Unauthorised posters stuck on public walls and street furniture contribute to a sense of place in ways that transcend their usual characterisation as unwanted graffiti and visual pollution. They are a common sight in Newtown-Enmore, a destination precinct of Sydney, Australia. In September-October 2020, at a time when COVID-19 restrictions were easing, I found that many of the fly-posters in this district related to COVID-19 either directly or indirectly. While some advertised entertainment venues, most were political, their messages ranging through leftist, anarchist and conspiracy theorist propaganda. This visual essay documents not only the posters themselves but also evidence of public engagement with them. It captures a two-way battle that was being waged, with people ripping some posters down or writing over them, and in return, bill posters pasting up new notices condemning the defacers. The effect of this heightened flyposter activity was to bring about change to the local streetscape in a remarkable but subtle way.

贴在公共墙壁和街道家具上的未经授权的海报以超越他们通常将其描述为不受欢迎的涂鸦和视觉污染的方式营造出一种地方感。它们在澳大利亚悉尼的目的地新镇恩莫尔 (Newtown-Enmore) 中很常见。2020 年 9 月至 10 月，在 COVID-19 限制放宽的时候，我发现该地区的许多传单都与 COVID-19 直接或间接相关。虽然一些娱乐场所做广告，但大多数是政治性的，他们的信息来自左派、无政府主义者和阴谋论者的宣传。这篇视觉文章不仅记录了海报本身，还记录了公众参与的证据。它捕捉了一场正在进行的双向战斗，人们撕下一些海报或写在上面，作为回报，法案海报贴上了谴责诽谤者的新告示。这种高强度的海报活动的效果是以一种显着但微妙的方式改变当地的街景。