September 14, 2011

Street comfort or art?

Some benches have been put there on purpose and are meant to be in a permanent spot, like the first one at the coast in Duinbergen. Others are left there accidentally because its owner did not feel like going  through the trouble of taking it to the dump. A clever street artist got his/her hand on it and turned it into something that grabs the attention.
What do you think, I wonder, pro or against this type of street "art"?
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12 comments:

  1. s.cSeptember 14, 2011 at 12:05 PM

    I am for this kind of spontaneous art. As long as it is done with "taste" and not look like a garbage dump with the corresponding look and smell.
    Thank you for showing it.

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  2. DianeSeptember 14, 2011 at 12:57 PM

    It certainly looks better like this than simply dumped in the original state by the way side! Diane

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  3. Jason SpinksSeptember 14, 2011 at 1:55 PM

    I love these pictures, they're soo cool!

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  4. Petrea BurchardSeptember 14, 2011 at 5:19 PM

    The bench is very nice! And it's a good thing an artist dolled up the couch a bit. But maybe the couch shouldn't have been there in the first place, no?

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  5. Sylvia KSeptember 14, 2011 at 6:27 PM

    Things are different everywhere aren't they? I love these and would rather wait to the bus on one of these than the hard iron ones we have here! Fun captures for the day!

    Sylvia

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  6. LiesSeptember 14, 2011 at 6:42 PM

    Bovenste vind ik oké, Anni... De onderste daarentegen...

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  7. This is BelgiumSeptember 14, 2011 at 8:21 PM

    Glad you enjoy Theokun
    S.C and Diane, I agree, better than a garbage dump and hourah for spontaneous art.
    That's one way of looking at it Petrea.
    Sylvia, I know what you mean but these are not really near any bus stop.
    Lies, inderdaad, groot verschil tussen foto één en foto 2.

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  8. Genie -- Paris and BeyondSeptember 15, 2011 at 6:25 AM

    I say "yes" to the first one and "probably not" to the second. I would be a bit concerned about "bugs"

    Bises,
    Genie

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  9. JeroenSeptember 15, 2011 at 9:09 AM

    First picture is very nice. I'm sure that the funny mayor of Knokke did install it as a piece of art...

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  10. jacques robertSeptember 16, 2011 at 6:11 AM

    Pour moi toutes les formes d'art peuvent et doivent pouvoir exister.

    Les arts éphémères ont ceci de fantastiques que souvent ils rendent beaux ou intéressants ce qui n'était que sans intérêt !

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  11. This is BelgiumSeptember 16, 2011 at 9:55 AM

    Jeroen, you are probably right that Knokke's mayor likes it !

    Merci Jacques pour ce commentaire avec lequel je suis tout à fait d'accord

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  12. Milandailyphoto.comSeptember 29, 2011 at 10:38 PM

    good to be flat one day and spotting around

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