by Jeffrey Melton, designer and media artist.

“What is it about street art that inspires us?”

We Make Money Not Art has a recap of Wooster Collective’s talk at Conflux:

  1. Location, location, location! It has to be illegal. A work of street art reclaims the public space and the best street art has a context, builds a relationship with its environment, dialogs with the city. […]
  2. Surprise and delight: the works tap into our emotions and we get that WTF ??? moment. […]
  3. Have something to say: a statement on how you see the world, the best pieces do not necessarily make a strong political statement but they will make you see the city under a different light. […]
  4. Personal and intimate, the pieces are very subjective. Read more
Links — September 26, 2006 at 9:34 am


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