A series of street art projects have been unveiled as part of Maribyrnong council’s fight against illegal tagging.
Under the council’s $60,000 Streetworks program, eight street artworks have been created across Footscray, Seddon and Yarraville.
The council spends $130,000 a year removing illegal tagging and hopes creating large-scale artworks in key graffiti hotspots will help cut the clean-up bill.
Artists including Heesco, Kerrie Polliness, Daniela Rodriguez and Brett Ashby have created street art ranging from photographic montages inspired by the local area to
“paste up” tree-inspired lanterns and painted
walls.
Locations include bridges, shop walls, underpasses and street corners chosen as sites that have attracted graffiti.
Mayor Grant Miles said Streetworks was running in addition to ongoing graffiti removal programs.
“Graffiti makes our streets look terrible and is a visual blight,” he said.
“The Streetworks project will create durable visual art in the street, animate our local spaces and help deter graffitists.”
Benjamin Millar
