Do you secretly want to be a subversive street artist but worry about getting in trouble,  check out this style: reverse graffiti.  English artist Paul “Moose” Curtis came up with the idea while working at a restaurant when he tried to clean a little spot of  dirt off the wall and accidentally made a really obvious CLEAN spot on the wall. Now it’s an entire movement. Even well-known street artists such as Banksy and Alexandre Orion have contributed to the movement. You may be asked to stop by authorities, but there’s no law against cleaning public property.

According to Moose, “Once you do this, you make people confront whether or not they like people cleaning walls or if they really have a problem with personal expression.”

The top photo is Alexandre Orion’s work in a tunnel in Sao Paulo Brazil. The authorities were not pleased by this act but could find nothing to charge him with. They had no other recourse but to clean the tunnel, but only the sections containing Alexandre’s artwork! Undeterred, the artist merely continued his campaign on the other side of traffic. The  officials then decided to take drastic action. Not only did they clean the entire tunnel but also every other tunnel in Sao Paulo.

Orion

Orion

Reverse bonus

Ever want a do over? How about a day in reverse?

There are many cool videos both amateur and professional on youtube. I picked this one because it messes with you a little. The boy had to walk backwards during some filming to make it look like he was walking normally during parts even though other things work backwards.