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From YouTube: Town Meeting 1/8/2021
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Artist talk with Will Kasso Condry.
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It
is
wonderful
to
be
back
and
to
see
all
of
your
faces
and
we
have
a
wonderful
and
creative
town
meeting
to
share
with
all
of
you
this
week.
First
up
we
have
another
creature,
installation
with
miss
alyssa,
and
this
time
it's
our
kindergarteners
art.
We
will
see.
So,
let's
take
a
peek
at
where
these
creatures
are
hiding
happy.
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Modern
graffiti
tagging
started
in
the
late
60s
in
philadelphia
with
the
what
artists
came,
cornbread
and
graffiti
tagging
is
basically
the
artist
writing
their
name,
so
traditional
graffiti
names
nowadays
have
five
letters
or
less.
So
I'm
going
to
tell
you
how
my
name
started,
so
my
name
is
derived
from
the
visual
artist
by
the
name
of
pablo
picasso
or
picasso,
as
he's
commonly
known.
So
everyone
used
to
call
me
that
when
I
was
younger
because
of
my
visual
art
skills,
so
picasso
was
spelled
like
this
right.
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Put
a
little
arrow
little
stars,
quotation
marks
a
little
hello
and
why
anything
to
bring
more
attention
to
my
name.
Also,
it
wasn't
meant
to
be
completely
legible
to
the
masses
of
people.
You
were
doing
it
for
a
very
particular
group
of
people,
mainly
other
feeding
writers.
One
thing
you
have
to
understand
is
that
graffiti
writing
is
technically
the
world's
first
street
art,
but
street
art.
As
we
know,
it
is
more
image
based.
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It's
typically,
a
singular
image
or
very
few
images
composed
into
a
very
small
area
or
chord,
could
be
a
large
area,
but
the
subject
is
literally
focused
on
one
or
two,
maybe
three
characters
throughout
this
space
with
graffiti
writing
again,
it's
letter
based.
It
starts
off
with
a
tag
as
you
see
here,
and
then
it
moves
into
what
we
call
a
throw
up.
A
throw
up
is
basically
this
tag,
but
now
what
more
bubbly
more
full
kind
of
like
what
you
see
here
in
this
piece,
all
right,
those
are
throw
ups.
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So
it's
basically
a
wider
tag
right
and
it's
done
it
takes
attack
typically
takes
a
few
seconds,
throw
up
and
take
a
few
minutes
all
right,
and
then
it
goes
into
what
we
call
burners
right-
and
this
is
graffiti
writing
culture.
We're
talking
about
now
right,
so
burners
is
or
pieces
or
masterpieces
is
the
big
block,
letters,
the
wild
style,
letters,
the
really
colorful
letters
that
you
will
see
on
the
sides
of
buildings
subways
or
what
have
this
book
subway
art.
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This
is
considered
the
bible
of
graffiti
writing
culture.
When
this
book
was
published
in
1984
by
henry
child
fan
and
martha
cooper,
it
basically
propelled
graffiti
writing
graffiti
art
international
right,
so
it
went
from
something
that
was
being
done
in
urban
communities
throughout
you
know
the
east
coast
and
to
the
west
coast
and
beyond
all
right.
So
europe
all
over
this,
you
know
africa,
asia,
I
don't
think
there's
one
confident,
maybe
with
the
exception
of
antarctica,
that
does
not
have
graffiti
right
right.
Modern
graffiti
writing.
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So
this
book
wants
to
release,
show
showcase
all
the
elements
that
I
just
spoke
upon,
which
was
on
tagging
and
throw
ups
and
so
on.
So
a
piece
like
this
here
we
go
a
piece
like
this
would
be
considered
a
masterpiece
right
and
there's
different
styles
of
letters.
You
have
straight
letters
which
are
pretty
much
letters
that
you
can
read
on
site
without
too
much
interpretation,
and
then
you
have
more
elaborate
letters
like
what
you
see
up
top
here
all
right.
These
are
more
wild
style
as
they
call
it.
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You
know,
but
they're
called
burners
because
you
have
to
understand
graffiti
right
is:
is
more
like
a
sport,
it's
a
very
competitive
art
form,
so
the
terms
burners
is
meant
to
burn
the
competition.
Basically,
if
you're
painting
next
to
someone,
you
want
to
outshine
them,
you
want
to
outdo
them,
so
the
brighter
colors,
the
wilder
your
letters
and
the
more
technical
ability
you
have.
You
have
the
capability
of
burning
another
graffiti
rider
right.
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So
these
extend
now
mind
you.
These
are
on
subways.
None
of
these
pieces
actually
exist
in
real
life
anymore.
This
book,
once
this
book
was
published.
Probably
most
of
these
pieces
were
already
gone.
This
is
what
every
graffiti
writer
achieved
to
do
was
to
paint
in
this
style,
which
is
commonly
what
you
see
now
now.
Moving
from
that
into
street
art
things
get
a
little
more
sophisticated.
H
Okay
street
art
is
typically
sanctioned.
