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RE: Why do people make graffitis/street art?

in OCD5 years ago

I think in part to share art, Mark territory but also be counter culture and in a way “stand up to ‘The Man’”

Lots of reasons - I’ve never done it. I appreciate the color and also think there’s a big difference between tagging and ad hoc murals

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Who is this "The Man"? And what are 'ad-hoc murals'?

I was chatting with a tagger on Twitter. I understood his reply as tagging being negative art where the effect is to fight against private property? and call attention to bad socioeconomic realities. The more answers I got, the more questions I had, and I still can't say I understand it.