Living Walls, the City Speaks

Long a symptom of urban decay, graffiti has been co-opted into presidential campaigns, fashion, even dinnerware, yet no one has dared promote it as a crucial factor for vibrant community building. Monica Campana and Blacki Li Rudi Migliozzi, an artist and a grad student, respectively, propose just that with a free conference on street art and urbanism. The end goal is to blanket Atlanta with posters submitted by street artists from all over the world on walls "donated" by businesses. In soliciting canvases, the sell was easy once Migliozzi showed artists' work samples. "People see the artistic value," he says. "They see it as good work, not just tagging on a wall." A lecture series and artist presentations are planned, as well as a night in which participants can crochet "graffiti" onto light posts and other fixtures. A tight-knit community never got so literal. -- JV

Fri, August 13
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