BigArtMob.com - Banksy Unbound

Graffiti, wheat-pasting, murals, street art—you name it, BigArtMob’s got it. Best of all, it’s all courtesy of You. The UK-based BigArtMob offers you a chance to submit your street art finds from around the globe. From the Favela’s of Brazil to Berlin’s graffiti soaked walls, BigArtMob wants it all. So far, it’s collection has been amassed by mobile-toting denizens of the UK, but submissions can also be made by a good old fashioned pc and a digital camera. You can also create personalized art blogs with your own personal street art collection. The posts appear in blog-style and there’s a nice cache of tools at your disposal including widgets, groups, forums, tags and a Google Maps Mashup that shows user submissions by location in real time. BigArtMob is brought to you by the kindly folks at Channel 4’s the Big Art Project which aims to inspire and create public art in the UK.

“The Big Art Mob is a collective effort to create the UK’s first comprehensive survey of Public Art. It’s based entirely on photos from the camera phones of art-lovers. It aims to record for posterity the wealth of artworks in public places nationwide and serve as the focus of a dynamic national conversation.”

BigArtMob is a unique initiative with an admirable mission. Public art is often under appreciated and chastised as being garbage or dreck. BigArtMob is a nice way for those who appreciate public art to gather and share their finds as well as bring public art to a wider audience.

Will this little social experiment prove fruitful? Can they reach a global audience? Social sites come and go—time will only tell if BigArtMob has staying power.