21 October 2008

A fitting memorial for Steve Pratt

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Much thanks to Ampersand Duck for digging out this little gem.

Steve Pratt, the scourge of street art has at least been fittingly memorialised as his political career comes to a close.

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Perhaps E.L.K can be commissioned/requested/persuaded to paint a RiotACT mural in a suitable location?

Not sure how you’d paint a large group of anonymous Canberran’s contributing to a website but his artistic talents and imagination are obviously significantly greater than mine.

Granny: shameless, just shameless…

And autograph it, ‘To Granny, my best friend in the whole wide world ever’.

*hehehe*

Oh, yes please, ELK!! That would be awesome.

: )

I like that idea, David at the prison, witty! This kind of public art is what I think most people would support, over piles of industrial left-overs on roadsides. It’s excellent.

Cheers E.L.K. I look forward to seeing your proposed work at the Kambah underpass soon! The theme you propose is pure ‘GOLD’.

BTW, on the legitimacy of aerosol art just look at the US air force. I’m reliably informed that for many years post WWII, they banned nose-art on aircraft. In the early 90’s they reversed this policy and actively recruited talented aerosol artists to start painting aircraft again.

Yes,please! =-D

Hey BerraBoy68,

Personally I too hate tagging, I also hate being referred to as a “graffiti artist”.

I have a lot of respect for graffiti writers, some are extremely talented people, some not so who give aerosol art of all forms the bad reputation I am trying to disassociate from and makes people like steve pratt think he actually has a say in the matter.

The piece itself was not malicious in any way, Just trying to put across the message that Mr. Pratt is gone but street art continues to grow.

Cheers mate, I’ll check out that underpass soon (i’m thinking maybe Stanhope, unveiling Michelangelos David, at the new prison?)

Hey ELK,

Personally I hate graffiti (tagging) as it looks dirty, is pointless etc .but what you did here is, I believe, a great piece of engaging art. More please! Oh,and feel free to start with the underpass under Drakeford Drive (just before the Kambah servo).

Hey, I did this.

Thanks for all your kind words.

E.L.K

sweet! thanks, a trip down south is required methinks!!

Give Pratt a bonus lunatic of the month award for his Gestapo like political views over the years. Thats the best thing about that election that guy is finally out of harms way.

For anyone who doesn’t know, this is at the underpass of Callum & Launceston Sts, in Woden, behind the Hellenic Club.

Next to the stormwater drain.

stray said :

love it…which locality is it in?
(dont worry, i’m not out to go remove it ala Pratt himself)

i agree..i need to see this to believe this!

Holden Caulfield5:59 pm 21 Oct 08

Overheard said :

Holden Caulfield said :

ROFLCOPTER!

Say what? Is that a helicopter for a dyslexic German?

Google roflcopter gif and you will see. 🙂

Stiv worked for ASIS then

johnboy said :

Almost 100% certainly not working for ASIO in the former Yugoslavia Peter, they don’t do overseas work.

But Steve has sued over similar suggestions in the past so my advice is to leave that element alone.

point taken.

Almost 100% certainly not working for ASIO in the former Yugoslavia Peter, they don’t do overseas work.

But Steve has sued over similar suggestions in the past so my advice is to leave that element alone.

johnboy said :

From when the Serbs arrested him as a spy. He was working for CARE at the time.

and possibly asio as well – never proven though. he did get out of jail free pretty quickly though.

From when the Serbs arrested him as a spy. He was working for CARE at the time.

Woody Mann-Caruso3:56 pm 21 Oct 08

Balkan POW mug shot

!?

Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant. A fitting tribute to one of the more amusing aspects of the ACT Legislative Assembly.

I’ll miss Stiv (as he was known on his Balkan POW mug shot).

This mural is indeed a fitting testimony to Stiv’s endearingly misguided attempts to beautify our fair town.

That is really, really well done. Why don’t they pay this person to do some art, rather than stealing bits from building sites and piling them up on the roadsides?

Woody Mann-Caruso1:04 pm 21 Oct 08

This is what public art should be about – drawing attention to public issues, not just sticking crap in public places. Take the $150K we spent on that yellow bird thing and offer prizes to artists who best highlight public issues in the ACT.

love it…which locality is it in?
(dont worry, i’m not out to go remove it ala Pratt himself)

Danman said :

Wait for the graffiti flamers to come out….OR maybe this is an exception ?
Probably was done with a spraycan like other talented stuff as well.

Bonfire ?

it is easy to recognise what it is, it is high quality work, hmmm. no flames from me. looks great.

johnboy said :

caf said :

What’s “ELN”?

We suspect it’s ELK, a noted Canberra street artist.

the links from the blog confirm it.

Wait for the graffiti flamers to come out….OR maybe this is an exception ?
Probably was done with a spraycan like other talented stuff as well.

Bonfire ?

tylersmayhem11:53 am 21 Oct 08

Thanks to everyone for clearing that up. Once I read the related article, my next question was “what’s ELN” which was half of my original question? Thanks for clearing that up too JB.

HA! A little spark of justice in the universe.

Holden Caulfield said :

ROFLCOPTER!

Say what? Is that a helicopter for a dyslexic German?

Holden Caulfield11:29 am 21 Oct 08

ROFLCOPTER!

caf said :

What’s “ELN”?

We suspect it’s ELK, a noted Canberra street artist.

It is funny ….

: )

What a loss for the Assembly. Who will we be able to marvel at? Oh hang on, with seventeen members we shouldn’t have too much trouble finding a new stooge or two.

What’s “ELN”?

You had only to follow the links. This one in particular.

tylersmayhem10:51 am 21 Oct 08

I apologise in advance, and please keep in mind that I have only just returned to Australia / Canberra. Can someone explain the meaning behind this mural. I think it looks really cool and I agree that Canberra needs more public art like this. But understanding the meaning would be excellent.

It brings a tear to the eye.

Absolutely superb. That’s cleared the lungs a little!

ROFL. That’s awesome…

HAHA, looks great. I’m all for it.

Gold. This is the public art Canberra needs.

Slap a few clear coats on, it’ll last longer.

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