Another disturbing article about the mentality of graffiti vandals. Trains are been stopped on line in the middle of the day and bomb graffitied by graffiti vandals causing kaosto train timetables and train line safety. Full article here http://heraldsun.newspaperdirect.com/epaper/viewer.aspx
Interesting work by one artist! Using a graffiti mural on a back board with a man standing in front painted up to blend in! See his feet in front of the wall…. I assume this image is legal and placed in an art gallery. Here the work is appreciated for the talent involved. This is [...]
WOW Here is true talent at work See how a dull and boring car park can be transformed into a fantastic and vibrant peace of art. And guess what ….. It’s Legal! We take our hats off to Harold Mitchell (Executive Chairman – Aegis Media Pacific) for having the foresight to create such a great [...]
We ummed and ahhed about blogging about this ourselves……….. But in the end decided it warranted public discussion so that the awareness of why people graffiti and their mentality can be understood. It’s the only way we are going to combat it! This article appeared in the Herald Sun on November 16 2012 and [...]
We were all touched by the recent events that tragically cut down the life of a beautiful young women, and the outpouring of grief that followed. But when do we justify graffiti as not being vandalism when it is illegally posted? Herald Sun 2-10-2012 The recent graffiti tribute to Jill, although sympathetic, it needs [...]
Graffiti an ongoing eyesore BY VANESSA ALMOND Coffs Coast Independent 12 Jan, 2012 12:00 AM IT’S unsightly, unattractive and sometimes offensive, and it’s an ever increasing fact of life: Graffiti. Despite the hard work of several local community groups, graffiti continues to be a problem, not least of all in the issue of the expense [...]
DOB IN TAGGER KIDS The team and The Graffiti Eaters strongly support these initiatives in the prevention of the growing epidemic of graffiti. Well done to the Victorian Police Force for taking positive preemptive action. We believe that better education and prior intervention with our youth at school age will contribute significantly to reducing future [...]
This is why we have a graffiti problem! Although applying graffiti is a criminal offence, when vandals are caught they get off scott free. The amount of tax payers time and money that was wasted here obtaining evidence and presenting to the courts and all for nothing. These four vandals are grown men, not kids [...]
Unfortunately these kinds of media reports work in the favour of the graffiti vandal. As a society we must be clear on what the rules are that we all must live by. This type of debate just motivates and fuels graffiti vandals. The definition of graffiti is: “writing or drawings scribbled, scratched, or sprayed illicitly [...]
We always hear about the graffiti vandalism financial costs to the community. Unfortunately there is also often a greater cost! Refer to the news article from the Channel 7 website. I like to discuss these events when they occur, it creates awareness, makes the gravity of the risks being taken real and hopefully saves a [...]