THE WHOLE COMPETITION THING IS REALLY A BIT OF A DOUBLE EDGED SWORD. DEPENDING OF COURSE WHICH STANCE YOU TAKE ON THE WHOLE GRAFF THING
FIRSTLY THE COMPETITION IS ABSOLUTELY SOUL-LESS. ITS MISSING WHAT GRAFF IS REALLY ABOUT. NO ONE STARTS GRAFF TO MAKE 20THOUSAND DOLLARS BY PAINTING A PIECE WITH 75 COLOURS AND EFFECTS. GRAFF AINT A COMPETITION IN A STADIUM! THAT SHITS WACK! ITS A COMPETITION IN THE STREET.. TO SEE WHO CAN GET UP WITH STYLE.
ITS NOT A RACE YOU CAN EVER REALLY WIN EITHER CONSIDERING ITS COMPLETELY OBJECTIVE AND EVERYONES OPINIONS ARE DIFFERENT.... (THEREFORE YOU CANT REALLY GO AROUND ABSOLUTELY SAYING ONE PIECE IS BETTER THAN ANOTHER.. OF COURSE YOU CAN FOLLOW FUNDAMENTALS AND FORMULAS BUT WHATEVER... ITS ALL ABOUT OPINION AND THERES SO MANY DIFFERENT STYLES YOU CANT DEFINITIVELY SAY THAT ONE IS BETTER THAN THE OTHER) .. ALSO PEOPLE DO MORE THAN OTHERS. SOME ARE MORE STYLISH THAN OTHERS.. EVERYONE HAS THEIR OWN GOAL IN GRAFF.. WHOS TO SAY A PEICE IN A COMP IS WORTH MORE THAN SOMEONE WHO HAS DEVELOPED A DOPE HANDSTYLE OVER TIME AND IS A HARDCORE BOMBER. ..
ON THE OTHER HAND.. GRAFFITI STRUGGLES TO BE RECOGNIZED AS A LEGITIMATE ART-FORM. I GUESS THIS IS BECAUSE OF ITS ILLEGALITY AND PRE-CONCEPTIONS AND ASSOCIATION WITH CRIME. VIOLENCE EVEN DRUGS ETC.. BUT WITHOUT EVENTS LIKE THIS HOW WILL GRAFF EVER BE RECOGNISED AS AN ART? THIS WILL GIVE IT THE MAINSTREAM RECOGNITION THAT MAY ACTUALLY CHANGE PUBLIC OPINION!
PEOPLE WHO ARENT IN THE SCENE MAY SEE IT AND SAY SOMETHING LIKE .. ! WOW! WHAT A PRETTY COLORFUL PIECE OF ART.. ETC ETC.. AND MAY EVEN SWAY THEIR OPINION FROM THINKING THAT ALL GRAFFITI WRITERS ARE CRIMINALS ETC ETC..
GRAFFITI LAWS GET TOUGHER ALL THE TIME.. AUSTRALIA AND THE WORLD BECOMES MORE AND MORE OVERGOVERNED EACH AND EVERY YEAR.. ITS HARDLY GOING TO REVERSE ITSELF BUT I GUESS EVENTS LIKE THIS COULD EASE SOME TENSION.. EITHER THAT OR PEOPLE WILL BE OUTRAGED THAT IT MAY ENCOURAGE MORE ILLEGAL GRAFFITI..
ANYWAY ENOUGH SCATTERED RAMBLINGS..