Graffiti

[cosmocreator]

Ok, my second poll will not be so philosophically deep.

What do you think of graffiti? Take the building in my signature for example. Would it look better with graffiti scrawled all over it?

[Scáthach]

Ok, my second poll will not be so philosophically deep.

What do you think of graffiti? Take the building in my signature for example. Would it look better with graffiti scrawled all over it?

No and nor would the GPO in Dublin or any building of architectural or historical merit. However, an older building or walls alongside a train track for instance, would look better with artisitic graffiti (a distinction must be made between ''Tony loves Sharon 4eva'' and a mural for instance)
I can't vote since I think it depends on the building in question and the artistic talent involved.

EDIT: Look at these Cosmo; http://www.forums.skadi.net/showthread.php?t=5289
Are they art? Do they show the degeneracy in society or is their subject matter reflecting, for the most part, the degeneracy of human and colonial action? I know what I think.

[cosmocreator]

No and nor would the GPO in Dublin or any building of architectural or historical merit. However, an older building or walls alongside a train track for instance, would look better with artisitic graffiti (a distinction must be made between ''Tony loves Sharon 4eva'' and a mural for instance)
I can't vote since I think it depends on the building in question and the artistic talent involved.

EDIT: Look at these Cosmo; http://www.forums.skadi.net/showthread.php?t=5289
Are they art? Do they show the degeneracy in society or is their subject matter reflecting, for the most part, the degeneracy of human and colonial action? I know what I think.

If the graffiti is on an old run down building, I think it stresses my point of a society in decline. And that is where most graffiti is found.

I would consider those murals art, yes. But I also think that neighborhood would look better without them.

[Phlegethon]

Murals are an Ulster phenomenon. All we have here is hip-hop gangsta, anarchist or Arab youth graffiti, which aren't even legible.

[Scáthach]

Cosmo, you miss the point of those murals COMPLETELY if that's what you think.
As for graffiti on run down buildings, one could take the approach that people painting on such buildings shows creativity rather than degeneration - it's the building in decline not the artist.

[Phlegethon]

I like decaying buildings without graffiti.

[Lala]

I like decaying buildings without graffiti.

I second that. For me, graffiti on buildings that are past their time looks pretty depressing. It's reminds me of a dull version of "out with the old"... bleh. And I'm just talking about the mural type of grafitti.

[Evolved]

I like it, it's a kind of urban folk art. I don't mean gang tags, but stuff like this:

[Ominous Lord Spoonblade]

I like reading the funny stuff that people write in bathroom stalls! :-D And every once and awhile it's funny to call one of the phone numbers left on there -like "for a good time call Bobby 555-5555" hehehe

Graffiti that looks good isn't so bad. It depends where it is too. If you don't like graffiti on a certain building, one way to make sure the city gets rid of it is to spray paint a giant swastika on it :-D They usually clean that up really fast. Though once someone put a giant blue one on a synagogue just a few blocks down from me, and it was there for quite awhile! It was a huge one too! They just couldn't get rid of it, and for the longest time there was a fading image of a blue swastika on this synagogue....funny in a way...

[Awar]

It depends on the quality and location of the grafitti.

Post your definition of what degeneracy is.
I doubt there are a lot of grafitti in Saudi Arabia.