How following my passion for illegal street art got me to Silicon Valley
summary
A wall-climbing robot and startup called Sprayprinter actually prints art with spray paint and scales by building more robots; one unit prints ~15 murals/month and the hardware fits in two suitcases. A guerrilla demo in San Francisco printed an investor’s portrait and led to incubator acceptance and funding interest. The team already takes paid work (a Nissan campaign) but faces a concrete dilemma: refuse lucrative advertising or become a service provider, and they’re piloting a crowdsourced map of blank walls to prioritize murals over ads.
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chapters (13)
- 0:00From street art to Silicon Valley
- 1:05The grey walk and street art beginnings
- 2:56Empowering messages in public space
- 4:09Advertising vs. art in public space
- 5:42Founding the Sensibility festival
- 6:54Inventing the wall-climbing art robot
- 8:00Pitching contest in Silicon Valley
- 9:50Balancing profit and purpose
- 12:30Crowdsourcing blank walls for art
- 13:57Audience Q&A begins
- 14:40Question on painting the longest street
- 15:21Handling societal and stakeholder reactions
- 16:50Responding to competition and acquisitions
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