Weekend link-o-rama

July 16th, 2011 | By RJ Rushmore | 2 Comments »

Gold Peg

Well, it’s been quite a week for me at least. Here’s what I wasn’t posting about while I was busy breaking up fights…

Tox has been jailed for an absolutely insane sentence of 27 months for writing graffiti. There are not words the express who screwed up that sentence is. The British Transport Police claim Tox’s graffiti caused passenger delays, but sending him to jail for 27 months just costs taxpayers a boatload of money. Graffiti writers should receive sentences of community service and/or fines. Not jail time.
JR has posted a short video highlighting one of the stories to emerge so far from his Inside Out project.
Dirty Hands, a film about David Choe, is finally on DVD and streaming online.
Some big names including El Mac, SheOne, Roids and Kid Acne are due to paint some big murals on a Bristol street soon.
The Toykio cafe/gallery is finally open and it looks fantastic.
Vhils has another video out of his artwork-by-explosion technique.
I’m not usually a fan of light art or “light graffiti,” but this stuff blows me away.
Graffiti writer BNE has raised almost $20,000 towards providing clean water to people in need. And he’s looking to do even more.
Roa’s show in Berlin has opened.
Becca is part of a show in LA.
Thom Thom / Hephaestus makes some damn cool ad disruptions.

Alison Young

Tox’s sentence is bloody awful, I agree. Just wanted to say, however, that we need to be careful in saying that graffiti writers and street artists should be fined: many people can’t pay a fine of several thousands of pounds or dollars, and they then end in in prison for non-payment of fines. Fines sound like a good alternative to prison but they often end up being an indirect route there instead.
http://blog.vandalog.com/ RJ Rushmore

True. That’s what happened to Revok. But in cases where it is possible for the writers to afford the fines, they might be an alternative to community service. Although they also might just be a way for wealthy people to avoid community service. I heard of one person who could afford the small fine he would be given for a street art related ticket he had received, so he specifically asked the judge for a fine rather than community service.