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Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2014 6:20 pmMore on the work of the bridge letter box prankster artist:
"When a postbox mysteriously appeared on the side of a bridge last year it made international headlines and flummoxed spoon bender extraordinaire Uri Geller. But who is the prankster behind this and many other japes?
Bizarre art installations have been cropping up on roundabouts, bridges and rivers in south-east England.
A large, red Google Maps pin turned up at a busy roundabout and a park bench was found "floating" on the River Thames. And there was plenty scratching of heads this month when a new sign was added to the side of a bridge, warning boat drivers of the risks of skidding.
The man behind them prefers not to give his real name, but he is the artist known as Impro.
"It's just to make life a little more magical," he says. "A bit like finding Easter eggs in an Easter egg hunt. It's something that you don't expect to find."
It was a jape in September that brought Impro his biggest audience so far when he placed a a fake letterbox on a buttress of the Sonning Bridge in Berkshire a couple of feet above water level.
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The problem is that we are encouraged to take life seriously despite the fact that it's absurd and tragic.”
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Local resident Uri Geller was mystified. He said: "I have never seen anything like this anywhere in the world. It's a new one on me."
He even suggested a possible culprit - the "ghost of a mischievous little girl" who had been apparently seen walking on the bridge.
The Royal Mail were forced to respond, saying it was "certainly not an operational posting facility" and that they had "no knowledge of how it arrived"."
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"When a postbox mysteriously appeared on the side of a bridge last year it made international headlines and flummoxed spoon bender extraordinaire Uri Geller. But who is the prankster behind this and many other japes?
Bizarre art installations have been cropping up on roundabouts, bridges and rivers in south-east England.
A large, red Google Maps pin turned up at a busy roundabout and a park bench was found "floating" on the River Thames. And there was plenty scratching of heads this month when a new sign was added to the side of a bridge, warning boat drivers of the risks of skidding.
The man behind them prefers not to give his real name, but he is the artist known as Impro.
"It's just to make life a little more magical," he says. "A bit like finding Easter eggs in an Easter egg hunt. It's something that you don't expect to find."
It was a jape in September that brought Impro his biggest audience so far when he placed a a fake letterbox on a buttress of the Sonning Bridge in Berkshire a couple of feet above water level.
Continue reading the main story
“Start Quote
The problem is that we are encouraged to take life seriously despite the fact that it's absurd and tragic.”
Impro
Local resident Uri Geller was mystified. He said: "I have never seen anything like this anywhere in the world. It's a new one on me."
He even suggested a possible culprit - the "ghost of a mischievous little girl" who had been apparently seen walking on the bridge.
The Royal Mail were forced to respond, saying it was "certainly not an operational posting facility" and that they had "no knowledge of how it arrived"."
The rest of the article here
It's things like this that makes you realise that life is full of wee bits of light and laughter and, well, worth ploughing through really, isn't it?