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John Cooper

People are taping clothes and food to walls around Swansea in random acts of kindness

Christmas is the season of goodwill and someone in Swansea is taking the tradition of giving to heart by attaching clothing and food to bus stops and walls in the city to help those most in need.

The first item spotted was a coat left at a bus stop in Princess Way in the city centre. It was held up with duct tape on its collar and the words 'take me if you're cold' written in permanent marker across the tape.

Three bananas were also attached to the front of the Castle Arcade in Castle Street, next to The Mad Cow Coffee shop, with tape placed across them diagonally.

"For the homeless" was written on the tape that was used to hold the bananas in place.

A coat was attached to a bus stop in Swansea city centre (Undercurrents)
The person behind it remains anonymous (Undercurrents)

The design mimicked an artwork that sold for £91,000 earlier in December.

The piece, entitled Hungry Artist, comprised of a banana taped to a white wall at the Art Basel Miama Beach gallery in Florida. The expensive fruit was later eaten as part of an "art performance."

A film company specialising in activism, Undercurrents, heard about the items appearing in Swansea and made a video, revealing that it was an anonymous local artist who was behind the recent acts of kindness.

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Three bananas appeared (Undercurrents)
"For the homeless" (Undercurrents)
They were taped to the entrance of Castle Arcade (Undercurrents)

The artist is taking part in the #Thanksy movement, first started in Dublin, encouraging people to make simple but inspiring acts of kindness in their daily lives.

"This month someone taped a banana to a wall and sold it for a small fortune, it was not art, but it was a reflection of society, a society where greed is the driver, said a statement posted underneath the video on the Undercurrents YouTube channel.

"We live in a society that seems to be turning its back on the most needy and vulnerable, that admires wealth over all else."

"Hungry? Take me" - the project is part of the #Thanksy movement (Undercurrents)

The #Thanksy movement revolves around the message that, "all you need is tape and things someone less fortunate might need". This could be food, warm clothes, guitar picks for buskers or a toothbrush.

People are asked to post their random acts of kindness on social media using #Thanksy. 

 
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