GRAFFITI IN THE NEWS MEDIA SUPERTHREAD

http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_brit...sp?story=535331

Moose, public-spirited graffiti artist, cleans up

By Ian Herbert and Roland Hancock

26 June 2004

The Yorkshire graffiti artist known universally as Moose has what he believes is a cast-iron defence against accusations of urban vandalism.

He has devised a brand of street art which not only livens up city streets, but removes grime in the process. His method is to take 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.

The artist's labours have brought in contracts from companies as diverse as Microsoft, Channel 4 and the drinks giant Diageo, and created art in improbable places - from Edinburgh signposts to London's Blackwall Tunnel. But the graffiti has pitched him into a legal spat with municipal leaders in Leeds, where he is based.

Much to the indignation of the artist's corporate clients, Leeds City Council demanded the "clean-up" of a piece of graffiti promoting Diageo's Smirnoff vodka in one of the municipality's gloomiest underpasses.

Smirnoff considers the artist's work a perfect way to reach a teenage market and is keen to commission Moose again. It claims the police were happy with the work's legality.

The row is a source of puzzlement to Moose, 39, who occasionally goes by his real name Paul Curtis, and who can earn more than £600 a day.

"As soon as I've done one it creates a lot of buzz; a lot of people start talking about it," he said. "It means I can create... images in horrible, shitty tunnels, dirty walkways, anywhere."

The source of the trouble has been a rather unfathomable message in 3ftletters for Smirnoff's "Lyriquid perfection" campaign, condemned by Gerry Harper, a Leeds councillor, as "sheer vandalism". Moose counters that he should not be prosecuted "for cleaning the walls". But Leeds City Council insists his work is illegal because any advertiser needs a permit. The Crown Prosecution Service says he may have been in breach of last year's Anti-Social Behaviour Act.

Smirnoff has removed the offending work - not because of the legality of the threat but by "its own volition" it said.

maybe its just me but im confused on his "method" what does he do? just bassicly lays a stencil on a dirty wall and then scrubs it so when he takes the stencil off it looks like graffit? do you have any pictures of this stuff? it's very interesting.

so why are they upset?

Re: "Reverse Graffiti" article

Originally posted by metallix

Smirnoff considers the artist's work a perfect way to reach a teenage market.

haha. what's the legal drinking age there?

he probably sand blasts the wall...and for $600 per day for graff? fucked up...

this is such a stab in the back. if he was local i would hunt him down. he is getting paid for making your art look slightly different. the kids who basicly rocked his fills should get a cut.

perosnally, i don't think he should be messing with people's art....its bullshit..i'm with dustwardprez

yo, there is nothing like a writer with a good gimick. sounds like he is using his noggin. wish there were flicks.

Originally posted by dustwardprez

this is such a stab in the back. if he was local i would hunt him down. he is getting paid for making your art look slightly different. the kids who basicly rocked his fills should get a cut.

it doesn't say anywhere in the article that dude is going over pieces or tags just that he scrubs dirt off of grimey areas using a template to reveal an image. just like if there was a really dusty table and you wrote your name in the dust with your finger revealing the clean table underneath..only difference is his cleaning is fairly permanent. def. want to see some flicks.

as soon as he's done cleaning the surface, hit it. the paint will last much longer now thats its on a clean surface :)~

Sounds like a smart motherfucker to me, I wish I'd thought of that.

Getting rid of NYC's graffiti

read or watch the video at..

http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?se...cal&id=4604299

New York-WABC, September 27, 2006) - Five days a week, there's a group here in the city that keeps walls graffiti free. And the best part? It's all free.

Eyewitness News's Lauren Glassberg has the story.

When you see the truck pulling up, take a good last look. At the graffiti in the area.

Five days a weeks and sometimes at night. The graffiti free NYC crews hit the walls of New York and where they can't paint over graffiti. They layer on a non-toxic chemical that will help lift the spray paint off -- and then it's to the hot water power pressure washer.

Craig Small oversees the program and its fleet of 13. Some are brand new vans.

And there are some older versions, two of which are devoted to graffiti removal in Brooklyn and come October.

Ten more of those vans are being added. The push is clearly on to get the paint off.

Yvette Anthony passed by a school in Flatbush that was being cleaned and thought it would be great for her community.

And the best part, it's free and it's kind of fun to watch it all wash away.

On one building the graffiti says the "empire strikes back", now Lauren Glassberg is striking back. And it feels good, she says.

Re: Getting rid of NYC's graffiti

new york has what, 18 million people? it's one of the biggest, most bombed, cities in the world. talk about pushing shit uphill. good luck to them in their losing battle

New Tools to Combat Graffiti

September 13, 2006 - Local leaders got their first look today at a new weapon in the fight against graffiti.

The makers of "Graffiti Armor" claim the sealant can prevent spray paint from getting a permanent hold on surfaces. Seal America says the $300 product used along with its special cleaner makes graffiti removal fast and easy.

Roger Thomas from Caltrans says, "Taxpayers will ultimately foot the bill for whatever method governments choose to get rid of grafitti."

