I'm not going to go on about the legitimacy of graffiti art verses vandalism, the massive flaws in the authorities and media or the solutions to the "problem". Simply put we live in a sad world where the powerful reign supreme. So long as they persist bombarding the public with negative views on graffiti, suggesting narrow minded solutions to illegal graffiti and demonising graffiti and street art, the culture's ongoing struggle in Australia continues. Many other places like South America and Europe have learnt to embrace a part of graffiti and appreciate it as a legitimate art form, hosting festivals and legalising walls everyday. Hopefully one day our country will see this as a positive example.
If you watch the video, it is simply nothing more than a collection of images paired with negative phrases. The media is continuously attempting to establish that graffiti writers are synonymous with "gangs" and "violence" and "drugs," which generally speaking, does not cohere to the identity of most writers.
Sure illegal graffiti can be seen as ugly and a nuisance but legal graff is in many eyes, an art form. looking back three decades we see the same thing.
Who knows, perhaps fifty years from now the first graffiti related art will hang next to the Mona Lisa.
C
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