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Reminded me of a certain photograph of Peckham Rye Park, Sexby Gardens


KidKruger Wrote:

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> Foxy that back alley looks ace, all that colour

> and thought and imagination, it's so positive and

> inspirational.

> Can't wait until ED gets a fair whack of that !

KidKruger Wrote:

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> Foxy that back alley looks ace, all that colour

> and thought and imagination, it's so positive and

> inspirational.

> Can't wait until ED gets a fair whack of that !


Well they've all ready started on the bins up outside the Herne so won't be long.


DulwichFox

MrBen Wrote:

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> johnie Wrote:

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> > DulwichFox Wrote:

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> > > There have been many road accidents where

> > > drivers were distracted by Graffiti.

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> > I've looked quite hard on the web for evidence

> to

> > support this statement, but can't find any. Can

> > you point me towards the statistics? Thanks.

>

> Johnie, sadly even if Sir Lord Fox does bother to

> google...he often still gets it wrong. None of us

> really know where it all comes from...just take it

> as part of the entertainment round here..


I get so much stick when I give examples from Google.Search or Wiki. I left it up to you.


You have to read between the lines.

Distraction is one of the biggest causes of road traffic accidents.


This can be drivers using maps, mobile phones and in the States (USA) road side billboards (advertisements).

Also even people engaged in deep conversation.


It does not take a lot of working out that ANY roadside advert / unusual art work is liable to cause

a certain level of distraction and therefore increases the risk of an accident.


DF

Drivers are more distracted than ever before - and taking your eyes off the road for just 2 seconds increases accident risk 24 times


So driving passed a work of art and giving it a 2 second glance..


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3000917/Drivers-distracted-taking-eyes-road-just-2-seconds-increases-accident-risk-24-times.html

ruffers Wrote:

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> I recall a poster featuring Sophie Dahl was

> accused of casing a few accidents a number of

> years ago. Is that what you were thinking of?


Not come across that before but a quick google :-


http://www.brandrepublic.com/article/12546/opium-poster-banned-record-complaints


It was Banned.


Protestors denounced the ad as ?porno chic? and degrading to women,

road safety campaigners feared that the posters could distract drivers and cause accidents, and councillors and parents complained that the ads were displayed too close to schools.

Read more at http://www.brandrepublic.com/article/12546/opium-poster-banned-record-complaints#MWMsdIBwjuRoSDql.99


Anyone who drives and/or has a tuppence worth of commence sense would be able to work that out.


DulwichFox

KidKruger Wrote:

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> Muley why do you think the murals are created by

> local people ?

> And if you mean the people who own the walls

> should check with their neighbours first before

> creating them, should that include passers-by ?

> If everyone likes the mural that a person creates

> on the side of his house, is he a tool ?

> If 15% do not like the mural that a person creates

> on the side of his house, is he a tool (or only

> 15% tool) ?

> Would respect for neighbours only be demonstrable

> in ED if there were absolutely NO murals, or only

> if there were murals that had gone up with 100%

> approval from 'the neighbours' (and please clarify

> if that includes passers-by) ?



Blimey KK, stick, wrong end, getting hold of...


DF wrote "Show some respect to your neighbours. Not everyone wants to live in a ghetto", to which I responded "Maybe 'show some respect your neighbours' by not being a tool". Really Foxy? You think ED is being turned into a ghetto? Do you feel that you are personally being disrespected?


KK, you asked 'Would respect for neighbours only be demonstrable in ED if there were absolutely NO murals, or only if there were murals that had gone up with 100% approval from 'the neighbours' (and please clarify if that includes passers-by).


Clearly Foxy thinks so.

MrBen Wrote:

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> When the Fox is on a sticky wicket...diversionary

> tactics are often deployed. In this instance we've

> just moved from graffiti to soft porn with Sophie

> Dahl.


Wrong again MrBen.. It was Ruffers that brought up Sofie Dahl.. Selective reading always lets you down.


DF

IngridB Wrote:

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But they really

> would like another artwork there, so Im thinking

> about who to ask.


Ingrid, a possible suggestion - the calligrapher Seb Lester was asking for a mural space earlier this year. He does really beautiful typographic pieces - it's hard to imagine anyone not liking them.


He said: "I really want to do a big mural this year. A big piece of art, most probably a beautiful and inspiring quote, on a big wall somewhere. The location could be in the UK, or somewhere in Europe possibly. I'm thinking maybe roughly 3 metres by 6 metres. I would be grateful for any suggestions on where I could do that, legally obviously."

just_browsing Wrote:

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> So here is the Kinsale Road mural. More art than

> graffii, one might argue.


That's quite cool.. A hint of M.C Escher. The Dutch graphic artist. 17 June 1898 ? 27 March 1972


It's clever and incorporates the structure of the building with the illusion of depth..

One could believe it was real.


A lot nicer than that ghastly 'cartoon' bee. with its 'brash' colours.


There needs to be more consultation before any work is allowed to be carried out.


DulwichFox

  • 2 months later...
A female street artist is going to paint the wall where the bee was from 20 September for about 3 days. She is MadC, and the wall owners love what she proposes to do. It is based on another painting in Dulwich Picture Gallery. Lets hope people love it. I think they will!

Lovely. I appreciate that we have people organising all this art - i don't always love it, but I'm not supposed to. I went to the Summer Exhibition on Saturday and there was some very challenging 'art' (going for ?????) amongst some beautiful bits, buts that's my opinion not everyone's.


It's one thing having an opinion - that's what makes us all individuals. It's downright rude to hammer home time and time again (from the comfort of your keyboard), how much you despise something.


Thank goodness for IngridB and her artists - thank you! :)

DulwichFox Wrote:

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> Lets hope that this time the artist will use the

> correct paint that will not damage the wall's

> porousness

> requiring it to be re-rendered.

>

> DulwichFox


Whatever made you think that paint damages walls??? That particular wall has been in a very bad state for a long time. The owners think it was from when the house next to it (which is now a carpark) was bombed in the last war and an internal wall became an exterior.


The street artists in this project mainly use exterior masonry paint which actually protects the wall.

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