These houses have gone viral and the neighbours are pi**ed

Hot pink houses... it's the stuff of dreams.

We all love a good Instagram opportunity, and nothing says 'take a picture in front of me' like a bright pink house and garden. Of course, you never really think about the neighbours nearby as you capture that PERFECT pose. Well, a small community in Los Angeles is currently caught up in a whirlwind of makeshift photo-shoots for a very colourful reason. An artist has painted three adjoining vacant houses a startling hot pink colour in order to start a conversation about community, development, social media, and public art. Thankfully, for the locals at least, this pink overload is not a permanent situation, the large-scale art installation will be demolished shortly to make way for new properties.   But look how pretty...

Selfies At Little Pink Houses. It's apparently a thing. You have less than a week to make it out to the 1500 block of Hi Point in Los Angeles before the houses are painted back to a more subtle color. #PinkHouses #Instagramable #IsItArt

A post shared by Gina Silva (@ginasilvaworld) on Jun 13, 2017 at 9:49pm PDT

#themostfamousartist #publicart #midcity #losangeles #hotpink #pinkhouses #art #ephemeralart #conceptualart #impermanenceart #hellosaturn #mradarchitecture #themuralagency #nomadica #impermanent_art #socialcivilian #instagood #discoverla #totastemaker

A post shared by tiffinunboxed (@tiffin_unboxed) on Jun 14, 2017 at 7:57pm PDT

To the individuals who painted 3 homes in my neighborhood pepto bismol pink: thank you. So bizarrely delightful. What better way to make use of structures slated for demolition? #peptopink #pink #pinkhouses #midcity

A post shared by Melody (@sassykidney) on Jun 8, 2017 at 10:19pm PDT

The artist himself who goes by 'The Most Famous Artist' has also been Instagramming the event and explaining his reasoning behind it:  

1500 hi point street -- until it's demolished -- an ephemeral conceptual art project as a jumping off point for a conversation about community, development, public art, and social media. A real life manifestation of paintings I've been working on for years. Obvious references to #christo's large scale public color works, #louisenevelson's assemblages, the #dada movement, and #julianschnabel's pink building in west village. With this project I'm encouraging the viewer to formulate their own meaning behind the work. As the artist, I start and the viewer finishes the work. And I'm excited to see where that exchange takes us as a community. Ps -- if I had the budget + time I would have painted the entire structure, but I think we got the message across with the resources we had. ?♻️??:@mr.reh

A post shared by Matty Mo ?♻️? (@themostfamousartist) on Jun 11, 2017 at 4:53pm PDT

We LOVE the pink project, and although it might be pi**ing off a few neighbours it's not forever... although pictures do last a lifetime! Now we're off to book flights to LA.  

1500 Hi Point St Los Angeles, CA 90035 #thepinkhouse

A post shared by Matty Mo ?♻️? (@themostfamousartist) on Jun 10, 2017 at 11:40am PDT