If you read the articles you see that the problem is that it's not easily
removed.
Tony P
On Tuesday, 18 September 2018 06:31:48 UTC+10, Brent Efford wrote:
>
> Sorry, Mal, but it seems a bit of a stretch for the Grumpy Old Men of TDU
> to appreciate modern art (or modern anything?) :)
>
> But I think the Fremantle installation looks brilliant – it is only
> temporary and easily removed, after all. It makes me wish I had gone to
> COTMA after all, just to see it. It suggests more municipal creativity in
> Fremantle than I suspected existed when on my sole visit in 2008.
>
> Brent Efford – public art enthusiast
>
>
>
> On 18/09/2018, at 7:41 AM, Prescott lenkap...@... <javascript:>>
> wrote:
>
> 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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