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Am I the only one bothered by the fact that the most recent picture is not on the right side?
Not all cultures read from left to right.
looks at caption above image
looks at image
Sure… but like… PICK ONE.
Only 95% of them…
If you read right to left, do you imagine after before before?
In some way it’s erased in malicious compliance, because the message is still showing, doubly because of the censorship.
Knowing Banksy, the image itself, while powerful in its message, was never going to be the main message of the art. The actions that followed were what it was all about. When your government is so predictable, it’s easy to troll them.
Do you remember what the artwork was that was shredded after the auction? Few would. The message was always the shredding. Just like this, it was always the censoring. Government fell right into it and what was once some graffiti on a wall in a local area is now international news provoking discourse. That’s art doing its thing.
It’s far more poignant like that. Whoever did this is either very stupid or very clever.
The ground is wet there like it just rained, I wonder if this is the first time it’s rained after he put it up. Maybe he used paint that washes away, exactly for this reason.
Just a thought though. Unlikely.
Banksy used something to etch the stone before applying the paint knowing they’ll try to wash it off.
Edit: more context, the building that has the art is 150 years old so they can’t just replace the tiles. They are going to have to take some layers off.
Removing it, of course, creates a Streisand effect and add more fuel to the Palestinian cause.
all this does is amplify the message. Banksy is brilliant.
Same sort of vibe as the nuclear shadows, you can still tell what was supposed to be there.
The worst part is that it’s the more progressive party that is doing this.
I’m not sure “progressive” is the right term for the neoliberal war machine doing what it does to manufacture consent, but also not living in the UK so take that with a grain of salt I suppose.
I said “more progressive”. Their are definitely more progressive then the alternatives.
Certainly less progressive than the greens
Right on. Who do we need to bribe around here to get a “more progressive” representation that’s actually left of center…?
New Labour are regressive as shit.
It’s just that the Tories are even more regressive and Reform are complete total nutters.
I think it is pretty clear by now that Keir Starmer is a seat warmer for Nigel
He’s behaving like that’s his goal even. It’s just hard to fathom. Like is he a plant? I don’t see how you could set the table better than what he’s doing right now.
Blairites were never purged from the party.
Whoever thinks that twat will make things better in stad of worse is delusional
It’s a grade 1 listed building, it’d have to go no matter what it was.
Banksy would have known this beforehand, it’s masterful actually.
Space Invader put a mosaic on a listed building where I live. We didn’t have police blocking it, it wasn’t removed the next day. It was removed eventually and it was investigated but I didn’t have the Big Brother feel to it.
It’s still pretty artsy. You can totally get the message without the finer details.
Calculated?
Yeah this doesn’t really add up. We don’t like this so let’s just make it look more pale? Did they pay someone to do this?
The people removing the graffiti couldn’t even be bothered to change the border. Still clearly an outline of a power imbalance.
Before on the left. After on the right. We’re not fucking weebs.
You call that erasing?
Maybe it’s like tattoo removal. It’s never really gone because something-something white blood cells. Or takes hundreds of sessions until it’s gone.
What are the chances banksy was the masked person who covered up the mural it seems to be done with intent to keep the silhouette perfectly. The banksy crew had to have known it was going to be covered up and they planted someone to be the cleaner-upper? Or this whole thing is a sanctioned stunt… It seems there is people within the system that want it to change.
why clear it and leave a silhouette?? why just don’t leave an entire square silhouette to no one ever knows what was there.
They should all make T-shirts with this pic and use them in their daily lives.
