gardeneroffeelings.com - Reverse graffiti hits the streets of Riga

[write4soul]

seen it done before, but not as serious with highpresure and stensils like that..

big up from sweden!

[thechrispcreame]

why not just wash the whole thing?

[12gbmt]

使ってるスプレーすごいな

一瞬で汚れをきれいにしてることないか？

[NEGENIGMA]

シャレた大人のイタズラ

使用されてる模様も綺麗な物ばかり

汚れを綺麗にして

さらに綺麗にする

いいアイデアだと思います（＾＾）

[yutaka3930091]

消すためには掃除するしかないわけだな、まさか汚すというわけに­もいかないし

[mkt0902]

罪悪感無く出来て良さそう。

[pawapurokuntopoketto]

物理的に言うと確かに汚れていないが、芸術面では「汚れている」­と評価する人もおるでよ？ｗまあ俺はそうは思わんが。人によって­価値観違うからね～

[Iwantedtoknow16802]

whats more important is that this video shows just how filthy the average sidewalk is lol.

[caalis2006]

Par tīru un zaļu Latviju!



[vinnyshiels]

like if you saw this on overdope clothing

[stojakina]

BREAK BEAT - ATK BEATS AKA TATO



[lasko0000]

ja esi no LV iesaki ;)

[TeenoFilms]

what music is this? daft punk or something?

[thegreatwallofpasqul]

i still dont know what reverse graffihti is....

[antons626]

labais, malači cilvēki :)

[MysleZe]

Great idea, keep it going :) greet's from Poland

[tielovesme]

Pillyd sent me hr

[Ostgrindarn]

Lol is it bcuz it's very dirty LOL?

[kirillsmalinovskis]

@Ostgrindarn yes :DDDDDDDD

[jackitallin]

I know the guy who started Reverse Graffiti

[NELEnOCTb]

in Latvia is 2 most languages , latvian and russian, but english teaching in chcool , university

[soronefabrik1]

man this is some serious squad, i mean... wow

[Mrmix1231]

latiwi novij prikol pridumali>)))(ne v obidu)

[BlakeProductions7]

pie?

[DaddyOD13]

Remember, don't be a "tag fag". Be a street artist!

[aj1361996]

why don't they just clean it all and then actually paint these positive things. It might not 'make a statement' but I think it' be better.

[mandypants02]

graffiti is gay as fuck

[martinobergg]

nice :D song :)

[Hajnioll]

where can i download this song ?! :D

[AvolovaMovies]

to be honest, that looked terrible :P

[Jarethification]

that was stupid

[dasalekhya]

where are the hooker ???? I have heard Riga has great hookers !!

[dklito]

@dasalekhya

Yup they are great. Each week we get at least 2 foreigners "having fun".

[12pontus]

It only works in dirty countries... just sayi'n

[yesac101]

Latvian American here

[GreenTeaGoku]

cool

[paragshah2112]

they speak english in riga?

[ainarix93]

yess!

[General420smoke]

@paragshah2112 no there are other languages that english you know

[paragshah2112]

@General420smoke oh i know, and thats why i wasnt sure that english was spoken in riga. the graffitti artists were working in english, so i didnt know if the locals would appreciate what was being said/done.

[wilpich]

badasses

[DomkiZ]

Braliuuuukas! :)

[davewallacecinema]

Love it!

[10218sergio]

ахаха,красава

[dutcheman103]

I feel like all they did was to powerwash the city.

[ltfragmeister]

fucking

awesome

[hujdupakurwacipa]

bieda jakich mało

[shevy1418]

Cleaning a little bit is better than not at all. People piss me off... so negative all the time. Quit trying to find shit to bitch about.

[DEBESMANNAX]

Idioti :D famous :D

[mario0oiram]

Oh,Wow... I'm so proud of Latvia. lol  At least this time it's not about economic depression or meteor fall. :)

[Neumie7]

thats fricken sweet

[leorivillini]

Muito bom!!

[OddXVi]

You see, the thing is that I like graffiti, reverse or otherwise. Even the innappropriete stuff is at least intertaining. Like I love reading the stuff people write in bathroom stalls, that stuffs awesome!!!

[dbspaceoditty]

i just spent nine hours at work with a pressure washer. its really hard to make those things do what you want. to take scum off of that stone it had to be at least 2500. probably 3200 or 3800 pressure washer. just making a straight line takes most people i work with a week or two just to make it straight.

although i bet this is still illegal. they where wearing road worker uniforms and let me tell you what. the sound of the air compressor takes away any stealth action in what they are doing

[DerpDetonator]

@dbspaceoditty It cannot be illegal, because they were removing graffiti with water, which is why it is called reverse graffiti. They were cleaning with design.

