Its success paved the way for the Marine Parade graffiti wall, made possible by the agreement and partnership with Edinburgh City Council, Leith-based hip-hop educational organisation, The State, local ice rink The Boardwalk, Mainline and Spectrum Arts. With styles from all walks of life, the wall represents an alternative outdoor gallery in a part of the city that is experiencing the same level of change as these walls in the coming months. There is a large wall right next to McDonald`s on London Road, Meadowbank. Also a wall near the ocean terminal: instagram.com/marineparadegraffitiwall?igshid=2jfhmmsi8d3a Check out the.rebel.bear on Instagram. His last piece is the Leith Walk. Rock the Dock is jointly run by Leith-based hip-hop educational organisation The State, the indoor skate rink and skate park The Boardwalk, Mainline and Spectrum Arts, the Scottish graffiti, street art and mural specialists. Since the loss of the New Street boards to the continued development of Canongate, new walls and planks have been created to fill this obvious gap. The destruction of Meadowbank Stadium gave birth to the first stand, which was skillfully managed by Mainline. I understand your fascination – I don`t paint either, but I miss the quality of graffiti in London.
I often walked down Leake Street when I was in the neighborhood just to admire the work. The Rock the Dock Graffiti Jam on Saturday 1 September aims to create the UK`s longest legal graffiti wall at Marine Parade. “Rock the Dock is a great example of how the Council can bring people and groups together to create something special for the local community – bringing much-needed life to the area and supporting the work of graffiti artists in Edinburgh and beyond. 80 graffiti artists from across the UK and Europe came to Leith this weekend to take part in the capital`s latest graffiti and street art event, known as `Rock the Dock`. I understand it`s not for everyone, and I appreciate it, but I`m just into graffiti. I don`t want to paint just to see it in person and add it to the photo collection. I know Leith is a good place to start, I`ve been there and seen this legal wall, but I`m just trying to save myself a bit of work With a total of 330m (165m on each side), the temporary graffiti wall will be the longest in the UK, surpassing Dundee`s currently longest by 190m. Councillor Lesley Macinnes, Head of Transport and Environment, said: “This is an extremely exciting project and I`m really looking forward to seeing the wall changed by graffiti stuffing.
Fun fact: Edinburgh`s Marine Parade Graffiti Wall is actually the longest legal graffiti wall in the UK! Backed by the council, which helped bring together representatives from various local organisations and clear the ground around the wall, Rock the Dock will see 60 graffiti artists from Scotland, England, Ireland, Poland, Spain and Germany, each decorating part of the wall. Just over a week ago, Edinburgh welcomed the new legal graffiti wall, incidentally also the longest in the UK, with a monumental traffic jam at Leith Docks. The smooth surface of 330m far exceeds the current record of Dundee`s legal wall (190m) and promises a lot of exciting outdoor creativity in the near future. The event is open to all and runs all day from 9am to 9pm, with three free workshops at 11am, 1pm and 3pm. Anyone wishing to participate in a workshop can reserve a place by e-mail marineparadegraffitiwall@gmail.com. As a pedestrian, I like to see all the work in strange places where you wonder how they got there in the first place. Finding the wall isn`t too difficult, but you`ll wonder if you`re in the right place by the time you discover it. One of the easiest ways to get there is to take the main bus line 22 to Ocean Terminal. From here it is a short walk through an industrial area. The wall (in the increasingly popular Leith district) is supported by local and international artists.
No one “owns” space on the wall, and everyone is invited to add their artwork. As a result, you could contribute a piece, and the next day, someone could go through it! However, it should be noted that there are regular contributors and there is an unwritten rule that people respect them and their work. Similarly, I miss seeing everything that was happening on the track when I was on the trains to central London. Something I`ve always been interested in, although I can draw a barley stick figure warning: I`ve done my best to attribute the right work to the right artists – but I`ve always been terrible at reading letters.