OBEY

 “When you walk down the street and see something in a crazy spot, there's something powerful about that. The street will always be an important part of getting art out there for me.”

“I think 'punk' should really be defined as paving your own way creatively and by defying any sort of orthodoxy or commercial pressure.”

“Street art, of course, is political, because it's illegal, so the very act of doing it is an act of defiance.”


The reflection in this photo in a student’s bedroom window immediately brought Sheperd Fairey to mind on today’s walk. He lives a fairly short walk to the Brackenhurst Campus of Nottingham Trent University. Many other students "decoration" was alcoholic rather than high energy.  

Nearby the most pristine insect hotel I’ve ever seen suggesting it’s more a work of art than of functional benefit also given it’s situation in a neatly kept campus centre. There are plenty more rustic and practical use in the nearby countryside.