Theme
Complex relationship between graffiti and urbanisation
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Graffiti is a subject that was often associated with social problems and urban degeneration, which requires substantial public resources in policing, cleaning and diversionary programs. However, if one tries to understand graffiti in an urban context, it becomes clear that graffiti is in fact the most genuine way in expressing political and social needs in a particular context, in an illicit way. Much graffiti draws our attention the most mundane elements of our built environment: the unremarkable architecture of factory walls, rear fences and lane ways; the pylons holding up freeways and railway overpasses; the ubiquitous infrastructure of signal boxes, traffic lights, electricity substations, sewer and stormwater outlets; waiting rooms and toilet walls. They draw our attention to those elements of the urban fabric that seem unremarkable and make them something to talk about. It is an illegal art that speak of a moment and capture a community’s imagination.
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