## Eight **strange finds** from the street to the shoreline A nightclub fits inside a hole in a Sydney wall. In Finland, a crowd of grass-headed figures fills a field. The rest runs from a painted doorstep to a building balanced on an old city wall. * * * ### 🪩 Nightclub — By Michael Pederson in Petersham, Sydney, Australia 🇦🇺 Purple light leaks from a gap in the stonework, with a tiny round sign above the entrance. Pederson’s miniature nightclub makes a damaged wall look like somewhere you might need to know the password. More: **Take a closer look at Pederson’s Nightclub** 🔗 Follow **Michael Pederson** on Instagram * * * ### 🌾 The Silent People — By Reijo Kela in Suomussalmi, Finland 🇫🇮 A field beside Highway 5 is filled with clothed figures whose heads are clumps of grass. Reijo Kela first created The Silent People for a 1988 performance; the figures have stood at this location since 1994. 💡 **Installation Fact:** The figures are repaired and given new outfits twice a year, using donated clothes. 📷 Photo and cover crop: /kallu / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0). * * * ### 🌊 “Direct” — By Jon Foreman at Poppit Sands, Wales 🇬🇧 Smooth stones form a nearly closed ring across the wet sand at Poppit Sands. Their size changes along the curve, giving Foreman’s “Direct” a sense of movement without anything actually moving. More: **Explore more land art by Jon Foreman** 🔗 Follow **Jon Foreman** on Instagram * * * ### 💐 Still Life with Flowers and Bird — By Rascals in Bratislava, Slovakia 🇸🇰 A tall Bratislava facade becomes a framed still life, complete with flowers, a small bird and a green patterned backdrop. Even the frame is painted; the building is the canvas. More: **See more walls bloom with flowers** 🔗 Follow **Rascals** on Instagram * * * ### 🪵 Eschif de Creyssac — Périgueux, France 🇫🇷 The timber-framed upper story projects far beyond its narrow stone base, held by a row of wooden braces. This is the Eschif de Creyssac, a real medieval building on Périgueux’s old city wall. 💡 **History Fact:** Although it is also called the “Old Mill” or “Chapter Mill,” the Eschif never served as a mill. More: **6 Real Buildings That Look Impossible** * * * ### 👋 “WELCOME” — By PEJAC in Aberdeen, Scotland 🇬🇧 The doormat at this Aberdeen doorway is painted from a crowd of tiny human figures. In WELCOME, tiny figures form the doormat and spill out over its edges. 💡 **Project Fact:** Colossal reports that PEJAC chose a building housing charities and vulnerable residents, giving the word “welcome” a practical setting. More: **See PEJAC’s WELCOME up close** 🔗 Follow **PEJAC** on Instagram * * * ### 🪻 Portrait with an Iris — By Adventis near Antequera, Spain 🇪🇸 Peeling plaster stays visible through this portrait of a woman holding a blue iris. Adventis uses the worn wall near El Torcal as part of the painting, so the face seems to belong to the building’s surface. More: **This Art Will Make You Calm** 🔗 Follow **Adventis** on Instagram * * * ### 🧵 “Stone Ribbon” — By Jon Foreman at Druidston, Wales 🇬🇧 A narrow band of smooth stones crosses the gaps and slopes of a much rougher beach. For Stone Ribbon, Foreman lined them up toward the sea, turning scattered boulders into one continuous route. More: **Jon Foreman Uses Nature Like This** 🔗 Follow **Jon Foreman** on Instagram