The Pit as of August 22/2007

Things change at the Pit very quickly, so trying to get a current set of photos shot and posted, before they are outdated has been tougher than I thought it would be this past week.

Here, as of August 22/2007 is what's up at the Pit (The Water and Morris Street Parking Lot)

Free SAME

SAME has been missing in action this summer, after bombing Halifax all winter/spring. I had wondered if that suggested that he was a student, or had a summer job elsewhere, but a comment on the blog had a different explanation - "It's SAME, and he's in jail. FREE SAME!"

This seems to be confirmed by JEM on a wall in Spryfield.

Maybe HRM can give some of it's Graffiti removal crew a summer vacation, knowing that SAME is out of commission for a while. (But maybe they are too busy with APER for a holiday)

George Bush - "Errorist"

Say what you will about graffiti - mess, message, or medium is the message - sometimes a truly witty/profound graffiti comes along - like this one on a concrete drain pipe near an isolated HRM soccer field.

This deserves a wider audience. T-Shirts anyone?

Feedback Part 2

The Pit has been busy this summer. ADICT put up some new stuff, which APER quickly went over, followed by a new ADICT piece. (New Pit pics to come soon)

APER seems to have left a message for ADICT, covering over a SPACE piece. Unlike some writing, where the message can get lost in the style, this one seems loud and clear.

Or, maybe not, who knows?

Feedback/I'm Back Part 1

I was away for a while, and have been paying for my sins since by being extra busy at work, and subsequently have neglected the blog. No more.

Upon my return, I discovered one of the pitfalls of a blog allowing unmoderated anonymous comments - minor flame wars. There was some back and forth between APER, some of the ADICT guys presumably, and others - basically relating to APER's go overs at The Pit - style critiques and etiquette violations.

Ah well - as Brendan Beehan said "There is no such thing as bad publicity - except your own obituary. "

The ADICT Crew

ADICT is a large crew of at least 10 guys including SPACE5 SENS(AY) ZEAL CODER2 YRON SEAKING KOFI1 CEAS ZEAL HEROW and BES(O).

Although their tags can be found around, they seem to concentrate mainly on large pieces which can be found at the pit, at BC Silver School and along all the railway overpasses thru the peninsula. They share a similar overall unifying style, but each individual has his own very distinct style. When I've met them writing they have usually been friendly, informative, and not minded me watching or shooting them while working. On a couple of occasions I've had a chance to see their books of photos of their work, which are numerous, and impressive in their quality.

Say what you might about graffiti, I think it's hard to fault the look and quality of their big pieces. They add (ADICT) to Halifax.

Apologies for the scarcity of posting - I've been on vacation and internetless.

ADICT Tagging



ADICT Pieces