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{{Orphan|date=November 2006}} 
{{Not verified|date=April 2007}}

'''TRTL''' (turtle, trdl, terdle) is a type of spray painting based in [[Detroit, Michigan]].  People would spray paint a simple turtle design generally on an abandoned building along with ''TRTL'', ''Turtle'', or some other variation of the spelling.  
The media speculated that the taggers were commenting on how slow the city was being restored, but because no one credible ever took credit for creating the tag, it is uncertain what the originator's true intent was.

The movement (suggested by some local art magazines to consist of three males and one female) gained its most notoriety in early 2003 when the DIA ([[Detroit Institute of Art]]) was tagged.

The president of the museum offered a $1,000 reward to anyone who turned in the person who spray painted the well-kept building.  Many saw it as hypocritical for the president of an art museum to be standing in the way of a new form of art.  Local artist [[Geoff Burgeau]], who at the time had an exhibit hosted by the museum, in turn offered $1,000 to the first person to pie the DIA president.  Burgeau's exhibit was subsequently removed from the museum.

The Detroit Free Press eventually wrote a story implicating Ronald Scherz in 2004<sup>1</sup>.
Ronald Sherz claimed that it was just a symbol. One of the most famous tags was when he drew 3 turtles and wrote "stuck in traffic" next to it. it was at the exit from I-75 to I-94. The tag was painted over and is no longer there. The trtl did alot of tags on I-94 and I-75. Across of a big catholic church on I-94 there was a concrete platform and had a few turtles and stars, and circles. That was power-washed away. on the other side of the bridge was grafitti that said money and beans in a grafitti style.
==External Links==  

http://www.samaman.com/upinthed/archives/2004_01_01_archive.html
http://www.flickr.com/photos/13063959@N00/sets/72157600736067204/
<sup>1</sup>http://www.nograffiti.com/grafnews/9_04/turtle_sticks_neck_out.htm
[[Category:Art movements]]
[[Category:Graffiti and unauthorised signage]]

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