Melbourne Laneway Art

cosmicbdog Says:

Aug 12, 2008 - Thats what you think aboriginal means. 'Ab' however is primarily used to say 'not' or 'away from' or 'lower value'. It means these original people are no longer the original people of this land. Its word trickery, just like the trickery used to settle the country. We think its alright, but its got subliminal undermining all throughout it. Don't be an uneducated racist... its so 1700's.

cosmicbdog Says:

Aug 12, 2008 - and how can it not have anything to do with the video? Graffiti is considered illegal in most places... cuz you're not allowed to damage other peoples property... but technically, those bricks belong to the natives.. legally... the brick walls and buildings we rant about keeping clean and sheen are actually graffiti to the natives. But hey... those damn black folk just get drunk all day and don't contribute to our earth destroying ways... what losers! right?

cassonislove Says:

Aug 14, 2008 - the buildings the walls the material used to make these buildings.. all most likely imported so they dont own it. and if it wasnt imported the aboriginals didnt know how to make bricks anyway. we said sorry what more do you want WHO CARES ANYMORE!

JustinFromSydney Says:

Aug 15, 2008 - Because I don't spray things.. because i'm not a complete f**king failure in life who has to express my self by defacing other peoples property.

cosmicbdog Says:

Aug 15, 2008 - But you live in a country that is a complete defacing of a culture... does that mean you're much worse than what your judging?

cosmicbdog Says:

Aug 15, 2008 - Sorry sugar... we don't import bricks. We just blow up the sacred mountains the natives worshipped. Hey, if saying sorry makes you feel like its ok. Saying it and actually recognising the depth of the situation is something else. I'm not saying you should feel guilty... its not like you did it first hand or anything... but have you really taken a long pause to consider the magnitude of what went down and how it continues to effect this great land of oz we're proud to call home?

JustinFromSydney Says:

Aug 15, 2008 - your second statement is defoundationalised by your first comment. I *don't* live in a country that is "defacing" of a culture.

cosmicbdog Says:

Aug 15, 2008 - Did you pass that around the debate team to come up with that? Obviously you're living in a supremacist state of mind and clearly I lack the profundity to communicate with somebody of your intellectual stature. All the success to you on your mighty tower. Say hi to the thesaurus club for me.

JustinFromSydney Says:

Aug 15, 2008 - You don't need to be an ivory tower intellectual to work out that Graffiti (illegal or legal) is done by those people who fail at life and who should hang themselves.

cosmicbdog Says:

Aug 15, 2008 - You should make a video about it. Lets put a face to the brave words.

JustinFromSydney Says:

Aug 16, 2008 - I need to upload a video to speak about Graffiti?

cosmicbdog Says:

Aug 16, 2008 - Yeah man. You want to talk about what failing is. Lets see what you actually look like so that people can see that only demented idiots hiding behind text say things like what you do.

JustinFromSydney Says:

Aug 16, 2008 - Showing a video of me would neither prove what i say, or disprove it.

cosmicbdog Says:

Aug 16, 2008 - Knew it. You've got no integrity on here man. You've just proved your a comment pussy hiding behind your mighty words. Look man, reality probably is you have no success in life yourself so you look for things like graffiti to blame your self disappointment on. I don't know what you're afraid of... epic failures you mention couldn't possible work out the tangible ways to do anything to your excellent supremacy.

JustinFromSydney Says:

Aug 16, 2008 - Nah if i was an epic failure at life then i would be doing videos like this one about Graffiti.

JustinFromSydney Says:

Aug 16, 2008 - Oh and, clearly we live in a world where Graffiti artists are the most successful people on earth and people like me are just (you know, due to some camera obscura like you're trying to point out) massive failures. It's just the way the cookie crumbles.

cosmicbdog Says:

Aug 17, 2008 - The most obvious thing here is we are in a world where people like yourself, who are hiding from showing their faces, have no problem judging people who the same thing as them in a different medium. Your graffiti is right here bro. Tagging a bunch of your junk here in this thread. You're no better. Quite often, people that judge things feel threatened by them. And what a bind... to be threatened by failures. You must be doing great in the shadows.

cosmicbdog Says:

Aug 17, 2008 - If you can't see that you are judging something and that you are in the same dynamic in some way or another... its you who needs the pity. Your mind is closed down... too arrogant to change. Fill your brain with all the fancy words you like... intelligence is worthless if you're trapped up in a box and can't see yourself in the world. Do you relate to anybody different to you? Can you see similarities in your differences?

JustinFromSydney Says:

Aug 17, 2008 - Yeh because i don't like people scribbling their rubbish over walls, it means i have closed mind. Yeh, get fucked you c**t. You have nothing.

JustinFromSydney Says:

Aug 17, 2008 - yeh lets start asking questions about someone who hate graffiti. Clearly the problem must be with them. Way to go cock smoker.

cosmicbdog Says:

Aug 17, 2008 - I don't think you or other people who don't like graffiti have a problem either. But there is dimension to this and like you, I don't like tagging or disrespectful scribbles... but I love murals... a positive change come about by dealing with the problem of disrespect. There are contracted artists who probably get paid more than you and I combined for much less time. Are they failures too?

JustinFromSydney Says:

Aug 18, 2008 - Anybody who does graffiti is a failure.

gochild83 Says:

Aug 18, 2008 - plz dont read ur crush will kiss u this friday and 2 mz will b the best day of ur life but if u dnt repost thus on 5 videos in 143 mins ull die in 2 days then press f6 and ur crushes name will apear

VolV8 Says:

Aug 19, 2008 - That lane way has one of the best tapas restaurants in Melbourne and a kinda nice bar too. And for a nice bit of irony it's directly opposite the National Gallery of Victoria. I used to have my lunch breaks there and give a few coins to the homeless dude that used to live in a box in a dis-used doorway. I don't know where the guy is now. I wonder what he thought of the 'graff' art?

VolV8 Says:

Aug 19, 2008 - It's a great lane. There's always people havin a look. The wall they are painting is a part of The Forum Theatre and it's done under commission. Assume a little less, learn.