This reminded me of a pretty funny video of a year-long battle between a person tagging a building and a graffiti removal crew: https://youtu.be/RwK4NmQZe64
> Graffitiremovals is the largest submission-based image archive of removed graffiti around the world.
I’m interested in “why”, i.e.: why build a website for that. I’m assuming that’s up to the viewer; perhaps someone has more context - in this case please add.
The author of the website is linked to a book called "The death of graffiti" (available online, in German [1]), a collection of essays on graffiti (its perception, culture, history, commercialization, etc).
I guess this website was intended as a companion art piece for the book, but which one came first I couldn't say.
I'm curious too. Are they proud that people spent time removing the art? Are they sad it gets removed? Want to show how bad they do their job? Or is that just another kind of art?
this is it, i feel it's just a different kind of art. if you look closely every one has a different method to cover graffiti and they are actually making art even if they don't know it. they have their own flair, taste. they don't do a perfect job so it's like a different kind of graffiti in itself
I wonder if graffiti critique is a thing. Like art (or anything), most graffiti is unremarkable, boring, badly done and forgettable. But even a tag can be well done, fun or interesting in other ways.
You actually make a piece you put time in. And most importantly, you DONT damage some one else's property. Paint you OWN walls, not others. There are legal places to paint all you want without anyone getting hurt.
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