Reverse Graffiti

glawrie writes "UK Graffiti artist 'Moose' thought he had come up with a perfect socially friendly approach to his art - to trade paints for cleaning fluid. An article in the UK's Independent Newspaper describes how he has created graffiti by taking '... any dirty inner-city wall or pavement, place a template over it, and scrub the concrete clean, revealing an image as sharp as any spray paint which fades with time.' Moose was commissioned by a subsidiary of drinks manufacturer Diageo to create some 'clean' graffiti in Leeds to promote their vodka brand Smirnoff to local students. However, this work was subsequently condemned by Gerry Harper, a Leeds councillor, as 'sheer vandalism'. With wonderful irony, the council demanded that the artist 'clean-up' the graffiti that appeared in one of the city's gloomiest underpasses. Maybe all those senseless vandals out there will now think twice in future before scrawling 'Clean Me' on the back of vehicles overdue for a wash... But perhaps the state is now going too far - surely it is only a matter of time before rainfall is similarly targetted by the good guys."

Comments

Re:Its so good

[dfung]

Man, I totally agree... Perhaps it's just the Brit jargon, but I just barely can understand what they're talking about in the article (and I don't think this is actually because of jargon!).

If this is what I think it says, then it's sort of clever, but hard to believe that anybody thinks you can "scrub out" a sharp, big image of the Smirnoff logo and not think that they will run afoul of the need for advertising permits.

Re:Political commentary at the Key Bridge in DC

[srwalter]

And that differs from what the Fundamentalist Christian fanatics want, how exactly?

I'm a fundamentalist Christian. I don't recall thinking that I want death to anyone who disagrees with me, nor to dismantle all muslim countries. I'm pretty sure slavery isn't on the list of things I'm keen on either. So, unless you're going to claim that you know me better than myself (I wouldn't recommend it), looks like you're pretty much talking out your ass.