current forum:Winnipeg Arts, Culture & Recreation

[cherenkov]

Has anyone else noticed "Authorized Graffiti Areas" around town?

This one was in the exchange, on King I think:


And there is another one on the mini strip mall on Ellice & Kennedy. I have a photo of that one posted on my blog. In both cases I didn't see any graffiti, other than the city of winnipeg stencil. Just curious how prevalent these are, if they're only downtown, etc .. They both appear to be quite recent.

[np_]

Haven't seen them, but I'm guessing they're not put there by the city.

[Vote for Pedro]

Haven't seen them, but I'm guessing they're not put there by the city.

That was my thought when I saw one last week.

[cherenkov]

You may be right. Thought occurred to me that it may be a practical joke. I can't find any mention of authorized graffiti on the City web site. Hmmm. Well, it wasn't me.

[Munchkinguy]

Saw one at the Downtown Giant Tiger today.

[cherenkov]

Was there any graffiti or just the stamp?

[Fort Garry Dark]

I really don't like graffiti.

I've seen some artistic attempts - but mostly I view it as just tagging in order to degrade neighborhoods - IMHO.

I see it at the Forks all the time. Get over it and stop wasting my time to clean it up.

/thank you.

[Munchkinguy]

Was there any graffiti or just the stamp?

Just the stamp.

[BigBadBeau]

I like the old kind of graffiti from the '70s and '80s, words you could actually read. Like how such-and-such rules, or such-and-such sucks. Now it's all gang tags that no one can read and no one cares about except the gangs. Makes me want to grab a can of spray paint and go out and do some proper graffiti. If you ever see graffiti in Osborne Village that reads "Streetheart rules" or something, that'll be me.

[Munchkinguy]

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