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August 26, 2009
Unlike Adelaide's alleyways I've always found Melbourne's alleyway's fascinating spaces to explore as a rich and colourful art can be found in the multitude of alleyways. This street art is in contrast to the random urban violence.
Gary Sauer-Thompson, near Brock Place, Melbourne CBD, 2008
This public art is supported by the Melbourne City Council that is able to distinguish between graffiti and street art -as indicated by its policy of laneway commissions. It realizes that this kind of public art situates Melbourne in the tourist market as an interesting, vital and culturally alive city. In Adelaide a lot of interesting work is scrubbed out by the Adelaide City Council.
As a result of the Council's policy of keeping the city graffiti free, Adelaide's street art is hidden away in odd places in the CBD:
Gary Sauer-Thompson, near Currie Street, Adelaide CBD, 2008, Adelaide, 2008
They have community paint out days in family friendly Adelaide--its fun, so bring the kids. The Council's policy is that:
All graffiti is illegal and as such various avenues are available for taking legal action if the culprits can be apprehended.The graffiti culture consists of an orchestrated effort by a core group of people, aswell as spontaneous acts that are motivated by the desire to vandalise property. Graffiti and vandalism are related and the act should be referred to as “graffiti vandalism”.
The “graffiti artist” is not recognised under this policy as traditional artists seek permission from property owners before they start work on a project.
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