Signature piece, and signature, by This Means Nothing (later to become Emic (Fb | web)) in Garfield Street, Belfast city centre.
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Belfast city centre
The Dude Abides
According to the IMDb page about The Big Lebowski, “the dude abides” is a reference to Ecclesiastes 1:4: “One generation passes away, and another generation comes, but the Earth abides forever.”
Graffiti-art in Great Victoria Street, Belfast city centre
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All In
Graffiti art by TMN in Garfield Street. The Adidas ‘trefoil’ logo dates back to 1972. “All in” is the brand’s 2011 slogan.
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Business As Usual
“Buisness [sic] as usual” at the Red Barn Gallery off Rosemary Street – perhaps a comment on the state of arts funding.
Rosemary Street, Belfast city centre
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Condensed Community Confidence
“The product” is condensed community confidence. But it’s “out of stock”. In imitation of Andy Warhol’s 1962 work Campbell’s Soup Cans.
North Street, Belfast city centre
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Flesh
Here are four pieces of street art by Pablo Caamina, Filth (web), and Dr Lakra x2 (ekosystem): a ratty cat, ?a cloud?, a skeleton kneeling in its own discarded flesh, and a sweating head. The yellow on the far end is part of a piece by Blu – brains falling out of an open head (ekosystem).
The building is now (part of) the site for the MAC, between Hector Street and Edward Street, Belfast; the building on the right is in Exchange Street.
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Who Burnt Us Out?
“Who burnt us out? People before profit.” “Fat cats get fatter – puts the kittens out in the cold.” “They burnt us out – don’t let them get away with it.”
On April 17th, 2004, incendiary devices went off at multiple points inside the 1936 Art Deco-style North Street Arcade (BelTel) and more than 20 businesses, including Good Vibrations record store, were burnt out. Suspects were interviewed (Guardian) but no charges were ever brought.
The third image is from October: new shutters have been graffitied with “New shutters wont hide the fact that you burnt out twenty businesses – shame on you.” Google Street View from 2008 shows graffiti reading, “Make my Christmas – jail the arsonists. Shame on you” with an anarchist symbol. In 2010, KVLR, DOC, and Filth sprayed the shutters (web). In 2012, ARNZ (of TMN) wrote on the shutters (Street View).
On the shutters blocking the arcade itself, KVLR and Friz (of SPOOM) jointly painted a piece for the 2011 Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival and repainted it in 2012, again for the Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival. (See Visual History 11.)
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