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    The Word On The Street
    The Word On The Street
    The Word On The Street
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    The Word On The Street

    By Peter V.G. Kristiansen

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    Street messages are everywhere. Today huge billboards with advertising and empty messages are dominating the messages of our streets. But there are other messages too: a growing number of artists who leave their personal, philosophical, lyrical or political texts. Whole cities decorate their facades with poems and political organisations use the methods of graffiti and the advertising industry to spread their messages to a wider audience.
    Far from being related to the senseless tagging seen everywhere, artistic street messages are not merely graffiti - they are a distinctive form of art meant to inspire us, make us think, move us and draw our attention to the imbalances in society and between people.
    This book contains 125 of the best and most striking examples as they were spotted around the world. Print length: 136 pages.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPeter V.G. Kristiansen
    Release dateNov 16, 2014
    ISBN9781311712783
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      The Word On The Street - Peter V.G. Kristiansen

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      Introduction

      Street Messages

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      Introduction

      Since the beginning of the history of mankind, human beings have written or painted their living environment or thoughts on walls. Whether it had been ancient cave-paintings, where mostly animals have been depicted or the giant reliefs by the Mayans or Egyptians, where whole stories are being told. Political campaigns have written their slogans on walls throughout the whole history and called for resistance or criticised deficits in society. 

      Today huge billboards with advertising and empty messages are dominating the image of our streets, but there are many artists who leave their personal, philosophical, lyrical or political texts. Whole cities decorate their facades with poems and political organisations use the methods of graffiti and the advertising industry to spread their messages to a wider audience.

      The Word On The Street displays some of the best street messages I have come across done by artists from around the world, who work with texts in the streets. By nature, artists from countries with a long graffiti tradition

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