April 10, 2008
One intention of my project was to re-contextualise Waldo from a paper medium to the web, but it seems like he’s going to be back in print! The Vancouver Sun did a photo shoot and interview with me this morning. There will be a feature on my Waldo in tommorows issue! There will also be a feature in tommorows 24 hours Vancouver. A newspaper in Spain called 20 Minutos has also writtten about Waldo and an online version can be seen at ¿Dónde está Wally en Google Earth?
CTV sent their Chopper 9 helicopter around Vancouver today looking for my Waldo and they found him! They also did a shoot with me today and that will air on CTV tommorow at 6:45pm! Also I will be doing an interview with NPR in New York tommorow, and I am really excited to be going in to the CBC studios on Monday to be on Q, a national radio show about arts and culture.
Waldo also continues to be showing up on the blogs! About 45 of them are in languages other than English so I dont know what they are saying! Here are a few of the English posts: Geek Sugar, Bag of Nothing, Nate is Smart, It is Green Man, Trendbird and Mindzai . Because of all the blog posts I received over 10,000 hits yesterday! That is more people than live in my hometown!
I didn’t expect so much media attention to happen but it is so fun! The best part was getting picked up from school in the CBC News van! And finding out I’m famous in Brazil! Though I’ll admit it is an easy distraction from my homework. It was fun to leave class early today saying “I have to leave early today, I have a photoshoot at 3:00″.
April 9, 2008
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 is my segment from CBC TV that aired yesterday and today. I was interviewed by Bob Nixon and he did a great job of the segment. Running time is 1:51 and you will need Windows Media Player to view it.
Today Waldo has also been featured on Neatorama, Globo.com (Brazil), Gridskipper, and even a Real Estate Blog! In addition, My classmate Nancy has been documenting the project from start to finish and has just created a you tube slide show of the process.
I am finding this all rather hilarious and exciting! I even did a radio interview for BCIT’s radio station before class this morning.
Fico feliz que o Waldo tenha muitos fãs no Brasil.
April 7, 2008
Wow, today has been an exciting day for my Waldo project! I was just on the rooftop doing a shoot for CBC TV. The segment will be on air tonight at 6, and possibly tommorow at noon! I will also post a digital verison here if it becomes available.
Also lots of blogs have written about him today! Now Public, Vancouver Met Blogs, Gus Digital, Kitsilano.ca, Beyond Robson and my sister Carolyn Coles have all posted blog articles about Waldo today. I am glad that people seem to be excited about it!
April 3, 2008
Nancy Strider who has been working closely with me on this project has written an article about the project on her blog Came of Age Before Computers. Its a great article and post links to simular projects and earth works. She posted a image of a giant homer simpson earth work!
April 3, 2008
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.
March 25, 2008
As of Friday, Waldo is up on a rooftop somewhere in Vancouver! He is patiently awaiting a Google fly by. I have a lot more photos to post here, but until then, here is a sneak peak of us constructing Waldo on the roof.
Me (Melanie) laying out the sheets of painted vinyl.
Ryan cutting Waldos outline.
Nancy and I taking a break before grommeting him together (Notice the Waldo grid we were using as a map, at the bottom of this image)
Photos by Emiliano Sepulveda
March 12, 2008
I cant believe it but all the painting is done! All that needs to be done now is making the sand bags and installing him on the roof! I am hoping he will go up on the 21st of this month. Also, Nancy has been documenting the production for a you tube short about my project!
March 5, 2008
Many Thanks to my crew who came to my studio to help me paint, last Sunday March 2. Contributing Artists Included:Ryan Dyck, Nancy Strider, Jay Martiniuk, Andrew Frose, Sandy Yee, Jordie Yow, Lisa Elgert, Keith Catton, Nicole Obidowski, Alison Benjamin, Amanda Thomson and Becky Ferguson.
Photography by Nancy Strider and Nicole Obidowski
March 5, 2008
For my graduating project at the Emily Carr Institute of Art Design and Media, I am creating a Google Earth Wheres Waldo inspired game. Players will be given the hint that Waldo is hiding somewhere in Vancouver and he can only be seen via Google Earth. In order to do this, a giant Waldo painting is being constructed and placed on a rooftop! The project will be exhibited at the Emily Carr Graduation Exhibit 08 opening May 3, 2008.
