Venus tattoo Studio, Belfast 2b Gresham St, City Centre, Northern Ireland, UK

. This dated editorial view of Garfield street, Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK in 2011 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The photograph centres on Venus tattoo Studio, Belfast 2b Gresham St, City Centre, Northern Ireland, UK. Another layer of the photograph includes temporary artwork, visual archive, street-level design, urban graphics, visual street culture, street creativity, local character, creative placemaking, place identity, mural culture, community identity, everyday life, period detail, and contemporary social history. The wider contemporary story combines public art, local identity and how temporary street art can become an important record of neighbourhood culture. The archival value lies partly in recording street furniture and boundaries around Garfield street, Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK before closure or conversion alters the character of the place. The location also brings in community art, contemporary mural, stencil art, public realm, historical comparison, public-realm art, local history, and regional identity. The combination of Centre, Venus, Studio, Belfast, and Ireland anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. Around Garfield street, Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The setting also helps illustrate public art and how regeneration can both promote and displace informal urban art within the specific setting of Garfield street, Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK. The image also provides a reference for gentrification and the role of murals and stencils in giving creative districts a distinctive identity as part of the longer story of Garfield street, Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK.