My giant Waldo needs a new home! He had to come off his current roof because it is having non-Waldo related skylight problems. If you have an eager crew, a flat roof and want a giant Waldo, let me know (mcoles@eciad.ca)! He is in easily grommatable pieces and good spirits; He still appears to be smiling. He has [...]
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July 25, 2008
Look what Martin Handford Sent Me!
Martin Handford is the illustrator and creator of Waldo, he painted a picture of my Waldo in one of his Where’s Wally books! How nice!
May 20, 2008
New Documentary On My Project
Filmmaker Kristin MacCary has made a great documentary clip about my project which can be seen on VancouverIAM. She shot it on the morning after an April snowfall so there are some shots of Waldo in the snow!
I have been receiving lots of hits from street art blogs Wooster Collective and Bombing Science. It is interesting to [...]
April 25, 2008
I got an A!
I just found out I got an A on my Waldo Project! I am glad I took a chance and did a left field project like this.
I have been busy preparing for my exhibition of this project for my Graduation Exhibit opening on May 3rd.
I just found out I was in the LA times! I am going to [...]
April 14, 2008
The World Joins in the Game!
The blog posts about Waldo keep flooding in! There is far more than I can list here but highlights from the past few days include Wired (US), GQ, Google Earth Blog, The Mail on Sunday (UK), IOL Diaro (Portugal), Gizmodo, Mineki (Japan/Canada) and even my school, Emily Carr Institute has blogged about it.
I went into the [...]
April 12, 2008
More Waldos?
I have had two people emaling today saying they and their friends want to create their own versions of rooftop Waldos! One in Phoenix AZ, and one in New Orleans! This is great, and I hope they begin popping up in many cities! My intention is to create a PDF of instructions and provide the grid, so [...]
April 11, 2008
Waldo Hits the Dailies!
Waldo and I were on the cover of two daily newspapers here in Vancouver, The Vancouver Sun and 24 Hours. On my way home from class I saw three people in a row reading newspapers with my Waldo on the cover! The story was also mentioned on Jack FM, News 1130, The Beat 94.5, Global [...]
April 9, 2008
Waldo is famous in Brazil too!?
Apparently the biggest news station in Brazil is covering my Waldo! That is so funny and great! It seems most cultures know Waldo and some call him Wally! I had hoped this project would become viral and apparently it has! According to Andre, Rede Globo is the third biggest news station in the world!
Here [...]
April 3, 2008
Aerial Shot of Waldo
This is a helicopter shot (taken last week) of Waldo as he will appear on Google Earth. Click the image to see it in detail. Special thanks to Rock for the aerial photograph.
