Comments on: Art, Value & Banksy’s Rats in Melbourne http://hyperallergic.com/6076/banksy-rat-melbourne/ Sensitive to Art and its Discontents Wed, 23 May 2012 01:24:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Alison Younghttp://hyperallergic.com/6076/banksy-rat-melbourne/comment-page-1/#comment-1293 Alison Young Mon, 17 May 2010 07:19:38 +0000 http://hyperallergic.com/?p=6076#comment-1293 Hi Howie, Just wanted to mention that the City of Melbourne actually targets both tags and 'stand-alone stencils' (their words) for removal - they say that they have a policy of zero tolerance towards both. And it's clear from their buffing policies that it doesn't matter if there are tags on a work or not - if it's in the 'wrong' place (in their eyes), then it should go! Hi Howie,

Just wanted to mention that the City of Melbourne actually targets both tags and ‘stand-alone stencils’ (their words) for removal – they say that they have a policy of zero tolerance towards both. And it’s clear from their buffing policies that it doesn’t matter if there are tags on a work or not – if it’s in the ‘wrong’ place (in their eyes), then it should go!

]]> By: Howiehttp://hyperallergic.com/6076/banksy-rat-melbourne/comment-page-1/#comment-1291 Howie Sun, 16 May 2010 22:40:56 +0000 http://hyperallergic.com/?p=6076#comment-1291 Fact is if all those asshole taggers didn't scribble their name all over the city would of had no reason to rub stuff out. Scribble taggers should be shot. They give real street artists problems because towns group them together. Fact is if all those asshole taggers didn’t scribble their name all over the city would of had no reason to rub stuff out. Scribble taggers should be shot. They give real street artists problems because towns group them together.

]]> By: Alison Younghttp://hyperallergic.com/6076/banksy-rat-melbourne/comment-page-1/#comment-1282 Alison Young Fri, 14 May 2010 08:54:26 +0000 http://hyperallergic.com/?p=6076#comment-1282 Oh, that's great - I love it that it's a 'banksia'. Brilliant. I'm not very good with identifying Australian flowers, since I'm actually a Scot, and find the amazing flora there kind of mystifying. But yes, it makes it all the funnier that the flower is a banksia. Oh, that’s great – I love it that it’s a ‘banksia’. Brilliant. I’m not very good with identifying Australian flowers, since I’m actually a Scot, and find the amazing flora there kind of mystifying. But yes, it makes it all the funnier that the flower is a banksia.

]]> By: Hrag Vartanianhttp://hyperallergic.com/6076/banksy-rat-melbourne/comment-page-1/#comment-1281 Hrag Vartanian Fri, 14 May 2010 03:38:55 +0000 http://hyperallergic.com/?p=6076#comment-1281 Thanks for the info, I just posted your comment as a separate post, it is VERY illuminating. Thanks for the info, I just posted your comment as a separate post, it is VERY illuminating.

]]> By: Lotus Johnsonhttp://hyperallergic.com/6076/banksy-rat-melbourne/comment-page-1/#comment-1280 Lotus Johnson Fri, 14 May 2010 02:10:24 +0000 http://hyperallergic.com/?p=6076#comment-1280 From my point of view as a flower and graffiti photographer, the photo of Banksy being stabbed by a native Australian flower had me laughing so hard I just about fell off the chair, since the flower is a Banksia (looks like Banksia coccinea) first collected and brounght to England by Sir Joseph Banks in 1770. From my point of view as a flower and graffiti photographer, the photo of Banksy being stabbed by a native Australian flower had me laughing so hard I just about fell off the chair, since the flower is a Banksia (looks like Banksia coccinea) first collected and brounght to England by Sir Joseph Banks in 1770.

]]> By: Art, Value and Banksy’s Rats in Melbourne – visit Hyperallergic « Images to Live Byhttp://hyperallergic.com/6076/banksy-rat-melbourne/comment-page-1/#comment-1267 Art, Value and Banksy’s Rats in Melbourne – visit Hyperallergic « Images to Live By Wed, 12 May 2010 12:03:58 +0000 http://hyperallergic.com/?p=6076#comment-1267 [...] one of Banksy’s rats in Hosier Lane in Melbourne, you might be interested in reading my account of this event, over on the excellent site Hyperallergic. Possibly related posts: (automatically [...] [...] one of Banksy’s rats in Hosier Lane in Melbourne, you might be interested in reading my account of this event, over on the excellent site Hyperallergic. Possibly related posts: (automatically [...]

]]> By: Jeremy Sapienzahttp://hyperallergic.com/6076/banksy-rat-melbourne/comment-page-1/#comment-1257 Jeremy Sapienza Mon, 10 May 2010 20:47:33 +0000 http://hyperallergic.com/?p=6076#comment-1257 "Instead of mourning the Banksy rat lost through the contradictions of a confused bureaucratic process, the city council needs to face up to the fact that Melbourne’s status as the street art capital of Australia demands greater intelligence from its municipal authorities." Or greater "butt the fuck out" -egence from its municipal (and state) authorities. “Instead of mourning the Banksy rat lost through the contradictions of a confused bureaucratic process, the city council needs to face up to the fact that Melbourne’s status as the street art capital of Australia demands greater intelligence from its municipal authorities.”

Or greater “butt the fuck out” -egence from its municipal (and state) authorities.

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