[dbspaceoditty]

@DerpDetonator have you ever used a pressure washer? the sound of the air compressor is enough for noise ordinance at night. i watched a few other videos. people wouldnt wear road worker uniforms if they where not trying to conceal them self as actually cleaning. also, just like the kick the can law. if you kick a piece of trash i believe three times it becomes your piece of trash. and you can get a ticket for littering. taking a green wall(thats actually grey) is still an eye sore.

[DerpDetonator]

@dbspaceoditty And this is illegal how? They did this in a bustling city that is never quiet anyways, there noise probably was just a minor disturbance when compared to the other noises in the city, either as loud or just as loud. I have used a pressure washer by the way. I have also used correct grammar and capitalization.

[dbspaceoditty]

@DerpDetonator ummmm. im LD and a drop out so who really cares? i guess this is our ohio education program. anyways, if you have ever gone out painting you would know that defacing public property in anyway is against the law. the fact that your making marks in something is against the law. be it scratching even washable chalk can land you in some trouble. the fact that you left it not in the condition it was in is a crime.

[DerpDetonator]

@dbspaceoditty Wrong, they cleaned graffiti off of it, as in they returned it partially to it's natural state.

[DaPuddingMonster]

it wasn't until 1:30 that I realized they were using water and not paint. HERP DERP

[Whereswaldoxx]

@DaPuddingMonster Ahahaha me too, I did NOT understand it at first.

[renars15]

Prieks redzēt Rīgu pie Stuff Phil Likes! :D

[v3r53771]

Латыши латыши обкурились анаши 8- )

[firari1cars]

Grate idea to use negative space instead of using actual paint. i loved it it is non-toxic and artistic.

[Maynardftw]

... It's still fucking graffiti! It's just a different picture! Reverse graffiti is just cleaning the shit up. Which they are not doing, they're cleaning bits of it up and leaving the rest for other donks to come finish later.

[HarrymanGR]

In soviet russia, gaffiti.. tags, you?

[sleepyhappiness]

..still graffiti

[BolshakovYuri]

from riga latvia, hate that place

[saywhat909]

wtf were  is the outcome? MIND FUCKED

[orcslayer006]

More like paintless graffiti, or pressure wash graffiti. Wasn't even going to call it graffiti until the end where he did a little free-hand drawing (washing?).

[MineMoreFish]

feel the sparkle? gay.

[delta5297]

@MineMoreFish The sparkly butterflies will be coming for you.

[moonlovei]

@delta5297 You rock

[Daaaviz]

you should check out what these guys can make with paint, thats pretty awesome too!

[jackfhealy94]

they should have just cleaned the walls properly

[Mars7777777]

Класс! Каждый день вижу эти украшения на улице Лачплеша :) Спасибо ребятам за труды по украшению города.

[gaymonkeys]

i saw a video similar to this a few years ago and i still think the same thing, its selective cleaning XD (still art still good but my first thought was they are just cleaning dirty stuff)

[SamuraiM0]

People got nothing to do

[kujahhhhaaaaaaaaaaa]

1st. Those are ugly.

2nd. You smeared the street

3rd. That's not graffiti

[shuasoul]

@kujahhhhaaaaaaaaaaa Its reverse graffiti instead on messing they are cleaning reverse = opposite grow a brain

[kujahhhhaaaaaaaaaaa]

@shuasoul spraying water only on some parts of the street could be considered cleaning? And they drew nothing they used pattern that's nothing about graffiti.

[shuasoul]

@kujahhhhaaaaaaaaaaa Exactly think of it as opposite graffiti

[oskarscaikovskis]

Im from riga and ive never heared of such a thing as reverse grafiti

[raddCrash]

not as practicle as real graffiti

[rageage5fifteen]

If youv ever got hit in the hand with a pressure washer... i am so sorry for you..

[TesGon]

Nice. Patīka. Норм видео!

[zanraify]

AWESOME

[IgorkyKOJOTS]

kojots.ru.gg =]]]]

[3sixteendays]

They stole this idea from miller, anybody who has seen a miller ad in the last year knows why

[djtimwright]

@3sixteendays

Oh dear, if you seriously think Miller were the first to do this then you're very naive. Reverse graffiti has been around for a long time now, well before Miller "invented" it.

[markskise]

Riga never sleep's :P

[Felaipes]

why not do it on the entire wall?? call it reverse dirting

[DurgSTER4]

i thought it said reverse giraffe...... how do you reverse giraffe?

[MayhemTech]

you know someone tried to clean it off

[persycon]

Riga rocks!

[YoungNTubE]

why dont they just clean the whole fucking wall?

[MicahSimpsonMusic]

@YoungNTubE Because then it wouldnt be EPIC :D

[Mjestic12]

VISI LATVIEŠI THUMBS UP!

