{"id":10641,"date":"2018-11-02T12:22:55","date_gmt":"2018-11-02T10:22:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/?p=10641"},"modified":"2018-11-07T09:52:35","modified_gmt":"2018-11-07T07:52:35","slug":"first-thursdays-with-webafrica-ellie-and-falko-fantastic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/general\/first-thursdays-with-webafrica-ellie-and-falko-fantastic\/","title":{"rendered":"First Thursdays with Webafrica, Ellie and Falko Fantastic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last night at First Thursdays, Cape Town, it was our great privilege to have graffiti artist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/falko1graffiti\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Falko Fantastic<\/a> do a live installation of our beloved Ellie outside of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.groundartcaffe.co.za\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ground Art Caffe<\/a> in Strand street.<\/p>\n<p>The idea was an extension of our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/news\/rocket-ellie-the-webafrica-billboard-that-kept-cape-town-guessing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">evolving Ellie billboard<\/a> which the beloved Cape Town street artist recently did for us on the N1.<br \/>\nIn her latest appearance \u2013 Ellie became the centre of attention at the First Thursday event at Ground Art Caffe in Strand Street, Cape Town.<\/p>\n<p>We hoisted the 12m canvas onto a scaffolding, to be rolled back and painted from top to bottom while the First Thursday crowd enjoyed the festivities, snapped photos and sipped their sangria and craft beer.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption 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She&#8217;s up!<\/h3>\n<p>Ellie has been flighted on a billboard above Strand Street, Cape Town and will be there for you to see until the end of November.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lciY3w6sCfY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>You can follow Ellie&#8217;s progress via our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/webafrica_sa\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram\u00a0account.<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last night at First Thursdays, Cape Town, it was our great privilege to have graffiti artist Falko Fantastic do a live installation of our beloved Ellie outside of Ground Art Caffe in Strand street. 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