Friday, April 24, 2009

Week 1 (Friday-24/04/09)

Street Art

Question from Mr Jovi- Why must this project be done in FYP . Why is it so special till the extent that we must do it for FYP. Why is street art so special


Questions for research

1. Motivation of masses to create street art / How did street art first came about )
2. In what way is street art different from other forms of art

3. Two main forms of street art that we've chosen is Graffiti and Street Installation

Graffiti
. Has Graffiti have its own "style"/ "drawing"
. Where does graffiti get its influence from. ( Wall paintings during ancient times. maybe? )
. Forms to create graffiti ( Etc. Spray, chalk )

Street Installation
. Theme
. Different forms of street installation ( video? drawing? etc)

4. Why is street art predominant in youth culture
-Whats the relationship between youth culture and street art
-Fashion
-Music ( Eg. Hip hop & graffiti )
-Language ( Vulgar, Explicit )

5. How has street art change through time

1 comment:

  1. good thoughts in questions asked.
    1.Look at underground urban street art.
    2.Fred Braithwaite known for spray-painted homahe to Warhol's soup can (threaten the whle notion of fine art)
    3. 1980s pioneers in the undergd street art movements, (Dondi, Lay Pink, Daze, Keith Haring, Jean Michel Basquit etc)
    4. underground & urban subcultures. What is the current ideology now?

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