Comments on: Amnesia Banksy Does Kaiser Soze Impression

By: Banksy Does Way Radder Stuff in LA « Mission Mission

Banksy Does Way Radder Stuff in LA « Mission Mission — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 21:32:37 +0000

[...] that I didn’t appreciate the stuff he did here. But this billboard liberation is just utterly [...]

By: Banksy Tree Getting Muralized « Mission Mission

Banksy Tree Getting Muralized « Mission Mission — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 17:38:37 +0000

[...] Poignant commentary about the inequal economics of art? At the very least, way better than getting Kaiser Soze’d. Curious to see how this all turns out! I wonder if the context will be preserved, which you [...]

By: Lucy

Lucy — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 15:32:15 +0000

What is the exact difference between anterograde and retrograde amnesia?

By: Jeremy Brooks

Jeremy Brooks — Tue, 18 May 2010 15:27:59 +0000

According to this article, it’s just San Francisco being San Francisco: http://www.contracostatimes.com/ci_15040400

By: Sangroncito

Sangroncito — Tue, 18 May 2010 06:14:05 +0000

sorry to see this is gone

By: Ramón

Ramón — Tue, 18 May 2010 05:38:51 +0000

I managed to snag 38 full frame shots of the Alcatraz one the day before it was rubbed.
The one at pier 43 was painted over, but it may still have some traction; there have been some missives….
I scored plenty of shots of the North Beach one, but that was over a week ago; don’t know the current status.

By: Anon

Anon — Tue, 18 May 2010 04:12:34 +0000

Anon @ 3:30 is correct. The building owner lives in Texas and received a notice from the city. Not knowing the significance of the piece, or what it was, he had it painted over. The owners of The Curiosity Shoppe live in the building and were obviously unable to convince him to keep it.

By: Anon

Anon — Mon, 17 May 2010 23:30:08 +0000

It’s possible, unfortunately, that the property owner was cited by the City already and required to remove it (or face a lengthy dispute process that makes you want to knock your head against a brick wall). They really don’t kid around, I’m a property manager and the minute we have a bit of spray point we get a notice mailed and posted. It’s a bitch. I’ve had to be responsible for removing some really cool pieces and I *hate* that — though mostly it’s shitty tagging that is super annoying since it costs a bucket load of $$ and wastes a bunch of peoples time.

By: Cosmic Amanda

Cosmic Amanda — Mon, 17 May 2010 22:45:55 +0000

I went out to Alcatraz, and the rat had been rubbed off, though it was still peeking through enough that I could tell it had been there. The sign-holding Indian was pretty well tagged over when we happened upon it. The Chinatown Banksy is now under plexiglass, which I thought was interesting.

By: ct

ct — Mon, 17 May 2010 22:39:03 +0000

Larger issue: the sides of most multi-story buildings on Valencia St are filthy and hideous. All but the most trivial graffiti improves them.