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March 05, 2007
Habitat. Street Art vs. The Splasher
Habitat. Street Art vs. The Splasher: Public debate can be healthy. Recently, Gothamist has been tracking the Street Art vs. Splasher Wars going down in NYC (It appears the splasher is throwing paint over notable street art). We applaud Gothamist's coverage of the story and it's everything that this techno-journalism should be. Although the Times and a few other papers have covered it, these guys have been writing from a very personal yet observant role. Their process started with noticing the splasher and wondering what the heck was going on. Then they drilled deeper until they unearthed a really interesting debate. We highly recommend checking it out.
The Gothamist's posts include input from Swoon, and other folks. As reported: "If you've been following along with Gothamist, you'll know that the Splasher has been defacing streetart around the city recently. While many in the streetart community are upset with the Splasher's actions, Swoon has come up with her own solution - redo the pieces the vandal defaced. Sam Horine caught Swoon's pieces in Prospect Heights (around 5th Ave and Flatbush Ave), where you can still see the paint drippings from before she redid the pieces."
Read more about NYC's public debate [Here]
Posted by taj at March 5, 2007 04:45 AM