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@atriplex@adlsolarpunk.net Graffiti, and (perhaps to a lesser extent) stickers and wheatpaste posters, seems to hold something that mural paintings in our city don't. I think it's the spontaneous nature of graff, being a clear marker of a person that builds as more people tag a spot - the relationship between artist and location feels more direct, as it doesn't have to go through all the hoops a mural may have to (or may be subjected to post-painting. The building owner has final say on what stays on the building, no matter how many people like it!) Again, not an endorsement of graffiti/tagging as a whole - there are some awful ones out there - more observation on the function of the form. Stencils occupy an interesting space, sometimes corporate sometimes earnest. There are some around my suburb that arose when the banksy (ugh) exhibition was in town that have been left alone by the council. They are so edgelord annoying, saying things like "graffiti is a crime" (or words to that effect). Groan city. There's one of the Joker nearby too and I can't tell if it's related or not. We Live In a Suburb.