Some updates and then some Graffiti

So there are good news and bad news - the good news are that I've finally found a job, so I won't be a lazy bum no more and live of others' hard work (by saying others, I mean of course Liat). This leads us to the bad news which means that I won't be able to update this blog as much as I'd like to, unless you want to see some really boring pictures of us walking to work every morning (it just happened to be that I found a place which is just 2 city blocks from Liat's office. Yeah yeah, the whole meeting for lunch thing - your people, my people...).

Yet this post isn't quite the requiem for this blog as I am going to Tassie (Tasmania) wilderness areas this week so I hope I'll get some cool (and probably drizzly) shots from there.

But I have promised a Graffiti special before, and although this isn't even close to what Melbourne has to offer in this field, it's still awesome. Also, I know these shots aren't technically impressive, but I reckon the true artists are the ones that actually made these drawings, not someone who just happened to be there with a camera. I have tried, however, to capture these with some contextual elements - background textures, buildings or street elements, people - so they won't feel like museum shots.









































This particular style is called "Stencil Graffiti" (in Hebrew - Shablona) so the artist cut the shape on a card board and then sprays it all around town. Some of it is really ingenious, some technically impressive, some just crap. What's really interesting about this style is the composition that is being created by these so-called "Stencil wars".



















































Just an ambiance shot... quite lyric, ain't it?





















It is really absurd, however, that the city council still considers these to be offensive and tries to fight it, while at least in my view, it is an essential addition to a vibrant streetscape. Then again, no one ever sprayed my property, so maybe I cannot judge. However, who ever done this one should be honored by a museum, or at least by an art gallery, instead of being outcast as a vandalist - it's kind of a delicate combination of most of the mid 20th century art styles, but you can see it for free on the street!