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- unloud, on 10/12/2007, -1/+52It's not like chalk drawings because you arn't adding anything, you're removing naturally accumulating dirt. If the city doesn't want him to clean their streets and walls, then they need to do it themselfs.
- CardinalFang, on 10/12/2007, -0/+47I don't see how authorities can call it vandalism. It's not defacing a wall. And definitely not permanent. It's just water.
- anagoge, on 10/12/2007, -0/+38Technically, I don't believe this is graffiti. In addition, this art will degrade over time and revert back to simply being dirty. I don't think there's too much of a problem with it.
- Mesach, on 10/12/2007, -1/+36What i find funny about it is, What are they going to make his penalty...
You now have to wash all of the wall, instead of a select part of it. - unloud, on 10/12/2007, -7/+38Your mom's my friend.
;-) - anagoge, on 10/12/2007, -0/+26http://symbollix.com/main.html - His site.
- Thorin, on 10/12/2007, -1/+25I think it's awesome. If the authorities really want to stop him then maybe they should just keep stuff cleaner and he'd be out of business!
- collywolly, on 10/12/2007, -2/+22Just shows what middle class pompus ***** must be working for the authorities.
Probably they are worried that is shows them up for having let walls get to such a state in the first place. - carpespasm, on 10/12/2007, -0/+20graffiti is only vandalism when it does permanent damage to the surface it's made on, like paint or marker on a wall, if anything he's doing a public service by cleaning the city some. this is better than chalk artists because of it's natural occourence. heck, if it gets too popular you don't have layers and layers of paint on one another, you'll just have a clean wall, the process will finish itself one way or another, the wall will fade back to it's usual dirty shade, or someone will spray the dirt off to remove his tagging.
- MrBrightside, on 10/12/2007, -1/+19fantastic work! - Im a big fan of street/urban art, but to do it is really a criminal offense - but this... well you cant arrest someone for cleaning can you???
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+12They should pay this guy. Trouble is local councillors (at least here in the UK) are such perfect *****, that they are bound to object, contrary to all common sense and wisdom - trust me, we see it here every day of our lives. Officialdom and insanity rules.
- diaverde238, on 10/12/2007, -4/+16This is like those "WASH ME" messages on dirty car windows.
- Thorin, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10Not always. Bristol city council let some of Banksy's work stay:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/5193552.stm - t4k3n, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9It all comes down to how you define drawing there mate..
if I sweep a pattern in the dirt would that be graffiti?
I mean I have "drawn" something on someones property...
I believe what he is doing is awesome.. making art from urban neglect. - Akram, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9Size? is a shoe store in the UK
- AndrewJC, on 10/12/2007, -2/+10I'm blown away by the response from authorities regarding this. How exactly would they provide charges in court?
"What are the charges?"
"Well, Your Honor, he... uh, well, he CLEANED."
"Isn't that normally considered community service?"
"Well, yes, but you see, he didn't clean ALL of it, only parts!"
I would hope that this would get laughed out of a courtroom, but my cynicism bug kicks in and reminds me that nothing is too idiotic for the modern court system.
Prior to reading the story, I would have said "Only in America," but this isn't IN America, so I'm not quite sure WHAT to say about it. - shosterman, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7@diaverde238
That kind of artist is Scott Wade.
Artwork:
http://www.autoblog.com/2006/06/29/wash-me-taken-to-a-new-level-the-dust-art-of-scott-wade/
Article:
http://star.txstate.edu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1768 - b04155, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8I think the real reason why they're upset is because sooner or later the public will start to question why the city isn't keeping the walls clean in the first place.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6"Only on Earth."?
- iamthewinnar, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Dugg for Monty Python reference.
- nlatimer, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Well he's not cleaning the whole wall, so he's not really doing a good enough job for them to pay him.
- AlmostEvil, on 10/12/2007, -4/+8Dugg, because it's Leeds. (my home)
I myself haven't seen any of it, although some parts of Leeds like under the railway bridge near city square are dirt/grime central. - PunkRampant, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4well jesus, if the police have a problem with it they can just clean the rest of the grime off themselves.
- Jimtac, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I guess some politicians just don't like the idea of somebody cleaning things up. Perhaps some are afraid that people will want to clean up their "dirty" system, not just their dirty world.
