D.p.m. Park, Mains Road
Graffiti(S) (21st Century), Park Wall (20th Century), Piece(S) (21st Century), Tag(S) (21st Century), Throw Up(S) (21st Century)
Site Name D.p.m. Park, Mains Road
Classification Graffiti(S) (21st Century), Park Wall (20th Century), Piece(S) (21st Century), Tag(S) (21st Century), Throw Up(S) (21st Century)
Canmore ID 357009
Site Number NO33SE 731
NGR NO 3995 3172
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/357009
- Council Dundee, City Of
- Parish Dundee (Dundee, City Of)
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District City Of Dundee
- Former County Angus
Field Visit (21 December 2017)
The Dundee Pasteurised Milk (DPM) dairy, which stood at 62 Mains Road, Dundee, was demolished in 1974 leaving a gap site that is now occupied by a grass playing field. This field is partly enclosed by brick walls along its north side and east end, and at the west end there is a landscaped seating area. The brick walls have been used by graffiti artists since at least 2008 and the site hosts an annual graffiti ‘jam’, during which graffiti writers gather to repaint the walls with contemporary ‘masterpieces’. The graffiti recorded on the date of visit is largely the result of the ‘jam’ that took place in November 2017. Most of the art appears on the walls but there are further examples, including ‘tags’, ‘throw ups’ and other ‘pieces’, on other surfaces around the park.
Visited by HES Survey and Recording (AGCH, ZB) 21 December 2017.
Project
Recording Scotland's graffiti project was designed to review the range of historic and contemporary graffiti art across Scotland. It involved desk-based assessment and fieldwork at a number of example sites, to consider recording methodologies and dissemination practices.
Between 2016 and 2017, phase 1 of the project aimed to:
Aim 1: review a range of historic and contemporary graffiti art from across Scotland, already present in Canmore.
Aim2: undertake a research review of previous approaches to recording graffiti art in Canmore and other HERs, review and develop the current Thesaurus terms.
Aim 3: test and develop a range of recording methods within the following programmes or projects: Discovering the Clyde programme (1223), Scotland’s Urban Past (1222), Architecture and Industry projects, such as Urban Recording Projects (1028), Area Photographic Survey (311) and the Tomintoul and Glenlivet Landscape Partnership (1167).
Aim 4: the following test sites will be considered for research into the range of historic and contemporary graffiti. They will be analysed to demonstrate the different ages, contexts, styles and survivals of historic and contemporary graffiti: Polphail village (Canmore ID 299112), Scalan farmstead (170726), Cowcaddens Subway Station (243099), Croick Parish Church (12503), Dalbeattie Armament Depot (76279) and Dumbarton Rock (43376).
Aim 5: to research the potential for social media to play a role in crowd-sourcing information and archiving Scotland’s graffiti art.
In 2017-2019, phase 2 of the project aimed to:
Aim 1: To enhance the NRHE to the point at which it can be said to adequately represent the broad range of historic and modern graffiti that is evident throughout Scotland, and to explore ways by which that information can best be disseminated.
Aim 2: To develop guidelines that will convey the HES approach to researching and recording graffiti.
Aim 3: To write a specification for a book on Scotland’s graffiti.
Aim 4: To develop external partnerships to explore further ways to record graffiti and to identify and explore potential funding streams to enable further knowledge exchange and research.
The project was managed by Dr Alex Hale, with contributions from staff across Herirtage and Commercial and Tourism directorates.
