Guerilla Art

Hey Suburbanaughts,

Guerilla art is the surreptitious, and often sudden, creation or installation of unauthorized public art, often with the purpose of making an overt political statement. The term is often used interchangably with "street art."
Guerilla art consists of reclaiming space and changing its dynamics with images or counter images, art that has been created anonymously and left on walls or in places such as public squares. Guerrilla art is not only spray paint and text and images. It can also encompass theater and film projections projected on walls of buildings.

http://www.concepttshirts.co.uk/guerilla-art.php

This is the book that I found in the Tate Modern bookshop:

http://painting.about.com/od/productreviews/gr/guerilla_artkit.htm

Of course, the concept is hugely attractive, but then you open it and it's all like seed-bombs!! What??

I mean, nothing wrong with an organic source of protest -- and don't forget that slow, secret sense of smugness that follows -- but the hot-blooded wannabe street artist isn't motiated by the commitment of nursing an infant sapling. Sneaking out in the middle of the night to water an acorn just doesn't cut the mustard.

Spray paint damages the environment and your lungs and is pretty much illigal (unless you are a professinoal artist), so what is the solution?

A wonderful form of pasting!

All you need is water, flour and sugar:

http://forums.whyweprotest.net/11-fliers-pamphlets/how-make-glue-wheat-paste-posters-1841/

However, for the ultimate in guerilla art (one that Smith forgot, thankyouverymuch) is MOSIAC!! Hail the Space Invaders! World-wide invasion!!!


Check out the website:

http://www.space-invaders.com/

Oh, and people don't blog enough.

and very Irish accents rule.

Lots of love.