Reverse-graffiti

pH

Yes I know it's nothing to do with skeptics, but it's just too wonderful not to share.

Basically there's a graffiti artist in the UK (Paul Curtis) who cleans away dirt and grime to make messages on walls etc.



British authorities aren’t sure what to make of the artist who is creating graffiti by cleaning the grime of urban life. The Leeds City Council has been considering what to do with Moose. "I’m waiting for the kind of Monty Python court case where exhibit A is a pot of cleaning fluid and exhibit B is a pair of my old socks," he jokes.
http://www.neatorama.com/2006/09/13/soap-not-spray-can-reverse-graffiti-art/

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Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Seen written on the grime of a car in Dundrum:

"Also a vailable in white"

Problem was, the car was blue...

po0k

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Nice link pH

pH

Who thinks "the selective cleaning of public spaces" should be a crime?

shay7

What he’s doing shouldn’t be a crime. But if selective cleaning became perfectly legal advertisers and less scrupulous graffiti artists might abuse the technique.

It’s pretty easy to write “Mick loves Mary” on a dirty wall with a power hose

davidoc

It's a nice concept and the example posted is quite pretty, but look at their website
http://www.symbollix.com/main.html. Their previous clients include Smirnoff, Microsoft (for Xbox), and Channel 4 (for Big Brother). Commercial graffiti? Yuck!