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Smart Tag Art In London
The smart tags from All Tomorrow's Parties were designed to foil any attempt at removal. This site showcases hundreds of examples of tag art - they're too cool to scrape off.
(From Street Stickers, Poster Art and Graphics)
"Someone had once come up with a smart tag, a sort of decal they'd somehow adhered to the [smart] wall, although [they] had not been able to figure out how they'd done it without being seen. Maybe they'd shot it from a distance."
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