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Graffiti - How To Tagging Graffiti
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. Knowing Art by PJ Brunet » Tagging
... Interview Library Metadata Tagging Music Privacy Process ... myspace comments tiny ( Google ) how to hack a private profile on ... myspace large pic ( Google ) graffiti contact tables ( Google ...
http://metadata.knowingart.com/tagging/ |
2. Purse Lip Square Jaw: July 2003
... take on a patina of stickers, graffiti, tagging, scuffs, wads of ... to do is develop a digital tagging system and hand out tags to ... identify with in the suburb, how this has changed over time, and ...
http://www.purselipsquare ..._blogger_archives.php |
3. Education - Manukau Beautification Charitable Trust. Manakau City, New Zeala...
... We want to find out what you think about graffiti and tagging, what you know about it, and help you develop some ideas of how you can work within your community to make it a more beautiful place to ...
http://www.beautifulmanuk ...852/tn-education.html |
4. Search Engine Lowdown: 02.2006
... could see how people there are tagging posts I'd visit frequently. A ... Remember this is for b2c sites - how many people search on AOL for ... Maps Busy Friday night? Let's graffiti a field! (via Zawodny link ...
http://www.searchenginelo ...hlowdown_archive.html |
5. Eight Degree
... want it done.Not both. If you already know best how to do it, just do it yourself. 1. Whenever ... ... George Bush. Some graffiti experts have also written in to reveal that the tagging technique unmasks ...
http://www.eightdegree.com/ |
6. Back Bay neighbors draw a line on graffiti - The Boston Globe
... draw a line on graffiti - The Boston Globe ...
http://www.boston.com/new ...w_a_line_on_graffiti/ |
7. http://www.search4computers.net/
... downloadable font free graffiti dreamcast emulator for pc ... a social security number free how to use internet cafe html font ... system of a down wallpaper tagging pc security technology and ...
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8. Ektopia » 2005 » November
... amazing. Im not crazy about tagging but there tags in motion are ... be 4 chords, but thats exactly how many you need to play Smoke on ... Order Of Happiness Futura Graffiti World: Street Art from Five ...
http://www.ektopia.co.uk/ektopia/archives/2005/11/ |
9. Graffiti Hurts - Community Resources
... how it can be prevented, and how everyone can do their part to ... to tracking and apprehending graffiti vandals is a strong ... what would get them to stop tagging. 1 For guidance and models ...
http://www.graffitihurts. ...ources/prevention.cfm |
10. Graffiti Management Program - Mural Program
... but there are few legal opportunities for graffiti writers to practise their craft. That's why ... ... also highly effective at deterring further tagging. How can you help make a mural happen? Whether ...
http://www.city.vancouver ...s/graffiti/murals.htm |
11. Beer with viagara picture
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http://beer-with-viagara-picture.nagy.lubin.pl/ |
12. Bud light commercials dvd
... hath still She hung up thy lord. Take heed; Ann, how do you think usuall mot or which seemed to pass ... ... bombardier outlander engine manual art graffiti tagging diesel generators for sale nz panasonic ...
http://bud-light-commercials-dvd.nagy.lubin.pl/ |
13. Operation of a Large Scale, General Purpose Wiki Website
... The only likely outcome would be ugly graffiti and simple tagging, and any artistic efforts would not ... ... was instead to make a search for a comma and see how many pages were returned. This "comma count", as ...
http://aronsson.se/wikipaper.html |
14. Blogos
... break here. This report shows how a Scottish firm Affective Media ... concludes that the heyday of graffiti is over (partly replaced in ... the pervasive anti-language of tagging) since the Internet offers a ...
http://www.multilingualbl ...index.php/weblog/C10/ |
15. dailywebthing linkport: April 2005 Archives
... 4) Pure CSS Tooltips [unalog] How to create Firefox extensions ... plugin Freetag "an Open Source Tagging / Folksonomy module for PHP ... 34 PM on 04/11/05 art stencil graffiti Arofish [del.icio.us] Posted ...
http://dailywebthing.com/ ...ort/archives/2005/04/ |
16. MMS to Combat London Grafitti at MobHappy
... people&you have no idea about making a graffiti and how hard it is..the pressure and stuff&u just ... ... Grafitti art, I would hardly call the mindless tagging that brain dead chavs spray all over london do ...
http://mobhappy.com/blog1 ...mbat-london-grafitti/ |
17. Game Reviews
... wanted to live the life of a graffiti artist, but can't afford the ... that lets you go on a virtual tagging spree. ยช Full Story MX vs ... the PS2 and Xbox, respectively. How do they fare when matched up ...
http://arstechnica.com/reviews/games.ars |
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