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Graffiti in New York

Graffiti in New York. Paoyi Huang December 3, 2002. Bite - to copy other writers’ styles. Buff – any means used by Transit Authority to remove graffiti from trains. Burner – a well-done piece. Down – in part of a group or action. Fade – to blend colors. Graffiti Glossary.

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Graffiti in New York

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  1. Graffiti in New York Paoyi Huang December 3, 2002

  2. Bite- to copy other writers’ styles. Buff – any means used by Transit Authority to remove graffiti from trains. Burner – a well-done piece. Down –in part of a group or action. Fade –to blend colors. Graffiti Glossary

  3. Graffiti Glossary(continued) • Getting Up • also known as “Getting Around,” “Getting Over,” and “Getting the Name Out.” • successfully hitting a train, or writing writing their names prolifically. • one of the most significant factors differentiating New York’s subway writers from the creators of traditional forms of wall writings. • Going Over • One writer covering another writer’s work with his/her own. • Once a piece has been “gone over,” it is considered as destroyed.

  4. Graffiti Glossary(continued) • Rack Up –to steal, the process of acquiring all kinds of materials used in writing. • Tag (Up) –writing signature with marker or spray paint. • Throw Up –a name painted quickly with one layer of spray paint and an outline. • Top-to-Bottom -extend from the top of a subway car to the bottom, but not necessarily the full length of the car. • Toy – in experienced or incompetent writer.

  5. A Brief History of Writing I • Space • Illegal space. writing had first begun on local buses and local neighborhood walls. • In the 70s, the ultimate goal is the subway trains. • Fame • Taki 183 (late 1960s) • Two separate communities in mind • The community of writers themselves. • The general city audience.

  6. A Brief History of Writing II • “Graffiti Art” vs. Galleried Art World • Two very different systems – • subway trains vs. art-on-canvas • Writers vs. Traditional trained artists (e.g. Keith Haring, Jean Michel Basquiat, etc.) • Common – illegal public locations, linear drawing or words in their works. • Difference – timing, tradition, etc. • Communication between two different systems • Result and its implication

  7. A Brief History of Writing III • Graffiti and Hip-Hop • Writing has more than a decade of history before rap get into the popular music scene. • Writing was rapidly broadcast, and it became a global youth art movement partly through the connections to hip-hop. • Retaking the Trains • War on graffiti, Surveillance, Clean Car Program 1984. • The dynamics between writers and the Transit Police changed after the late 1970s.

  8. A Brief History of Writing IV • Return to the Walls (1980s) • Two career paths – • bomber vs. piecer (productivity vs. skill) • Space • bombers take the streets. • the style masters go to “hiding places.” • Results • localized • loosing network/community • alter traditional norms

  9. A Brief History of Writing V • Two Alternative Forms • Stickers • Other modes of transportation as writing means (e.g. railroad) • Using Technology – the Circulation • Writers’ zines (e.g. International Graffiti Times) • Video • Globalization • NYC as the “Homeland of Graffiti” • ~The End~

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