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of joyful women with musical instruments appear as the sun rises above the horizon. What was once a destroyed slab of rubble has now become beauty amidst the darkness of war. Her name is Shamsia Hassani and she is the voice of Afghan women. Female street artists, like Hassani, use their artwork as a platform to break gender roles and stereotypes. After hundreds of years of mistreatment and injustice, women in most countries…

graffiti is a crime in England. Banksy said that he was influenced by 3D, who is also a graffiti artist, of the British band Massive Attack for his inspiration. Banksy’s art is displayed on publicly visible walls and prop pieces that he has built himself. No one has seen Banksy create…

Homelessness, a term so familiar to most people, a term that is so often talked about in such a casual way, but most importantly, a term that has to change. There are thousands of people in the city of San Francisco who have been declared homeless. As mentioned in a SF Gate article, “The most recent homeless count, conducted in January 2015, found 6,686 homeless people in the city” (Knight). It is important to know that although it is a huge number, not every single homeless person is included…

Midnight Snacks food truck can be a late-night dream for people who typically work between 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. Night owls and overnight, third-shift workers, often lack access to fresh meals that are available in regular, or fast food, restaurants during the day. After a thorough analysis of the local food truck industry, and the Peoria-area census data, it appears that the Midnight Snack food truck business could be fruitful and fill a current market gap. This section of the business…

Introduction This report will focus on a commercial property that is currently listed for sale in Toronto, Ontario. A thorough analysis of the property will be explained in order to clarify on the strengths and weaknesses relevant to making an investment decision. The purpose of this report is to present a well-informed recommendation on whether or not the selected property is sufficient enough to enter the financial analysis phase. The recommendation will be directed towards Allied Properties…

Exit Through the Gift Shop is an experimental film that tries to disguise itself as a documentary. Experimental films are those that “actively seek to defy categorization and convention” (Barsam and Monahan, p. 77), and Exit Through the Gift Shop most certainly does that. Experimental films can also be recognized by their subject matter (which is generally non-mainstream), they do not conform to conventional expectations of film, are usually made by independent filmmakers, they draw attention…

This accumulation causes the person in a process that may lead it to live on the streets. However, exclusion has become in contemporary society, a situation becoming increasingly common. The major societal transformations that have increased social inequality: changes in the labor market, increasing unemployment and poverty, globalization…

Graffiti is Art What do you consider art? Someone sitting in front of a canvas with a paint brush painting whatever they imagine. Why don’t you consider graffiti as art when it is the same thing, except that the streets are your canvas and a can of spray paint is your paint brush? Graffiti should definitely be art because there are graffiti museums that sell pieces of graffiti for substantial amounts of money. Graffiti artists put just as much time and effort as a regular artist, and it can be…

Banksy, a street artist, has become an inspiration to many people worldwide. He has also become a hated person for his graffiti. He comes from Bristol, England and makes his artworks throughout the globe. For his artworks he mainly uses stencils. He also uses appropriation in some of his artwork to display a deeper meaning to them. This week we have an interview with the man himself, Banksy. Interviewer: Some critics and writers believe you are not an artist but a vandal. This includes Charles…

about the emergent and exploitation of the street art genre directed by the reclusive street-art graffiti legend, also known as Banksy. The film came about when the world famous graffiti artist was approached by an eccentric French shop keeper, Thierry Guetta, who records his entire life with a video camera in order to capture the memory out of apparent relevance to the impromptu death of his mother when he was a child. Guetta was gaining interest in street art and wanted to make a documentary…