Don't Speak for Me, Septerhed

We had the opportunity to hang out with multiple street artists last weekend. We had a blast, but there was a lot of grumblings about Septerhed. It seems Septerhed has been stepping on a lot of toes in the street art community lately, and one of the most blatant violations seems to be the putting the voice box that says 'Septerhed' on other artists pieces of work. . .

It seems one of the things that really irks a lot of street artists is the thought bubble that Septerhed puts on pieces of street art saying Septerhed's name, like the one pictured above (over unknown artist).

The topic came up when MELROSEandFAIRFAX asked the simple question of what the street artists like to see on the blog, and then the talk turned to quality (people are saying there is more junk on the streets than ever before), and then in three separate times in groups of multiple aritists, we heard people say that they wouldn't put up art next to Septerhed because they didn't want to be photographed with his work.

One local heavyweight said heatedly, "Its like a buff, but worse. I don't want people thinking I like Septerheads stuff!!"

While we understand that the re-appropriation of space is inherent in street art, apparently there seems to be a big line in the community between when it is done to an advertisement or blank public space, and when one artist's art is re-appropriated by another artist without invitation.

We are not riding Septerhed's balls--the dude has really put in work getting up. But we try to reflect the conversations that are being had in the community, and after hearing the same things so many times in a row, it seemed to be a big thing on people's minds and we felt it deserved to be raised. And maybe the fact that he is up everywhere is a big part why people are feeling perturbed.