tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post3113427472464371607..comments2024-03-17T18:23:38.257+01:00Comments on Invisible Paris: No TagAdamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06453626318828119830noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-62587068581242850362009-03-18T15:41:00.000+01:002009-03-18T15:41:00.000+01:00A youth center, with an invitation to decorate it ...A youth center, with an invitation to decorate it at will?ArtSparkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04875996639432864367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-85553085841702500802009-03-15T18:14:00.000+01:002009-03-15T18:14:00.000+01:00Fascinating blog. No tagging in Vegas, at least no...Fascinating blog. No tagging in Vegas, at least not on the Strip.Is tagging the mark of a neighborhood going downscale?Wolynskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04428782184898610640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-63034020095091530802009-03-15T15:13:00.000+01:002009-03-15T15:13:00.000+01:00Some tags are very nice--we had a nice bit of sten...Some tags are very nice--we had a nice bit of stenciling and people tagged it, it was looking fine until the property owner painted it over. And it was in an alley, so it made no sense to remove it. However some graffiti (on ornate buildings for example) is just tiresome and unpleasant to view. I like the black frame in your photo.Squirrelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16459620834878853588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-23730802148904304982009-03-14T23:03:00.000+01:002009-03-14T23:03:00.000+01:00Love those shutters and hope it continues to work!...Love those shutters and hope it continues to work! <BR/><BR/>Badaude, I've seen MissTic's work in Abbesses and it's great. (Thanks for the link to her site). However, it is also a million miles away from tagging. <BR/><BR/>Although tagging is graffiti, not all graffiti is tagging. I agree with Adam that the latter is signing a canvas without the creation: clumsy, endlessly repeated scribbles of aCarolineLDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00197813252586559665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-19026683945573861702009-03-14T08:01:00.000+01:002009-03-14T08:01:00.000+01:00I'd be interested in hearing more from Daniel abou...I'd be interested in hearing more from Daniel about how New York has gone about eradicating its graffiti problem. <BR/><BR/>It is sometimes a fine line between graffiti and art, isn't it, and I'm sure if Banksy sprayed something onto the wall of my house I'd probably leave it there... however I do remember coming back home after a week away only to find our garage wall had been "tagged". Now, I'mAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-51733781611034919812009-03-13T22:19:00.000+01:002009-03-13T22:19:00.000+01:00Do you know about the work of Miss Tic (http://www...Do you know about the work of Miss Tic (http://www.missticinparis.com/) a fiftysomething woman who bombs in a black pencil skirt and stiletto heels and, if photos are to be believed, a pair of shades in the dead of night? She certainly bucks the stereotype. You can see her work around Butte aux Cailles and Abbesses.Badaudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11992931113750971552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-66586486267427082662009-03-13T19:27:00.000+01:002009-03-13T19:27:00.000+01:00I wasn't surprised to read that most of these 'thu...I wasn't surprised to read that most of these 'thugs' are between the ages of 12 and 25. It explains a great deal, including their total lack of respect for the beauty that surrounds them and their desire to destroy it. Calling them artists is glorifying them and their destructiveness. I don't think you would have found real artists like Picasso, David, or Leonardo vandalizing private property.Starmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12386841450183061541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-88260543134686206612009-03-13T17:03:00.000+01:002009-03-13T17:03:00.000+01:00When I visit France I am always disgusted and conf...When I visit France I am always disgusted and confused by the tagging. Confused, because as a former New Yorker who has seen that a city CAN control its graffiti problem, I don't understand how a nation can spend billions of euros on beautification of parks, gardens, monuments, and historical sites and yet ignore the taggers' syphilitic chancres that assault citizens as they try to live peaceful Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-37221129915847245802009-03-13T16:34:00.000+01:002009-03-13T16:34:00.000+01:00Like certain calligraphic arts, a tag can possess ...Like certain calligraphic arts, a tag can possess its own artistic merit...seen in the same vein as a personalized form of graphic design.<BR/>That said, I do believe many taggers are really just wannabes and spraying their tags indiscriminately to prove their power to claim and to disclaim at the same time...in short, just to be a tiresome bother because they can! [ahh...to be a willful anarchicGina Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03646101640191804629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-593827455139278922009-03-13T15:05:00.000+01:002009-03-13T15:05:00.000+01:00Great post Adam, and I'm delighted to see the shop...Great post Adam, and I'm delighted to see the shop you mentioned. Lovely sky mural they have there.<BR/><BR/>I guess the reason why it's worked is that the black board is open to anyone, contrary to the example Peter gives (rue Cavalotti) where specific people were asked to produce an art work and not others. I presume it generated some jealousy?Nathalie H.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-17640452287732351312009-03-13T10:20:00.000+01:002009-03-13T10:20:00.000+01:00I believe that certain places are more or less off...I believe that certain places are more or less officially accepting graffitis, e.g. Butte aux Cailles. Jeff Aerosol, MissTic and others have been freely expressing themselves there. Some buildings (blank walls) also elsewhere in the city have got large officially ordered graffitis, as you know. Unfortunately some other experiments, e.g. Rue Cavalotti, have been less successful. The shop owners PeterParishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09694538476960957295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-16317521958048897572009-03-13T09:28:00.000+01:002009-03-13T09:28:00.000+01:00I agree with your friend's opinion to a certain ex...I agree with your friend's opinion to a certain extent. The most famous street artists, Banksy, Space Invader, the Smiley Cat, are all faceless individuals. Banksy has always gone out of his way to remain a name without anyone knowing what he looks like, despite his worldwide renown today.<BR/><BR/>The second aspect, the exploring and the climbing is understandable too. I think many of us have a Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06453626318828119830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-39396852310903835432009-03-13T01:04:00.000+01:002009-03-13T01:04:00.000+01:00One tagger I know relates that tagging is an "excu...One tagger I know relates that tagging is an "excuse" for him to explore in depth the hidden corners of his neighbourhood and the city at large. Under the cover of night, he is transformed into the invisible urban anthropologist unencumbered by the attentions of passersby and curious bystanders. Like the dashing Zoro or an errant pooch, he is then moved to mark his territory from other nocturnal Gina Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03646101640191804629noreply@blogger.com