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| UER Forum > UE Main > Terrific Street Art in Abandoned Places (Viewed 5200 times) |
mookster
Location: Oxford, UK Gender: Male Total Likes: 2377 likes
| | | Re: Terrific Street Art in Abandoned Places < Reply # 3 on 2/5/2017 7:43 PM > | Reply with Quote
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| Aran
Location: Kansas City Gender: Male Total Likes: 1850 likes
Huh. I guess covid made me a trendsetter.
| | | Re: Terrific Street Art in Abandoned Places < Reply # 9 on 2/6/2017 6:53 AM > | Reply with Quote
| | | There are some brilliantly stunning examples of graffiti art out there, I will admit. However, the problem is that these are few and far between. Most graffiti looks less like the above examples, and more like this: And that's not art. It adds nothing to the aesthetic value of the building, nor to the history. Art like what Mookster posted has a story behind it, a message. Most graffiti doesn't. Swastikas and penises don't add beauty or expression any more than they evoke feelings of awe and pleasant surprise. They add nothing to the building. I've yet to find a truly wonderful mural, but I've found countless tags and obscenities scrawled across the walls of history. Much of this vandalism is done on the exterior as well as the interior, making the building a target for scrappers, druggies, and police attention. There is some wonderful graffiti art out there, that much is true. But it is the exception, not the the rule. That's why most of us on UER don't like graffiti- I personally would make an exception for art, but the vast majority of what we find is trash.
| "Sorry, I didn't know I'm not supposed to be here," he said, knowing full well he wasn't supposed to be there. |
| Bldg30
Location: WA Total Likes: 15 likes
| | | Re: Terrific Street Art in Abandoned Places < Reply # 12 on 2/6/2017 9:36 AM > | Reply with Quote
| | | Fair enough. I don't really intend to advocate either for or against street art/graffiti. As others have said here, I enjoy it when I find a really remarkable piece, although most of the time it's trash and I'd rather it wasn't there. And I think it goes without saying that most of us would prefer to explore locations that are relatively untouched by time/weather/human impact. For me that's the thrill of it--it's like being in an open-air museum. Except it's not a museum and I don't expect it to be. It doesn't have a roof, temperature control, or guards (most of the time). Everything that happens to a location is reclamation. Weather, graffiti, weeds, scrapping, squatting, even demolition or restoration--those are all reclamation of one kind or another by somebody or something. As people who like to check out abandonments and maybe take photos, I don't know if any of those things are in our best interest! In that sense I don't think the universe really cares about 'urban exploring', although it does keep churning out a lot of cool places to explore. Also, people seem to be okay with making a distinction between art and tagging--who gets to decides what's what? I mean we know some is great and some is shit, but this is a thread about "street art at abandoned places". If it's abandoned, who controls the walls? We sure as hell don't. That is literally the point of street art-- the medium is public. These places are or are in the process of becoming de facto public spaces--regardless of your views of property ethics. That's what abandonments are. Practically speaking, they are reabsorbed into the public domain, by nature just as much by the humans and other animals who come and go. For better or worse. BTW, when this civilization collapses and a thousand years from now they discover the remains of some industrial site, I actually do hope they find some cool art that will give them some clues about who we really were, and not just some computers and toilets. Anyway, apologies for the long post. This thread also reminded me of that one ridiculously well known tunnel in NYC. Here's a cool one, unfortunately since painted over by Amtrak.
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| blackhawk This member has been banned. See the banlist for more information.
Location: Mission Control Total Likes: 3996 likes
UER newbie
| | | | Re: Terrific Street Art in Abandoned Places < Reply # 13 on 2/6/2017 4:51 PM > | Reply with Quote
| | | Posted by Bldg30 Fair enough. I don't really intend to advocate either for or against street art/graffiti. As others have said here, I enjoy it when I find a really remarkable piece, although most of the time it's trash and I'd rather it wasn't there. And I think it goes without saying that most of us would prefer to explore locations that are relatively untouched by time/weather/human impact. For me that's the thrill of it--it's like being in an open-air museum. Except it's not a museum and I don't expect it to be. It doesn't have a roof, temperature control, or guards (most of the time). Everything that happens to a location is reclamation. Weather, graffiti, weeds, scrapping, squatting, even demolition or restoration--those are all reclamation of one kind or another by somebody or something. As people who like to check out abandonments and maybe take photos, I don't know if any of those things are in our best interest! In that sense I don't think the universe really cares about 'urban exploring', although it does keep churning out a lot of cool places to explore. Also, people seem to be okay with making a distinction between art and tagging--who gets to decides what's what? I mean we know some is great and some is shit, but this is a thread about "street art at abandoned places". If it's abandoned, who controls the walls? We sure as hell don't. That is literally the point of street art-- the medium is public. These places are or are in the process of becoming de facto public spaces--regardless of your views of property ethics. That's what abandonments are. Practically speaking, they are reabsorbed into the public domain, by nature just as much by the humans and other animals who come and go. For better or worse. BTW, when this civilization collapses and a thousand years from now they discover the remains of some industrial site, I actually do hope they find some cool art that will give them some clues about who we really were, and not just some computers and toilets. Anyway, apologies for the long post. This thread also reminded me of that one ridiculously well known tunnel in NYC. Here's a cool one, unfortunately since painted over by Amtrak. http://i65.tinypic.com/1hphg5.jpg
| A shame it was painted over, it was a beauty Been better to leave it up, pure US culture, old school, there on display
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| superphoenix
Location: New York City Gender: Male Total Likes: 172 likes
There's a madness to my methods
| | | Re: Terrific Street Art in Abandoned Places < Reply # 14 on 2/7/2017 3:55 AM > | Reply with Quote
| | | I live in NYC so there's no shortage of good graffiti. The major downside is a lot of it seems to get cleaned quickly nowadays! I don't know how many of these pieces are still around but... Just thought I'd share. 77516_4713286635590_497234402_o by S S, on Flickr 192475_10200261485365268_1701379448_o by S S, on Flickr 324093_10200118559072200_1760162752_o by S S, on Flickr 905262_10200900548541448_1612012933_o by S S, on Flickr 410907_10200261492165438_2078867421_o by S S, on Flickr 465591_10200261495325517_1338289292_o by S S, on Flickr 830252_10200583050324191_1359594339_o by S S, on Flickr 830418_10200614714315771_146781428_o by S S, on Flickr 856503_10200583040603948_1121388814_o by S S, on Flickr 857163_10200614716435824_151995872_o by S S, on Flickr 858250_10200614722475975_1552430865_o by S S, on Flickr 859770_10200614713635754_429380080_o by S S, on Flickr 860465_10200487180847514_1719308492_o by S S, on Flickr
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| texano
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