Peace is our profession

19 December 2007 in Art, Australia, Pictures by Brett Holman | 5 comments

B-52 peace symbol

I spotted this ironic fusion of a peace symbol and a B-52 in the city1 earlier in the year, and luckily it was still there when I went back with a camera this week.

B-52 peace symbol

It’s at the corner of Russell St and Bullens Lane. I assume it’s street art, and not anything to do with the bar advertised below it. No idea who is responsible for it, but well done, whoever it is!

  1. That’s Melbourne, not London …
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19 December 2007 at 10:26 am

Liam Hogan

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I like it too, as a deterrence nerd myself.
I suspect a few people don’t quite appreciate the nuclear history, though: try googling “Peace Through Superior Firepower” and reward yourself with mili-kitsch.

20 December 2007 at 3:59 pm

Brett Holman

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When I saw it, I did think, “hey, is that where the peace symbol came from?” before doing a bit of googling and finding out that it’s from the semaphore for ND (as in CND as in nuclear disarmament). But a few people have obviously had the idea to juxtapose the two before, and the irony works both ways …

11 May 2008 at 4:37 am

Stina

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interesting, and artistically, very good looking.

11 May 2008 at 3:18 pm

Brett Holman

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Yeah, wish I knew who did it!

20 June 2008 at 11:13 pm

Brett Holman

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I walked past here today and it was gone :(