WRITING ON THE WALL
Before going to college I didn't think much of Graffiti. I found it 'cool' and 'nice to look at' but now I have such a passion for it. It is nothing to do with wanting to break the laws or bend the truth but it is a way of communication. It all started when people started to spray on the sides of trains with messages or tagging from where they are from. People started to follow the trend and kept it going by drawing on walls to 'talk' to people. One person would spray in one area, come back a few days later, someone has replied to you. People got the idea and adapted in their own way to create 'art'. Many people see it as 'vandalism' which in its own right, it is, but looking from a designers point of view, its a way of life. Drawing on walls isn't anything special or anything 'cool' but if you know what you are doing, the outcomes and the ideas are endless. I grasped upon the opportunity of looking at some graffiti first hand. Visiting London and seeing some of the graffiti really made me want to go out and explore different parts of the UK within range and see what their culture of art is. Me and two fellow students took a trip of Ipswich for a photo shoot and also to visit the graffiti. We all were amazed by how good it looked and how well everything was placed out. London had layers and layers of graffiti stacked on top of each other but going to Ipswich, everyone appreciated everyone else's work and that's the way art should work.
Graffiti has come through the ages such as writing on walls with mark making to give off a message which was symbolized so people could understand the meaning, all the way through to writing on walls on social media websites such as Facebook. Everything is becoming more digital based so does this mean that traditionally producing graffiti on a wall is getting old? |
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