Arts Centre Vooruit, Ghent, Belgium

Brit artist Paul Curtis a.k.a. Moose is often callled a “sustainable version of Banksy”. But he shuns paint and aerosols. Moose is a graffiti artist who shuns paint and aerosols. He brightens dirty city walls with a soap solution and patterns, bringing the most amazing landscapes to life. He calls his work “reverse grafitti: a completely ecologically driven guerrilla style operation.”

Moose has applied his graffiti to walls, tunnels and pavements in London, Barcelona, Paris, and New York. Now it’s Ghent’s turn: a few days before the start of the game is up, Moose will come to Ghent to get to work in the streets. He will apply the logo of the game is up logo to several walls with reverse graffiti. The biggest drawing can be admired on the quay behind Vooruit.

The authorities don’t really know what to make of Moose: Graffiti is strictly forbidden in most places, but does scrubbing walls clean fall under vandalism? Let’s hope that the Ghent authorities are in a good mood.