{"author":"Jan Brennenstuhl","categories":["Guerrilla Art"],"cover":{"alt":"Tagging: Biggest Tag on Earth","height":840,"src":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/tagging-biggest-tag/momo-tag-new-york1.jpg","width":1880},"credit":"","date":"2010-08-20T11:17:48Z","description":"In 2006, New York-based urban artist Momo created probably the biggest tag on earth by using 20 litres paint, a bike and a city-map of Lower Manhattan! Take a look and be impressed!","html":"\u003cp\u003eUnfortunately I’ve never been to New York City, yet. And for that reason, I had no chance to follow that thin trail of paint which goes through whole Lower Manhattan. That’s really pity, ’cause that line is probably the biggest tag on earth! As \u003ca href=\"http://bestrooftalkever.com/post/973399556/have-you-ever-walked-around-in-lower-manhattan-and\"\u003eNick and George\u003c/a\u003e from Brooklyn investigated, the paint trail - when you follow it around - forms a big \u003cstrong\u003eMOMO\u003c/strong\u003e tag\u0026hellip;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter requesting a meetup, MOMO told my friend that he accomplished this task by fixing 5 gallon paint buckets to the back of his bike, poking a hole in the bottom of the containers, and riding though the West Village, Soho, Greenwich Village, East Village, and Alphabet City. Momo made the tag in 2006. Some parts of the line have been covered up by roadwork and redone sidewalks but most of the line is still visible.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt’s a fuckin’ great idea and although the tag is on the one hand a realization of graffiti main concepts, it’s on the other hand something totally different, because it’s not visible to the naked eye. What do you think about it? Do you know a bigger tag?\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy the way, some weeks ago street artist \u003cstrong\u003eSpace Invader\u003c/strong\u003e created something similar in San Diego, the \u003ca href=\"/space-invader-city-walk/\"\u003eSpace Invader City Walk\u003c/a\u003e\u0026hellip;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cpicture style=\"--image-width: 2000px; --image-ratio: 2000 / 1608\" data-source-width=\"2000\" data-source-height=\"1608\" data-width-cap=\"1440\" data-height-cap=\"1608\"\u003e\n  \u003csource type=\"image/avif\" srcset=\"/tagging-biggest-tag/momo-tag-new-york_hu_fbd629725ba796b4.avif 480w, /tagging-biggest-tag/momo-tag-new-york_hu_ffac68033c72e8a.avif 960w, /tagging-biggest-tag/momo-tag-new-york_hu_465c3a85b8760f5a.avif 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n  \u003csource type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"/tagging-biggest-tag/momo-tag-new-york_hu_45bc43d103ddcecc.webp 480w, /tagging-biggest-tag/momo-tag-new-york_hu_1f8ddb9ee60799f3.webp 960w, /tagging-biggest-tag/momo-tag-new-york_hu_a93ebdec09c1c263.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg src=\"/tagging-biggest-tag/momo-tag-new-york_hu_3afb9dc9d01ae0c8.jpg\" srcset=\"/tagging-biggest-tag/momo-tag-new-york_hu_1158dba9f1087c01.jpg 480w, /tagging-biggest-tag/momo-tag-new-york_hu_2dc51673c9bf3485.jpg 960w, /tagging-biggest-tag/momo-tag-new-york_hu_3afb9dc9d01ae0c8.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1158\" alt=\"momo tag new york\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\u003e\n\u003c/picture\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003emomo tag new york\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\nVia \u003ca href=\"http://just.blogsport.de/2010/08/19/4501/\"\u003eEl­li­ot Pank\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n","markdown":"\n\n\n\nUnfortunately I’ve never been to New York City, yet. And for that reason, I had no chance to follow that thin trail of paint which goes through whole Lower Manhattan. That’s really pity, ’cause that line is probably the biggest tag on earth! As [Nick and George](http://bestrooftalkever.com/post/973399556/have-you-ever-walked-around-in-lower-manhattan-and) from Brooklyn investigated, the paint trail - when you follow it around - forms a big **MOMO** tag...\n\n\u003e After requesting a meetup, MOMO told my friend that he accomplished this task by fixing 5 gallon paint buckets to the back of his bike, poking a hole in the bottom of the containers, and riding though the West Village, Soho, Greenwich Village, East Village, and Alphabet City. Momo made the tag in 2006. Some parts of the line have been covered up by roadwork and redone sidewalks but most of the line is still visible.\n\nIt’s a fuckin’ great idea and although the tag is on the one hand a realization of graffiti main concepts, it’s on the other hand something totally different, because it’s not visible to the naked eye. What do you think about it? Do you know a bigger tag?\n\nBy the way, some weeks ago street artist **Space Invader** created something similar in San Diego, the [Space Invader City Walk](/space-invader-city-walk/)...\n\n![momo tag new york](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/tagging-biggest-tag/momo-tag-new-york.jpg\u003e)\n\nmomo tag new york \nVia [El­li­ot Pank](http://just.blogsport.de/2010/08/19/4501/).\n","tags":["Painting"],"title":"Tagging: Biggest Tag on Earth","url":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/tagging-biggest-tag/"}