March 5th was our final day of doing post-its at the NYC JYPE center – last day of the seemingly endless six months.
A pretty cold night but we got a lot done to finish off our final day with a bang. We usually only have 5 or 6 people doing post-its, but I guess everybody knew it was the last day because a lot of people showed up (Thanks, guys!). The admin of the Respect Leadja project mailed us hundreds of photos (I can’t imagine how much she had to pay for them to be printed and mailed). We spent 4 hours taping on little pieces of tape on each individual photo and making sure none were covered or could fall off. We filled the window, walls, and the bottom of the awning with all the photos.
NYC JYPE posted up signs a few weeks before telling us we could only post-it on this tiny portion of the wall, and that we couldn’t use tape. We broke the rules very happily that day. It’s our last day – can’t restrict us. They couldn’t do anything about it either. (:
We saw JYP again who just quietly went into the building. No cellphone or running this time. We ignored him, and laughed about it later when the door closed. I remember in the very beginning of the post-it event, when our post-it messages toward the company were still nice, he gave us chairs. As time went on, he’d nod or smile. Now he just runs or ignores. :)
(It’s funny actually. In the beginning, when we were nice and wrote things like “JYPE, we love you! Please bring Jay Park back!” JYPE was supportive of us & super nice – because we gave them fame and a good image to those who passed by. Now, when we’re working AGAINST them they become super hostile and ignorant. Nice.)
During the first 2 hours, a female worker from the JYPE building came out just to say “Can you guys quiet down? Also… you know there’s no point in doing this because Jay Park isn’t our artist anymore, right?” We were so shocked by her question that we just said “We know.” and she went back inside. Later, we were pissed at her question so we made a huge sign that said “1) We don’t want Jay Park back in your undeserving company. 2) We’re not doing this for Jay. We’re doing this for YOU! LOOK CAREFULLY.”
(All post-its, pictures, messages on the building that day were addressed to JYPE and 6PM. Jay’s messages don’t deserve to be on that wall.)
Later on in the night, when we were almost done, a prominent male staff who’s in charge of our post-its came out and stood there looking at what we did to the building and looking at the pictures. He didn’t say anything, but he looked kind of impressed (rather than annoyed, which is what ALL of the staff members that came out looked like. Irritated, like we were making them so uncomfortable or something). We asked him if we could take down the photos ourselves later in the week (we don’t want them throwing out the precious photos) and he said okay. We said next Friday, but he insisted on Monday (wants to get them off fast, eh?). When he went in, one girl shouted “I feel bad you have to work for this kind of company!”
During our last day, more random people than usual stopped to take pictures of the building and asked us what we were doing. Some woman driving past who stopped for the red light even opened her window to give us a thumbs up.
All the times that we’ve done post-its, random people walking down the street would ask us about the post-its and give us more encouragement after hearing the story. Some would actually write their own post-its to put up on the wall. I remember meeting a director of an art gallery who gave me his email so I can tell him everything about Jay’s Myspace controversy because he thought the post-its were so moving. A journalist once told us she’d like to write about what we were doing. One woman once gave us her business card and told us to call her if we were interested in attending an art college in Florida. Good memories.
Even though we were a bit sad that it was our last day since so many memories and friends have been made there, the night ended with a lot of warmth and laughter. We had a riot writing ridiculous post-its (and drawing cats) and posting them all over the door (and doorbell and speaker). We’ve done thousands of post-its, balloons, oaktag boards, signs, letters, drawings in the past on this building, but in the end, we chose to do pictures. A picture’s worth a thousand words, right?
At the end of the night, we lit one candle and put it in the black frame of their window. We wrote a few post-its, “Park Jaebum. We love you.” “You’re a precious memory. Thank you.”, and carefully placed them next to the candle. In the dark, it was the thing that was shining the brightest.
We were too proud of what we did that day, of what we’ve been doing for so long, of the blistering heat, blizzarding snow, and frostbitten toes we endured for half a year every week everyday, of the thousands of dollars we’ve spent and most of all: of our ability to fight for what we believe in without giving up. We know we can’t even compare to what K-Hottests do in Korea, but the fact that such a small group of people could get a message across really warmed our hearts.
The only thing I want to thank NYC JYPE for is this:
letting us meet so many amazing NYC Hottests and for teaching us that no matter how you are restricted or beat down, if it is what you believe in, you will always succeed in the end. =)
HOTTESTS OF THE WORLD, THANK YOU!
