Graffiti art lecture

Here are the notes i took in the graffiti art lecture.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPWbnuNXqD0&feature=player_embedded

This is the Corsa ad shown in the lecture showing how graffiti art has been modernised and used in popular society and to market products. I cant post the actual video here so there is the link to youtube.

The main points of the lecture for me are taken in the notes i did at the time.

The most notable part of the lecture for me was when the game Jetset Radio came up in the context of graffiti being used in games. I remember when i used to play the game that the graffiti had a very unique and loud style about it, i also knew that because it is a game that the source of art and graffiti used within the game must have been taken for another source namely real life. This as a point made me start to think that some graffiti is cool and that like in the game the police which try to stop you from expressing yourself with graffiti were bad and thinking back it is quite surprising how a game and its artwork can have such an impact of the players view of things.



Here is a little bit of game art of Jetset Radio, instantly looking at the colours used and the style of drawing you can see the kind of graffiti look coming out.

Graffiti art to me has always been a double edged blade when thinking about 'is it good or not?' because when it is used by an intelligent individual like Banksy rather than a gang of kids then yes of corse it is because it has meaning and a message to people, but when it is used for gangs to mark their turf or to vandalise bus stops then no because what use or gain is it to anyone. So to me Graffiti art will always be a style i can respect as being technically challenging but only when used in the correct context.