Take a walk through the heart of any American city and you will see two things: a barrage of advertisements, logos, brands, and … graffiti. The former is produced by those with power and money, the latter by those without either. While the form and purpose of corporate signage varies depending on the desired effect, their imposing nature remains a constant – dominating not only the skyline but even our collective subconscious. The advertisements, with their inducements to a never-ending shopping spree, along with the imposing logos atop skyscrapers, against which one can’t help but feel small, create a functional monopolization of space wherein the individual is at all times being acted upon without any ability act upon the surrounding environment. Enter graffiti. antistatestl.wordpress/2012/05/26/in-defense-of-graffiti-and-those-who-write/
Posted on: Thu, 11 Jul 2013 00:00:51 +0000
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