You
also
have
some
unsanctioned
street
art
no
different
than
you
have
sanctioned,
and
unsanctioned
graffiti
basically
means
whether
it's
done
legally
or
illegally.
H
Street
art
is
typically
figure
based
where
graffiti
writing
graffiti
art
is
letterbase,
so
you
have
a
figure
versus
letterpiece
right
now.
Mind
you
with
graffiti
writing.
Figurative
elements
have
always
been
incorporated
since
the
beginning,
but
they
were
looked
at
as
secondary.
They
weren't
this.
The
the
figurative
stuff
wasn't
something
that
was
highlighted.
It
was
about
the
letter
structure
with
street
art.
The
figures
are
highlighted
and
anything
if
there
are,
if
there
is
text,
is
more
secondary.
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So
to
give
you
an
example
of
some
street
art,
let
me
show
you
one
of
my
pieces
in
this
book
called
new
orleans,
murals
street
art
and
graffiti
published
in
2000.
Was
it
2018
by
arthur
by
my
katy
perry?
So
during
our
trip
to
new
orleans,
I
painted
some
street
art
as
you
see
here,
and
it
was
featured
in
this
book
again,
you
see
it's
just
this
images
of
portraits
is
figurative
base
very
singular
and
it
tells
a
you
know.
H
It's
a
very
short
story
where
graffiti
writing
is
based
on
your
name
primarily,
and
it's
telling
a
very
also
a
very
singular.
So
there
are
a
lot
of
similarities,
but
the
biggest
difference
is
that
graffiti.
Writing
is
letters
street
arts
figures,
okay,
so
now
we're
going
to
talk
about
murals
and
the
difference
between
murals
street
art
and
graffiti
well,
the
biggest
difference
with
murals,
as
opposed
to
the
other
two,
is
that
murals
typically
tell
a
story,
has
a
beginning
middle
and
end
now.
H
The
similarities
is
that
with
street
art
and
murals
is
that
murals
can
also
be
a
central
figure,
but
is
typically
telling
a
broader
story
outside
of
just
what
the
image
is.
Okay
and
murals
are
typically
done
with
legitimacy
and
also
over
extended
period
of
time
where
street
art
and
graffiti
light
are
done
rather
quickly.
H
So
but
murals
are,
and
also
murals
are
typically
done
with
traditional
mediums
like
paint
brushes,
acrylic
paint
and
street
art
and
graffiti
are
primarily
done
with
aerosol
paint
now
mind
you.
There
are
artists
who
use
both
in
each
of
those
mediums
as
well
and
they're.
Also
now
murals
done
with
spray
paint,
because
the
spray
paint
has
evolved
over
time,
just
like
the
art
form,
where
it's
something
that
is
made
specifically
for
mural
art
production.
H
You
know
so
aerosol
paint
has
definitely
grown
just
as
much
as
the
aforementioned
art
forms,
but
murals
typically
tell
a
narrative
story
driven,
you
know,
beginning
middle
end,
one
of
the
muralists
that
you
all
may
have
heard
of
is
mary
lacy
randy
lacy
is
also
a
good
friend
of
mine
and
her
murals.
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H
That
goes
whether
it's
legal
or
done
illegally
is
the
fact
that,
typically,
when
these
works
of
art
are
put
up
on
a
wall,
they're
done
with
the
intention
on
keeping
the
integrity
in
the
way
they
were
designed.
Now
the
work
was
designed
for
audience
participation
or
people
from
the
outside
to
contribute.
Then
that
would
be
stated
typically
before
the
in
work.
H
The
work
is
installed
so
traditionally,
unless
artists,
otherwise
state
there's,
not
it's
not
a
it's,
not
something
that
you
would
want
to
take
on
as
far
as
adding
to
or
going
over
someone
else's
work
unless
they're
you
know
reached
out
about
that
or,
like
I
said,
that's
something
that
they
encouraged
to
do.
H
There
are
some
artists
out
there
who
encourage
artist,
audience
participation
in
their
work,
but
it's
it's
pretty
rare
as
far
as
the
the
the
culture
I
work
in
an
array
of
mediums,
but
I'm
pretty
much
known
for
my
street
art
and
contributions
to
graffiti
writing
culture,
so
I
paint
from
walls
to
canvases
and
everything
in
between,
but
as
far
as
murals
go,
which
I'm
primarily
known
for
doing
murals
with
my
collective,
my
family
collected
juniper
created
one
of
the
murals
that
that
kind
of
is
a
combination
of
all
three
mediums
is
the
mural
of
kalis
at
champlain
elementary
school
that
we
produced
september
of
last
year,
september
2020.
H
Now
that
mural
was
a
combination
of
acrylic
material
called
parachute
cloth,
which
is
basically
a
thin
piece
of
a
thin
piece
of
canvas
that
you
can
adhere
to
a
wall.
Almost
like
wheat
pasting,
which
is
a
term
that's
familiar
in
street
art,
you
know
basically
you're
taking
something
produced
on
a
piece
of
paper
or
some
type
of
thin
canvas
and
adhering
it
to
the
wall
with
a
glue-like
solution.
