Wednesday, April 25, 2007

Reclaiming the commons : Public Space

Civilian, Melbourne, Australia

Bansky's rats, Melbourne, Australia

Melbourne, Australia
Bansky, West Bank

Bansky, West Bank

Argentina

Graffiti art in praxis functions to reclaim what is collective or public space for a community. The basic idea is that as OntheCommons.org states,

some forms of wealth belong to all of us, and that these community resources must be actively protected and managed for the good of all....The commons also includes our shared social creations: libraries, parks, public spaces

As an art form, Graffiti and street art reworks ideas of enclosure and the encroachment of private enterprises into public lands. This second enclosurement movement is one of the mind. It is perhaps trite to say that ads dominate our visual landscape. And yet it remains more accurate assessment then ever of the world around us ( but not in Sao Paulo!)

This is a slice of that resistance.



Madison, Wisconsin, USA

United Kingdom

Arofish, Lebanon

Miami, Florida, USA

Canada


Denmark
LinkUnited Kingdom
Melbourne, Australia



from Graffiti Research Lab








Legal Resources

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain
http://www.creativecommons.org
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyleft

http://www.ourmedia.org/node/18378
http://www.artslaw.com.au/artlaw/archive/02CanCanArtNavigateLegalPitfalls.asp

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