Comments on: Iran Graffiti and Urban Art Report

Iran Graffiti and Urban Art Report

carsonb — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 23:42:24 -0800

Iran Graffiti and Urban Art Report

By: carsonb

carsonb — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 23:43:33 -0800

By: carsonb

carsonb — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 00:00:10 -0800

a1one elf (BLIND & NW) Iranian Underground Art Media

By: amyms

amyms — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 01:39:32 -0800

The icepunks stuff is beautiful.

By: carsonb

carsonb — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 01:43:20 -0800

icepunkz

By: amyms

amyms — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 01:48:53 -0800

Wow, thanks, carsonb!

By: hifiparasol

hifiparasol — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 07:52:32 -0800

Great stuff -- I love the Cuba post.

By: asok

asok — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 07:19:24 -0800

All good.

By: Pollomacho

Pollomacho — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 07:27:13 -0800

As I mentioned before, I was out in this tiny, rural village in the desert in Syria and somebody had tagged "50 cent" on a wall. The implications of that were staggering to me. First of all, despite the best efforts of an oppressive regime, American consumer culture was still seeping through the cracks, also the Syrian government wouldn't have been pleased either (that was a joke kids). Additionally, this guy who was basically a member of the underclass of America had literally risen to the status of global household name.

By: carsonb

carsonb — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 18:38:34 -0800

despite the best efforts of an oppressive regime, American consumer culture was still seeping through the cracks This is what struck me the most about all this urban art. I absolutely love that youth/underground cultures around the world are taking a page from the "oldschool" American underground. Graffiti was such a powerful voice of dissent, especially in late 70's/early 80's NYC. Looking at it the other way, it's a lot easier for Americans to relate to a youth culture struggling in very much the same way they did a very short time ago—and that much harder to dismiss the other aspects of a society that seem so foreign.