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Thanks for the great street art submissions and the excellent feedback you gave us in our previous collaboration blog post. The murals and art we've seen (sculptures, even) have been outstanding! I just wanted to give a status update on this project and let you know it's not forgotten at all.
You mentioned all kinds of cool things: maps, databases, galleries, cool stories. We're going to noodle on the ideas you mentioned and come up with something awesome from here. The production process may take a while to progress, so please know that we are steadily moving forward. Don't hesitate to continue to send any eye-catching stories you see our way. We potentially could do multiple things with the material.
I also want to challenge you to start expanding beyond painted graffiti and find things that are a bit different or taking place in other mediums. We have a lot of photos of tags and murals now, and I'm curious about what else is going on out there. We've seen some examples with the chewing gum walls noted by mainstreet57, Kiwiphopa and spooly. micosantos sent a video about urban knitting and we have another set of images from grrlandog of urban knitters who took over a public toilet in Australia. Let's see if we can get broad geographic coverage both domestically and globally. Basically, the more and more diverse, the merrier.
The $64 million question is: What story are we trying to tell here?
Also, please continue to share your ideas here in the comments area. We want to know what other thoughts are out there. Thanks again for your participation!
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$64 miilion dollar answer is;
aint no global recession gonna discourage art from thriving ..?
I probably ought to get off my duff and submit the stuff I have been shooting.
I have been slacking on my ireports.
I agree with everything KamdenK wrote. But I do also want to add on the supposed 64 million dollar question, however. I agree with the things stated about why people do street, or guerrilla art, but I don't think that is the question that needs to be answered. More importantly, I feel, is what the artists are trying to say, the message being broadcast. What are the reasons that they put something up in urban areas and what are they trying to tell the potential millions of people who traverse across their art day to day. KamdenK mentioned subverting and adbusting, but subverting what and to what end?
The problem with a lot of the submissions of pure graffiti (not all) is that it can be attributed to 'kids being kids' or 'vandalism.' To make it art, it has to take you from one way of thinking to another, open a door, or make you feel something (other than disgust that someone littered their supposed art in your city.) That is where I feel this article needs to go.
Hi great idea I have placed some art street from mexico and one great one from michael jackson graffiti on the streets of mexico thanks larena