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What to Read When You Want to Escape the White Gaze

  • GRAFFITI editors
  • January 3, 2020
Contributors to GRAFFITI share a reading list of books that that don’t consider the white gaze.
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Living, Breathing Art: A Conversation with Bradley Silver

  • Morgan English
  • January 4, 2019
Tattoo artist Bradley Silver discusses the political intersection of body art and street art, and more.
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Winning Always Involves Sacrificing: Talking with Dickson Lam

  • Jessica Wilbanks
  • June 8, 2018
Dickson Lam discusses his debut memoir, Paper Sons, the writing advice that transformed his approach to thee book, and the duty of a memoirist.
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The Election and the Ash Borer

  • Rachel McKenny
  • July 12, 2017
Does it matter what words a sign says when a symbol says so much more? A white X. A carved swastika. Things get torn down from less.
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The Storming Bohemian #34: Descent into the Underworld

  • Charles Kruger
  • July 7, 2017
The last time I punked the muse, I wrote of the summer solstice, a meditation into the heart of the sun. My goal was to leave behind the ever-more-depressing news…
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Slang and Swagger: Riffing with Jeff Chang

  • Lucas Loredo
  • May 8, 2017
Jeff Chang discusses his latest book, We Gon’ Be Alright: Notes on Race and Resegregation, his work in hip-hip journalism, and the beauty and humanity of political protest.
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Accessing the Past through Graffiti

  • Michelle Vider
  • June 23, 2016
Writing for Aeon, historian Matthew Champion delves into contemporary research on medieval graffiti. Exploring graffiti (a visual medium) allows for historians to learn more about the actual lives of the…
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Street Art as Literature

  • Katie O'Brien
  • July 31, 2015
In Street Messages, German photographer Nicholas Ganz compiles photographs of messages in public spaces, illustrating the literary side of the global street art movement—he calls it “a new, modern form…
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The Rumpus Interview with Roger Gastman

  • Shawna Kenney
  • February 25, 2013
Graffiti impresario Roger Gastman sits down and talks about the evolution of street art, his new film The Legend of Cool "Disco" Dan, and his newest exhibit and ode to Washington D.C., Pump Me Up: D.C. Subculture of the 1980s.
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Pre-Olympic Pre-Emptive Strikes

  • Walter Gordon
  • July 19, 2012
London authorities are bent on making sure that the Olympics Games will proceed without a hitch. Their strategies include arresting people who they think may pose a threat to that…
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Nasty Ancient Graffiti

  • Lisa Dusenbery
  • December 20, 2011
“Good luck on your resurrection.” I09 has compiled ten pieces of ancient graffiti translated into modern terms. (Via Bookslut)
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Dirty Pictures

  • Jeffrey Felshman
  • July 9, 2009
21-year-old student Jesse Graves started putting up graffiti to promote environmental awareness nearly two years ago, and has never been harassed or arrested.  Many of his pieces remain intact on…
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