Graffiti Research Papers

“The wall speaks” truly shows how “walkers”(De Certeau) try to express themselves in the street level by making graffities, when we as “voyeurs”(De Certeau) takes pleasure in looking at the incredible good looking paintings, while trying to think deep down what these “walkers” are trying to say in their drawings. Graffities are sometimes treated as challenges to the government, because the act itself strongly refuses to conform to the law, and shows loss of control to other citizens. Government feels threatened by it, because Graffities generally shows awareness of current issues that surrounds the whole community. Usually with very strong words or graphics, it brings people together to think beyond and react to it, therefore governments around the world fears this kind of propaganda.
From the first graffiti on the bridge quote “everybody makes promises and nobody keeps them. Vote for nobody,” stating that since no one could keep promises, we should not vote for anyone. I believe since the name of La Boca Bridge is a former president of Argentina, the person who wrote this on the wall is referring to this president, where he promised things that never came true. The bridge links the Buenos Aires, capital of Argentina, with the outskirts on the other side, which we can imagine
In the left middle of the photo collage I made, “Don’t forget to eat your lunch and make some trouble” (Banksy) can demonstrate the emotional attachment to the community. Like “welcome, middle class”, they both are trying to bind people together. Where in Caracas stating class doesn’t matter in a community, people will support you, and in Banksy’s stating families are the ones that make a community