Green Urban Art - Reverse Graffiti

Reverse graffiti also known as clean tagging or grime writing, is a method of removing dirt from a surface while creating graffiti on walls or other surfaces.

Brazilian artist Alexandre Orion turned a São Paulo transport tunnel into a kind of graphic charnel house, lined with skulls. He created the images, the project's website explains, "by selectively scraping off layers of black soot deposited on those walls in the short life of this orifice of modernity."








Paul Curtis, also known as Moose, of the United Kingdom is considered to be a pioneer for reverse graffiti. Paul was recently charged in the United Kingdom under the Big Brother Act...errr I mean the Anti-Social Behaviour Act but the sentencing and implications are not known. New York Times has a nice write up about it as well.

Pretty cool stuff, IMHO.