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iron
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Amsterdam 2009
« Thread Started on Aug 22, 2009, 4:16am »

Faile visited Amsterdam this summer and left something behind (again).
Photos taken by Wojofoto

Funny thing as we've just talked about it here.
Good to see some street work out there

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Re: Amsterdam 2009
« Reply #1 on Aug 22, 2009, 2:47pm »

I noticed somebody wrote this about one of the new pieces in Amsterdam,

"Is "faile" a Dutch word? It reminded me of Beckett's "Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better". I'm living in Scotland at the moment, and I think "fàile" means "welcome"... "

Found this opinion quite refreshing.

Great to see new street work, simply great.

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Re: Amsterdam 2009
« Reply #2 on Aug 24, 2009, 3:59am »

yeah, agreed very nice
Jut spent an hour going through that photostream. Hadnt seen it before. There's some lovely street pieces there.
This is a peach courtesy of unusualimage's
http://www.flickr.com/photos/unusual_image/3202544602/

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Re: Amsterdam 2009
« Reply #3 on Aug 27, 2009, 2:30pm »

Long time between posts, but I have a little insight on this one.
"Is "faile" a Dutch word?..."

'Faile' is not a Dutch word as far as I know. However, the word 'Veel' sounds the same to English ears. You hear it in all kinds of sentences here in Holland. For example, 'Veel Success!' is a common expression...'much success' or an indirect translation 'good luck'. I hear 'Veel'(fail) about 20 times a day...basically 'much'.

Anyway, was out and about 'op de fiets'... on the bike...and caught snaps of some recent Faile stuff, came back to post it and saw it was already all over. Uploading Just one Faile snap..one London Police...and one from an artist I'm into over here, 'Mon Mort'...sorry if the other pictures are too 'off' topic.

While I am here posting, I'll mention...

I have a few Faile originals for sale on the Andenken Gallery sister site here in The Netherlands
www.matherkunst.com

...an NYC box and a piece on wood from 2005 at Andenken...hydeyhodey@gmail.com

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faile just off Haarlemmerstraat

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london police on the Prinsengracht

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Mon Mort in the Jordaan

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Re: Amsterdam 2009
« Reply #4 on Aug 27, 2009, 3:41pm »

Great photos! The TLP piece looks incredible. Your Monster stenicl on panel is really nice and classic. Good luck with your sales and post more often!

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