A pretty cold night but we got a lot done to finish off our final day with a bang. We usually only have 5 or 6 people doing post-its, but I guess everybody knew it was the last day because a lot of people showed up (Thanks, guys!). The admin of the Respect Leadja project mailed us hundreds of photos (I can’t imagine how much she had to pay for them to be printed and mailed). We spent 4 hours taping on little pieces of tape on each individual photo and making sure none were covered or could fall off. We filled the window, walls, and the bottom of the awning with all the photos.
NYC JYPE posted up signs a few weeks before telling us we could only post-it on this tiny portion of the wall, and that we couldn’t use tape. We broke the rules very happily that day. It’s our last day – can’t restrict us. They couldn’t do anything about it either. (:
We saw JYP again who just quietly went into the building. No cellphone or running this time. We ignored him, and laughed about it later when the door closed. I remember in the very beginning of the post-it event, when our post-it messages toward the company were still nice, he gave us chairs. As time went on, he’d nod or smile. Now he just runs or ignores. :)
(It’s funny actually. In the beginning, when we were nice and wrote things like “JYPE, we love you! Please bring Jay Park back!” JYPE was supportive of us & super nice – because we gave them fame and a good image to those who passed by. Now, when we’re working AGAINST them they become super hostile and ignorant. Nice.)
During the first 2 hours, a female worker from the JYPE building came out just to say “Can you guys quiet down? Also… you know there’s no point in doing this because Jay Park isn’t our artist anymore, right?” We were so shocked by her question that we just said “We know.” and she went back inside. Later, we were pissed at her question so we made a huge sign that said “1) We don’t want Jay Park back in your undeserving company. 2) We’re not doing this for Jay. We’re doing this for YOU! LOOK CAREFULLY.”
(All post-its, pictures, messages on the building that day were addressed to JYPE and 6PM. Jay’s messages don’t deserve to be on that wall.)
Later on in the night, when we were almost done, a prominent male staff who’s in charge of our post-its came out and stood there looking at what we did to the building and looking at the pictures. He didn’t say anything, but he looked kind of impressed (rather than annoyed, which is what ALL of the staff members that came out looked like. Irritated, like we were making them so uncomfortable or something). We asked him if we could take down the photos ourselves later in the week (we don’t want them throwing out the precious photos) and he said okay. We said next Friday, but he insisted on Monday (wants to get them off fast, eh?). When he went in, one girl shouted “I feel bad you have to work for this kind of company!”
During our last day, more random people than usual stopped to take pictures of the building and asked us what we were doing. Some woman driving past who stopped for the red light even opened her window to give us a thumbs up.
All the times that we’ve done post-its, random people walking down the street would ask us about the post-its and give us more encouragement after hearing the story. Some would actually write their own post-its to put up on the wall. I remember meeting a director of an art gallery who gave me his email so I can tell him everything about Jay’s Myspace controversy because he thought the post-its were so moving. A journalist once told us she’d like to write about what we were doing. One woman once gave us her business card and told us to call her if we were interested in attending an art college in Florida. Good memories.
Even though we were a bit sad that it was our last day since so many memories and friends have been made there, the night ended with a lot of warmth and laughter. We had a riot writing ridiculous post-its (and drawing cats) and posting them all over the door (and doorbell and speaker). We’ve done thousands of post-its, balloons, oaktag boards, signs, letters, drawings in the past on this building, but in the end, we chose to do pictures. A picture’s worth a thousand words, right?
At the end of the night, we lit one candle and put it in the black frame of their window. We wrote a few post-its, “Park Jaebum. We love you.” “You’re a precious memory. Thank you.”, and carefully placed them next to the candle. In the dark, it was the thing that was shining the brightest.
We were too proud of what we did that day, of what we’ve been doing for so long, of the blistering heat, blizzarding snow, and frostbitten toes we endured for half a year every week everyday, of the thousands of dollars we’ve spent and most of all: of our ability to fight for what we believe in without giving up. We know we can’t even compare to what K-Hottests do in Korea, but the fact that such a small group of people could get a message across really warmed our hearts.
The only thing I want to thank NYC JYPE for is this:
letting us meet so many amazing NYC Hottests and for teaching us that no matter how you are restricted or beat down, if it is what you believe in, you will always succeed in the end. =)
HOTTESTS OF THE WORLD, THANK YOU!
Source: Insider2PM
Park Jaebum and Hottests will go down in history.
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iHOTTEST did you remember your photo wearing a white mask with written words RESPECT LEADJA? those are the photos on the image above, the admins of that proj printed our photos one by one and sent it to NYC HOTTEST.
MANY THANKS TO RESPECTLEADJA ADMINS & NYC HOTTEST for your hardwork
, here the link for the video that consists iHOTTEST photos, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsqHd1Hl7cQ and for more image of the post-its visit post4jay's tumblr & flickr.]------pinkbunny
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