Sensei-tion: Kyoto U’s Much-Defaced Orita Bust
A bronze bust of the late educator Hikoichi Orita was vandalized so often, Kyoto University administrators put it into storage – still, the students persisted. Orita-sensei played an ...
Tag: vandalism
Toynbee Too: Cryptic ‘House Of Hades’ Street Tiles
Cryptic 'House of Hades' linoleum tiles inspired by mysterious and anonymous Toynbee Tiles are cropping up on The Big Apple's paved streets. The so-called “Toynbee Tiles” are ...
Russia to Activists: Stop Repainting Soviet Monuments into American Icons
The Russian embassy has taken a hard line in Bulgaria where Soviet monuments have been spray-painted to become iconic American fictional characters from Superman and the Joker to Santa Claus and ...
Tee’d Off: A Dozen Abandoned Golf Driving Ranges
Golf isn't the hit sport it used to be and one consequence is the proliferation of abandoned driving ranges closed due to changes in recreational pursuits. The good thing about ...
Color Me Patriotic: Ukraine’s Protestor-Painted Lenin Statues
As the Ukraine strives to break free from all things Russian, some unlikely allies – Soviet-era statues of Lenin – have been enlisted to wave the flag. ...
Rise of Robotic Graffiti: Drone Vandal Sprays Paint in Midair
In what appears to be the first recorded work of public aerial drone vandalism, this off-the-shelf quadcopter was hacked to hold and use a can of spray paint, forever transforming the landscape ...
No Exit: Bricked Train Door Blocks German Subway Commuters
Presumed a prank at first by online skeptics, authorities have since confirmed that these precisely-stacked cinder blocks were indeed carefully assembled and bonded together to fully block the ...
Inevitably Graffitied: White Canvas-Like SoHo Facade Defaced
While its creators anticipated this stretched plastic surface appealing to local graffiti artists, they were apparently hoping for a higher grade of street art to adorn the Storefront for Art ...
Beware of Colour: Activists Highlight Decay with Pink Paint
Splashed with bright buckets of paint from roofs and windows, the colorfully defaced buildings of downtown Johannesburg have evoked different reactions from supports and detractors who variously ...
Trashed Resort: Japan’s Abandoned New Muroto Sky Rest
Vacation not “vacant” enough? Abandoned in 1978, Japan's New Muroto Sky Rest resort is apparently patronized only by zombies or those hiding from them. ...
