Fascinate
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Fascinate is a graffiti
painting at an industrial park in Bromsten
, Stockholm
.
Fascinate was created by Circle and Tarik (Tarik Saleh
), then 17 years old, in 1989 and was then the largest graffiti painting in northern Europe. It is painted on an outside wall of an industrial building and was made with concent from the property owner. Fascinate is one of the world's oldest still existing graffiti painting.
In 1989 graffiti was a relatively new phenomenon in Sweden. The worn-out industrial area is now to be demolished and replaced with a residential area. It looks to be the end of Fascinate. A discussion took place about possible protection of Fascinate as the Stockholm City Museum considered it culturally valuable. But the center-right majority in the city planning committee decided that the painting should not be maintained, referring to the city's graffiti policy, which says that the city should not "participate in activities in any way can spark interest and lead to graffiti".
Graffiti
Graffiti is the name for images or lettering scratched, scrawled, painted or marked in any manner on property....
painting at an industrial park in Bromsten
Bromsten
Bromsten is an upper middle-class district of northwestern Stockholm and belongs to the Spånga-Tensta borough. The ruins of an ancient hill fort located in the area are believed to be the source of the district's name.- External links :* - homepage...
, Stockholm
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
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Fascinate was created by Circle and Tarik (Tarik Saleh
Tarik Saleh
Tarik Saleh is Swedish television producer, animator, publisher, journalist and film director of Egyptian descent, who in early 90s was one of Sweden's most prominent graffiti artists...
), then 17 years old, in 1989 and was then the largest graffiti painting in northern Europe. It is painted on an outside wall of an industrial building and was made with concent from the property owner. Fascinate is one of the world's oldest still existing graffiti painting.
In 1989 graffiti was a relatively new phenomenon in Sweden. The worn-out industrial area is now to be demolished and replaced with a residential area. It looks to be the end of Fascinate. A discussion took place about possible protection of Fascinate as the Stockholm City Museum considered it culturally valuable. But the center-right majority in the city planning committee decided that the painting should not be maintained, referring to the city's graffiti policy, which says that the city should not "participate in activities in any way can spark interest and lead to graffiti".
Further reading
- ETC Stockholm: Klotterpolicy sätter stopp för K-märkning av graffiti
- Stockholms Fria: Borgarna ska rensa bort skyddsvärd graffiti
- Stockholms Fria: ”Stockholms klotterpolicy förbjuder även laglig graffiti”
- Fria Tidningen: Borgerligt nej till att skydda graffiti
- Fria Tidningen: Stockholms graffiti kan k-märkas