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- magicjohnson, on 06/21/2008, -4/+71Although I think the green element is a little over-hyped her, this is still a cool concept.
- Matt2k, on 06/21/2008, -5/+54Is it still eco-friendly when you use massive amounts of water to draw pictures on a wall?
- inactive, on 06/21/2008, -7/+52That's amazing. I hope they don't clean that off.
- inactive, on 06/21/2008, -1/+39well, that would be the stupid way to do it.
The better way would be to clean the rest of it.
so, in essence, no only are these artists cleaning, but they are also promoting cleaning. Win-Win-Win-Win situation - freqk, on 06/22/2008, -1/+33Some guy did a similar thing in a tunnel, removed the muck from walls in a tunnel, made tons of skulls, the city cleaned the entire wall the next day. I honestly think if there could be Anonymous art like this all around a city, it would be pretty damn cool.
- Slackdragon, on 06/22/2008, -3/+29Yeah, it's not like that stuff falls from the sky or anything.
- wolferz, on 06/22/2008, -9/+27.... yes? Is that a trick question? What? You think using water makes the water unavailable forever? Water is a renewable resource. Using it to draw pictures on a wall is no more harmful to the environment than "allowing" rainy weather. I'm sure there were some weeds and mildew in the cracks of the sidewalk that were very happy to get that water
BTW despite what captain planet might say there is no need to worry about leaving the faucet running in your bathroom while you brush your teeth or otherwise, though it doesn't hurt to ether. Eventually that water will be treated and pumped... free of all harmful elements... back into the rivers and streams.
If it's not clean then that is an issue with the treatment methods... not whether or not you should turn off the water between brush strokes. - frotastic, on 06/21/2008, -1/+17yeah she is a little over-hyped
- jull1234, on 06/22/2008, -5/+20I prefer to call it half assed cleaning.
- winmywii, on 06/21/2008, -1/+16The wall was already dirty, they clean parts of it to create the landscape and left the background dirty. So to clean it up they would clean the rest of the wall.
- freqk, on 06/22/2008, -1/+14they did.
- Spaceomega, on 06/22/2008, -0/+12From the article : .. "Curtis approached the project with dozens of stencils, a high-pressure stream of water, and eco-friendly cleaning solutions provided by GreenWorks" ..
GreenWorks is a "natural" cleaner, apparently. http://www.greenworkscleaners.com/ - kukurio, on 06/22/2008, -1/+13It's true that water itself is renewable, but pumping and treating that water costs energy.
- 0260, on 06/22/2008, -1/+13drawing swastikas on dirty cars is very effective
- benburned, on 06/21/2008, -1/+11http://youtube.com/watch?v=5lX-2sP0JFw
Video about the project. - theshalit, on 06/22/2008, -0/+8if only there was some kind of statement by the artist delivered through the internet. An article on a blog for example.
- pedepy, on 06/22/2008, -1/+9And your mother is full of herpes, the redtube video proves this.
- inactive, on 06/21/2008, -4/+12lol
- Slackdragon, on 06/22/2008, -2/+9In my opinion, there are two types of graffiti. The gang tagging that ruins property values, looks like crap, and is indicative of a failing socio-economic region.
Then there's graffiti for arts sake. Graffiti for social consciousness. That's where you see some truly interesting and inspiring stuff. Sarcastic, witty, thought provoking and iconoclastic.
This other stuff... gangland territorial pissings... ugly as sin and should be fought tooth and nail. - philwalsh, on 06/22/2008, -0/+7There's a guy called Alexandre Orion who's been doing this longer (i think) here in São Paulo.
http://www.alexandreorion.com/ossario/ossario_eng. ... - acetv, on 06/22/2008, -1/+8Here's a video of that project:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=JwsBBIIXT0E - aenegeling, on 06/22/2008, -1/+8Great... something I can do with the mold growing in my bathroom.
- artofficial, on 06/22/2008, -4/+11Word, I like this idea.
of course, anything endorsed by a large corporation kinda leaves a bad aftertaste. - migatikon, on 06/22/2008, -1/+7Does this mean the artistic value is invalidated? Corporations patronize the arts all the time. There's nothing wrong with that.
- wolferz, on 06/22/2008, -0/+6The whole wall gets cleaned by the city at a later time. These things rarely stick around for more than a few days before the city erases them by cleaning the whole wall... which is kinda the point.
- Animal, on 06/22/2008, -0/+4... which is the new eco arm of everyone’s favorite bleach company Clorox...