- PunkRampant, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3"then all of a sudden we have to pay someone to go and clean everything."
Oh darn. - noisician, on 10/12/2007, -4/+7He is getting into doing commercials, so I think this starts to become questionable.
What if every big name company started doing "non permanent" graffiti advertising in public spaces. Maybe projecting images onto public walls and streets. There are probably other options too.
But it would be an eyesore - that's what. We don't need more crass commercialism intruding on public space. - unloud, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2If someone came into my garden, I'd be more pissed aobut them coming onto my private property without consent than them cleaning off some dirt.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3noisician: Actually, some big name companies have tried that. Stickies on sidewalks, I think for some computer company. They got fined because they were expensive to remove.
- Fordi, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4Heh.
"Only in America" is almost always a misnomer. Everybody else has their prblems, but the US is a bit more open about it. - Zippo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Points for originality, that's for sure. At the very least, if council ever decides to remove the artwork it won't be hard.
- moisie, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I think they should just leave it, they're not going to have to actively do anything to remove it. Cleaning the rest of the wall or not will do nothing in terms of regular graffiti, arguably a clean wall would be more of a target.
- VolatileWhimsy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Oh I guess that means that America isn't the cesspool of moronic thoughts or attitudes... That it is actually a human trait? And yes its true, they are human in Europe and the East...
- coolbrorican, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1If the city does not like what this gentlemen is doing then they should start cleaning the walls as a few comments already mentioned. Otherwise, I personally don't see anything wrong with what he's doing. If anything this 'clean' graffiti should make the city better not worse.
- hockey, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1@ajck
I think your local councilmen and my local councilmen must know each other very well :) - VolatileWhimsy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Great thing for their judicial system to be spending money and time on....
That was sarcasm for those that didn't get it... - mbabauer, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2This guy is awesome. Someone needs to give this guy an art show or something. I believe this is a totally new medium discovered here.
And to those that oppose...get a life. Whether you like the message or the content, this is art, and should be treated as such. - noonzie, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Interesting story. Hadn't heard this before even though it is an older story. I love stories of people doing innovative things with a tad of controversy. Thanks for digging this one up. Consider it dugg.
- mindsocket, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1@noisician
"What if every big name company started doing "non permanent" graffiti advertising in public spaces. Maybe projecting images onto public walls and streets. There are probably other options too."
You mean like billboards? - VolatileWhimsy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1No doubt, hey isn't that in a European country? :D
- yahoofrom, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Pretty a good idea. I like the idea and I'd like to do the same thing on wikipedia?
- dsander, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I wish we could screen comments from users by users age on Digg.
- AndrewJC, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Well, the difference there is that if you go and clean the walls of somebody's house and they don't want you to be there, you're trespassing. But no, they couldn't get you for "vandalism" because you haven't damaged or defaced anything.
- diggeredoo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1wow thats pretty cool. totally non-destructive.
- chriscoolc, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1This is pretty amusing, but I know that if someone came into my garden and "cleaned" some messages into my cedar walls and limestone walks, I'd be royally p*ssed off.
I would hope that anyone who does this sticks to obviously grungy surfaces which are easily cleaned. - VolatileWhimsy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Maybe we should send ours to go bowling with yours and maybe they will run away together?
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Based on some of the logic I'm hearing, then it wouldn't bother anyone if someone came and cleaned a symbol/phrase into the brick on their house?
Hell, they're only cleaning what you should have already cleaned.
I actually did use a pressure washer to write "I suck dick" on my brother's driveway. He didn't think it was as funny as I did. Good thing we were in the process of cleaning the whole thing anyway. - AlexApetrei, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Sweet stuff dude.
- bluenova, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I think the council should just clean the friggin streets.
- markvs, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0This is a well-worn problem and not just one faced by this guy.
Everyone has to cope with the rule of “the lowest common denominator” at some point in their life.
This is where someone whose personality, work or approach to living attracts the jealousy of those who wish they had thought of it, but aren’t prepared to do the same themselves.
We see it all the time in our work and spend a lot of time “helping” people overcome this tendency. Let’s hope our public servants decide to act like adults and not small children!
http:www.businesssquad.co.uk - iamdek, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Shame they haven't updated their web site since 2003 ... would be nice to see how they've progressed it. Good stuff though.
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