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Video: Melbourne Car Park’s Amazing Graffiti Art

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3:00PM January 17, 2012 | Danny Allen

Project Melbourne Underground at Emerald House is fast becoming Australia’s largest private street art project. Over the next few weeks, walls over more than 800 square metres of space will be sprayed and stencilled by around 90 artists – from around Australia and from New York, Paris and Amsterdam. More »


Science

Graffiti Identification System Could Reveal Gang Behind Tag

1:32AM November 18, 2011 | Andrew Liszewski

Graffiti isn’t always used to spruce up abandoned homes, freeway overpasses or trains. Sometimes it’s used by gangs to mark their territory or communicate about illicit activities. More »


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Pixelated Graffiti Printer Uses Spray Cans Instead Of Ink Carts

7:00AM November 1, 2011 | Andrew Liszewski

The Graffiti Research Lab is back again with another open source project that lets untalented wannabe Banksys easily tag an entire wall with a customised dot matrix message. But we highly doubt they’ll be laying down the works of Shakespeare. More »


Software

Street Tag For iPhone: Tag Up Walls Without Getting Arrested

9:35AM August 9, 2011 | Casey Chan

When I was young I associated graffiti with gangs and crime. Now that I’m older, it’s probably my favorite form of art. I don’t know my way around a can but I do know my iPhone. And with Street Tag, I can use my iPhone as a can of spray paint. SO FUN. More »


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Spray Paint Behemoth Bag Packs 22 Cans Of Vandalism (…Or Art!)

12:30PM July 26, 2011 | Sam Biddle

Should you find yourself preparing a massive spray paint project, you’re probably going to need a massive amount of spray paint! Sure, you could juggle them, or throw them in a bag. Or carry this ginormous spray paint monster backpack. More »


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Train-Graffiti Device Sprays Paint From 22 Cans At Once

3:00AM July 16, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

Not advocating this in any shape or form, but Dtagno’s built a large pole for housing 22 spray cans that simultaneously attack passing trains with graffiti. If only the Berlin street-artist could put that enthusiasm to better use. More »


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Spray Painting With A Skateboard Is Just As Fun As It Sounds

1:00AM July 7, 2011 | Casey Chan

These skaters attached a remote control spray paint can to the bottom of their skateboards. That way, whenever they would skate, a trail of paint would follow their path. It all makes for chaotically colourful artwork. More »


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The Unlikely Graffiti Of Chernobyl

12:40AM April 28, 2011 | Cyriaque Lamar

It’s been 25 years today since the Chernobyl disaster, but that doesn’t mean people don’t drop by the ghost town of Pripyat. One sign of human visitation is the graffiti street artists leave behind. More »


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Graffiti Backpack Makes Tagging An Illegal Breeze

1:00PM April 14, 2011 | Sam Biddle

The graffiti in my neighbourhood really sucks—it’d be nice to see as much creativity as I have in other locales. Maybe the local taggers are just unorganised? This eight-can bag makes spraying down a masterpiece oh so convenient. More »


Online

Street Art View Catalogues The Art That’s Not In Museums

12:46AM February 19, 2011 | Kyle VanHemert

Not to be mistaken with Google’s recent effort to catalogue indoor art, the new Street Art View project lets you tour the street art of the world as captured in Google Maps. And really who’s seen more streets than the Google Street View car? More »