Legalize Graffiti

Do you want to see works like these on our streets?

• it's cool :)

• Graffiti makes the streets colorful and alive

• I would really like to see beautiful art like these on our streets! :)

Brief History

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Why legalize it?• Vandalism

“All acts of private and public destruction and distraction are forms of vandalism. Destruction through construction is a different story.” - hepe

• Cops

• We have many talented artists

Satisfaction• Legalize graffiti on designated parts

of our streets• Decrease incidents of structures

getting vandalized• Graff artists don’t ask for commission

Visualization• Making such art spaces like legal graffiti walls will

serve as a forum for democratic political expression 

• Because graffiti is illegal the youths do it as a way to rebel

• Graffiti art will help beautify our landscapes with exhibition of public art

• It will promote people to come to certain streets which are secluded

• It will make traffic bearable

Action

Our government should provide free art spaces and legal walls for our artists!

 

Action

“ It helped revitalize that area. A lot of people would normally not walk through this

walkway because it was so dingy and it looked so bad. Now, because of what we have done, it's now opened up and a lot more people travel

through this back lane. ” -Montgomery Hall

St. John’s legal graffiti wall

Conclusion

Conclusion

Sourceshttp://www.graffiti.org/faq/stowers.html

http://www.streetartutopia.com/?p=720

http://www.boredpanda.com/80-beautiful-street-crimes-done by-banksy

http://creativecity.ca/project-profiles/St-Johns-Legal-Wall.html

http://www.artesdelasfilipinas.com/archives/71/modern-graffiti-artist-hepe