Check out the cover story of this week's Philadelphia Weekly.
And check out this cool video, put to really cool music: "Sound of Philadelphia" by Reef the Lost Cauze:
Although I do not support the nonconsensual modification (by spraypainting) of another person's private property, there is still something to be said for alleviating the glum, post-industrial, and aesthetically unpleasant environment of some sections of the city by adding some color. If the choice is living across the street and walking by a vacant gray warehouse everyday or tagging it with a colorful, personalized, and artistic design, I'd choose the latter. Put the burden on the property owner to actively use her property, and if she doesn't, then put the burden on the government to actively remove urban blight.
Of course there is the flipside that cannot be ignored. There is a lot of graffiti that is just plain ugly. To all you artistically uninspired taggers out there, stick to your day job! And there is also a lot of graffiti that is painted where it shouldn't be, and with a malicious intent to purposely deface property. Anytime anyone does anything with a mean spirit, I really can't support it, it's as simple as that. C'mon now, a little love, people!
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I have to agree with the comment about the "not so easy on the eye" graf out there, but i also agree with freedom of ones expression, and if that means that they suck but still want to give it a shot at painting it up, than more power to you. I only say that because i used to be one of them. I love taggin and paintin but i was never always all that good with the spray cans .. i had to adjust. Im at work right now and im pretty limited on what i can see on the internet. I was searching for a graffiti site so i could see other peoples art work and stumbled upon this page so here are my last words of wisdom to you philly artists like myself out there..
'when the going get weird, the weird turn pro'
peeeeace
-BEMES
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