On 2011-08-17 11:10 , Bruce Walker wrote:
On 11-08-17 11:04 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote:
This "post no Bills" area on 10th st and 4th ave is never without posts.
behind it is a small vacant lot - been that way for a while.
http://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/New-York-Snaps-2011/15389206_z3saz/1/1371368453_9nxhL8q/Large
can't really see the content of the photos, but they seem to be varied enough,
and the concept engaging enough, that encountering that wall would excite and
uplift me; since the wall was already abundantly tagged i see the photos as a
"remix"
reminds me of a gallery in Denver that got a large number of photographers to
agree to have their work blown up on cheap photocopies, two feet by three feet
or so, and wheatpasted in dozens of outdoor locations around town (all by
permission), as well as in a few other cities worldwide; it was part of
Denver's "month of photography" in March, which had some fantastic other
exhibits, but this show had the most immediacy
<http://www.illiteratemedia.com/exhibitions/2011/bigpic/>
It's a tough call deciding where vandalism ends and art begins. The authorities
are struggling with that issue in Toronto this year. Some actually commissioned
street art was painted over by city employees on an "eradicate vandalism"
campaign. So now the city has agreed to rehire the artist to do his work over
again in an attempt to save face.
a very similar faux pas occurred in Denver during the feverish cleanup in
advance of the Democratic National Convention in 2008
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