Reykjavík Grapevine - 04.04.2014, Blaðsíða 4

Hello,
I just read your article, 9.8.2013 [“Reykjavík’s War on Street
Art”], about the street art in Reykjavik.
A year or two ago, I travelled with my son to Iceland. I felt
a particular connection to the people and land of Iceland.
This manifested itself, in part, in my interest in the statues
& art, particularly the graffiti. I took pictures of these, and
am including some in a poetry book I will be self-publishing
soon. You can download my present draft at:
http://www.merryclarkster.net/without-rhyme-or-reason.
html
If there is any fund which has been created to help support
street art in Reykjavik, I would like to donate what meager
profit I reap from my poetry book. Please let me know if a
fund exists. I hope to self-publish on Espresso Books Ma-
chines in the next few weeks.
Thanks,
Merry Clarkster
"Graffiti--Thou art democracy”
Hæ Merry,
We’re big fans of Reykjavík’s street art and are delighted that
you’d like to help support it. We don’t know of a specific fund
which promotes local graffiti, but we mentioned your idea
to Hitt Húsið, Reykjavík’s local youth organization. They’ve
run youth programs led by local graffiti artists in the past and
would be very pleased to receive any donations for the purpose
of offering similar street art programming in the future. You
can contact them at hitthusid@hitthusid.is.
A lot of fantastic Rvk street art has gone the way of the Great
Auk (read: it was huge and beautiful, but now is gone) since
we published the article you read and appreciated, but if you
ever want to look back at some great bygone art for inspiration,
check out Grapevine’s street art walking tour map: http://goo.
gl/8QS6Dr. You can also see new pieces on the Facebook page
Graffiti Reykjavik: facebook.com/GraffitiReykjavik
Artistically,
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