Culture and the Big Idea

From pointless distraction to political activism, Graffiti is a main aspect that can define many sub-cultures. The graffiti of an area can represent the political views of some people in that area, or show the artistic ability of many others. Tolerance play a huge part in art activism. If the community isn't tolerant of the piece, and the ideas, nothing would ever come about. However, if the community is tolerant of the piece, it can stay for ever, and can avoid be scrubbed away for ages.

Take Davis for example, there are stencils of political activism in many places throughout the city. Do they get wiped away? In amny cases they don't. Davis itself is pretty liberal, so the majority of the activism that goes on is almost always in agreeance with the majority. Therefore, stencils stay, and new ideas can be formed. However, if someone was to act against the majority in a city, that piece is likely to be undermined by being sprayed over, or simple cleaned away. The Poll to the right of this post is done mainly by people from Davis, and the results thus far are in agreeance with Graffiti being considered art even in a public place. This gives an example of toleracne of a community to things such as graffiti. These two were found over by Arlington apartments and are evident examples of art activism.

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