The Krog Street tunnel in Atlanta is one of the better canvases for…
The Krog Street tunnel in Atlanta is one of the better canvases for graffiti in the city.
Melissa was telling me a story this morning. A guy got a permit to close the tunnel for Halloween. He planned to have DJs play in the tunnel and he was going to charge admission.
He pulled those permits once before. That time, graffiti artists in town caught wind of the plan and painted the whole tunnel white. They were not going to let this guy make money off their public art. Graffiti by its nature is ephemeral and so they just pulled a CTRL+ALT+DEL on the bridge. Good for them.
There seems to be a larger business and creativity parable in this story.
By the way, he seems to have canceled the event this year too. He says bad weather is to blame.