“Instead of just having senseless vandalism, we can inform people about an important issue [STIs] and give them a laugh.”
London is known for its vibrant and diverse street art — but apparently, there's a slight graffiti penis problem.
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So a 28-year-old art director decided to put a positive, educational spin on the penises by "protecting" them with spray-painted condoms.
"I walk around the city a lot and catch the tube every morning, and I started to notice a lot of vandalism with penises," the art director (who wishes to remain anonymous) told BuzzFeed Health.
"It infuriated me because a lot of them were at school bus stops where kids gather, and it just shouldn't be the norm to just have your wang out, especially unprotected — I just thought it sent the wrong message," he said.
So he began to take pictures of the penises he found and kept track of their locations in a notebook, noting that the city wasn't removing any of them.
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Wherever he finds a penis, he adds protection.
"I find them on public buildings, boarded-up windows, bridges, bus stops, everywhere — I keep it all in a list of the penises and their locations so I know which ones I haven't gotten to yet," he said. He likes to use bright colors like pink and red, which are better at catching the eyes of people passing by.
Of course, what he is doing is also vandalism and illegal — but he said there have been no problems so far. "I've had a couple of close calls, but I've been very strategic about it so I don't get caught by the police," he said.
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