Legal Graffiti Wall Glasgow
GLASGOW. Custom House Quay in Clydeside. River Clyde.
First Legal Graffiti Wall in Glasgow.
The 1st Custom House Legal Wall Jam took place in Glasgow recently. The event marked Glasgow’s first legal graffiti wall.
About Graffiti Walls (Glasgow Council release)
The primary objective of this proposal is to create legal graffiti walls in Glasgow, serving as a platform for local artists to display their skills and creativity while promoting a positive and inclusive environment. This initiative aims to address the following goals:
Encourage artistic expression: Provide a legal outlet for graffiti artists to express themselves through their art forms, promoting creativity and self-expression within a controlled environment and support existing initiatives, such Glasgow Life Artists in Communities.
Foster community engagement: Encourage community involvement by inviting local residents, businesses, and organisations to participate in the development of these areas.
Enhance urban revitalisation: Utilise the legal graffiti wall as a tool to revitalise urban areas, transforming neglected spaces into vibrant and visually appealing areas that attract visitors, tourism, and economic growth and link with the GCC City Centre Mural Trail.
First Legal Graffiti Wall in Glasgow.
The 1st Custom House Legal Wall Jam took place in Glasgow recently. The event marked Glasgow’s first legal graffiti wall.
About Graffiti Walls (Glasgow Council release)
The primary objective of this proposal is to create legal graffiti walls in Glasgow, serving as a platform for local artists to display their skills and creativity while promoting a positive and inclusive environment. This initiative aims to address the following goals:
Encourage artistic expression: Provide a legal outlet for graffiti artists to express themselves through their art forms, promoting creativity and self-expression within a controlled environment and support existing initiatives, such Glasgow Life Artists in Communities.
Foster community engagement: Encourage community involvement by inviting local residents, businesses, and organisations to participate in the development of these areas.
Enhance urban revitalisation: Utilise the legal graffiti wall as a tool to revitalise urban areas, transforming neglected spaces into vibrant and visually appealing areas that attract visitors, tourism, and economic growth and link with the GCC City Centre Mural Trail.
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00:00Hi, my name is Joanna, but everybody knows me as Jo.
00:22Jo, what do you think of the legalisation of these walls behind you?
00:26I think it's absolutely amazing.
00:27It's nice to see, instead of empty, horrible walls, something that's artistic and is beautiful
00:33to look at.
00:34I'm a big fan of graffiti and I think it's just beautiful, it brightens up the town,
00:39it does make it look much better.
00:41The more the better, if they can change it up all the time, I'll be coming and seeing
00:45every time it gets changed.
00:46Would you kind of just walk down this way, just to kind of see if there is any changes
00:49on the walls?
00:50Yes, absolutely.
00:51That's the reason why we're passing by today, is because I want to come and see the new
00:54art.
00:55Keep it going.
00:56My name is Lorraine and I'm from Prestatyn in North Wales, and this is my first time
01:00here in Glasgow.
01:01What's your feelings on the council, have made it legal for the artists to use these
01:06walls?
01:07What do you think?
01:08Is that a good idea?
01:09Oh my god, it's amazing, I love it.
01:10In fact, I'd like this sort of thing in Prestatyn, to be honest with you, because I love graffiti
01:17art when it's done properly.
01:19So many people see it as a negative, and I'm like, no, it brightens up and makes things
01:24pretty.
01:25For me, as long as they're not breaking windows, trashing things, because we have a lot of
01:30antisocial behaviour where we are at the moment, if they were allowed to do this, I think it
01:34might help.
01:35What do you think of the variety on show?
01:38It's amazing, I love it.
01:39In fact, before you stopped us to talk, I was just saying to Penny, oh my god, this
01:44is amazing.
01:45I thought it'd always been here, to be honest, but yeah, it's really good.
01:49Hi, I'm Penny and I'm from North Wales.
01:52I think it's brilliant.
01:53I think it's what cities like this need.
01:55I feel like, obviously, people need a way to express themselves, and it's a way to do
02:01it without vandalising other places, really.
02:04I think it's great.
02:05It's so colourful, and everyone has their own styles, and it's just, it's great.
02:12Some of them are really funny, and some of them you just look at and you're like, it
02:14blows you away.
02:15Do you think it kind of adds to the fabric of the city?
02:18Yes, definitely.
02:19Definitely.
02:20It's such a diverse city anyway, and I think that it just shows that in all the artwork.
02:26Do you see that the council maybe can open up other walls to the artists if this is a
02:30success?
02:31Yeah, I think it's a great idea.
02:32I think it should be in every city, everywhere, because like, having a small space like this
02:36is great, but the city is so big and diverse that it will be everywhere anyway, so I think
02:43opening more spaces would be a great idea.