H
So
I
like
to
combine
all
three
as
far
as
the
process
of
indies.
While
installing
now
mind
you,
I'm
primarily
known
today
as
a
community
muralist,
but
my
origins
lie
in
both
graffiti
writing
and
street
art.
That's
a
pretty
much
a
quick
sum
of
what
graffiti
writing
street
art
and
murals
are.
Now.
You
have
to
remember
just
to
go
over
it
again,
really
quickly.
H
Tag
consists
of
short
name,
five
letters
or
less.
You
probably
see
these
in
your
neighborhood
most
of
them
I
can
guarantee
you
are
done
without
sanction
or
without
permission,
okay.
So
this
is
not
something
that
I'm
encouraging
all
of
you
to
go
out
and
do
I'm
just
telling
you
the
origins
of
where
it
comes
from.
So
typically,
our
tags
are
done
without
permission
on
public
property
short
names.
H
Five
letters
are
less
really
designed
to
communicate
with
other
graffiti
writers,
not
so
much
to
not
so
much
for
the
masses
or
people
outside
of
the
culture
to
understand,
but
also
it
is
a
form
of
calligraphy.
Most
tags
are
very
ornately
designed
and
the
beauty
of
tagging
is
that
you
have
to
achieve
consistency
in
a
relatively
short
time
frame,
literally
a
few
seconds
to
implement
attack.
H
When
you
move
into
murals
mind
you,
you
have
graffiti
graffiti
theme
graffiti
style
murals,
you
have
street
art
style
murals,
and
you
also
have
traditional
murals
right
graffiti
murals
typically
consist
of
letter
based
designs
with
a
very
elaborate
background
which
would
tie
in
together,
which
would
give
it
a
narrative
street
art,
murals
again
traditionally
mostly
figurative,
but
still
tied
in
with
a
background
that
connects
them
together.
Narrative
murals
are
a
narrative
from
beginning
middle
to
end,
where
everything
is
tying
in
from
figures.
H
If
there's
letters,
everything
is
incorporated
to
tell
a
very
particular
narrative
markers
like
such
are
also
used
in
implementation
of
graffiti
writing
and
street
art.
So
the
connection
between
graffiti
writing
specifically
and
hip-hop
culture
graffiti
writing
is
the
first
and
oldest
element
of
hip-hop
culture.
Hip-Hop
culture
consists
of
graffiti
riding
break
dancing,
which
is
a
physical
graffiti
right,
which
is
your
body
movement
contorting.
H
Then
you
have
djing,
you
know
just
mixing
on
turntables.
You
know
manipulating
sound,
which
is
kind
of
an
audio
graffiti.
You
know,
and
then
you
have
emceeing,
which
is
the
spoken
word
element
of
hip-hop
culture,
which
is
a
lyrical
graffiti.
You
know
how
you
spinning
your
words
together.
Then
you
also
have
fashion,
which
is
how
you
dress.
H
You
know
how
you
put
clothes
together,
how
you
coordinate
colors,
the
last
element,
which
is
called
doing
the
knowledge,
which
is
basically
what
I'm
doing
with
y'all
sharing
the
culture,
because
it
is
a
culture
that
was
designed
for
and
by
children.
You
know
graffiti.
Writing
is
the
only
internationally
known
art
form
that
was
designed
by
kids.
It's
a
youth-based
art
form,
so
young
people
will
always
find
something
attractive
about
it.
H
You
know
or
find
an
element
or
or
or
as
many
elements
that
you
can
master
to
incorporate
to
express
yourself
that
there
wouldn't
be
any
street
art
without
graffiti
writing.
You
know,
and
as
far
as
murals
murals
that
we
currently
see
nowadays
are
being
reimagined
remixed
reinvented
by
artists
who
either
come
from
hip-hop
culture
or
have
studied
it
and
implement
it
into
whatever
they're
doing
so.
You
can't
take
graffiti
out
of
anything.
You
can
change
the
language,
but
the
origins
always
go
back
to
you
know
some
very
adverse
conditions.
H
H
It
didn't
come
from
schools,
as
you
know,
where
many
street
artists
are
trained.
You
know
higher
education,
hip-hop
came
from
urban
communities,
low-income
communities,
it
didn't
come
from
influence,
but
it's
been
commodified
and
incorporated
into
so
many
different
cultures
and
different
genres,
even
of
art,
that
many
of
that
most
of
the
time
now
the
story,
the
original
story,
kind
of
gets
lost
or
just
convoluted.
C
Wow,
thank
you,
will
castle
country
and
the
juniper
collective.
Let's
give
them
a
big
round
of
applause,
to
show
our
appreciation
for
creating
that
video
for
us
today.
I
am
certainly
inspired
and
excited
for
this
project
and,
as
you
move
forward
in
your
day
and
your
days
to
come,
take
a
look
around
and
notice
the
street
art
that
decorates
our
neighborhoods
and
our
city.