one of the things i like about melbourne is the art. see there are things i LIKE about this place!!! there is a lot of public art here – sculpture, grafitti & these cool citylights project installations.
tonite we went to see a movie called rash about the melbourne street art scene. there is a lot of grafitti here. in the last 6 months or so i’ve noticed a lot appearing along the train line on my way to uni. great stuff too. i’ve always noticed some in the city too but last week i wandered down a laneway while i was on the phone & walked into 2 laneways FULL of very cool grafitti.
tonite’s movie focused mostly on the artists with only a small amount of the council people saying how they have a zero tolerance on these matters. there were also 2 mayors who said they are working to keep the graffiti and do productive things with the artists (including a mentoring program in schools!!).
overall it was a cool look into the culture of these people. since it was concentrated on melbourne artists, a lot of them were in the audience. it was quite inspiring. i don’t think i want to be out sneaking around at 4am to ‘bomb’ but it made me want to go create something.
just sucks that i need to finish off the thesis before i could think about being creative. 
but anyway, if this makes it to nyc or elsewhere, i’d recommend seeing it. and if you want to see some of the work, check out state of flux and stencil revolution. i liked this guy ha ha (and yes, he did name himself after the simpson’s nelson’s laugh).