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Graffiti - Tagging Graffiti Alphabet
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. Schneier on Security: April 2006 Archives
... Therefore, decoding the I requires an alphabet that starts at the third letter of the regular alphabet, C. I is the ninth letter regularly; the ninth letter of the alphabet starting with C is K; thus ...
http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2006/04/ |
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4. The Richmond Review, Essay, Walking Meditation by Chris Arthur
... part of a natural, unrefined alphabet of symbols, childish ... straggle of camp followers, tagging on at the rear of a Lodge in ... banners, flags and gable-end graffiti which mark out each side's ...
http://www.richmondreview ...library/arthur01.html |
5. DISPACTKÉ
... While Jean-Michel Basquiat was tagging SAMO all over lower Manhattan ... it covers movements from graffiti art and punk rock to Neo ... chronicle of the time. Its Alphabet City makes Travis Bickle s ...
http://www.dispactke.com/content_text_6.html |
6. Billabong Tag A Trunk
... word, like information processing and graffiti, see tagging. Also see the use of the initials TAG ... ... A" -- in the term Billabong Tag A Trunk Latin alphabet Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo ...
http://www.vermontreview. ...bong tag a trunk.html |
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... Irish carved stones with an alphabet called Ogham. Frescos and ... by the advent of airplane graffiti, including the nose art made ... century, the practice of tagging became increasingly non-gang ...
http://graffiti.kiwiki.homeip.net/ |
8. Center for Problem-Oriented Policing
... use numbers as code in gang graffiti. A number may represent the ... corresponding position in the alphabet (e.g., 13 = M, for the ... Tagbangers, a derivative of tagging crews and gangs, are ...
http://www.popcenter.org/ .../problem-graffiti.htm |
9. Sitemap of www.wall-art-online.com
... chambers adjusted throughout tagging leaned throughout wall art ... wall labels stared due to alphabet wall art prefer beside ... until decor opened with graffiti tagger wall art outsold on ...
http://wall-art-online.com/sitemap.html |
10. OnlyOneNativeSpeaker
... use in the past. The unique alphabet signified that the obelisk ... of the particular style in graffiti called Wild Style, proposed ... egocentrism of zillion*time tagging your name, Rammelzee wanted ...
http://www.socialfiction.org/obelisk.html |
11. Graffiti as Art in New York City
... top picture), for example, might have become alphabet soup had it remained bare. (Park Slope-area ... ... Here you'll see a mixture of ordinary graffiti tagging (words and initials) with well-developed ...
http://www.littleviews.co ...i.cfm?KW=&date_range= |
12. kustoms
... Report abuse at b2 scott ian anthrax anthrax bring the noise alphabet for graffiti tagging graffiti tagging taggings examples tagging gang symbols graffiti aig healthcare partners asset tracking ...
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13. You Are Not Your Name
... Why else all the surname graffiti on our streets, buildings ... s names, stepping down the alphabet, "Paul Ryder, Charles Schell ... own culture to a small extent, tagging individuals with a ...
http://www.jimwegryn.com/Names/You.htm |
14. turban tying
... migrating legacy systems to an eam westbrook real estate partners itams itam pesca proyecto competitividad scott ian anthrax anthrax bring the noise alphabet for graffiti tagging graffiti tagging 0.031
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15. Psp News
... are forcing time-honored favorites like the Alphabet Game and Cow Poker to go the way of the ... ... some art purists. The new campaign uses tagging or graffiti in seven urban areas of large ...
http://www.sony-psps.com/-2005-12.html |
16. midland gmrs
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17. Flickr: LeoL30
... at work i.e. organising and tagging the images, creating sets ... Cemetery Symbolism Stencils Graffiti Fun photographs of squared ... In Alphabetical Order Alphabet Mosaics Anchors aPeeling ...
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18. leapers scopes
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