This was inspiring, I live n Venezuela and street art is cosidered a bad this, can be a crime and a waste of time. The thing is that the artist, we, have to change the idea, the city has to be the relection of their citizen and if there artist in there, let the express themself. The people build their cities, not the cities rules the people. (sorry for my writing mistakes)
Beautiful. The key is to work collaboratively with people to address street art in your city. Find places where you can have "graffiti zones" if graffiti is a problem in your community. Find private businesses willing to donate wall space to artists. The more respect you give to the artists, the more it becomes a beautiful addition to the city rather than seen as a criminal act. Good luck!
Great video. But, alot of street artists - in my experience in Australia - just take over territory. There is not an appreciation or consideration of the actual space. And majority of the works are merely commercial - hyper aesthetic, pretty, imitations from modernity or of previous aesthetic content in the contemporary. Or they are merely tags - while these can be 'pretty' - alot of this is merely a dog pissing on a wall - with 0% engagement with the space. As well as those who tag on trees - damaging plants and nature - for their own self-absorbed 'expression'. Many of the artists ripping off works that have an established brand to make profit are devoid of understanding of what those works actual mean Recontextualising & actually considering the space is very different from just slopping shit everywhere, & anywhere over any available public space And while Southworth - changed his images - many don't - or they merely alter enough to justify under copyright Law. Being on the street doesn't make you any better than those in the gallery - if what u do as a street artist is just merely a territorial fight competition with other street artists, or you create duplications of past art, or you create art for profit and nothing else - this is not art or being an artist.
Yes, that’s true. He did deface public property with his own personal message. However, I can see his point about street art being a medium which can beautify a community and make it more interesting & dynamic. I just have to wonder though, since he is clearly expressing leftist points of view about race, lgbtq issues, and guns: would he tolerate equal access to public spaces by artists who do not share his political leanings? All too often, the left is absolutely intolerant. I’m not saying that Chip is, I just wonder how he and the artist community in Jax at large would feel about art which dissents from their worldview.
