Street artist Mobstr (http://mobstr.org/), an anonymous artist from Newcastle in the UK, paints words and statements on walls, signs, and billboards across London. Often, this work evolves due to others adding to it or the council attempting to remove it. I have photographed a few of the pieces that I have found around London in the past year or two. Unfortunately, some of these have been damaged, and this work does not seem to last too long.
Earlier this year, Mobstr placed a billboard up in east London that was dubbed "The Scribble Board", and the public could write on this. Unfortunately, I was not able to photograph it before it was removed.
In some of the artist's work, the buffer (person from the council who has the job to paint over the work) plays an important part in the creation of Mobstr's work. This can be seen in the example below, where the word "Here" is buffed out and then repainted in a different place. One of the artist's work is also a story created in installments, based on the work being covered. (This is documented here: http://www.visualnews.com/2013/02/18/story-on-a-wall-by-street-artist-mobstr/)
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