Tuesday, May 3, 2016

Fighting Fire with Fire

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/02/nyregion/a-case-for-using-street-art-to-clean-up-dreary-stretches-of-the-bronx.html?mwrsm=Facebook&_r=0

An interesting article about using graffiti art to battle uninvited graffiti.  Something we have always tried to explain and would hope more cities would adopt.

“They really are amazing,” said Robert Bieder, the owner of a plumbing supply business who has recommended Mr. Beltran to other landlords. “We’ve seen people from all over the world coming to admire this work. I had no idea there was such a great following for this kind of artwork.”

"While his list of walls is growing, he is stumped why some landlords won’t entertain his ideas, yet continue to allow their walls to be covered with random tags that reappear almost as soon as they are painted over."  This is definitely not a full proof magic bullet to stop illegal tagging and graffiti but it does help.  There will always be that one writer doing damage just to get fame, just look what dudes did to SABER (MSK, AWR) work on LA River.

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