Focus on Well Hung Lover and discuss the History.
Well Hung Lover appeared at a time when the City Council's policy was to crack down on graffiti;  the council were initially opposed to the mural. However, some residents supported the work, saying it "brightened up" the area. Following pressure to keep the mural, the council created an online poll asking whether or not it should be kept; 97% of respondents supported it, leading to retrospective permission being granted for the mural- the first legal street art mural in the UK. The council stressed that this was an exception, and that future street art would not necessarily be tolerated.In 2020, as part of the inaugural Bristol Festival Of Light, Well Hung Lover was incorporated into a new piece of artwork called Neighbours. Limbic Cinema projected nine windows alongside Banksy's piece, with local artists Jasmine Thompson, Inkie, Parys Gardener and Zoe Power, all creating animated artworks depicting various scene's from Bristol's history and under-represented communities.
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