(photograph courtesy of Eleanor Hardwick)
Guerilla art is the surreptitious, and often sudden, creation or installation of unauthorized public art, often with the purpose of making an overt political statement. The term is often used interchangably with "street art."
We've all seen Banksy.
Last night, I found this book. Its about the ideas behind Guerilla art and how to make it. I think my Dad gave it to me for Christmas one year. And i kind of realised that Guerilla art appealed to me above anything else. I used to steal a lot, cheap jewellery and underwear mainly. And I guess the reason I did was for the excitement and thrilling suspense. The adrenaline is like nothing else when you know you are breaking the law, but isn't this such a perfect way to do it? It gives me true ecstasy to think that I could write a message on a wall where people would see it every day. To mess with people's heads and to do something illegal.
What I'm interested in for my first time is leaving an envelope in a public toilet. With some kind of gift inside, a pound coin and a note that says "for you because you look beautiful today"
or a coupon for "singing a song as loud as you want on your road on the way home"
