gravanity n.— «Evers’ team has noticed that people increasingly want to leave their mark in public. At the Tate Britain Museum in London, for instance, visitors are asked to write captions for works of art. Selected contributions are then...
get buffed v.— «Written and directed by Matt McCormick, a filmmaker from Portland, Oregon, this ethereal short film from 2001 documents the seemingly mundane job of graffiti removal (or, as we graff writers call “buffing,” or...
buffing n.— «Written and directed by Matt McCormick, a filmmaker from Portland, Oregon, this ethereal short film from 2001 documents the seemingly mundane job of graffiti removal (or, as we graff writers call “buffing,” or...
Rafia n.— «Previously unheard of graffiti of “IRA scum out” emerged on Belfast’s streets while a new expression was adopted for the paramilitary force: Rafia—a hybrid of the street word for the Provisionals “Ra”...
187 n.— «They use graffiti to mark territory but also to send messages. In some cases, threats are made as when the number “187,” a gang’s name and an individual’s name appear. “That is a call to kill the person,”...
king v.— «Ive met hiphop heads in graff, ive met dirtty hippies heads in graff, that could probabbly king all of us, graff isnt a culture by itself, its a big melting pot full of every culture.» —“Re: Tyke+Kaws= Kawn” by...