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The project builds on the project "Trashy facade" designed by Jaroslava Karnoková, that was quite successful. She managed to change the thinking of a company in Bratislava that implement paintings called anti graffiti on the the facades. Therefore I decided during my project to focus on two other target groups that could influence these paintings.

I wanted to point on the issue of uncontrolled wild painting of facades in the general public as well as in city hall. With my project I wanted to appeal to a need for a regulation. The first step was to find an additional information on the issue, the legislation and potential regulatory treatment. I have identified a number of facts, I started to write reports and suggestions not only for the City Council and city authorities, but also on the Facebook page and the main architect of Bratislava. I received only a few responses from Petrzalka municipal office so far.

The second step was to address the public with the small "campaign" that should raise awareness about this issue about such non-professional painting. I also spread my visuals to activists' websites, particularly from the city of Bratislava (Bratislava beautification association, Movement against Beautification Society of Bratislava, Cyklokoalícia, Green Guard, etc.). I appealed to give comments, I wanted to raise discussion about this issue, and I got quite a good feedback, but unfortunalety more from the public then the city authorities.

This poster was created during the course Critic – Critical practice in Graphic Design at Department of Visual Communication at Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava. Tutored by Katarna Balážiková. The course foucuses on practicing and developing individual or collaborative critical projects.