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One of the ways in which unwanted graffiti is dealt with the world over is buffing, in which someone in a hurry just throws paint over the offending art. What blows our mind though is that sometimes the effect of the buffing is actually quite attractive, as Brooklyn Ramblings pointed out earlier today.
What's your prefered method of getting rid of grafitti?
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I like to wait for graffiti artists to grow up and realize that writing their names on walls is pointless. I used to do it...
Being as most graffiti vandals are young men...
I think the city should give away stencils that say, "has a small penis" to all business owners.. and when their property is tagged, the business owner just applies the stencil over the tag.
I think shame would eventually lead to less graffiti...
Marshall Sokoloff did a great series of these several months ago.
Portland underground filmmaker Matt McCormick made a serious yet ironical documentary about this phenomenon -- "The Subconscious Art of Graffitti Removal" -- that played at Sundance about 4 years ago and is currently showing at the "Uncertain States of America" show at Bard College (NYT did a piece on Friday). Heckuvapicture.
Ironical movies are fantastilicious.
"The Subconscious Art of Graffitti Removal"
Well worth seeing. This was included in the 2004 art exhibit "From Baja to Vancouver". I’m willing to wager that it is both funnier and more inspiring than "Art School Confidential".
I agree with you, David. I thought "Subconscious Art" was fascinating. I wrote a review about that brilliant short film on my blog. You can read it HERE. I go into some of the points brought up in the film regarding viewing art and the relationship between artist and viewer.