Krog Street Tunnel

Written by Khrishna

Krog St tunnel is not your average tunnel.  Its walls are lined with multiple colored scribbles dimly lit by wall lights.  Each scribble seems to leap off the wall when a passing car's head lights briefly illuminates them.  One by one the different colors distinguish various tag artists' conceptions.  The blend of intensely hued art and poetry make a bewitching harmony for one's eyes to dance to.  On the surface this fusion of art and poetry seems to suggest a superficial view of urban life.  Yet when examined closer there can be found political view points, announcements of local evens, stories, religious fervor, theoretical ideals and beliefs.

I was overwhelmed by the artistry and overlapping messages.  It was a cornucopia of pigments.  To an inattentive passer by these pigments might seem to be mindless squiggles with aimlessly put together drawings.  However for the person who is whiling to take the time to do more than pass through he or she will find a treasure of art that would never be found a stuffy old museum.  This is living art born from today's association of artists who tagged those walls.  My photography friends and I used our cameras to capture forever what time might one day steal away from us all.

These creative and colorfully expressed messages on this medium of concrete and metal make the Krog Street tunnel an urban gallery of obscure art.