Please stop covering art

Fabian Geyrhalter, Stop Covering Art, Lightjet Print, Matte, 26" x 17", edition of 15

Thanks D.Billy for sharing this image with me. Recently I was asked to cover the graffiti on the former Church of the Rapture building at 14th and T. After snort laughing at the request for several seconds, I then had this nutty idea that I would gather people together to buff the building and this undertaking would be the basis for a video statement about the grumpy neighbors who are demanding that this art installation be covered up. I got talked out of it for many reasons, mainly because I was reminded that the making of this art installation entailed assembling many rival graffiti writers in a collaborative and collegial space. No way am I going to be a part of destroying that kind of goodwill, or destroying art for that matter.