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graffiti, tagging... opinions?
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What do you think of graffiti/tagging?
See... I always thought it was terrible, just vandalism, etc, etc. Then when I was in about Year 10, I learned in Latin that graffiti actually dates back to at least Roman times... people have always done it... writing who loves who, who's an, erm, nasty person etc. So that kind of changed my opinion a little. And then there's tagging - pointless, waste of space etc... but... I dunno, to some extent it's like, you see a familiar tag (like ' Inch" ') all around Sunderland/Newcastle area, and it's kind of... awww... home. I dunno
I mean, I realise how much it costs the government to clean it up (although I suppose it's useful as a form of community service :P ) but... I mean, what would happen if they didn't clean it? Would more just go over the top, or would people stop doing it, or what? I'm not condoning it. Just wondering what people think...
Sorry if this doesn't make all that much sense, I'm just writing stuff as it occurs
See... I always thought it was terrible, just vandalism, etc, etc. Then when I was in about Year 10, I learned in Latin that graffiti actually dates back to at least Roman times... people have always done it... writing who loves who, who's an, erm, nasty person etc. So that kind of changed my opinion a little. And then there's tagging - pointless, waste of space etc... but... I dunno, to some extent it's like, you see a familiar tag (like ' Inch" ') all around Sunderland/Newcastle area, and it's kind of... awww... home. I dunno
I mean, I realise how much it costs the government to clean it up (although I suppose it's useful as a form of community service :P ) but... I mean, what would happen if they didn't clean it? Would more just go over the top, or would people stop doing it, or what? I'm not condoning it. Just wondering what people think...
Sorry if this doesn't make all that much sense, I'm just writing stuff as it occurs
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And lets not forget Banksy.
http://www.banksy.co.uk/menu.html
Especialy if its in a really wierd place, somewhere which makes you wonder how the hell they got there without killing themselves. But of course to advocate this kind of behaviour would be stupid.
ooooh i know that one! its all over Newcastle ain't it!
and whilst graffiti is vandalism i think the artists that stick up those huge pieces do a great job, really livens up a shitty area. im not on about a bigger tag, like a dub or whatever you want to call it, im on about graffiti art.
Anybody heard of that graffiti artist who does sort of stenciling type work? see it around london little scenes and rats and that? hes a good un cant remember his name
I already mentioned him - Banksy www.banksy.co.uk
Though if it is done wioth the owners permission I see no problem with graffitti.
If I had my way Id chop the hands off taggers though.
seconded. its so crap. i mean sum stuff is ok, but the majority of it is crap.
Sorry, I didn't mean to convert this into a modern art-bashing!
Art is whatever you want it to be.
But wether or not this is "just" is another matter really because the term is so relative.
The public do not OWN public property, they merely have a trust stake in it. And as the authority is the trustee, it owns legal title. Therefore the authority says who can, and cannot, destroy public property.