away. It has been there for a long time and not bothering anybody. Too bad you posted an article about it to get the city's attention. At least with Vera gone maybe they won't be so anal about such things when she's not too preoccupied having a fit about those hooker ads in the back of Willamette Week. If you ask the friendly neighborhood employees of the Starbucks at that intersection you can learn more about it. (I am not one of them or connected with this thing in anyway other than being someone who lives in the community and appreciates it being there.)

I'm confused ...
Where's the lack of mystery ... ???

Anyone care to take responsibility for this? I know of a group that would be interested in getting more of them out there. We're all about folks taking the roles of gov't and corp.'s and doing them in a community way. Just an email or snail mail address (maybe not even yours) would suffice. Just want to get a hold of you.

~Adam

We need to see more of this socially engaged art! Way to go! In their faces!!! Ya just gotta look, don't ya? This is another way to get the real news out....the real ideas.

I've always been VERY curious if the City of Portland charge$ the (B)Oregonian for
each of the newspaper boxes they attach to the public's signs, lamp posts, etc.

I recall during the Rose Festival Grand Floral Parade, the city PIO stated that
it was against city ordinance to attach (chain) anything to the public's
sign posts, lamp posts, etc. The PIO warned that the city would remove the
lawn chairs and all the parade watching crap that is chained up along the
parade route. Will they also remove those unsightly "bird cage liner"
vending machines?

-OR- is the (B)Oregonian exempt from this city ordinance ?

Anyone know? It would surely ruin the Oregonian's day if there were
no exemption (or pay-off) - they'd be in multiple violation.

Please let it be so!

This is a really excellent idea! Way to go. We need these in all the cities of the world. I mean, here at the UO and near campus, we have all kinds of boxes that give out real estate flyers and silly rags that no one needs. In art, we can subtly critique the hollow and meaningless commercial media bullshit and add beauty to the streets. Oh, meme-o-matic posse, get your creative asses down here and get to work. Ya know, now that EPD has pulled their Gulliani stlye clean-up-the-streets bullshit, and kicked the "bums" from panhandling by the street corners...there is a little more space. --j

Read more:

Tactics for transients: Eugene officers' "no soliciting" curbside paintings are called a creative neighborhood solution:

 http://www.registerguard.com/cgi-bin/printStory.py...

 http://rgweb.registerguard.com/news/2005/01/08/a1.ellis.0108.html

<damn those sneeky RG bastards> they say, you must see the ads! and the ads you shall see!!

Hey guys n gals! You, yes you, can do it yourselves! An awesome concept. I'm glad to hear that people are interested, so, go on, see what you can create...

yeah, its next to my school, who ever is the ass-kicking artist/author, i think thats one of the coolest things in the whole neighborhood!