I'm one of those 'independant' shops. My shutter had graffiti splattered all over it, looked bad. Then a local lad asked if he could paint something pretty on it, obviously I said yes as he was doing it for free. Since then no one has written anything on top of has artwork.
That's good. I watched the documentary about Phil Lynott last night and someone has tagged the murals of him in Dublin ffs.
Some years ago, Mrs Wz had someone ask if they could paint a blank wall outside her office. She said yes and they did a beautiful jungle scene and then over sprayed with a new one every 6-12 months always asking before they started. They did a really good job and were obviously very talented.
Slightly different to someone spraying ‘CREW’ in wonky letters on a phone box.
But he was just reaching out and helping people, allegedly.
Nice?
Did you go and enjoy the beauty of that thing on a daily basis before someone tagged it?Nice?
Thank f*** most of the world is populated by half sensible people
Well there is a message on the bin if you look under the childish tags, it’s about keeping Brighton and Hove tidy.
You're correct, it looks much better after the scribble.
Tidy...Well there is a message on the bin if you look under the childish tags, it’s about keeping Brighton and Hove tidy.
I just used the bin photo as an example of the tags (and it’s from the news story) many historic buildings in Brighton that are nice to look at also get tagged unfortunately.
I believe shop owners in the area get fined if they don’t clean graffiti from the walls and shutters of their buildings.
When once in a blue moon they are caught they are often not kids; they are resentful adults who will never own property and illustrate (literally) their resentment by defacing other people's. Brighton Council launched a graffiti strategy a few years ago but it was completely ineffectual and obviously City Clean don't consider it their territory...
They did the second time!. But that is rather the point, street art (which is what the Bruno mural was) is great and is usually appreciated, it's the mindless tagging that pisses people off, it's like littering.
There is only one proven way to beat graffiti: to gentrify the area or city. Remove all creative, playful people and replace them with boring, rich people.
