Lots of great sources in class today! Huge fan of graffitti art for a long time, got to see some aamzing sh--t in SF bay area. Also NYC and DC. There was a place in SF calledd Psycho City( have ti dig out my negs-yes that old.)it changed dailey sometimes it was a huge parking lot in near Tenderloin and Van Ness where it was legal to do work. Literally so much paint on those walls it was thick thick inches probably. And like a truley public art space, but you rarely saw peopel working even thoguh it changed constantly.Went to school with a guy named twist barry something or other and his girlfriend ruby who both became pretty large in that scene. I remeber i show of twist in museum there that had his stealth tagger coat with extra pockets and spots for tips and such. It was like artist survival gear .Like Bikes against bush,. I'm super impressed by artists whoa re also scientists. This crosses many barriers and frightenens all the right people. The spider lady also addressed a different genre of art today similar to the moss artsist but different from Morales agressive machines. Morales and Theo Jansen are the mad scientist/artist and the other two work from amore natural subversion. All of this is leaps and bounds from what art was 100 years ago. i almost shudder to think what is to come.... almost.
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