tangent4ronpaul
07-08-2010, 11:47 PM
I got some books I'd ordered today about Bansky and stencil art. It got me thinking...
If a car hits a puddle and splashes mud on the side of a building, has it vandalized that building? It's just mud, it will wash off the next rain storm.
If an individual stepped in a mud puddle and scraped their foot off on the side of a building, have they vandalized that building? It's just mud, it will wash off the next rain storm.
If an individual stepped in a mud puddle and got a lot of mud on their foot, so scraped their foot off on the side of a building in the shape of a smiley face., have they vandalized that building? It's just mud, it will wash off the next rain storm.
If a bird dedicates and it lands on the side of the building and the fecal matter splatters into an image resembling mother Mary, has the bird just vandalized the building? after all it's just fecal matter. it will wash off with the next rain storm.
If an individual stepped up to the side of a building, or a utility box, say near it's street corner and unrolled a stencil make out of a file folder, held it up and applied a good coating of pumps from a manual atomizer with watercolor paint. Have they vandalized that building? It's just watercolor paint, it will wash off the next rain storm.
Where is the line here? We pit a lot of temp stuff up on all sorts of stuff. This seems like a reasonable legal argument. Doesn't permanent damage have to be proven?
Studied stencil techniques last campaign, thinking more barn painting at that time. Banskeys stencils seem to be the same mateial that file folders are made out of. It does not hold up to heavy repeated use. Art or paper companies should have it.
On banners - Coroplast is a pain to cut. Have used a razor knife and a dremal tool w/ a disk shaped cutter. Neither were very satisfactory. Anyone have better solutions?
thanks,
-t
If a car hits a puddle and splashes mud on the side of a building, has it vandalized that building? It's just mud, it will wash off the next rain storm.
If an individual stepped in a mud puddle and scraped their foot off on the side of a building, have they vandalized that building? It's just mud, it will wash off the next rain storm.
If an individual stepped in a mud puddle and got a lot of mud on their foot, so scraped their foot off on the side of a building in the shape of a smiley face., have they vandalized that building? It's just mud, it will wash off the next rain storm.
If a bird dedicates and it lands on the side of the building and the fecal matter splatters into an image resembling mother Mary, has the bird just vandalized the building? after all it's just fecal matter. it will wash off with the next rain storm.
If an individual stepped up to the side of a building, or a utility box, say near it's street corner and unrolled a stencil make out of a file folder, held it up and applied a good coating of pumps from a manual atomizer with watercolor paint. Have they vandalized that building? It's just watercolor paint, it will wash off the next rain storm.
Where is the line here? We pit a lot of temp stuff up on all sorts of stuff. This seems like a reasonable legal argument. Doesn't permanent damage have to be proven?
Studied stencil techniques last campaign, thinking more barn painting at that time. Banskeys stencils seem to be the same mateial that file folders are made out of. It does not hold up to heavy repeated use. Art or paper companies should have it.
On banners - Coroplast is a pain to cut. Have used a razor knife and a dremal tool w/ a disk shaped cutter. Neither were very satisfactory. Anyone have better solutions?
thanks,
-t