Tucked on a corner at the junction off Winchester High Street (on Trafalgar Street) is a mural featuring Disney-style bluebirds. The birds are painted onto the wall, using the wall "furniture" and other street furniture as incorporation into the artwork. Three of the birds sit on pipes that follow along the side of the building, a couple sit on a box and plinth on the wall, and others fly.
At the bottom of the wall and on the ground is a pile of grenades, and the innocent-looking birds are picking up the grenades.
The artwork does a great job of blending in and using the features of the wall to its advantage. Are the birds deliberately trying to set off the grenades to destroy the buildings, or are they a victim of human destruction?
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