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Comment on Arguments for and against graffiti by cat

cat — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 03:35:22 +0000

Graffiti can be art but its vandalism. Even though it can be art , it is vandalism because you are defacing private and publicly owned property. The graffiti art style itself is art the act on placing it on a property that is not you own is vandalism. im not against graffiti i like it, but from my prespection it is vandalism, in a form of art.

Comment on Arguments for and against graffiti by Petition to free the “arts vandal” “Sticker Lady” « Wind in a field

Wed, 06 Jun 2012 17:16:22 +0000

[...] be allowed. (You can find arguments for and against graffiti here (for as a form of free speech), here (relatively balanced), and here (against) – the ones I think are worth highlighting are the expense to public money [...]

Comment on Arguments for and against graffiti by bethany charles-keatley

bethany charles-keatley — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 16:15:35 +0000

hi you kids and audult
i read the whole artical, wasnt it amazing!!!!!!!!
at first i was againsted graffiti and now i am not to sure it is a type of art and vandilisum .
art is done by graffiti artists.vandilisum is illegal if you have no permission!!!!!!!!!!!!
if you want to add to what i have said please feel free.

Comment on Art, graffiti and citizenship by Toothfish

Toothfish — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 08:44:40 +0000

The full article on Tootfishes blog is here -

http://www.toothfish.org/News/tabid/2520/ID/1024/The-Battle-of-the-Billboards–Street-Art-Vs-Politics.aspx

and more here

http://www.toothfish.org/News/tabid/2520/ID/1003/Vote-Plankton.aspx

Comment on Arguments for and against graffiti by Urban Field Studies - Art, graffiti and citizenship

Urban Field Studies - Art, graffiti and citizenship — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 07:20:10 +0000

[...] + art + public surface = ? I’ve already argued for graffiti as a necessary public voice here, in the absence of adequate coverage in mainstream media of the devastating tsunami in Samoa in [...]

Comment on train station art – urban values, scale and what we can learn from grafitti by Lily

Lily — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 10:32:42 +0000

Hi Mark,

Thanks for your comment on my blog, and thanks for your hard work on this project, I appreciate it’s difficult ground. My last paragraph about being critical comes from a deep respect for what is being attempted in New Lynn, New Zealand’s first example of TOD as part of Smart Growth.

I’d love to hear more about the processes you were involved in. The use of art to promote transport is the basis of my masters research, and anecdotes from examples (including funding issues) are always of interest to me.
(A side note: One thing that always comes to mind for me with these limitations is the untapped resource of artists and volunteers in the community. People who would be happy to beautify their turf if only civilians were allowed/invited.)

It’s good to hear there is more planned for the New Lynn area, I’ll definitely be keeping an eye on it : )
Lily

Comment on train station art – urban values, scale and what we can learn from grafitti by Mark

Mark — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 01:35:21 +0000

Hi Rose, Good piece. All that you say is correct. However what you may not realise is that the issues you speak off were considered very carefully during the design process. The problem= money. WCC invested huge money into this project to get the results that you see. I pushed hard for extending the artworks in the trench but we simply did not have the funds. What we do have is far beeter than what KIWI Rail would have done without WCC input.

On thwe lace artwork. We did what we had budget for in the initial build and since have been planning additional works. It is in the pipeline, watch that space. These works were focused on the pedestrian not the rail trench users. As I say, watch that space.

Comment on David Engwicht is in NZ in March by Lily

Lily — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 01:24:13 +0000

Hi Rose thanks for your comment.

City streets and squares have been used to draw attention to shared concerns and political debate for millennia. From what I can gather, Slutwalk is a protest against blaming rape victims for rape, while also promoting freedom to express sexuality in public. The first issue is more of a political/social issue than one of engaging with physical space, and the second issue requires public space to demonstrate.

The urban public realm has been critiqued as an ideal catering to ‘masculine’ needs, or desires, for excitement and interaction with strangers, where women have a ‘more ambiguous’ relationship with public space. [see M. Miles, ‘Art, Space and the City’, chapter on gender, 1997).
Such binary analysis, might be expanded by shifting extroverted or introverted use of space by various people at different times. Imbalances of power in general – age, race, class, sexuality, gender – can all lead to insecurity in public places. Slutwalk suggest social support for extroverted sexuality is the key to confidence and security (from rape) for this group, this wont be true for everyone. Having said that safety in public (for all) is certainly an issue worth promoting, as Slutwalk is trying to do.

Comment on Wynyard Quarter waterfront opening by lily

lily — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 05:36:56 +0000

this site has some lovely photos without the crowds and a visual time line of the creative process for the work Sounds of the Sea by Company, as shown above.

http://www.com-pa-ny.com/projects/SOS/sos.html

Comment on Wynyard Quarter waterfront opening by Lily

Lily — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 10:43:30 +0000

see NZ Herald article about the buoy works here:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10744332

“Artists annoyed at buoy project ‘rip-off’”
By Bernard Orsman
5:30 AM Thursday Aug 11, 2011