From the Underground to the Surface
Comics Mural: Joey Green @jebaldn
Storytelling: Oana Maroti
As a viewer I join the Super Street Character so that we can have a double voice:
The streets are ours too,
and gray walls make us sick.
Big cities have the advantage of receiving visits from incredible artists worldwide. For the viewer, a great mural is a part of the city, the unforgettable part.
People interact with large paintings and use them in their photographs, turning ephemeral art into lasting memories.
Given that painting a wall involves creativity, therefore mental coordination and in many cases extraordinary vision and abilities, wouldn't it be preferable for everyone and less expensive to receive the communication intention that is an artistic manifestation and have more space to create?
All this punishing and filling the prisons of painters and big surfaces calligraphy enthusiasts, playing with their future for having the impulse to create is totally ridiculous and economically unsustainable.
Why would we want to harm ephemeral art or ban it when it can be so stimulating to the viewer?
Social art is super important and when a creative takes a risk it might be that there is something important to say.
Incredible visual storytellers lack canvases or surfaces to express themselves. Letting creators transform cement and grey walls it's not too much to ask. Besides many of us want to see their work and tourists even travel specifically for graffiti festivals.
The media is full of aporophobic ideas, war criminals portraits and genocide displays. In a city, the easiest gateway and mind refresher is a walk, but a walk around industrial areas or dirty walls is not the same as enjoying the visual poetry and street art that reverberates in the community.
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