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In the previous stop, the choice to transgress interior space centred around an expression of agency in the charged spatial relations of public/private sites, and social relations around legitimate/illegitimate use. Arguably there is a certain degree…

The adult and/or the child may also notice things along the way, at places or points of the tour that the child doesn’t necessarily stop at (perhaps interesting to either one, but not interesting enough for the child to stop). For instance, the sound…

Painting over graffiti only produces a blank canvas, inviting graffiti artists to continue to recreate art. For those opposed, in order to avoid this tedious, re occurring cycle, both individuals and local councils have commissioned artists to create…

In 1992 as part of a community project in Prahran, graffiti artists Duel, Pest and Mars collaborated to create a mural on the side of the Windsor train line. The original mural involved the use of kaleidoscopic colours and geometric lettering. Now 22…

… or subjects like a teddy bear (albeit a bit worse for wear), potentially on a very large scale. With a piece like this the parent may wonder why the child is drawn to it when it also has quite terrifying (the man’s face) or sad (the cat’s eye…

Like most things that start off as a radical form of expression, often become a part of the mainstream world. And nothing could be more mainstream than the use of graffiti on the front fence of a newly developed apartment block. The company that…

Increasingly, more individuals are commissioning artists to create murals on their property to reduce the impact of graffiti. A compromise of sorts is negotiated. There is an element of irony in this outcome, that in order to reduce graffiti,…

On the back wall of the National Storage building in Union Street, next to Windsor Siding is a series of large murals. The company commissioned a cohort of artists to create these murals in an attempt to discourage tagging. The positives of a…

To end the day at Tattersalls lane is a very good choice. Here you have section 8 where you can chill out, but the most interesting place is just around the corner. Stevenson Lane is a very small alley which is full of commercial garbage bins. The…