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Graffiti - Graffiti Tag Name Weed
It doesn't matter where you live in the world, chances are
you've seen graffiti somewhere around your local community.
It seems to spring up in every culture, although it tends to
be more prevalent in big cities.
But is it vandalism? Or is it art? That's a difficult
question to answer, mainly because there are so many
different types and styles of graffiti. The most basic form
of graffiti is "tagging" - which is usually a simple
graphic, usually letters, perhaps a play on the creator's
initials or nicknames. Often small and monochrome, it's
probably one of the most annoying and frustrating types of
graffiti, because it is small enough to deface almost any
surface, and is almost universally condemned as having no
artistic merit.
Graffiti, however, isn't restricted to tagging. On larger
surfaces, many graffiti artists employ multiple colors and
intricate designs to create their pictures. This is the type
of graffiti that starts to cross the line into being
artistic. It's this type of graffiti art that is now being
showcased in a number of art galleries, both in the USA and
around the world.
The other problem with graffiti as art is that the issue is
clouded by the location of the art. If some of these
stunning designs were created on a canvas, or a wall
specially set aside for the purpose, then it would be easier
to recognize them as art. Unfortunately most graffiti is
placed on private property, without the owner's consent, and
so is less likely to be viewed as a welcome addition.
Around the world, communities and governments have become
more vigilant in their attempts to reduce the amount of
graffiti. In many places there are community groups or
government funded teams who guarantee to clean up graffiti
in 24 hours after it's reported. Trains in New York were
given new coatings that allowed paint to just be "dissolved"
off their surfaces.
In my own local area, the sale of spray paint to persons
under 18 is illegal, and all spray paints are kept in locked
display cupboards. Another area has a team of painters who
regularly go around and repaint any fences that have been
covered in graffiti. One homeowner I know has had his fence
repainted 7 times so far! Over time, however, the amount of
graffiti reappearing is reducing, which is a victory for the
opponents of graffiti.
Still, simply removing the problem may in fact be a loss to
the artistic community in general. If graffiti is considered
in its most highly refined form, then are we in fact
stopping artistic development in its tracks by making it
impossible for budding graffiti artists to practice their
craft?
When you illegally deface someone else's property, no matter
how beautiful the art you create, you have still committed a
crime. Maybe what we need to do is find ways that graffiti
artists can learn and practice their craft, without needing
to deface hundreds of properties in the process. Some
communities now provide blank spaces and invite local
graffiti artists to paint them. Others have graffiti walls,
where anyone can paint whatever they want.
Maybe there needs to be a shift in the thinking of graffiti
artists, so they can discover the value of painting on
paper, rather than walls. Would the great painters of the
past still be as famous today if they had painted on walls,
rather than on canvas? The problem is complex, so finding a
solution that makes everyone happy is unlikely to be simple.
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Some Other Useful Web Resources
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1. Best Playlists: 11/27/2005
... burning features and ID3 tag renaming. 4. Get Your ... teenage years of graffiti, underground club ... and alcohol, etc. (you name it). The "when" could ... your memory and you can weed out any words you ...
http://www.bestplaylists. ...5_11_27_archives.html |
2. No Warranty Expressed or Implied
... s email. However, that tag that lists the model ... not a great choice of name, IMHO) as part of ... No such flower or weed exists yet. If I were ... source code via Graffiti is going to be much ...
http://johnp.net/blog/ |
3. New York Minknit » Archives » Category » Uncategorized
... weed& Kidding! No weed was smoked. But the sock looks ... people who tag with knitting, instead of graffiti. (see photo ... Nussbaum (because thats her name), she didnt have a website ...
http://www.newyorkminknit.com/?cat=1 |
4. The Random Acts of Kindness Foundation
... carrier. 54. Give free car washes. 55. Clean graffiti from neighborhood walls and buildings. 56 ... ... 61. Have everyone in your office draw the name of a Random Acts of Kindness buddy out of a hat ...
http://www.actsofkindness ...ews_detail.asp?id=140 |
5. Japan Landscape - Absolute Landscape's Best Japan Landscape Resources
... and Researchers Name: Shunmyo Masuno ... Last public marks with tag photography ... us ... gouzou gouzous graff graffiti graphics howto image ... design trends rolling weed voice recorder 2b ...
http://www.abslandscape.c ...cape/?japan-landscape |
6. Overclockers Club - Hardware Reviews & Overclocking
... major console commands and weed out any ones which don't work ... other than English (Korean to name one). The exterior of the unit ... still a very affordable price tag. Complete Story "Review ...
http://www.overclockerscl ...archive-18-6-2006.php |
7. Urban Dictionary: graffiti
... related to people who tag. Man, I saw some ... i write "graffiti" (my name my alter ego my alias ... 25, 2003 email it 8. graffiti 16 up, 9 down my ... Saturday nights smoking weed or getting drunk. I ...
http://www.urbandictionar ...ine.php?term=graffiti |
8. THE WRITINGS OF SCAVENGER (TERRY NAUGHTON)
... becoming a DWEEB to be reckoned with. Now the name is great. The problem is OLE SCAVENGER is ... ... wrap my head in a 1941 scarf of burlap with the weed emblem above my eyes.I bow to the east and sip ...
http://people.redhat.com/zaitcev/avia/scav.html |
9. ►► Music :: British Blues
... mythic career. Physical Graffiti is the last great Led ... that it's tempting to name this as a number one or number ... worth the double-disc price tag. --Lorry Fleming Futures ...
http://music.whiteline.pp ...Blues&searchcat=Music |
10. Pit Bulls
... in brick, RIP memorials tag the scattered buildings ... than fading urban graffiti. Freak eighty-four ... who was dealing wet, weed-infused, jet fuel ... the wall with Jabrilís name, newly painted, fam ...
http://www.jacwell.org/Fall_2003/pit_bulls.htm |
11. digihitch.com - On A Mission To See The Exhibition
... scored some powerful weed for the journey home ... home from work. His name? Gary of course. I ... I also managed to tag Krista in the head with ... the destruction, graffiti and cranial damage ...
http://www.digihitch.com/article-print-253.html |
12. News Archives
... folk to get a line of graffiti-marked boxcars ... 20 billion price tag over 15 years. Nevada ... the persistent green weed to "The Blob," the ... scary. Even the species name sounds sinister ...
http://www.freedom.org/prweek/070405/july04.html |
13. scot hacker’s foobar blog » Tech
... with ID3 version 2.2.0 tag Both were put in place ... e on the end of the name) - a confab for ... tossing, live-circuit graffiti, BBQ grill pool ... a daily admin chore to weed out the crap. Only ...
http://www.birdhouse.org/blog/archives/tech/ |
14. MetaTalk | Community Weblog
... he arbitrarily searched for "graffiti" or some other term which ... M. Who's coming? Should we wear name-tags? posted by interrobang to ... at MetaFilter, per the link tag. If you're using Mozilla, turn ...
http://metatalk.metafilte ...rchived.mefi/9/1/2002 |
15. January 2005 Trip to Africa
... Remarkably there is no graffiti anywhere. I theorize that ... vehicles and minibuses. We play tag with another big bus. Ours is ... with one of the porters, whose name is Shebe, and who speaks good ...
http://www.wandel.ca/afri ...frica2005_inline.html |
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