PIXNIT Boston Update
There has been a scary sounding backlash to the Pixnit article in the Boston Globe on January 3.
Boston is a very conservative town - like forget about B.H. or Pasadena or even Simi which all have their varying levels of old money, conservatism and nationalism....but I digress.
We're talking one of the nation's oldest cities with long-founded traditions and lots and lots of old money.
The Ether Monument. (This is so weird.)
Plus it is tiny compared to LA. Means all statistics become limited. All options become more likely. Such as a tagger getting arrested.
This released 5 days after the Pixnit article. Inside information has revealed that the bail for Tel's buddy was set at 50,000. Also, their apartment was searched illegaly and they were brutalized.
Well, the city had to do something after the Boston Globe article came out and was greeted with threats to the artist personally and many angry small-business advocates.
Again, I don't think the street art world is ready for a scapegoat or a martyr. Or should I say, the public will not be ready for this.
Flood gates are cracking....
Boston is a very conservative town - like forget about B.H. or Pasadena or even Simi which all have their varying levels of old money, conservatism and nationalism....but I digress.
We're talking one of the nation's oldest cities with long-founded traditions and lots and lots of old money.
The Ether Monument. (This is so weird.)
Plus it is tiny compared to LA. Means all statistics become limited. All options become more likely. Such as a tagger getting arrested.
This released 5 days after the Pixnit article. Inside information has revealed that the bail for Tel's buddy was set at 50,000. Also, their apartment was searched illegaly and they were brutalized.
Well, the city had to do something after the Boston Globe article came out and was greeted with threats to the artist personally and many angry small-business advocates.
Again, I don't think the street art world is ready for a scapegoat or a martyr. Or should I say, the public will not be ready for this.
Flood gates are cracking....
Labels: news in the arts
posted by gallery blog revisited at
12:54 PM
3 Comments:
The bail for Tel was originally set for $50K. He ended up spending three days in jail. Bail was reduced to $250 at the arraignment. The bail for his friend was $2500, he spent 16 hours in jail. Although they didn't have a good time in jail, I wouldn't go so far as to describe it as brutality.
Don't make a big deal out of this, or they will become scapegoats.
Dear Anonymous,
Thank you for the clarification of the Bail amounts. It was not my understanding that there was brutality in jail, but rather during the time of the apartment search and confiscation.
The beauty of blogs is that we have the ability to immediately make these new findings available.
I will also like to state for the record that the report of the brutality is simply a newsworthy note. I am not making a big deal out of it, but it certainly is not a point that should go unmentioned.I am only passing on information that was given to me.
My position is one of advocacy for the artists and the work that they do.
Scapegoat references are used in previous blogs and are not directed at any individuals, but are used as a social analogy for how single individuals become exposed after a media piece comes out, rather than looking at the bigger picture.
Thanks to author for this article. Very interesting. Write more!
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