- inactive, on 06/22/2008, -0/+4Why are corporations such a four-letter word on Digg? Not every company is 100% evil...
- jakem1, on 06/22/2008, -0/+4@Ymeg - Banksy could come and stencil my place whenever he wants. Apart from the fact that his artwork is fantastic, people are literally tearing down walls he's painted on or even selling their homes just to sell the artwork.
- miatafan, on 06/22/2008, -1/+5You must not live in a desert.
- pedepy, on 06/22/2008, -0/+3essentialy the genius at work is that either they keep the art on, or pay to have the wall / canvas cleaned up from decades of pollution.
it's a win win !!!!!!!!! .. except for the dirt lovers, of course..
:/ - elnerdo, on 06/22/2008, -1/+4No, the idea is to advertise for Clorox
- audiophiliac, on 06/22/2008, -0/+3In Portland last year, several people did this in the sunset tunnel and the city still considered it as "graffiti" and would prosecute offenders. I certainly hope whomever decided that got their head checked- I can't wait until I can be prosecuted for cleaning the walls. :P
- dh122, on 06/21/2008, -2/+5Banksy.
- poxonyou, on 06/22/2008, -3/+6Yeah, sorry, but this is simply another artsy marketing campaign designed to look homegrown. Remember Sony's ads in California? Spray-painting cryptic, Sony referencing ads? Now Clorox (bleach company) is promoting their "green" products by co-opting this UK-based trend. Nice big "greenworks" logo next to this "reverse graffiti". No doubt, they're marketing this to the SF city government to clean their walls with. Lame.
- asherchang, on 06/22/2008, -0/+3The ideas of guerrilla beautification and reverse graffiti have been around for a long time now... Strange to see it supported by a giant cleaning chemical company which in the past has participated in inundating the American public with messages of how we need brightly colored artificial chemicals that contain sudsing agents and are heavilly perfumed and/or full of pungent fumes.
I'm also surprised to see that this article overlooks one amusing side effect of reverse graffiti: it sometimes agitates city officials alarmed at the art to get the entire surface wiped clean, which, while sad in one sense, is a perfectly positive outcome. - notwizt, on 06/22/2008, -0/+3So art suddenly stops being art when it's created by a certain sort of people?
If I didn't know it was rabid anti-corporatism I'd say it sounded like racism. - benburned, on 06/22/2008, -0/+2This one is much better in my opinion.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=JwsBBIIXT0E - BarriedaleNick, on 06/22/2008, -1/+3You really seem to have missed the entire point about water conservation. Apart form the fact that in many places in the world water is a scarce resourse you also seem to miss the point that it takes energy and chemicals to treat water to make it clean. So absolutely once clean water is used it can't be used again until it is processed. It is nothing like "allowing rainy weather" as the water used here has had energy/chemicals expended on it already.
This is just greenwash - much better in environmental terms to let it stay dirty. - benburned, on 06/21/2008, -0/+2It's probably true, they also used large wooden boards as stencils.
- diggimator, on 06/22/2008, -1/+3The artist was clearly unaware of the dangers involved in using Dihydrogen Monoxide (DHMO) when he carried out this project.
- Slackdragon, on 06/22/2008, -0/+2With a high-pressure power washer, you really don't need anything but water.
But from the article "Curtis approached the project with dozens of stencils, a high-pressure stream of water, and eco-friendly cleaning solutions provided by GreenWorks (which is the new eco arm of everyone’s favorite bleach company Clorox)." - Flashman, on 06/22/2008, -0/+2Ha - my local butcher was doing this ten years ago on the local railroad viaduct.
- wolferz, on 06/22/2008, -0/+2*adjusts skatitsgreat's tinfoil hat for him*
- pandawho1212, on 06/22/2008, -0/+2seriously who's to say someone would rather see a clorox advertisement than anything
- notwizt, on 06/22/2008, -0/+2This reminds me of "Guerrilla gardening", which is also a completely awesome idea.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guerilla_gardening - inactive, on 06/22/2008, -0/+2And San Fransisco is in a desert?
- johndi, on 06/22/2008, -0/+1Why wipe your ass? You're just going to ***** again. Of course it will have to be cleaned again. Just like most people will wash their dishes again and again and again.
- megamod, on 06/22/2008, -0/+1you've got to admit that carrying around a power washer in the back of your buddy's truck to do this isn't nearly as convenient as a spray can...unless they come out with water spray cans or super soakers powerful enough to get the muck off?
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