After a little investigation, I discovered why these stripes are still all
over High St a year later. What a disaster.

https://thewest.com.au/news/fremantle/fremantle-ratepayers-face-clean-up-bill-to-remove-arcs-dellipses-artwork-ng-b88900399z

https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/fremantle/fremantle-artwork-removal-costs-blow-out-tenfold-ng-b88931008z

https://www.9news.com.au/national/2018/07/20/13/19/temporary-optical-illusion-art-damages-fremantle-heritage-listed-buildings

And this one is a lulu. Getting it off that stonework and restoring the
finish is going to be a big problem.

https://www.news.com.au/travel/world-travel/europe/outrage-over-artists-contribution-to-frances-carcassonne-castle/news-story/3ccff20bf24a566457a65f7f8bcf6e40

I'm glad that I was able to see High St before it was vandalised. Next time
I'm there no doubt I will be able to see a whole lot of fully-repainted
facades with the ratepayers having footed a bill heading north of $1
million. It's hilarious that council rushed to remove it from its
newly-restored town hall as quickly as possible. They must have been
cacking themselves when they discovered the consequences of letting an
"artist" graffiti their building. Other property-owners will no doubt be
wise to being tricked in the future.

Tony P

On Sunday, 16 September 2018 10:55:38 UTC+10, Prescott wrote:
>

> We were probably in Fremantle on the same day Mal but I didn't walk that

> far down High St so didn't notice this.

>

> Puzzlingly, this news item is from 2017 so maybe they've done it again?

> Though I don't remember anything like that in 2017 either.

>

>

> http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-10-25/optical-installation-art-created-in-fremantle-street/9081922

>

> It's a shame if you've come across Australia on a rare visit to look at

> one of the most beautiful and intact Victorian townscapes in the country

> only to find it ruined by some "artistic" ****.

>

> Tony P

>

>

>

> On Wednesday, 12 September 2018 22:46:21 UTC+10, Mal Rowe wrote:

>>

>> I'm in WA for the COTMA conference and have already made a trip to

>> Fremantle, where I grabbed the first attached pic showing the old tram

>> depot in High St.

>>

>> But wait ... what's with all the yellow stripes?

>>

>>

>> The answer is revealed when looking back in the opposite (westward)

>> direction. (second attachment)

>>

>> Mal Rowe impressed with WA creativity

>>

>>

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