http://www.aerograffix.com.au/latest/All the latest news from the crew at aerograffix© copyright aerograffixen-AUSquarespace Site Server v5.11.81 (http://www.squarespace.com/)Rita AckermannMon, 28 May 2012 03:30:36 +0000http://www.aerograffix.com.au/latest/2012/5/11/capalaba-square.html#comments477180:5406255:comment/18233684How ignorant to not keep Aerograffix informed about artwork that was commissioned and discussing preventative measures in rectifying the matter. Interesting to see the emails between you Christian and the council officers - obviously it does not mean anything, no responsibility is taken and back flips are common.
Christian celebrate and put your energy in to council's that are open to include the community in projects and planning in its true sense and keep up your good work and professionalism.
Rita Ackermann]]>jTue, 22 May 2012 05:51:43 +0000http://www.aerograffix.com.au/latest/2012/5/11/capalaba-square.html#comments477180:5406255:comment/18163502jesseTue, 22 May 2012 05:11:02 +0000http://www.aerograffix.com.au/latest/2012/5/11/capalaba-square.html#comments477180:5406255:comment/18163368
council seems more interested in getting artists to fill out lengthy proposals and paperwork, getting expensive public liabilty insurance and dealing with official crap than actually getting anything done.

They give all the money to there rich wanky business friends like fantast (the company that does the motorway murals) the artists do the work for free and the corporate business takes all the $$

Same thing with those traffic signal boxes you see, artists get nothing, wanky business that knows how to write proposals gets all the $$

Council is not serving the public. Plain and simple...]]>jesseTue, 22 May 2012 05:04:44 +0000http://www.aerograffix.com.au/latest/2012/5/11/capalaba-square.html#comments477180:5406255:comment/18163356council needs to be more assertive in its dealing with local artists.
artists need to speak up more in public forums.
I am an artist from the Redlands and have found it extremely difficult and time consuming to get any real projects going through council or government.
We need a person like christian in charge of community mural projects in the redlands...]]>Saul EdmondsWed, 16 May 2012 02:48:31 +0000http://www.aerograffix.com.au/latest/2012/5/11/capalaba-square.html#comments477180:5406255:comment/18104081Leah TilneyTue, 15 May 2012 13:00:26 +0000http://www.aerograffix.com.au/latest/2012/5/11/capalaba-square.html#comments477180:5406255:comment/18099520Secondly again we lose another iconic, vibrant and visually pleasing wall to an UGLY steel coverup to "deter vandalism".... I'm sad for you Christian and I will be making a phone call to council!]]>did.Tue, 15 May 2012 11:22:27 +0000http://www.aerograffix.com.au/latest/2012/5/11/capalaba-square.html#comments477180:5406255:comment/18099243we need more legal walls for KIDS to paint freely to avoid murals like this from getting capped which is whats gonna happen thanks to can do cambell]]>Yvette FryTue, 15 May 2012 03:55:45 +0000http://www.aerograffix.com.au/latest/2012/5/11/capalaba-square.html#comments477180:5406255:comment/18098257
Yvette]]>Jesiah DavisMon, 14 May 2012 08:28:20 +0000http://www.aerograffix.com.au/latest/2012/5/11/capalaba-square.html#comments477180:5406255:comment/18072037
Our communities need more people like Christian, not less, which is just the type of results that will be achieved by sweeping away their hard earned community projects in broad strokes. These people, through much hard work and little reward, are advocates of reason and sensibility that help to bridge the divides between the disenfranchised and general society and help to divert vulnerable people from harmful lifestyles that they may already be skirting the boundaries of. They are tireless and determined people of real and tangible benefit to our communities, not that anyone would know it by the way they are treated by certain influential sections of society.

The only way I can understand how this happened, is that the owner of the building does not like the artwork and is feeling bent out of shape over having it located on one of their building's public boundaries and has gone ahead without the approval of the Local Government Authority and covered the mural under the guise of renovations, which, to be fair, in many instances does not need approval by the LGA. It beggars belief though, that the building owner would think it acceptable to proceed in such a manner, without seeking approval, to remove from view a large public artwork that would clearly have a considerable trail of planning and paperwork in it's inception. If this is the case and and has now been brought to the attention of the LGA, the non compliant development should be returned to its previous state at the owners expense, as would be the case for other non compliant developments.

If this is the result of a directive from the council, then that is just disgusting and the responsible parties ought to be reprimanded, perhaps to the point of being fired or demoted. For if they are fool enough to approve this travesty, it raises serious concerns that; should they be in charge of anything that could have the potential for greater harm that they would also fall below the acceptable standards required of people in those public decision making roles.

This following statement I realise is quite cynical and generalised but its because I'm quite pissed off about the destruction of this artwork. Sadly, to me it seems that this type of action is endemic to the bland design, awful lack of vision and lack of foresight for our built environments shown by planning departments across the nation. Truly we are the lucky country by sheer chance and not because we are the masters of our destiny.

Please excuse my grammatical errors as this was written hastily and in anger of seeing an old friends hard work destroyed so readily.

Jesiah Davis.
Faculty of the Built Environment.
University of New South Wales.]]>JharrisSun, 13 May 2012 13:19:06 +0000http://www.aerograffix.com.au/latest/2012/5/11/capalaba-square.html#comments477180:5406255:comment/18069743