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Life in Belfast as represented on its walls – Murals, Graffiti, Street Art

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God Approves Our Undertakings

2016-02-012019-09-27Extramural ActivityLeave a comment

From the Eye Of Horus yesterday to the All-Seeing Eye Of Providence today, part of a conspiracy-minded mural by Visual Waste at the Muddlers Club in Belfast. The eye is familiar from Freemasons and the 1 dollar bill in US…

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Belfast, City Centre, mural

Stardust

2016-01-272016-10-07Extramural Activity2 Comments

More David Bowie commemoration in Belfast’s city centre: Visual Waste (Web | Fb) reproduces Bowie as Aladdin Sane, successor to Ziggy Stardust. Here’s an Independent article on the iconic image of Bowie with blue and red lightning bolt across his face. On…

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Belfast, City Centre, mural

Never Doubt I Love

2015-12-272016-10-07Extramural ActivityLeave a comment

Jax Teller might have survived ninety-two episodes of Sons Of Anarchy before meeting his fate but he made it barely two months on the streets of Belfast before being executed: he has taken a shot to the head and the ‘men of mayhem’ patches…

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Belfast, City Centre, mural

Men Of Mayhem

2015-12-022015-12-02Extramural ActivityLeave a comment

Following up on last year’s mural of Saul Goodman from the TV shows Better Call Saul and Breaking Bad, and the year before that of Breaking Bad character Walter White, Visual Waste chose Sons Of Anarchy character Jax Teller, played by Charlie Hunnam for this…

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Belfast, City Centre, mural

Security Arrangements

2015-11-192022-04-08Extramural ActivityLeave a comment

Visual Waste’s The Mark Of Zorro (from 2012 CNB/HTN) has become a sticker for the artist (web | Fb). Click and click again to enlarge (to 1200 x 800)Copyright © 2015 Extramural ActivityCamera Settings: f3.5, 1/40, ISO 400, full size…

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Belfast, Belfast - west, poster/paste-up/sticker

A Good Man Is Hard To Find

2014-09-222015-11-21Extramural ActivityLeave a comment

Here are two images of the new Visual Waste piece in North Street, completed as part of Culture Night Belfast, 2014. Bob Odenkirk plays the lead character, Saul Goodman, in the upcoming series Better Call Saul, a spin-off of Breaking…

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Belfast, City Centre, mural

Gas Masked

2014-01-052015-11-10Extramural ActivityLeave a comment

This piece – a small figure in white made grotesque by a gas mask, with the This Means Nothing hand in the background – is in North Street, originally next to Praise’s ‘Dot‘ (and the ‘Get Paid’ crosses, which are…

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Belfast, City Centre, mural

Carried Away

2013-11-262015-11-06Extramural ActivityLeave a comment

This stencil by Visual Waste (Fb | previously on Extramural Activity) in North Street shows a large black bird carrying off a boy, perhaps in response to the (faked) footage last December (2012) purporting to show an attempt by a…

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Belfast, City Centre, stencil

Broken Bad

2013-09-302015-11-06Extramural ActivityLeave a comment

Hit TV series Breaking Bad ended last night after five seasons on-air. The popularity of the show is such that artist Visual Waste chose to make lead character Walter White the subject of his contribution to Culture Night Belfast. The…

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Belfast, City Centre, mural

Not Criminals

2012-10-142015-10-19Extramural ActivityLeave a comment

Garfield Street, part of the Belfast Culture Night 2012, along with pieces by Praise, Visual Waste, and others. Click to enlarge (to 2004 x 1336) Copyright © 2012 Extramural Activity Camera Settings: f8, 1/60, full size 3888 x 2592 text:…

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