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Sam3's telescope mural

David Pescovitz at 11:01 am Tue, Nov 15, 2011

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Artist Sam3 painted this lovely mural and several others for the recent Bien Urbain street art festival in Besancon, France. More images of the art in the Bien Urvain Flickr stream. (via Laughing Squid)

David Pescovitz is Boing Boing's co-editor/managing partner. He's also a research director at Institute for the Future. On Instagram, he's @pesco.

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fisheye

…and if you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes also into you :]
querent

Bad fucking ass! Come do one at my school!
RJ

That’s a lovely mural. It conveys a relatively complex philosophical concept in a very simplified way. THAT is a good example of art in a public place.
AncientScot

Ah. It’s a real pity there’s no way for a humble mortal to get a link for this picture to Billy Connolly.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9Q1iAVcp5I&feature=related