[RevelationB]

from seeing the title i thought it wouldve been something similiar to how they do in soviet russia

[7pinkstone7]

0_0

[Mrswazsabi]

This is cool stuff! Congrats, people!

[HyperSugarKid]

So its just cleaning things half??

[dklito]

Fuck yeah, I live in Latvia. Now our coutry got a bit more known, famous. :D

[Efan71]

@dklito lols whrs latvia? btw u know whr is singapore?

[dalailama83]

@dklito I love your country man! From Canada

[ItsDanielDuane]

EPIC!

[imeju]

Krišjāna barona iela :}

[movielover459]

I live in Riga. :D For real.

[cr181]

Šis ir labs. Graffiti un nekādu krāsu baloniņu! Rīga kļūs tīrāka.

[MogyJIb]

Молодцы латыши - красавцы)

[Nr1hater]

SŪDS! SHIT!

[Brecky112]

ohhh God, thats my country, so proud that it made to Stuff Phil likes

[OldSchoolN0oB]

Ir labs

[RoninUK]

I thought this was going to look awesome - but the end result was kinda naff. Not sure why this is 'reverse' graffiti? I assume because the graffiti is intended to enhance rather then degrade the environment. Isn't this what Banksy has done for decades?

[TheExDeus]

@RoninUK No, its called reverse graffiti because they don't paint anything, they clean the surfaces and that is what creates the art. Its like painting the whole wall red, and then remove the parts you want the picture to be at. That is why its called reverse graffiti.

[RoninUK]

@TheExDeus - I guess this isn't illegal then, they're not defacing anything are they :)

[nasps3]

its in poland

[TheBatarags]

@nasps3  That is Riga ... not poland

[Aicisiv]

@nasps3 its in Latvia, not Poland!

[nasps3]

@Aicisiv o ok thnxs

[EdzusFonDrillers]

Lielisks video:)

[CausticCreations]

what a brilliant idea!

[LukeBears]

Someone knows the song???

[aligatorzs]

Phillyd jūs uzsitīs gaisā,malači.. ^^

[GreenManIRL]

its all flowers and nice stuff!! how come no one ever reverse graffitis 'thuglife'??

[Sheeeeeenful]

tey sould go to harlem or sout central to learn what a real modern graffiti looks lije

[TwoTekah]

@Sheeeeeenful they dont want real graffiti, they are reverse graffiti

[TwilightMemoirs]

As an artist and a clean freak, I approve of this epicosity most greatly ;D

[archyboy92]

Cool ! Way to go guys! ;)

[HAKIROX]

Хорошо что не краской, портят все...

[Oswis15]

Ooo, nu jums būs normāla publicitāte. Stuff Phil Likes tagad jums ies pāri! Apsveicu!

[BehindThePig]

That's amazing, when they drew it by hand and not the stencil.

[1lluminat0r]

why not just clean the whole damn thing

[SantisNight]

Feel the [twilight] sparkle, amirite, bronies?

[undeadkingrob]

old news



[windchill1belle]

Now theres someone thinking outside the box

[DrforkintheLung300]

Indeed in soviet Russia any thing is possible.

[klarissita]

@DrforkintheLung300 It's Riga, capital of Latvia

[janissergis]

@DrforkintheLung300

you are idiot

[DestructoPop]

I just wish more reverse graff artists would use the dirt as the message, not the clean. I've seen it done, and it should be done more often. If they clean an entire wall and leave the dirt in a beautiful pattern, there's a message, an image, and a community service. Isn't the the point of reverse graff?

[Ameterasuu]

WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS SHIT???? GRAFFITI MY ASS this is just a couple of stencils and a pressure cleaner.... this takes no skill, vision, or creativity.

[LG121212]

Are the streets really that dirty



[balaalalaslk]

the only way to get it off is to clean the whole wall

[5dragons2]

loopholes ftw!

[5dragons2]

loopholes FTW!

[brycerocks100]

That is one dirty city

[BrenHeartsCappie]

That's amazing.

[doublin23]

Thats tight! more graffiti artists should do this and it would improve their image!

[Camberf]

is this even illegal? I mean, they aren't doing any property damage.. seems like a clever loophole to me

[exmiketwo]

this just looks like a bunch of people that were supposed to clean up the city but got lazy

[TheKayasto]

I thought it meant they were gonna paint brick walls on a brick-less wall or something xD

[ryudragon7]

pressure washers and stencils...beats the alternative.

[mrArtystik]

stylized cleaning

[ShyleighRain]

imagine the guys relief that is called to come paint over graffiti

and he gets there just to find out someone cleaned the wall with art.

[shadesilverwing0]

cant arrest them for cleaning the city

[Datelesswonders]

I want to see the cop with the fukkin' noiv to stop them.