For a few months now, I have been walking over these strange stencils in the Mission. They don't seem to make sense, yet they are quite eloquent. I had written them off as another street stencillist's jab at capitalism, but then I stumbled upon what might be the coolest stencilling the Mission has ever seen...
The mission stencil story 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 street scape is used as sort of an illustration to accompany each piece of text.
Its a love story with 2 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 stunning mansion with the text, "She Leaves her Lonely Apartment." Eventually their paths merge, at the point where they meet, and their paths travel together until drama pulls them apart.
Their 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.
For a few months now, I have been walking over these strange stencils in the Mission. They don't seem to make sense, yet they are quite eloquent. I had written them off as another street stencillist's jab at capitalism, but then I stumbled upon what might be the coolest stencilling the Mission has ever seen...
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