Conflict Graffiti: From Revolution to Gentrification Lennon John
Conflict Graffiti: From Revolution to Gentrification Lennon John This study examines the waves of graffiti that occur before, during, and after a conflict--important tools of political resistance…
Specifikacia Conflict Graffiti: From Revolution to Gentrification Lennon John
Conflict Graffiti: From Revolution to Gentrification Lennon John
This study examines the waves of graffiti that occur before, during, and after a conflict--important tools of political resistance that make protest visible and material.Graffiti makes for messy politics. In bathroom stalls, it is the disembodied expression of gossip, lewdness, or confession. In film and television, it is often used to create a sense of danger or lawlessness.
But it is also a resistive tool of protest, making visible the disparate voices and interests that come together to make a movement.In Conflict Graffiti, John Lennon dives into the many permutations of graffiti in conflict zones--ranging from the protest graffiti of the Black Lives Matter movement in Ferguson and the Tahrir Square demonstrations in Egypt, to the tourist-attraction murals on the Israeli Separation Wall and the street art that has rebranded Detroit and post-Katrina New