{"author":"Jan Brennenstuhl","categories":["Guerrilla Art"],"cover":{"alt":"Massive Paint Attack in Berlin","height":840,"src":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/massive-paint-attack-berlin/massive-paint-attack1.jpg","width":1880},"credit":"","date":"2010-04-26T15:06:30Z","description":"The Rosenthaler Platz in Berlin is a victim of a massive paint attack which took place there yesterday. Several liters of paint made a colorful chaos... ","html":"\u003cp\u003eYesterday a massive paint attack happened in the heart of Berlin! The Rosenthaler Platz, which is the center of one of Berlin’s creative areas (a lot of street art and nice galleries can be found around it!) was repainted.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe whole action took only a few seconds:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026hellip;bikers had poured paint from big boxes in front of cars that waited for green lights. So the cars and their wheels, if the driver wanted it or not, became the brush tool for this guerrilla public art piece. (\u003ca href=\"http://dkomm.wordpress.com/2010/04/25/colour-the-streets-releash-the-web/\"\u003edkomm.wordpress.com\u003c/a\u003e)\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/blockquote\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"paint-attack-guerrilla-art-or-marketing\"\u003ePaint Attack: Guerrilla Art or Marketing?\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI could gather the info that the action had no commercial background but can rather be connected to the movement and idea of \u003cem\u003eReclaim the City\u003c/em\u003e. Activists taped posters round about the paint attack spot reading that they used washable, organic, biodegradable paint to ensure that there’s no long term harm to the junction.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlthough it’s maybe one of these guerrilla marketing actions, it’s a quite nice idea and a great realization, ’cause the whole painting was done by the public! If you ask me, all the streets should have such a powerful coating. Today, I took some shots of the colorful chaos\u0026hellip;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor more info, check out the corresponding video clip about \u003ca href=\"/painting-reality-berlin/\"\u003eBerlin’s painting reality\u003c/a\u003e\u0026hellip;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cpicture style=\"--image-width: 2432px; --image-ratio: 2432 / 1620\" data-source-width=\"2432\" data-source-height=\"1620\" data-width-cap=\"1440\" data-height-cap=\"1620\"\u003e\n  \u003csource type=\"image/avif\" srcset=\"/massive-paint-attack-berlin/massive-paint-attack_hu_fcfefc90e9dd3b1d.avif 480w, /massive-paint-attack-berlin/massive-paint-attack_hu_81fb156fb672e415.avif 960w, /massive-paint-attack-berlin/massive-paint-attack_hu_899bdf4c237830b3.avif 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n  \u003csource type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"/massive-paint-attack-berlin/massive-paint-attack_hu_80aa00836f3546c8.webp 480w, /massive-paint-attack-berlin/massive-paint-attack_hu_563cd8c186a0932.webp 960w, /massive-paint-attack-berlin/massive-paint-attack_hu_2f9777d5b2812362.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg src=\"/massive-paint-attack-berlin/massive-paint-attack_hu_b83214283fdeb20f.jpg\" srcset=\"/massive-paint-attack-berlin/massive-paint-attack_hu_6ec90ce5281a9424.jpg 480w, /massive-paint-attack-berlin/massive-paint-attack_hu_cb22d4138819aad5.jpg 960w, /massive-paint-attack-berlin/massive-paint-attack_hu_b83214283fdeb20f.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\" width=\"1440\" height=\"959\" alt=\"massive paint attack\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\u003e\n\u003c/picture\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003emassive paint attack\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n \u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cpicture style=\"--image-width: 2432px; --image-ratio: 2432 / 1620\" data-source-width=\"2432\" data-source-height=\"1620\" data-width-cap=\"1440\" data-height-cap=\"1620\"\u003e\n   \u003csource type=\"image/avif\" srcset=\"/massive-paint-attack-berlin/painted-rosenthaler-platz_hu_7cc69d13f92bb77d.avif 480w, /massive-paint-attack-berlin/painted-rosenthaler-platz_hu_68a70a27ad95ab01.avif 960w, /massive-paint-attack-berlin/painted-rosenthaler-platz_hu_24835303fbec3777.avif 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n   \u003csource type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"/massive-paint-attack-berlin/painted-rosenthaler-platz_hu_5d657137ea3330a1.webp 480w, /massive-paint-attack-berlin/painted-rosenthaler-platz_hu_f60a482ebe2d72e2.webp 960w, /massive-paint-attack-berlin/painted-rosenthaler-platz_hu_22b3eb1c6c6d1242.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n   \u003cimg src=\"/massive-paint-attack-berlin/painted-rosenthaler-platz_hu_4587b0b494646256.jpg\" srcset=\"/massive-paint-attack-berlin/painted-rosenthaler-platz_hu_49ee666974007aae.jpg 480w, /massive-paint-attack-berlin/painted-rosenthaler-platz_hu_9f01957e90d9e775.jpg 960w, /massive-paint-attack-berlin/painted-rosenthaler-platz_hu_4587b0b494646256.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\" width=\"1440\" height=\"959\" alt=\"painted rosenthaler platz\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\u003e\n \u003c/picture\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003epainted rosenthaler platz\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n \u003c/figure\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e\n","markdown":"\n\n\n\nYesterday a massive paint attack happened in the heart of Berlin! The Rosenthaler Platz, which is the center of one of Berlin’s creative areas (a lot of street art and nice galleries can be found around it!) was repainted.\n\nThe whole action took only a few seconds:\n\u003e ...bikers had poured paint from big boxes in front of cars that waited for green lights. So the cars and their wheels, if the driver wanted it or not, became the brush tool for this guerrilla public art piece. ([dkomm.wordpress.com](http://dkomm.wordpress.com/2010/04/25/colour-the-streets-releash-the-web/))\n\n\n## Paint Attack: Guerrilla Art or Marketing?\n\nI could gather the info that the action had no commercial background but can rather be connected to the movement and idea of *Reclaim the City*. Activists taped posters round about the paint attack spot reading that they used washable, organic, biodegradable paint to ensure that there’s no long term harm to the junction.\n\nAlthough it’s maybe one of these guerrilla marketing actions, it’s a quite nice idea and a great realization, ’cause the whole painting was done by the public! If you ask me, all the streets should have such a powerful coating. Today, I took some shots of the colorful chaos...\n\nFor more info, check out the corresponding video clip about [Berlin’s painting reality](/painting-reality-berlin/)...\n\n![massive paint attack](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/massive-paint-attack-berlin/massive-paint-attack.jpg\u003e)\n\nmassive paint attack ![painted rosenthaler platz](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/massive-paint-attack-berlin/painted-rosenthaler-platz.jpg\u003e)\n\npainted rosenthaler platz ","tags":["Public Art","Berlin","Painting","Urban Art Photography"],"title":"Massive Paint Attack in Berlin","url":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/massive-paint-attack-berlin/"}