Comments on: Graffiti: The movie

By: Evelyn Walsh

Evelyn Walsh — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 03:20:01 +0000

there’s a great old documentary called “Style Wars” that covers this beautifully

By: J.D.

J.D. — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 18:06:22 +0000

There’s some truly beautiful street art (graffiti rebranded, including stickers & stencils) photographed on flickr:

http://www.flickr.com/groups/s.....ertraders/
http://www.flickr.com/groups/w.....psstencil/
http://www.flickr.com/groups/4.....34345@N01/
http://www.flickr.com/groups/3.....31357@N24/

And there’s a particular European graffiti artist, named Bonom, who has done some amazing work:

http://www.flickr.com/groups/b.....onom/

I think there’s some interesting overlap between street art and free culture concepts — but, much like a lot of the free/open user-generated content online, a lot of graffiti is probably only interesting to the person or small community which created it.

Even the simplest things, though, may have universal appeal; one of my most popular photos is of an English-language stencil seen on a wall in St. Petersburg, Russia last summer:

http://flickr.com/photos/jdfal.....719776795/

But I think one of the best graffitied quotes I’ve come across was part of a mural in Vancouver:
http://flickr.com/photos/jdfal.....089561949/

By: Bud Caddell

Bud Caddell — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 16:34:09 +0000

I’ve always thought that there is some type of barrier either in my station or DNA that prevents me from being able to read 90% of graffiti. I just can’t make out what its saying… I suppose I’m not the target market there. My name is Bud and I’m from Texas..

By: sean coon

sean coon — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 17:47:18 +0000

i think you just might dig street art seen through the lens of wooster collective. check them out.

By: Adam Holland

Adam Holland — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 16:59:14 +0000

There’s a nice little short story that I think might provide a useful insight into taggers’ motivations. It certainly resonated for me.

Check out “Two Dreams On Trains” by Elizabeth Bear.

you can read it here
http://www.strangehorizons.com.....ms-f.shtml