Last week the Chicago Tribune ran a story about a Glen Ellyn man named Patrick Scoff who produces paintings and leaves them in spots all around Chicago. He's got a following too - people track his travels through Twitter and Facebook and follow him around the city to pick up the paintings, sometimes only seconds after he's left them there. It has to be costly, since he doesn't make a profit, but he's getting some attention for his art (or his nontraditional promotional tactics).
Scoff's system is playful and fun, but has really nothing to do with the quality of work he's producing. It reminds me of how I often attempted to win a stuffed animal from those claw machines as a kid, pumping it full of quarters to grab a stuffed animal, only for the thrill of obtaining it and then later leaving it in the car.
I guess I'll just keep watching and see what happens.
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