The story behind the city market HUGE gaffitti,



An Ed and Fray Photography



Hello Darlings,

By now this beautiful piece of Graffiti is not  new to your eye, and just as Ed said, (the photographer) that we are probably the last people to take a photo of this piece,
but besides being the last, here i come first with the true story behind this piece , (at least with first hand information from a witness)

But first,I might have to take you back a little bit to the true Graffiti culture.
Graffiti is a crime, an art crime mostly done by the voiceless people of the society, done on strategic places, mostly vandalised walls all in effort to get your attention and also for personal expression and establishment which of course goes out of the norm.

Graffiti done legally loses its sense and thrill of being a graffiti - that's why artists do not put their name tags on it. its supposed to be anonymous.
in the past, it was done in Groups. there usually is  a head spray can artist and the helpers to help minimise risks, this would usually end up strengthening bonds of friendship among the artists and either way their is a sense of comfort in a majority,and less risks.

its nature of vandalism required artists to do it at quire times to avoid being busted. this, probably falls in the night.that's where the thrill and adventure falls in, and people would wake up every morning to marvel at your work and wonder who did it, take photos and talk about it.


Which takes me back to our picture of the moment.
sources say that the artists arrived late in the night. it was a very big crew. Four whites, 2 Japanese and a bunch of Locals.They found Street urchins asleep and they woke them up to dismiss them.
there was heavy Lighting because its  obvious the whole piece couldn't be done in darkness.
and besides that, they were Guarded by some  AP Police.

Its ironical  that foreigners can actually step up and  address our societal problems on our behalf through Graffiti,i presume that it was a wake up call because soon  after the Media highlighted Graffiti issues Locals became conscious and later their were stencils graffiti  all over town on political awareness.

all i got to say is Long Live Graffiti, and big up's to Graffitti writers, cant get enough of these.





the gaffitti (full size)