Labels: art, graffiti, pollution
...but they will try. Pity this is what it takes to get some municipal cleaning done.
Funny how the artist has enough sense to wear breathing protection. But no protection for the guy sent in to clean up the smoky mess.
Posted by 
Sam Crutsinger @ 7:03 PM
Warf Rat... It's not about cleaning the mess up. It's about the air you breathe. That soot is being pumped out by cars constantly and we're all breathing in that crap.
ur a dumbass dude, it aint about the air we breath idiot.
Posted by 
@ 7:33 PM
How eloquently put seth.....
what is name of song?
of course its about the air...its a shame that you lash out at people calling them idiots when they're spot on about the message of this. The skulls represent death, death because of what is pumped into the air and breathed in by everyone. Just imagine the inside of your lungs if thats what the walls look like. Thats why they show him wearing the mask so as not to breath that shit in while in the tunnel. Its not 'really' about getting away with tagging...its a statement...one which obviously flew right over your head.
Posted by @ 7:56 PM
FATALITY!
mcosmi WINS!
Posted by @ 8:01 PM
Are you sure he's not wearing a mask to avoid breathing in the toxic highly volatile solvent he's using to clean the wall with?
Posted by @ 8:12 PM
This is great art, regardless of it's true meaning.
Posted by @ 8:25 PM
Please forgive anon. for his foolishness. "great art regardless of meaning" -What?! I guess this guy spends most of his time getting horny to dillards bra ads. Also, I'm pretty sure that "highly volatile substance" is much less harmful than the crap baked onto the grill-did you see the end of the video where it's removed with water? Could he be wearing it in protest of the carbon monoxide?..mm.possibly? enough exaggerating out there, mama loves you.
Posted by @ 8:27 PM
Re: "Are you sure he's not wearing a mask to avoid breathing in the toxic highly volatile solvent he's using to clean the wall with?"
Quick f*cking trolling, the rags he's using are dry and clean, it's the soot build-up on the tunnel walls that's toxic.
Posted by @ 8:30 PM
I wasn't trolling, I thought he might be using acetone or something to remove the soot.
Posted by @ 8:37 PM
he may very well be using some type of solvent, otherwise it would be quit hard to remove the soot, without leaving smears in the artwork. but most likely he is doing it because of both. both are very harmful. tunnels can harbor some very nasty things you don't want to breathe. he is essentially rubbing off the soot, and that can leave fine particles in the air, which can cause cancers. He could just as well be using alcohol 'soaked' rags, not necessarily drenched, just slightly damp.
but who really gives a damn why he is wearing a mask?
Oh and the stuff came off the wall easily with water sprayed from a high pressure hose. how do you know that water didn't have some type of bio degradable solvent? infact, the high pressures alone should be enough to get the soot off. the soot is loosely on the wall, since it gathers on it by floating through the air. the difference is it makes it harder to remove the soot with just rags than a pressurized water hose. really don't speak, unless you have some understanding of common sense, otherwise there is nothing left but to assume that you are a moron who doesn't deserve to breathe anything but soot.
Posted by @ 9:29 PM
I would assume he's probably not using a volatile solvent considering he's not wearing gloves. Any thoughts?
About the Soot: This seems to be taking place in Europe somewhere and um, don't they rely on they Diesel for just about everything? I'm in NYC and pass through the gleaming white tiled Holland Tunnel often. NYC is certainly not the cleanest place on earth but the tunnel walls simply don't seem to be THAT grimy. It could be that the metal attracts the soot better than the 100+ year old ceramic tile does. I despise graffiti in most cases (in a police state I accept that graffiti might be all you have so...) but those clean skulls were artfully done and the end result was great. All in all a nice piece of work.
Posted by @ 10:19 PM
This is in Brazil... not Europe.
It's in Brasil, I'm almost sure.
check this link of the artist
http://www.ossario.net/ossario/
Posted by @ 11:31 PM
He's doing it to protest how the Jews did 9/11, of course.
Great concept, great video. One of my favorites ever on Digg.
Out of curiosity, I know the song is by INSTITUTO, but what is the title of the song? If anyone could help me out I'd appreciate it. Thanks guys.
Posted by @ 12:29 AM
robert: why the hooland tunnel is clean
http://www.lowermanhattan.info/about/history/did_you_know/did_you_know_that_31780.aspx
Posted by @ 12:33 AM
One thing's for sure, that crap that comes off after he washes the wall is NASTY.
Posted by @ 12:35 AM
To the guy that brought up Carbon Monoxide, you are an idiot, NO MASK can protect you from Carbon monoxide, only a closed system with its own air supply.
And yeah, that was cool, but the skulls got old.
It sure is a good thing he did that though. I mean, if he didnt take the time to go rub off some soot, they city never would have came in to wash it all down the sewers. Much better in the water supply than on a wall. And You know he convinced so many of those drivers to park their cars forever because "Oh how horrible: soot".
Posted by @ 12:45 AM
very cool. and nice video work, the piece has real atmosphere.
mcosmi...the inside of my lungs are not made of hte same material as the tunnel walls. And they have a self cleaning mechanism. therefore, I don't need to image what they look like due to car exhaust. They look fine.
Posted by VitaminCM @ 12:53 PM
Great Stuff!
Really good idea. Nice audio/video style too.
Keep up the good work.
This is just childish. Did you see the amount of water that was spent to remove these ugly graffitis you did. That was really anti-ecological. Also, look at all the dirt that has now drained into the sewers... just idiotic to do that.
Posted by @ 3:13 PM
ticos right, We should all just walk around knee deep in other poeples shit.... Idiot.
Posted by @ 8:24 PM
Childish? It's art. It's a statement.
yea blame the artist for the city ordinance allowing that shit to washed down the drain.... its not about the rags or the mask it is about the disgusting pollution coming out of the cars... no one would even have given the black walls a second look till he showed them the death that hovers all around hidden... then they wash it in the water where no can see it... can they fined for dumping that shit into the water?
Posted by @ 5:35 PM
geez.
Posted by @ 1:21 AM
pixar é coisa de perdedor... limpe a cidade!
Fora Mercadante
Fora Renan
Posted by @ 2:49 AM
impressive! you hit me with that fact, i never notice how much fumes my car generates until i have it running in a confined space like a car park, all that black shit...
Posted by @ 4:37 AM
@ tico
he "cleaned" this graffiti into the durt on the wall wihthout color i think you dont understand this fact?
it is amacing and genius and not childish and you have no idea what you talking about
Posted by @ 9:26 AM
Beat he used a car to get there from the airport and the plane he flew!, :).. but good Way of making a point! wonder what the ticket was for?? cleaning the wall without permission??
Posted by @ 4:53 AM
I love how everyone is an expert on health and graffiti now that they've seen an internet video.
Posted by @ 12:24 AM
you dont have to be a expert to see the durt and the genius about the art,... but may be that some people dont have the mind to see the obviously!
praised are the poor minded,....
That's a great idea!
Graffiti Supplies and Pictures
the skulls are dope
Posted by @ 7:17 AM
It's funny how they send out a worker imediately to clean up graffiti but don't mind all the soot on the walls and would have left it there for ages
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