Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Stop this graffiti
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Permalink Reply by Rory on
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Indeed. "If someone painted a St George's flag there last week it would have been removed instantly." Is quite an assumption to make. Especially because, as we all know, there is no basis in fact at all for this statement.
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Permalink Reply by Jim Walsh on
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'These days you get arrested and thrown in jail just for saying you're english'.
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I thought political graffiti was not tolerated in Haringey? Even though the above example is not overly political (Compared to some of the PKK graffiti that was seen in Haringey a few years ago) it is still political as it seems to promote the left wing glorification of the May 1st date? Realistically though I have no beef with the above example other than from a aesthetic perspective as its not particularly attractive.
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Permalink Reply by Hugh on
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My understanding is, that no graffiti is tolerated in Haringey, political or not. I think that any graffiti that is inflammatory in any way is prioritised for removal, but that all graffiti is removed.
To be clear, let me restate I’m not advocating for the tolerance of any graffiti, political or not. What I do advocate though, is not prioritising for removal any graffiti on the basis of its “belongingness”.
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Permalink Reply by Sarah on
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We have the same policy in the borough I work for. I remember one day sitting in the office overhearing a manager saying "he removed a Banksy?!" Apparently staff were meant to apply some discretion in the application of the policy
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I later found myself working in a team with the man who removed the Banksy. He still refuses to see a difference between street art and graffiti
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Permalink Reply by Alan Stanton on
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What exactly is the difference, please?
"I've got a brillo box
I say it's art.
It's the same one
You can buy
in any supermart."
https://www.flickr.com/photos/alanstanton/34634791492/
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Permalink Reply by Rosamund Tomlins on
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I'd seen the Banksy "No Ball Games" defaced by apparently a rival graffiti artist, even after a perspex plate was placed over it by Haringey - somehow someone managed to tip paint down the crack, & spoil it. I'd understood it was considered unrepairable, although I don't believe Banksy himself was necessarily consulted over the matter, or if anyone tried to do so, or if anyone tried to do anything to restore the original.
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