is a brothel, entered the black bomb, that broke the camel's back for Louis. "It's been almost a year, he calculates, but those next to date from a week ago. Marseille did not already beautiful architecture , so if, in addition, Montague all walls ... "On the facades of the parking lot of his apartment building, located near Castellane, the tags have invaded space. Too, for Louis, who decides with neighbors to create the association Rostag . His mission: to organize the response of the people against the invader graffiti.
"If you complain, you're likely not to be followed. The authorities have other things to do, notes Verbois Lawrence, vice president of the association. However, in the first six months of 2008, a hundred taggers were arrested in Marseille. So we thought we should try join together to be heard. "Rostag has filed a few weeks ago, its first class action, for 250 people. In most sentences, the writers must clean their registration and pay the price, in addition to a fine of up to 4000 euros. "This is not serious crime, you do not ask them to be hanged, Lawrence Verbois resumed. We just want to repair the damage. And most importantly, they repaint the walls. "For
Subsequently, the association hopes to raise him tagged as the main station, the RTM and the post office and the municipality. The latter would have good reasons to mobilize themselves: every year, cleaning tags, it provides free of charge to individuals when the registration is located on the front, it costs about 800,000 euros. "Money down the drain," says Martine Vassal, Deputy Mayor for the Quality of the city, which decided to look into the matter. The elected
has made an appointment with the prosecutor of Marseilles to establish a procedure inspired by what is done in cities such as Aix and Grenoble. "Because the tags are cleaned, there is insufficient evidence," she notes. The idea is therefore to take the picture of the tag before cleaning and that way, if you catch someone doing the same, the file will be heavy. For now, the initiative of the municipality applies only to punctuate the walls of graffiti downtown. "I distinguish between tags and other arts," says the assistant.
artists graffiti vandals taggers cons. This debate, William heard "billions of times." But at 22 years, Marseille has been eight years grafs to his credit. For him, the reality on the ground is not so clear. "There is everything from the graffiti," he explains. Some are versatile and are both frescoes and signatures, others are highly specialized, others especially in trying to tag places difficult to reach or closely watched. "More
attracted by the challenge aesthetic, the student majored in graphic lettering developed, he painted on the walls where the tag is tolerated, or near to the Rope of Luminy. "We did not get our tags where it is not right because even though it's pretty, it will not please everybody," he assures. We did not win. Anyway, that's my approach. A view not shared by the entire community, especially among the "signers" pursued by the association Rostag. "Their goal is to be seen everywhere. They mark their territory, but it's overkill, "concedes William. Me is especially trucks tagged I do not endorse. These are individuals who have asked for anything and that the morning found their vehicle while disgusting. If the graffiti is to write his name, there are still values. "
"If you complain, you're likely not to be followed. The authorities have other things to do, notes Verbois Lawrence, vice president of the association. However, in the first six months of 2008, a hundred taggers were arrested in Marseille. So we thought we should try join together to be heard. "Rostag has filed a few weeks ago, its first class action, for 250 people. In most sentences, the writers must clean their registration and pay the price, in addition to a fine of up to 4000 euros. "This is not serious crime, you do not ask them to be hanged, Lawrence Verbois resumed. We just want to repair the damage. And most importantly, they repaint the walls. "For
Subsequently, the association hopes to raise him tagged as the main station, the RTM and the post office and the municipality. The latter would have good reasons to mobilize themselves: every year, cleaning tags, it provides free of charge to individuals when the registration is located on the front, it costs about 800,000 euros. "Money down the drain," says Martine Vassal, Deputy Mayor for the Quality of the city, which decided to look into the matter. The elected
has made an appointment with the prosecutor of Marseilles to establish a procedure inspired by what is done in cities such as Aix and Grenoble. "Because the tags are cleaned, there is insufficient evidence," she notes. The idea is therefore to take the picture of the tag before cleaning and that way, if you catch someone doing the same, the file will be heavy. For now, the initiative of the municipality applies only to punctuate the walls of graffiti downtown. "I distinguish between tags and other arts," says the assistant.
artists graffiti vandals taggers cons. This debate, William heard "billions of times." But at 22 years, Marseille has been eight years grafs to his credit. For him, the reality on the ground is not so clear. "There is everything from the graffiti," he explains. Some are versatile and are both frescoes and signatures, others are highly specialized, others especially in trying to tag places difficult to reach or closely watched. "More
attracted by the challenge aesthetic, the student majored in graphic lettering developed, he painted on the walls where the tag is tolerated, or near to the Rope of Luminy. "We did not get our tags where it is not right because even though it's pretty, it will not please everybody," he assures. We did not win. Anyway, that's my approach. A view not shared by the entire community, especially among the "signers" pursued by the association Rostag. "Their goal is to be seen everywhere. They mark their territory, but it's overkill, "concedes William. Me is especially trucks tagged I do not endorse. These are individuals who have asked for anything and that the morning found their vehicle while disgusting. If the graffiti is to write his name, there are still values. "
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