Category Archives: Quality of Life
Anti graffiti by-law petition for Cape Town, South Africa
We are facing a new anti-graffiti by-law in cape town which takes away the house owners rights to give permission for any artworks on their walls besides a house number. The new, proposed graffiti by-law makes no distinction between vandalism … Continue reading
Posted in Anti Graffiti, Arrests/Sentences, Events, Graffiti, Headline, Laws, News, Peter Vallone, Public Space, Quality of Life, Street Art
Tagged anti-graffiti, bomb it, cape town, Global Graffiti Documentary, Graffiti, Graffiti Documentary, Graffiti Film, Jon Reiss, sa, South Africa, Street Art, Street Art Documentary, Street Art Film
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Subway Vandalism Or Art? Project Draws Mixed Reviews in Sweden…
According to news reports, transportation authorities in Stockholm will seek restitution from Konstfack—University College of Arts, Crafts, and Design, just south of the city, for vandalism to a subway car that was apparently carried out by a student as part … Continue reading
Posted in Anti Graffiti, Arrests/Sentences, Art Show, Events, Global Graffiti Documentary, Graffiti, Headline, Laws, News, Public Space, Quality of Life, Street Art, Video
Tagged bomb it, Crafts, Design, Global Graffiti Documentary, Graffiti, Graffiti Documentary, Graffiti Film, Konstfack, Magnus Gustafsson, Street Art, Street Art Documentary, Street Art Film, Sweden, University College of Arts
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MTA Graffiti Writers Arrested For Offending the View of Downtown Businessmen
Seven members of the MTA crew were arrested 2 days ago in Los Angeles. I’ve posted the LA Times article below. What is interesting is that there is a fair amount of focus on the blight caused by the three … Continue reading
Posted in Anti Graffiti, Arrests/Sentences, News, Quality of Life
Tagged bomb it, Global Graffiti Documentary, Graffiti, los angles, MTA, MTA Graffiti Crew, Public Space, vandalism
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City Hall Panel
While in Iceland for the Reyjavik International Film Festival, Director Jon Reiss and I (Co Producer, Harrison Bohrman) were invited to be part of a city hall panel on graffiti and street art. Artist Thordis Claessen, author of the Icelandic … Continue reading
Posted in Anti Graffiti, Arrests/Sentences, Culture Clash, Events, Film Festivals, Global Graffiti Documentary, Graffiti, Headline, Iceland, Laws, News, Places, Quality of Life, Reykjavík International Film Festival, Street Art
Tagged City Hall, Harrison Bohrman, Iceland, Jon Reiss, Reykjavik
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CONSTRUCTED PERFECTION DISCUSSION
•What is uglier? A bomb piece by a graffiti writer or a multi million dollar condo being built in front of your house? •Billboards or Graffiti? •What is public space? •Who is allowed to use it and how? •Why isn’t … Continue reading
