#GRAFFITI O FREE#

Graffiti is the sight of an unregulated free market getting the kind of art it deserves.' Graffiti is a perfectly proportionate response to being sold unattainable goals by a society obsessed with status and infamy. Popular street artist Banksy has said, 'To some people breaking into property and painting it might seem a little inconsiderate, but in reality the 30 square centimeters of your brain are trespassed upon every day by teams of marketing experts. As advertising infiltrates, the communal consciousness on a constant daily basis, Street Art has oftentimes been coined a counter attack.Many street artists use the public canvas of buildings, bridges, lampposts, underpasses, ditches, sidewalks, walls, and benches to assure their individual messages are seen by a wide swath of the population, unfiltered by target demographics or being accessible only to art world denizens.Street Art can often be viewed as a tool for promoting an artist's personal agenda surrounding contemporary social concerns, with city facades acting in the same role as the old fashioned soapbox a place to extol the artist's opinion on a myriad issues ranging from politics and environmentalism to consumerism and consumption.This temporariness creates an immediacy and electricity around the work. Viewers are seeing a one-of-a-kind work that is likely not to last.

Any unsanctioned public work runs the risk of being removed or painted over by authorities or by other artists.

A central aspect of Street Art is its ephemerality.

Street Art has also been called independent public art, post-graffiti, and guerilla art. Although some street artists do create installations or sculpture, they are more widely known for the use of unconventional art mediums such as spray paint, stencils, wheat paste posters, and stickers.

The underlying impetus behind Street Art grew out of the belief that art should function in opposition to, and sometimes even outside of, the hegemonic system of laws, property, and ownership be accessible, rather than hidden away inside galleries, museums, and private collections and be democratic and empowering, in that all people (regardless of race, age, gender, economic status, etc.) should be able to create art and have it be seen by others. As graffiti bloomed outward across the U.S., Street Art evolved to encompass any visual art created in public locations, specifically unsanctioned artwork. Early graffiti writers of the 1960s and 70s co-opted this philosophy as they began to tag their names across the urban landscapes of New York City, Los Angeles, and Philadelphia. To report a graffiti problem please contact us on the numbers below.The common idiom 'to take to the streets' has been used for years to reflect a diplomatic arena for people to protest, riot, or rebel. Legislation allows local authorities to serve a graffiti removal notice on the owners of street furniture, property belonging to educational institutions and certain statutory transport undertakersВ which have been defaced with graffitiВ that the local authority considers to be offensive or detrimental to the amenity of the local area. This will only be done where the Council can safely remove graffiti without damage.В Any graffiti work that is required will only be carried out on the completion of a waiver indemnifying the Council from any claims. Where agreed with private property owners, the Council may remove graffiti on private properties as a chargeable service. The Council has no enforcement or responsibility for private buildings or properties. Private property owners are responsible for graffiti on their properties. These methods are environmentally friendly, safe and can be used to clean a wide range of surfaces and types of graffiti. Our teams are trained to use specialised graffiti removal equipment and chemicals and where the use of chemicals is either ineffective or unsuitable, we may carry out a paint over of the graffiti. Offensive, sectarian or obscene graffiti will be checked withinВ one working day, where possible and removed withinВ two working days, where possible. Our aim is to remove graffiti withinВ seven days of it being reported. We have dedicated teams which remove graffiti as part of their weekly work. WeВ have established procedures and timescales for the removal of illegally displayed material on our buildings and property.В If you become aware of graffiti on public property please notify usВ and/or the police. We are committed to promoting a safe and secure environmentВ and to giving our residents peaceful enjoyment of their own communities.

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