Last week the whole of Nelson Street in central Bristol (UK) was shut off for a rather exciting project. Nelson Street is normally dull, grey and a bit manky - it's home to several nightclubs, a derelict magistrates court and the back of the police station - but someone had a good idea.
Bristol is well-known for its street art scene and Inkie, a local, brought the city council and street artists from all over the world together to brighten the area up. The whole thing was called See No Evil.
I missed the street party that accompanied the finishing of the project on Saturday, as well as the temporary boards which had been painted on, but what's still there is pretty awesome. I went down on Sunday and took a load of photos, so here they are in a neat slideshow.
More photos will eventually end up on Flickr but I don't see that happening for a while yet.
You don't want to see those anyway, there are loads of great ones over on Flickr.
There's a dedicated group, the Bristol group and Swishrelic's set, then there's the ever-awesome F***YeahBristol tumblrlog, and the project's own website.
Street art, if done well, is really awesome! These pictures look great.
ReplyDeleteYay! I loved the whale across one of the walkway things. & there were some people dressed up as lions when we went down... weird. I did love the stuff on the police station though, how did they do that?
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ReplyDeleteI think the police station stuff might have been pressure washing/steam cleaning with templates? Did you see the Propaganda adverts that were cleaned into the pavements a while ago? Same as that I reckon.
Cool pictures, thanks for sharing xxx
ReplyDeleteThat is a great slideshow! I wouldnt have a clue how to do that!!
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