Street newspaper

According to itv.com the article “Graffiti Police… Tagging the streets to send a positive message” by Avon and Somerset Police Stencil. Tagging could give off a positive message to people who see their message. “Avon and Somerset Police launched a new campaign, Hate has no home here, to provide victims and bystanders…

When an individual vandalizes someone’s car, a public building, a bridge, or any other form of property that is not theirs they are said to do it simply to damage whatever they are vandalizing. The individual is doing this just to make it look unattractive to the people who will see it. It is very obvious that this is not what Banksy’s intentions are when he is creating his artworks so why is it even discussed that his work is a crime? Due to Banksy not wanting to deface a building it is easy…

Bourgois argues that street culture is “creative, destructive and oppositional” I will begin to explain each aspect of street culture, before discussing what Bourgois was depicting in the Ethnography when referring to street culture. Furthermore, I will use sections from the Ethnography to paint an essential picture of Bourgois argument while including my own reflection. To Illustrate, I shall go over Bourgois definition of inner-street culture “A complex and conflictual web of beliefs, symbols,…

that unsanctioned work is restricted to tags because in the United States the fear of prosecution forces artists to quickly put up their work and flee, not allowing time for something as elaborate as Figure 6. This image represents a development in street art that allows unsanctioned work to be more elaborate. Artists have created posters and stencils, which allow the time consuming work to be done in private at home and require very little time to apply to walls (Waclawek 33). Figure 6 is a…

1. You want to determine whether graffiti is really a problem, whether the citizens who have complained are representative of the community as a whole (as opposed to random “troublemakers”). Describe at least four types of data you could collect to determine whether graffiti is really a problem. Be creative and be specific. Perhaps the best type of data that could be collected would come from exploratory research. This type of data could be extrapolated by selecting random households (from the…

Graffiti The controversy on whether graffiti is considered art or not is still going on. People who think graffiti should not be considered art also think graffiti isn’t art, is vandalism, related to gangs, not needed, and random objects spray painted on the wall. But the people who do think it should be considered art they see art, inspiration, interest, and feelings. Just because some people don’t see what other people see doesn’t mean what they see is right and everyone should listen to them…

Unknown Title Graffiti, a lot comes to mind when you witness a work of art on a building, house, store, or someone's property. Is it truly a work of art? No it is not, graffiti is vandalism; Ruthless destruction, unnecessary and threatening at times. Graffiti is vandalism not art; Graffiti is against the law, there are exorbitant prices to clean up graffiti, and lastly, graffiti is ruining the magnificence of our towns, cities and creating an unsafe environment. Laws are laws, they are made…

this to deal with as a child, however many of these children’s futures are ruined as a result of being homeless as a child. Abuse is a constant struggle with many homeless children. In her article "Street Life Is No Life for Children" the author, Jewel, mentions that "[m]ost homeless kids are on the streets because they believe that they are safer alone than in the home they knew - if that home even exists for them anymore" (57). Children will run away from their homes in search of a better…

look up and see a mini van with a family coming back from a night out in front of you and you can’t stop. Street racing originated in California after world war two when G.I’s working on airplanes and jeep engines began working on their own cars (Angel Fire). Street racing is and unsancioned or illegal form of motor sports on public roads(Streetracers.com). There are two types of racing: street racing and drag racing. Drag racing takes place on designated tracks. With these races there are…

order for the viewer to fully understand what Banksy believes and thinks about a subject (Veekens). “His works are often satirical and combine dark humor with graffiti and also spreads messages across, art, philosophy, and politics” (N.p., Street Art Bio | Street Artists Biographies). “With Banksy art is simply a matter of knowing; of understanding the reference, the clear message or the clever joke” (Veekens). Now to fully understand this one must observe one of his artworks. The artwork that…