In a recent message, Fresno Mayor Alan Autry compared graffiti to cancer, saying it spreads to other parts of the community if not treated quickly and aggressively.

http://abclocal.go.com/kfsn/story?se...cal&id=4557943

Re: New Tools to Combat Graffiti

new? this stuff's been around for years

Re: New Tools to Combat Graffiti

wont work. too expensive and you still get vandalised. not to mention you still have to buy their handy dandy special cleaner to remove it. good ol buff paint is still better

County Hotline to Help Combat Graffiti (CA)

Sunday October 1, 2006

To combat graffiti in unincorporated portions of the Santa Clarita Valley, the county is creating a hotline for residents to call and report vandalism so it can be removed within 48 hours.

Graffiti problems have been plaguing the valley, becoming "a minor epidemic," said Bob Haueter, senior deputy to Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich.

Recent complaints regarding graffiti have been reported in Westridge, Stevenson Ranch and Castaic.

Currently, the only working graffiti hotline for residents in unincorporated portions of the valley is available in Val Verde.

When residents in other unincorporated communities call the county to report graffiti, officials provide them with the supplies to paint over the offending areas, but not the people to do it.

With the new hotline - which is scheduled to begin service Nov. 1 - the county will call a contracted company to go out and meet with the person who is reporting the graffiti and paint over it.

Paul Novak, planning deputy for Antonovich, said that delays on the graffiti hotline were mainly due to the lack of a public contract with a company that would be able to paint over the graffiti.

Graffiti removal programs have been very successful in other areas, and the county has public education programs and makes presentations to town councils, Novak said.

The Board of Supervisors recently looked into audio/visual equipment for the detection of graffiti and illegal gunshots for the Sheriff's Department, but Novak said it has not been implemented

http://www.the-signal.com/?module=di...77&format=html

Re: County Hotline to Help Combat Graffiti (CA)

hmm

Re: New Tools to Combat Graffiti

n a recent message, Fresno Mayor Alan Autry compared graffiti to cancer, saying it spreads to other parts of the community if not treated quickly and aggressively.

if you want to treat it quickly your probably a bit late

Re: Getting rid of NYC's graffiti

i will never stop it here in ny

Re: Getting rid of NYC's graffiti

HAH! thats like a toddler having a fist fight with a monster truck.

Re: Getting rid of NYC's graffiti

chicago has been doing this for years. graffiti comes in waves in that city. sometimes the city is crushed then next thing you know the uppest writer comes along and stamps shit dookie brown... they will have one hell of a time trying to win that war

Re: Getting rid of NYC's graffiti

like that will stop anything. Overcame the buff....now this ....big deal...are they gonna climb to heaven and put this shit on overpasses? howbout rooftops and fire escapes? talk about a dumb fuckin idea. To all you new yorks writers double up on scribes and teach those fuckers a lesson. use etch in your mops and get em....better yet....they want vandalism take a fuckin knife to their tires after you bomb their vans...they are doing as much for the community as the president does for our country.....god, why do people concentrate on writers so much....o i know why....because we are all cutthroats who rob and kill people and we are all gang members...or could it possibly be they dont understand and dont WANT to understand? they just dont fuckin care.....either way fuck these bitches. I am gonna move to new york and teach their kids how to write graffiti.....i dont know what the fuck that was all about....i dont now how much of a valid point i am making but, i am venting because it seems we are targeted more than thiefs, rapists, tweakers and crackheads put together. Its bullshit.

Re: Getting rid of NYC's graffiti

new york has what, 18 million people? it's one of the biggest, most bombed, cities in the world. talk about pushing shit uphill. good luck to them in their losing battle

co-signed

Re: Getting rid of NYC's graffiti

This is pretty old, buff trucks been coming through for a while. And yeh they can't get rid of all the graffiti in New York, but they do buff a lot of classic shit, like shit that is 10-15 years old that can't be replaced. Especially on the store gates.

Re: Getting rid of NYC's graffiti

tagging shit up in the city will never stop....so all of this is very pointless.....

Re: New Tools to Combat Graffiti

haha i love how people think graffiti will just go away.

Web Site Fuels Graffiti, Tagging Issue In Oregon

sept 15, 2006

PORTLAND, Ore. -- Graffiti is a growing issue in Portland, Ore., and police said a popular web site is fueling the problem.

The web site is called 12 Ounce Prophet, and graffiti artists, or taggers, go there to brag about their crimes.

Marcia Dennis is the graffiti abatement coordinator for Portland's graffiti removal program

She said web sites like this one fuel a competition amongst taggers.

"They put it up in the most difficult places. They want it to stay up forever, and now that there's the internet, they can post their photos there and have bragging rights on the internet, " said Dennis.

Portland police are having trouble finding the taggers, because most of the postings are anonymous.

They estimated that graffiti vandalism costs people in the Portland metro area more than $2 million dollars a year.

http://www.10news.com/news/9858635/detail.html

Re: Web Site Fuels Graffiti, Tagging Issue In Oregon

bragging rights on the internet

awsome!

Re: Web Site Fuels Graffiti, Tagging Issue In Oregon

we are fucking bastards, arent we....