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Graffiti - Pictures Of Street Tagging
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. Daniel Neamu Weblog
... Weblog Navigation home links pictures search feedback Gbuy, PayPal ... 20:39 Google | Tech Wall Street Journal reports that the long ... 23:30 Romania Collaboration + tagging + Google Maps = one of the ...
http://danielneamu.rdscv.ro/ |
2. Dave Beckett - Journalblog
... the roads in two days taking pictures/recording the roadnames for ... article ementioned a trap street in Bristol: Lye Close which ... the Tag which is mostly about tagging with a little bit of RDF. It ...
http://journal.dajobe.org/journal/ |
3. Jeremy Zawodny's blog: May 2005 Archives
... after flying I shot over 150 pictures, but the P-51 shot below is ... ever catch on to what Wall Street figured out a few quarters ... That guy's done some cool auto-tagging stuff using our news feeds ...
http://jeremy.zawodny.com ...archives/2005_05.html |
4. Urban Retro Lifestyle - Urban Art, Vinyl Toys, Urban Music, Retro Art, Retro...
... were characters are circled. I presume these pictures would have been used in further concept ... ... Technorati Tags: Urban Art, Street Art, Graffiti, Tagging, Pirates of the Caribbean Posted by ...
http://www.urbanretrolifestyle.com/ |
5. Lo Fi Famous Artists Oldies Music Mp3-Download MP3, Music Mp3 Downloads.
... forums. industry. stones street," comments. lo more. movies ... new career you're you to by tagging loren. founder/producer. md ... lynne, hope) our tracks - (we pictures, larceny. visitors petty ...
http://www.lo-fi-famous-artists.padmusic.com/ |
6. spychips.com - Censorship Letter
... openly promoting item-level tagging among themselves at this ... you surreptitiously took pictures of the exhibitors booths ... Technology Group 70 Walnut Street Wellesley Hills, MA 02481 ...
http://www.spychips.com/e ...frontline-letter.html |
7. Intersection Images | Street Level Intersection Pictures And Images For Vehi...
Facet Technology Home SightMapÆ Home Street-Level Imagery Location-Based Services Virtual Tours Local Search Intersection Images Logistics Parcel Tagging Location-Based Services As the wireless ...
http://www.facet-tech.com ...on-Based_Services.htm |
8. Eric's Archived Thoughts: @media Impressions
... impulse to habitually take pictures of ones dinner, so maybe I ... NIPSAd on Flickr, my zeal for tagging photos is nearly nil! #3 ... cant get enough of London street sign photos! It was very good ...
http://www.meyerweb.com/e ...17/media-impressions/ |
9. PreFound Blog
... methodology related to tagging and searching tags, like our ... Jessica Vascellaro-Wall Street Journal, Steve Mansfield ... aftermath, only some blurry pictures mark the event for posterity ...
http://www.prefoundblog.com/ |
10. Between Two Worlds
... language and art forms such as tagging, which are graffiti, break ... comments WSJ and NYT The Wall Street Journal editorial page ... LBJ felt anguish; there are pictures of him, head in hands ...
http://theologica.blogspot.com/ |
11. robotclothes
... GYGIG page to learn more about the ride, see pictures of last year's ride and support the cause ... ... cut your own stencils for holiday turf tagging, t-shirts, street art and activism. Scheduled workshops ...
http://www.robotclothes.com/news/ |
12. site news - joe's nyc
... defunct Leonardo's on Court Street anything at Bouley and, um ... A. Caro Four bloggers I am tagging: Keith Ron Bob nobody else ... 2005 :: Barter: Vistas for Pictures You're interested in a print ...
http://sitenews.streetnine.com/ |
13. Geof F. Morris’s Indiana Jones School of Management
... fact that he works across the street from me. 2 comments links for ... Blog Archive » San Antonio pictures are finally up! (tags ... and readers emailing me links, tagging them for me in delicious, and ...
http://ijsm.org/ |
14. Gayle, Adoptive Mom - Bravenet Web Journal
... time and thought I'd do some tagging to my friends...It was nice ... Mornin Gayla, what cute pictures, and happy belated birthday ... family live just down the street!! You're welcome to stop by ...
http://www.chubbysfamily.bravejournal.com/ |
15. backstage.bbc.co.uk :: Ideas ::
... 12) Ideas CRID finding for bookmarking and tagging Paul Morriss If there were an easy way to find ... ... into a news gatherer even down to the local street level. News is mostly dominated by a few media ...
http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/ideas/ |
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... Abuse Drug Facility Southern Treatment A Street Drug Pictures Of Methamphetamine Access To Hiv Drugs ... ... Drugs? I think that before ever these wireless-tagging innovations be prioritized, the issue of ...
http://www.drug-detoxonli ...drugs-from-canada.php |
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