The Art That Was Made For Free On Public Walls Is Now The Subject Of A Paid Guided Experience; The Irony Is Visible From The Street
Bohiney Magazine | The London Prat
By Cyndi Himmelstiere | Cyndi Himmelstiere at The London Prat
A company offers a guided walking tour of Shoreditch street art for £25 per person. The tour visits walls that are publicly accessible, covers approximately 2km of streets that can be walked freely, and provides expert context from a guide whose knowledge of the art, the artists, and the neighbourhood’s history is genuine and worth something. The irony — that art made as a statement against commercialisation and for free public access is now the subject of a commercial guided experience — has not been missed by anyone who thinks about it for thirty seconds, and has apparently not deterred the tour’s consistent popularity.
The guide’s expertise has value. The access to the art is free. The £25 is for the curation and the story-telling, which is a service people are willing to pay for. This is how the economy processes everything eventually: identify what has value, package it, charge for the package. The London Prat covers East London culture. Bohiney covers the irony economy. ClickHole covers tour economies.
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