Hello!
I've wanted to do an episode on Street Art for a while, as it's a subject that's always appealed to me. I'll often see if there's a street art tour in a place I'll be travelling to, and I'm always veering off down side-alleys in search of it when I'm walking through a city. As a result, this episode is my longest yet.
Topics discussed in this episode are:
* Leg Update and other housekeeping
* A brief history of street art
* What counts as street art
* Why do people like street art
* The art industry sucks
* Community and Belonging
* Street art in Brussels
* The Stockholm Metro
* Glasgow's Mural Trail and the SWG3 community
* Street art tours
* Wall murals in Palestine and Berlin
* Street art in Chile
* Council-funded public art projects around the world
* Examples of unusual public art
* Public art in Brussels
* Yarn-bombing
* The famous Glasgow traffic cone
Links to people mentioned in the episode (and IG accounts of street artists):
Amanda Kendle's podcast on street art
SWG3's website
Instagram accounts of some street artists include:
Inti
Rogue One
Cuibi
Creaturi Dragute
Epod
Morf
Smug
Contributions in this episode are from:
Sarah Irving - The Urban Wanderer
Amanda Kendle - Not a Ballerina
Kate-Frankie Brennan - This Could Lead To Anywhere
Momtaz Begum-Hossain - Hello Colour
and my friend Adam who has no real internet presence
A PDF transcript of this episode is available.
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Until next time, bye for now. :)
