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Our Norwegian readers may already be aware of the controversy surrounding Nuart’s placement of works in the city centre. National Radio, TV and Print media have all recently covered the case, and we’re happy to say that the response has been nothing but positive. The case was brought by Stavanger Sentrum Ltd, a private company whose mandate is to.. well.. we don’t actually know. To keep the city “Tidy” and tag free, to increase property values by maintaining a wooden “Toy town”, to increase consumer spending ? what we do know, is that hiding behind the excuse of protecting Stavanger’s “Cultural Heritage” doesn’t cut it. There are some excellent. professional and vastly more experienced council organisations that exist for this sole purpose. Organisations that we have always had an open dialogue with. Unfortunately STAS a/s don’t seem to like dialogue, instead, they conduct their “Zero Tolerance” complaints through the media and fail to present any evidence at all over the claim that Nuart’s presence downtown increase tagging.
Looking at the comments sections of the media articles, it seems their strategy has somewhat backfired.
Feel free to read the articles or join the debate on the links below. You may even see yours truly on TV.. yikes !
