Friday, January 2nd 2009

Old Harlem, New Harlem

author: Peter : New York, NY

A Proposition to Graffiti Writers

author: Repine Graffiti Magazine : London, UK

Geometry in Oakland

author: joey : Oakland, CA

A Proposition to Graffiti Writers

author: Repine Graffiti Magazine : London, UK

The ‘man on the street’ often sees graffiti as illegible or unreadable. He therefore assumes that the reasons for doing graffiti are equally indistinct and obscure and shows no respect for graff as an art form, or any other component of culture. This, I’m sure, is something that gets on the tits of many writers who believe that these ignorant individuals have no right to speak pejoratively about something they don’t understand. I reckon there are two ways in which we could conjure some respect from these people, the first will almost certainly lead to graff becoming ‘soft’ and without style,...