| 词条 | Eternity (graffito) |
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The word Eternity was a graffito tag recorded over an approximate 35-year period from 1932 to 1967, written numerous times in chalk in the streets of Sydney, Australia. The word had been written by Arthur Stace, an illiterate former soldier, petty criminal and alcoholic who became a devout Christian in the late 1940s. For years after his conversion up until his death in the 1960s, Stace walked the streets of Sydney at night writing the single word "Eternity" on walls and footpaths in his unmistakable copperplate handwriting. Stace's identity remained unknown until it was finally revealed in a newspaper article in 1956. It is estimated Stace wrote the word over half a million times.[1] Only two original Eternity inscriptions are known to exist. One is on a piece of cardboard Stace gave to a fellow parishioner, and is held by the National Museum of Australia in Canberra.[2] The other, and the only remaining inscription in situ, is inside the bell of the Sydney General Post Office clock tower.[3] After Stace's death, the Eternity signature lived on. Australian contemporary artist, illustrator and filmmaker Martin Sharp noticed it and celebrated Stace's one-man campaign in many of his works. More recently, some Australian Christian groups, including those at universities, have run evangelistic campaigns whose promotion involved chalking "Eternity", after Stace's fashion, on footpaths. As part of the fireworks on Sydney Harbour to mark New Year's Day of the year 2000, the graffito "Eternity" was illuminated on the Sydney Harbour Bridge.[4][5] This moment was symbolically recreated later that year as part of the Sydney 2000 Olympics Opening Ceremony, beamed to billions of television viewers worldwide. In 2001 the Council of the City of Sydney was granted a trademark (817532) on the script in order to protect it from indiscriminate commercial use.[6] The newspaper Eternity was named after the tag. Founded in 2009, it has a broad circulation amongst Christian groups in Australia. One of the works by English street artist Banksy during his October 2013 "residency" in New York City[7] depicts a worker washing away the Eternity tag.[8] Sculptor, Will Coles, used the words on a concrete can. [9] References1. ^Captivating and Curious, National Museum of Australia, Canberra, Australia, 2005, p74 2. ^{{cite web |title=Sign with the word "Eternity" written in white chalk on a piece of cardboard painted with blackboard paint |url=http://collectionsearch.nma.gov.au/?object=60237 |publisher=National Museum of Australia |accessdate=23 December 2014 |work=Stan Levit collection |quote=This is one of only two examples of Arthur Stace's Eternity still in existence.}} 3. ^{{Cite web|url=https://dictionaryofsydney.org/entry/eternity|title=Eternity|last=Fitzgerald|first=Shirley|date=2008|website=Dictionary of Sydney|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=25 January 2019}} 4. ^{{cite news |last1=Dennis|first1=Anthony |title=Millennium dawns |url=http://newsstore.smh.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?page=1&sy=smh&kw=eternity+and+bridge&pb=smh&dt=selectRange&dr=entire&so=relevance&sf=text&sf=headline&rc=10&rm=200&sp=nrm&clsPage=1&docID=news000101_0210_6556 |accessdate=23 December 2014 |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |publisher=Fairfax Digital |date=1 January 2000}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.smh.com.au/ftimages/2008/12/08/1228584728684.html |title=Reuters photo of Arthur Stace's "Eternity" lit up Sydney's Habour Bridge |work=Sydney Morning Herald |date=2000-01-01 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121009054840/http://www.smh.com.au/ftimages/2008/12/08/1228584728684.html |archivedate=October 9, 2012 }} 6. ^http://www.pastornet.net.au/stace/News.htm {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070830011038/http://www.pastornet.net.au/stace/News.htm |date=August 30, 2007 }} 7. ^Hamilton, Keegan, "An Interview With Banksy, Street Art Cult Hero, International Man of Mystery". villagevoice.com, The Village Voice, 9 October 2013 8. ^"Queens". instagram.com, Banksyny official Instagram. Retrieved 14 October 2013 9. ^[https://willcoles.com/street/ Will Coles official home page, street art gallery] Retrieved 25/11/2018 External links
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