Where Has All The Grafitti Gone?
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Coming in to Euston this morning on the train I was looking out of the window and something didn't feel right. I couldn't put my finger on it. Then it dawned on me. All of the grafitti has gone. Not just the odd tag, literally all of it. From about the "1 mile to Euston" sign, all of those viaducts, brick walls, bridges, trackside cabins, everything has had grafitti painted over.
It felt really really weird, and actually quite pleasant!
I'm guessing this for the Olympics?
It felt really really weird, and actually quite pleasant!
I'm guessing this for the Olympics?
mattdaniels said:
Coming in to Euston this morning on the train I was looking out of the window and something didn't feel right. I couldn't put my finger on it. Then it dawned on me. All of the grafitti has gone. Not just the odd tag, literally all of it. From about the "1 mile to Euston" sign, all of those viaducts, brick walls, bridges, trackside cabins, everything has had grafitti painted over.
It felt really really weird, and actually quite pleasant!
I'm guessing this for the Olympics?
Correct. The graffiti has been painted over so as to give a good impression to Olympic visitors as they enter the capital. Which is pretty damn pointless really considering that every single country in the world has tons of graffiti daubed in most public places, so it wouldn't come as any kind of detremental shock to overseas visitors. Even the design of the London Olympics logo has graffiti overtones.It felt really really weird, and actually quite pleasant!
I'm guessing this for the Olympics?
Ignoring the illegal aspect for a moment I used to love rolling into a major town/city and you'd see the big pieces as you do. I'm not a big fan of lots of little tags all over the place but a nice colourful piece is a thing of beauty.
I'd love to see a whole train done but I think those days have gone. I was hoping to see one when I first went to New York but was told that as soon as a train gets hit they take them out of service to clean them. How true that is I don't know.
I'd love to see a whole train done but I think those days have gone. I was hoping to see one when I first went to New York but was told that as soon as a train gets hit they take them out of service to clean them. How true that is I don't know.
Miguel Alvarez said:
Ignoring the illegal aspect for a moment I used to love rolling into a major town/city and you'd see the big pieces as you do. I'm not a big fan of lots of little tags all over the place but a nice colourful piece is a thing of beauty.
I'd love to see a whole train done but I think those days have gone. I was hoping to see one when I first went to New York but was told that as soon as a train gets hit they take them out of service to clean them. How true that is I don't know.
Completely agree, and as a boy I used to love the run into London because of the huge pieces.I'd love to see a whole train done but I think those days have gone. I was hoping to see one when I first went to New York but was told that as soon as a train gets hit they take them out of service to clean them. How true that is I don't know.
I was in Rome for the first time a few weeks ago, and the second train I took had a huge 'All City' piece on it, it was s
te, and inside the train was dark 
the inside was a mess of fat marker scrawl, just grotty really.Maybe I'm odd (no replies needed thanks), but I find most graffiti deeply offensive.
Whilst it's common in the st-hole that is London, there are parts of Britain where it's less so and it jars whenever I see it in London, Paris or anywhere else.
There are a few great pieces and if budding 'artists' want to scrawl on provided walls then fine, but otherwise it's just mindless vandalism as far as I'm concerned. If someone painted "NobWitz" or whatever on my wall, I'd be tempted to take a baseball bat (if I had one!) to their knees...
M.
Whilst it's common in the s
t-hole that is London, there are parts of Britain where it's less so and it jars whenever I see it in London, Paris or anywhere else.There are a few great pieces and if budding 'artists' want to scrawl on provided walls then fine, but otherwise it's just mindless vandalism as far as I'm concerned. If someone painted "NobWitz" or whatever on my wall, I'd be tempted to take a baseball bat (if I had one!) to their knees...
M.
Miguel Alvarez said:
as soon as a train gets hit they take them out of service to clean them. How true that is I don't know.
Tube trains get returned to the depot for cleansing only if said graffiti is deemed geuinely offensive in content or is seriously reducing the amount of light in the carriage by obscuring windows. Otherwise it tends to get taken off or painted over as routine.There were/is a load of goods wagons with full pieces on the way into Euston, last big freight yard, on the Left as you head into London.
They look amazing and loads better than dirty grey goods wagons.
Also the "Olympic clean-up" is just encouraging more writers by providing blank canvasses.
They look amazing and loads better than dirty grey goods wagons.
Also the "Olympic clean-up" is just encouraging more writers by providing blank canvasses.
marcosgt said:
Maybe I'm odd (no replies needed thanks), but I find most graffiti deeply offensive.
Whilst it's common in the st-hole that is London, there are parts of Britain where it's less so and it jars whenever I see it in London, Paris or anywhere else.
There are a few great pieces and if budding 'artists' want to scrawl on provided walls then fine, but otherwise it's just mindless vandalism as far as I'm concerned. If someone painted "NobWitz" or whatever on my wall, I'd be tempted to take a baseball bat (if I had one!) to their knees...
M.
I know you didn't request replies but contradicting my earlier post I'd be a tad pissed if I found some one had sprayed my property. Whilst it's common in the s
t-hole that is London, there are parts of Britain where it's less so and it jars whenever I see it in London, Paris or anywhere else.There are a few great pieces and if budding 'artists' want to scrawl on provided walls then fine, but otherwise it's just mindless vandalism as far as I'm concerned. If someone painted "NobWitz" or whatever on my wall, I'd be tempted to take a baseball bat (if I had one!) to their knees...
M.
To be fair moving in hip hop circles I've met a few writers and there appears to be an unwritten rule that houses are a no go but public property is fine.
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