Operator Speaking by Zachary Constantine
 

The Subconscious Art of Graffiti Removal

2010-01-13 04:23:17 // The Operator
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via Wooster Collective

Thorough, eerie, genius.

It is no coincidence that funding for anti-graffiti campaigns often outweighs funding for the arts.

While not being a conscious decision on the part of the ruling class, the declared “war on graffiti” plays an important role in the furthering of the art form.

The unconscious artistic desires of even the most conservative members of the ruling system leak out amidst subconscious conspiracy to find and promote creative endeavours.

- The Subconscious Art of Graffiti Removal

A truck emblazoned with the words “Graffiti Busters” ambles along, slowly filling each alley with the city’s idea of a message – “Everything is the same shit-brown. Everything is the same raincloud-grey.” – over “This is my name!”, “This is what I have to say!”, and “This is what I can do!” scrawl. Not one voice is spared the over-speak whitewash.

- four hours into a day

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