Posted by Bel. The time is 4.41pm here in Wellington NZ.

The opinion that tagging makes a mess of our cities is widespread. Some artists are doing their best to tidy things up and rid the urban landscape of this heinous plague. Bonus: nerdy pun!

Mathieu Tremblin: “Tag Clouds”, 2010

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Posted by Bel. The time is 1.47pm here in Wellington, NZ.

I always have a marker in my bag. Along with a whole pile of generally unnecessary crap, but then there are those times when a big black pen is just what you need.

Those times, for example, when you just can't walk past the blatant misuse or neglect of an apostrophe. Although, perhaps I was wrong - perhaps this is a barber for multiple Daves?

Oh dear. I have only just noticed that they did also decide that there are several James Smithsesesss, rather than that the market belongs to James Smith.

Hmmm. Perhaps they get some kind of bonus point for consistency at least?

Posted by Bel. The time is 3:31pm here in Wellington, NZ.

120 billboards have been reclaimed in New York City, after Jordan Seiler of the Public Ad Campaign website discovered that the company hiring them out for corporate and multinational advertising did not have them registered for permits with the NYC Department of Buildings.

Over the weekend, a team of volunteers reappropriated them for artworks in an act of art-activism that is becoming ever more popular as the Current Economic Climate (C) TM registered trademark causes people to think a little more carefully about where they spend their money on and what they are being told to spend their money on.

Click on any of the images to see them larger.

I sourced the photos from here and here, where you can read more on the project.