Moss has gained a reputation as one of the best natural art
mediums, a living swath of vivid green with an irresistible
texture that can be coaxed into various shapes and patterns.
While most moss art involves either gluing sheets of preserved
moss to a surface or painting on a mixture of live moss that
will adhere to the surface and grow, this method – illustrated
here by Stefaan de Croock – takes the opposite approach. Rather
than adding something – like spray paint - to a surface in order
to create a design, subtractive graffiti strips something away.
That ‘something’ might be dirt on a sidewalk, or soot on a wall.
In this case, it’s moss. Using a pressure washer, de Croock
(a.k.a. Strook) carefully removed moss growing on a wall in
Leuven, Belgium. As the moss was stripped away, urban scenes
full of giant robots were revealed. The mural was created
outside the STUK art center, and likely grew back over within a
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