I'm gonna take a break from talking about dogs and cats just for a moment to participate in some sharing of graffiti that a few other people in South East Asia are currently participating in. I don't know if you will see this @jack.russelle and @gabe.radke but here is my addition to the fun little round-robin you guys are doing as far as street art is concerned.
It's hard to tell just by looking at it but the top says "Krabi Clean City" and this art installation, as well as the cleanup drive initialized by non-profit group Trash Hero was something wonderful that was happening in the local community right before Covid shut everything down. The work was done with permission and I would imagine that the artist was paid (but I don't really have any idea.)
This next one is on the side of a riverside cafe that I go to from time to time and while it isn't part of the cleanup initiative, I still quite like it.
Located on the property wall of the Ammartpanichnakul High School in Krabitown is the "Krabi Art Walk" that leads to the art museum that is next to the white temple in the middle of downtown. This wall was perfect for this because each of the squares is reserved for a particular artist, many of which are the actual students at the school. What you end up with is a government-sanctioned mashup of different art styles that change on a regular basis. I believe that this project began as Krabi was attempting to differentiate itself from other tourist destinations as an "art city."
I don't know if they have actually accomplished that or not, and we likely wont know until the pandemic is behind us, hopefully by the end of this year in time for high season.
They were making some real headway in the past in their attempts to get Krabi on the map as an art city because other than the markets and the laid back appeal of the city, there wasn't really much of a reason for people to travel here but instead they would bypass us and head straight for the beaches and islands. Of course none of that matters now that the borders are completely closed but hopefully once things pick back up they can resume their efforts to that end
Well, that's it for now, I'll make my way out there and try to get some more shots as I find them. Tell me what you think? Am I doing it right?
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any efforts to give people a permitted place to do street art appeals to me. I would like it if they could do that in urban areas of the USA (perhaps they do) so the people who are gonna vandalize might at least have some skill once that time comes.
it really does seem to have that effect here. There is very little in the way of unauthorized street art here and unfortunately much of what does happen is done by visitors not locals. The provided areas give people a chance to do it legally and if they screw up, they can just paint over it and start over.