Guerrilla artists beautify Melbourne's security bollards

Record ID: 898010

  • Title: Guerrilla artists beautify Melbourne's security bollards
  • Date: 4th July 2017
  • Summary: MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA (JULY 4, 2017) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF PEOPLE WALKING PAST BOLLARDS COVERED IN COLOUR (SOUNDBITE) (English) UNIDENTIFIED CHILD, SAYING: "They're colourful, because they have colours." (SOUNDBITE) (English) TOURIST, MARGIE DOUBLEDAY, SAYING: "First things we see are these beautifully coloured bollards. It just brightens up the city - it'd be lovely if they were all covered." (SOUNDBITE) (English) ARCHITECT, DAMIAN ROUGH, SAYING: "As a long term Melburnian also, I'm a huge fan of what's happened to the tradition of street art in Melbourne, taking over what's a fairly mundane and, at the core of it, a scary item that's popped up in the city." PERSON WALKING PAST BOLLARDS COVERED IN COLOUR
  • Embargoed: 18th July 2017 12:15
  • Keywords: guerilla artists art concrete blocks security Australia bollards militants attacks
  • Location: MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA
  • City: MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA
  • Country: Australia
  • Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace
  • Reuters ID: LVA0016OAW56T
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Guerrilla artists in Melbourne are splashing colour over concrete blocks set up around the city's central business district last month to stop militant attacks with vehicles.
    About 200 concrete bollards have been put up in 11 pedestrian areas, following two incidents in the city this year in which cars mounted pavements. Six people were killed and scores injured in one of the incidents.
    A spokeswoman for Melbourne City Council said the concrete blocks were a temporary solution and the council was considering longer-term options such as seating and planter beds.
    Concrete blocks have also been put up in Sydney after a spate of vehicle attacks in cities around the world. Australia has been on a "high" national threat level since 2015, citing the likelihood of attacks by Australians radicalised in Iraq and Syria.
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