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At the corner of Wenshin Road and Taichungkang Road, next to the Mercedes/Smart dealership stands a large, vacant building that was a mini-mall as recently as, I don't know, two years ago? (Geez, there I go again, posting without checking my facts first. Sorry about that.)

And We're Back

Thanks to Fast for the heads up on three new locations around Taichung. I went for a ride yesterday afternoon to catch up on the latest from Four Crew. More photos coming up.

Graffiti Animation

Here's a cool bit of graff from Belgium. It took a long time, but the painter animated an animal running alongside a train track. Very cool.

Happy Holiday

Four Crew Working

Thanks to Fast for the heads up today. I caught up with FourCrew underneath the bridge where Chung Ming South Rd crosses over the river. Here's a bit of how things went:

Hua Mei St

A bit of Bobo/Saven underneath one of the bridges over by Oldies & Frank's Hot Dogs.

This one and the detail below were done by a guy called Chek who was down from Taipei.
When I first saw Bobo's self portrait, I was looking at it from just across the stream and I couldn't make out what it was. Duh. How does he do that?

There's Something Happening Here

Well, for one thing, the 7th Letter Crew is coming to Taipei on the 25th of October. It's a part of their Asian Letters First tour. They're in Tokyo today and tomorrow. Take a peek at what's happening at the Known Gallery.

There's something else going on in Taipei on the 28th of October. Apparently 8 graffiti artists have been arrested, or given heavy fines for doing their thing up there, and folks are getting together to stage a protest at 華山藝文中心 for the decriminalization of graffiti art. Fair enough. Anybody know what time?

Also, in December, down here in Taichung, there will be another graffiti exhibition at the former Taiwan Tobacco and Alcohol Administration building on Fuxing Rd. More details will be made available when I get them.