#Bollart

There's a new challenge in town in Melbourne. The art of making art out of anti-terror concrete bollards.

I first came across it in this article Melbourne Is Responding To Its New Anti-Terror Bollards In The Most Melbourne Way Possible

So went to check it out on Twitter and found these

"D'aniel Andrews" strikes again, this time at Southern Cross. Bravo 👏#bollards #melbourne #bollart pic.twitter.com/TwXigLXzx0

— Hannah Francis (@han_francisco) 6 July 2017

Apparently the Lord Mayor of Melbourne is all in favour and has persuaded the street cleaners not to wash the art away

'Cool your jets': Lord Mayor tells cops street art on #Melbourne's safety bollards is fine https://t.co/QqMjvv1Urx #bollart #bollards

— Hannah Francis (@han_francisco) 5 July 2017

and even gives some streetcred of his own

One of the best things about being LM is that sometimes, if u are determined to do nothing, good things happen #BollArt credt @han_francisco pic.twitter.com/VQCUcpgMdq

— Robert Doyle (@LordMayorMelb) 4 July 2017

People are getting inventive - and even covering them up. There's a little bit of Damien Hirst coming to the fore with this one...

There's something special about this latest addition from David Gray ... one of the furry dots SQUEAKS! #fun #BollArt #bollards #melbourne pic.twitter.com/zmi3nE9nJ2

— Hannah Francis (@han_francisco) 4 July 2017

a couple of the original #bollardbandit's pieces gone, but a few have popped up in their place at sthn cross#bollards #melbourne #bollart pic.twitter.com/bGz8AVaKZL

— Hannah Francis (@han_francisco) 3 July 2017

There's a lot of chaps hard at work on their sewing machines

Meet some of Melbourne's bollard banditshttps://t.co/lXfHNQRQ3T#bollards #melbourne #bollart

— Hannah Francis (@han_francisco) 3 July 2017

We've even got people getting seriously sniffy about the quality of the cover-up

Dear Melbourne Artists
I know a dress maker that will teach you how to make a slip cover fit properly
SRSLY it's not hard#BollArt pic.twitter.com/CvnwjEdYjU

— Covfefe Carrick (@gcarrick) 8 July 2017

It can only be a matter of time before the knitters get going!

Fantastic decorated #bollards at @SthCrossStation #Melbourne. Anyone feel like #yarnbombing some? pic.twitter.com/pJoNJKHP2A

— Anna McAlister (@annammcalister) 29 June 2017

Overall the consensus is that the needs to be more of this

More of them!! #bollart #melbourne #australia #streetart https://t.co/tCPi5SlYny pic.twitter.com/95RLUXWqFm

— mike cuz (@cuz_mike) 7 July 2017

It can only be a matter of time before the #bollardbandit and #bollart moves continents....