Graffiti is hip and happening in London. Following the Cans Festival, the Tate Modern is holding a street art exhibition, also “the first major public museum display of street art in London”. Gone are the days when graffiti was deemed underground and taboo – it’s clearly mainstream now!
I returned to Leake Street to the tunnel where the Cans Festival took place to see how the graffiti had evolved since the actual exhibition. From 5th May, the tunnel has been open to the public, and people are essentially free to tag over the original works.
I love this:
Then again, I’m biased as the image it’s based on is by my favourite photographer, Steve McCurry.
Clearly a popular piece..
but what’s this I see?!
My favourite piece, tagged over 
A couple of weeks later..
Hm
Hm..
That description sounds an awful lot like Mr. Banksy 
Either I missed a hell of a lot of graffiti the first time, or things are constantly being added, or both, which I guess is the beauty of this whole array of artwork.
I’ve always been a graffiti spotter and now even moreso!
Perhaps I’ll ditch street photography and just shoot walls.
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Cans Festival – http://tanya-n.com/?p=112
May 10, 2008
Anonymous Protest against Scientology – Operation Fair Game Stop
Another month, another Anon protest. As the title suggests, this demonstration against the Church of Scientology focused on the fair game policy.
If you’ve been following my blogs, or are generally internet-savvy, you’ll know what these protests have been about. If you don’t have a clue, feel free to check out my previous posts on this subject:
February – http://tanya-n.com/?p=104
March – http://tanya-n.com/?p=107
April – http://tanya-n.com/?p=110
The protest seemed to be just like the last three, with one notable exception.
The police were giving out warnings to those carrying signs depicting Scientology as a cult, claiming it is an offence under Section 5 of the Public Order act of 1986.
Full view the following to read the warning in full. Next to it is the ‘insulting’ sign.
Those not adhering to the warning, who continue to use the signs would be summoned to court, and that’s exactly what happened to this guy. I should point out that the Church of Scientology complained about the signs portraying them as a cult, which is what lead to these warnings being issued. I’m really curious as to what the outcome of this will be.
This guy was using a nifty monocular to try and see what was going on in the building.
Run Anon girl, run!
By complete coincidence, the bar next door to the Church of Scientology (COS) building is called the Cos Bar. Strange, that!
Full-view:
Me!
Once again, demonstrating my elite self portrait skills!
The protesters left their base outside the Church of Scientology in Blackfriars, and just like with the previous protests, headed over to Tottenham Court Road to demonstrate outside the Dianetics Centre.
It was incredibly amusing seeing the group on the Tube, playing Rick Astley and Chocolate Rain, and proclaiming loudly.
Not impressed:
Once out of the Underground, I stupidly forgot to change the ISO, so some of the following look rubbish as I was shooting in sunshine at 1600. Clever stuff.
This passer-by decided to make a statement of his own:
Unfortunately it resulted in him getting arrested.
A bit harsh, I’d say!
He gave me one of those Mudkip cards 
I’ll end with a couple of snaps I took at the Cans Festival, where Anon occupied a little space of their own.
Sorry about the inconsistent fonts – I’m using an upgraded WordPress and something is a bit screwed up!
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