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.
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, USAfrom 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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