Tuesday's Tag - BDC

BDC, (almost always with the Crown signifier and often with a question mark), is found mainly near the intersection of Quinpool and Robie streets. Presumably BDC knows SNUBS, since their tags are often co-located and they both use the Crown symbol (A Crew symbol perhaps?) With the exception of the Skate Park, BDC uses magic marker rather than paint and works in fairly small scale.

Mailbox Mapping

Mailboxes throughout Halifax provide a tempting target for graffiti. I have been mapping out on a Flickr map, adding the locations of each tagged mailbox I photograph. If the police can find serial killers through geomapping, surely there is something to be learned about taggers by mapping the locations of the mailboxes they tag (or at least my movements around the city).

Explore the map - and let me know via the comments what you discover.

Help Me Thursday #3

OK, I really need some help on this one - this tag has been showing up regularly around the downtown core - and I have no idea what it says - let me know your thoughts by leaving a comment - thanks in advance for all the help.

APT - Tuesday's Tag

apt:
1: unusually fitted or qualified : ready
2 a: having a tendency : likely 'plants apt to suffer from drought' b: ordinarily disposed : inclined 'apt to accept what is plausible as true'
3: suited to a purpose; especially : being to the point 'an apt quotation'
4: keenly intelligent and responsive 'an apt pupil'

Some things just don't live up to the expectations created by their names - APT is one of them. Clearly, APT is a vandal - I have not yet seen APT scrawled on anything except buildings and even a panel van. The tag itself is not particularly artistic or stylish - about the best thing that can be said for APT is that by spraying a black APT on a blue wall near a neon sign - the makings of a nice photo were created (see "Damn with faint praise")

Water and Morris Street Parking Lot Pieces

Hidden from view, the parking lot at Water and Morris Streets (the site of the old Irving Oil Tanks) makes an ideal place for large pieces to be made and displayed. This area is much like the Trans-Canada Tunnel site near New Glasgow, and similar, excellent works flourish here.

Next time you go for a walk on the waterfront, take a right at the Power Station and check out the parking lot - It's well worth the detour. And if you are a fan of graffiti - it's the 'must-see' site in downtown Halifax.



Addendum March 4, 2007

Clearly this location is dynamic - when I revisited it a day later there had been 2 paintovers in the ensuing 24 hours. I had the privilege of meeting SWAY(the creator of the new pieces), who was photographing his own work with a friend.

HMT (Help Me Thursday) Number Two

OK - here's another challenge after last weeks success - I've previously suggested (established conclusively) that VA is a Crew Tag of the "Visual Assasins". This sticker is a VA tag but what do the stylized letters say?

Comment and let me know your opinion.