Comments on: the subconscious art of graffiti removal

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 12:28:46 +0000

In most cases I love Graffities… Only if they are on housewalls i think it

By: kj

kj — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:09:26 +0000

Concur; Matt MC.

By: matt mc

matt mc — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 09:36:22 +0000

to the dudes who wrote the two previous posts:
have you seen the film? did you read the entire post? DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND THAT THE FILM IS PRO GRAFFITI?????
the movie is in no way anti-graffiti. either you haven’t seen it or the joke flew right over your head. please get a grip.

By: narb

narb — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 23:05:07 +0000

graffiti removal is art? youd have to be retarted to think that and the only reason some buffs look cool or stylish is because theyre cheap ass motherfuckers that just trace over the graffiti and dont paint a block over it and why paint over graffit in the first place? if your going to buff graffiti on the streets then you might as well go to an art musuem with a big ass chisel marker the size of your head and write an x over every painting in there, now does that sound right? and think about it: graffiti writers think of it as decorating: they think theyre graffiti will look good on the wall? they’ll paint it on the wall…simple as that theyre not breaking your windows or writing “fuck you” all over your building (if they do then they are not graffiti writers they are pure vandals)
Graffiti will never die,
fuck u all motherfuckers tryin to change that

By: The Vandals

The Vandals — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 16:06:45 +0000

No, you idiots don’t seem to understand. There is no winning, the battle for you is already lost, fuck the buff, fuck the pigs, fuck anyone who feels the need to show censorship towards our silly means of expressing ourselves, we are not gangs, we are just a very very large group of individuals who really enjoy fucking with your minds, by displaying meanings that convey your thoughts and throw you mind into an abyss of anger, greif or a deep state of thought. But it does not matter, non of it is for you.
Sincerely,
The Opposeing force to our malfunctioning socieity.
PS, buff it and we’ll just come back with more elaborate peices, and bombs. A clean wall will not exsist for loner than a week so enjoy it…

By: matt

matt — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 14:27:18 +0000

Gerry i agree with you. one of my favorite things about this movie is that so many people have approached me after seeing it and said something along the lines of “that was the movie i wanted to make, but you beat me to it!” photographers have been taking pictures of buffs, graffiti artists have been incorporating them into their pieces, and there certainly has been plenty of discussion about buffs that all predates my film. i am sure that much of the success of the film has to do with the fact that it taps into an already established collective conscious, and just helps to bring the ideas out into a discussion.
but please understand, this “if this were art…” tag is literally visible from my bedroom window! it certainly is possible that the tag and message have absolutely nothing to do with me, but seeing that i already have a history of receiving hate mail because of the film, i hope you can understand why i at least find it curious.
as for the other things i reference, i am excited if the movie inspires other artists, but i do think it’s odd when someone starts a project, uses the exact same title and subject matter, but never references the original. i agree that many people have come up with an appreciation for the artistic qualities of buffs completely on their own, but i find it hard to believe that they also ‘subconsciously’ came up with the exact same title. and as far as big corporations like urban outfitters, they rip off artists all the time. i just found this instance interesting because i essentially had a spy on the inside telling me what was going on.

By: gerry

gerry — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 20:26:11 +0000

I really loved this film.
But I think you have to stop thinking that everyone who writes about graffiti removal – or throws up a tag over some – is somehow ripping you off. I’ve seen it around (and people commenting on it) since the seventies. It’s great that you were able to draw attention to the phenomenon, but it’s a very public thing. People think in similar ways and come to the same conclusions all over the world. Nobody can document it all.
You aren’t “the grafitti removal guy” – unless you want to be. But that would be a little sad, wouldn’t it?

By: Dad

Dad — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 11:15:23 +0000

If you were in a gallery right now, this would be art. A different perspective.
Recently, I sat at a railroad crossing with nothing but a red and white striped barrier, a clanging bell and a flashing light separating me from tons of rolling steel and a moving picture show of box-car graffiti. It was a right-to-left blur of sprayed on words and shapes that made just a visual impression – as I couldn’t focus on any one box car long enough to understand the language.
Anyway, it was an exciting moving picture show – better than some I have paid money to watch.

By: John T

John T — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 21:54:06 +0000

I’m reminded of graffiti I saw in a filthy alleyway that said “If you lived here you’d be home by now”. Which I couldn’t decide was a half-clever attempt at provoking awareness of the homeless, or just a cruel joke.
I love how SAGR struck a perfect balance between pedantry, irony, and genuine beauty. Nice to see the clip online.
[apologies if this is a double-post… my computer is acting funny so I resubmitted]

By: John T

John T — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 21:50:11 +0000