These Updates Begin in Poland

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Chaplin alive in the streets of Timisoara, Romania

Stencils have been in the streets of Poland for decades. While researching art history for the "Stencil Nation" project, a man painted protest stencils in the streets during the communist era. His father also tagged the streets during the fascist occupation during World War 2: The Nazi occupiers painted German propaganda on the walls, and this vandal would make minor adjustments to the text to create Polish-language culture jams. Talk about détournement!