My first paste up is a paste up of a paste up. Work by Leo Boyd (web | ig | Fb) for HTN21 in Kent Street, Belfast.
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Zero Tolerance
Posted in the window of the NI Human Rights Commission (web) in North Street: “Our workers have the right to be treated with dignity and respect at all times. They should be able to their jobs without being physically or verbally abused. Most people respect this. Thank you for being one of them.” The sign pre-dates the pandemic.
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I Love Lasagne
Here are just nine pieces of tags/writing in Belfast – seven in the city centre, mostly from TMN [The Most Nasty] krew, and two from east Belfast
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Builders At Work
This Nathan Bowen (ig | web store) piece is on the hoarding on the west side of North Street (in front of the car-park). There is no actual construction taking place – the area has been in decline since the fire in the arcade in 2004 (see below and Condensed Community Confidence and Who Burnt Us Out?) and the Tribeca renovation has proven controversial.
Previously by Bowen: Covid-Era Canvases
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Armed With Taste
“Lovable lefty football fans” and brandishers of beer and spirits TUFAC (web | Fb) were at the Sunflower last Friday and in the days that followed pasted a sticker or two around the city centre. This ‘refugees welcome‘ one shows the iconic ‘fleeing family’ dribbling a soccer ball as they go.
See previously: Gegen Rechts | Good Night, White Pride.
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For The Love Of Skulls
Full title: “For the love of skulls what have I done” by Matthew Knight (ig) in Kent Street, Belfast, for HTN2021.
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Facing West
Edinburgh-based artist Shona Hardie (ig) painted in Union Street, Belfast, for HTN2021.
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No More PSNI Cover-Ups
At a pre-inquest review yesterday (2021-12-08) lawyers for the PSNI defended the request for a Public Interest Immunity certificate regarding evidence in the case of Noah Donohoe (PA). This stencil on Divis Street says “not in our name” and asserts that “the public want full disclosure”. Below is graffiti on the Glen Road alleging that the PSNI is “hiding Noah’s killer”.
Previously on the PII request: For Noah.
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Unionists Protected
“Federal Ireland – unionists protected – RSF – Éıre Nua”. The “Éıre Nua” plan of the 70s and 80s (which remains policy of Republican Sinn Féin/Sınn Féın Poblachtach (web), which split from Sınn Féın in 1986) calls for four parliaments, one in each of the four provinces, with a capital in Athlone. At the time of creation, this plan would have given Ulster Protestants a slim majority; in the present day, however, only 43% of the Ulster population is Protestant (WP).
The graffiti is at the bottom of St James’s.
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