Street Art & ArchitectureStreet Art & Architecture

Kyle ParksKyle Parks

Street Art-A public expression of an idea or statement, not sanctioned by officials, using the existing aesthetics (or lack there of) of a building.

Polychromy• The use of color in the exterior of a

building.

• A far-reaching idea was that the use of color was a vague form of “cladding”

Cladding• The art of “dressing” the exterior

of a building with a thin layer of another material.

Urbanism/Conclusion• Urbanism is loosely defined as the way inhabitants of urban areas

interact with their surroundings.

• Political expression effects the community.

• Functionality becomes aesthetically appealing

Banksy

Questions

• What do you say to people who claim the way you express yourself is crass, dumb and simplistic?

• Well duh.They're right of course. Most of this stuff is designed to be viewed from a moving vehicle.

• Can you donate a picture for my charity auction?

• What are you? Blind? In which case maybe. I mostly support projects working to restore sight and prevent eye disease. Or as I like to call it expanding the market.

Flaneur

• “An idle man strolling around town”

• Susan Sontag: “the voyeuristic stroller who discovers the city as a landscape of voluptuous extremes. Adept of the joys of watching, connoisseur of empathy, the flâneur finds the world picturesque.” (pg. 55)

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