Wow. Brilliant. Does anyone know whose work this is? The concept is just beautiful. I’ve placed an email to Whydoesshelovethemoon@gmail.com in hopes of finding out. Also, no chatter yet over at the ufiction forums. So I really have no idea whether this is one-shot art or part of a larger campaign.

Via Stencil Archive:

“She Loves the Moon” is an interactive, choose-your-own-adventure story that takes place on the sidewalks of the Mission district in San Francisco. It is told in a new medium of storytelling that uses spray painted stencils connected to each other by arrows. The streetscape is used as sort of an illustration to accompany each piece of text.

It’s a love story involving two characters who start in different locations. His story starts at 16th and Valencia, in front of the Crown Hotel / Limon Restaurant with the text “He Leaves his Lonely Apartment.” Her story starts at 21st and Guerrero in front of a Victorian mansion with the text, “She Leaves her Lonely Apartment.” Eventually their paths merge in front of Tartine Cafe at 18th and Guerrero, where they meet, and their paths travel together until relationship drama pulls them apart. Eventually their paths remerge, at which point there are two possible endings, happy and tragic, and two other points where the story can end unexpectedly if the viewer chooses the wrong ending. All in all, there are 4 possible endings.

Stencil Stories: She Loves the Moon has been added to the Avant Game List.

Two more links for you:
Doej15’s Flickr Photo’s
Stencil Story @ New York Magazine

Thanks for the link Al.

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