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Graffiti: Free Expression, Public Space, and the Commons
"I never had to compromise myself. It was always me, doing what was comfortable, and relaying the message that I didn't have to be taught to be creative and do good things. I guess what I'm saying is that I'm here and I want to be heard. I come from the streets, I painted on subways, and I feel my work is important. I want people to see it--I want to influence others." *DONDI White*
BOOKS
	Subway Art by Martha Cooper and Henry Chalfant (Thames and Hudson, Ltd., 1984)
	Graffiti World: Street Art from Five Continents by Nicholas Ganz (Harry N. Abrams, 2004)
	The Art of Getting Over: Graffiti at the Millenium by Stephen ESPO Powers (St. Martin's Press, 1999)
	Graffito by Michael Walsh (North Atlantic Books, 1996)
	Free Agents: A History of Washington, D.C. Graffiti compiled by Roger Gastman (R. Rock, 2001)
"In the lawtexts you can read a lot about the right to express yourself, but in reality only the ones who can afford to pay for the place have the possibility to express themselves in the public space. " Asa Sonjasdotter
ARTICLES
"Graffiti Q & A" by Susan Farrell, from Art Crimes.
"Postering Public Space: Can DIY Poster Pirates Reclaim Your Downtown?" by Emily Pohl-Weary, from Broken Pencil (issue #13).
"American Graffiti " by Jeff Chang, from The Village Voice, 9/9/2002.
"'Bombing' L.A.: Graffiti Culture and the Contest for Visual Space" by Saul Bolivar, from McNair Journal, 1997.
"City Space: A Semiotic and Visual Exploration of Graffiti and Public Space in Vancouver" by C. Noble, from City Space project, 2004.
"Street Math in Wildstyle Graffiti Art" by Josephine Noah, from Art Crimes.
"Hip Hop Learning: Graffiti as an Educator of Urban Teenagers" by Richard S. Christen, from Educational Foundations17:4 (Fall 2003).
"Female Writers" from @149th St.: New York City Cyber Bench (2003).
"Subways are corporate America's way of getting its people to work. It's used as an object of transporting corporate clones. And the trains were clones themselves, they were all supposed to be silver blue, a form of imperialism and control, and we took that and completely changed it." LEE Quinones
FILMS
	Wild Style (1983) directed by Charlie Ahearn
	Bomb the System (2005) directed by Adam Bhala Lough
	Graffiti Verite series by Bob Bryan
	Stations of the Elevated (1980) directed by Manny Kirchheimer
	Write and Unite (2004) produced by Magic Moments
	Barnstormers' films
"I always wanted to be famous. See, I grew up with not much attention in my life. " COOL DISCO DAN
INTERVIEWS
	Zephyr in English; and another in Spanish
	Kelzo
	FUTURA 2000
	Banksy
	CLAW
"When we train other graffiti writers, we're not training fine artists to exhibit in a museum. We're training criminals. We're training kids how to take life in their own hands and go out there and hopelessly paint on some wall or some train that will do nothing for you except get you fame with other vandals and criminals." Lady PINK
Websites & Organizations
Graffiti Archaeology: Graffiti Archaeology is the study of graffiti-covered walls as they change over time. The grafarc.org project is a timelapse collage, made of photos of graffiti taken at the same location by many different photographers over a span of several years. Most of the photos are from San Francisco, over a timespan from the late 1990's to the present. Art Crimes: One of the original and most comprehensive websites on contemporary graffiti and graffiti culture worldwide, including artists' pages and black books, train and mural photographs, information and resources for artists, exhibits, shows and other events. God Bless Graffiti Coalition: The God Bless Graffiti Coalition, Inc. was founded in 2000 in Chicago in order to combat growing national and international anti-graffiti trends. From the site: "We feel time has come time that people stand up against the massive misuse of public monies diverted towards graffiti abatement. Instead of spending millions to maintain the dull monotony of the urban landscape and to criminalize creative youth, it is time we demand a rational policy towards graffiti." Scrawl: Photographs of street art from around the world, including Canada, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, UK, Spain and the United States. Subway Outlaws: A site dedicated to graffiti's New York and old-school roots. Features interviews with some of graffiti's most well-known and respected legends; images of burners, tags, and throwups; events and exhibitions, including "Old Timers' Day at 5 Points"-these are great photos. Wooster Collective: This New-York based collective and website includes images, interviews, technical information, graffiti history, and artist's pages, but also has interesting and unique features, like: "Give 'em Props," a survey of dozens of graffiti artists worldwide about the art that most inspires them; a great list of magazines (graf- and other), with working links; and "The Essentials," an insider's guide to cities around the world by our favorite artists.

RESOURCES

Hip-Hop in a Global Context

Hip-Hop, Activism, and Social Change

Hip-Hop, Gender, and Sexuality

Graffiti: Free Expression, Public Space, and the Commons

Change Methods' Playlist: Global Hip-Hop

PROGRAMS

Hip-Hop, Arts, and Activism: What's the Connection?