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Title: When Graffiti becomes art? Post by: bobm on October 04, 2015, 10:05:30 I have no time for the "tags" that get daubed alongside many of our railway lines and in town and city centres but a recent project in Swindon has shown that in the right circumstances ad-hoc outdoor painting can be very striking.
The council are improving the route of the old canal path which is now a walk/cycleway for people coming into the town from the west and south west. As part of that they have re-rendered one of the bridges and a group of local artists have spent the last few weeks painting a mural based on the town's history - which naturally features a number of railway icons (http://www.mbob.co.uk/rforum/graf1.jpg) (http://www.mbob.co.uk/rforum/graf2.jpg) Also featured is Swindon Viewpoint (http://www.swindonviewpoint.com/about), Britain's first public access tv station and Dr Who! (http://www.mbob.co.uk/rforum/grafbil.jpg) The link? Former Dr Who girl Billie Piper was born in Swindon. This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |