I was further hampered by terrible weather conditions, lashing rain and freezing temperatures which prevented me from going out pasting any more until the day before the deadline. I would have really liked to have done it with a bit more time to spare, but luck was on my side tonight with a warm dry evening and no rain forecast! I prepared the remaining 15 tigers for taking out, but also left a small selection of cut and uncut tigers, so that I would be able to revisit this imagery another time.
I also took out one of my older fox pieces from before I started uni, with the intention of putting this out too. I refreshed the pink tiger which had been initially so badly water damaged, with an orange and red variant which had on the whole proved it's survivablity in my previous endeavour.I enjoyed hitting this underpass on Grapes Hill as a starting point for a night pasting, as it was actually legal to do so and made the perfect environment to get my head in the game and start working quickly but cleanly before moving to areas where the art was not as encouraged.
I put a plain white tiger on a telephone terminal box bordered by hedges and thought this would look beautiful surrounded by that naturalism. Leaving the tiger unchanged in this circumstance was important, as the unnaturalness of a white tiger in itself would stand out enough against the bright green leaves. I intended the message of the true alternity of the white tiger was better reinforced by this.
There was another work in particular I placed on a mirrored piece of window which was also covered in some OBEY Shepard Fairey propaganda. I liked this placement as it forced the audience to confront themselves, whilst also being confronted by the censored tiger. This dual 'being looked at, but also not looked at, and looking at oneself, and looking upon the tiger' kind of reminded me of the conceptual struggles of Jacques Derrida in his work about being seen naked by his cat, which featured heavily in my essay. If I were to name this piece, it would definitely be 'Derrida's Cat'! 
I tried finding more high profile locations for placements, as I had not seen much response on social media for these works yet, and attributed this to less busy (more aesthetic) locations, and also the extensive water damage. These locations offered higher risks but also higher rewards with larger numbers of people likely to see them.
As well as this, I also revisited a few locations where I knew from previous experience that peices seemed to survive well on, and pasted a few there for good measure.
The weather was really on my side tonight, and it was warm and not too windy so I was not forced to struggle with the prints when handling.
I hoped the rain would hold off, but the forecast looked promising! Hopefully there would still be plenty left tomorrow! I also noted I didn't damage any of the prints when pasting this time, and definitely felt I took things more carefully. The warmer temperatures also definitely helped steady my hand and focus on my technique. 
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