Graffiti

: For the handwriting system, see Graffiti (Palm OS).

References and additional resources

In film

• Bomb the System (Theatrical release May 27, 2005 in America / Sep 3, 2005 in Japan): a narrative feature about a crew of graffiti writers in modern day New York City. Shot entirely on the streets of New York starring Mark Webber as BLEST, a young artist struggling for fame and featuring BONZ Malone, SEMZ, TATS crew, LEE Quinones, Tracy 168, GANO, and artwork from KR, SERF/MINT, PER, T-KID, STEM YNN, KYRO VGL and many many others. Bomb the System was scored by independent hip hop producer El P aka El Producto, his first such attempt at composing for film and directed by 23 year old NYU film school grad Adam Bhala Lough. The film screened at 23 festivals on 3 continents and was nominated for an IFP Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature in 2003. Palm Pictures released the film and subsequent DVD in 2005 to mixed reviews by the mainstream press, but laudes in the New York Times and Village Voice http://movies2.nytimes.com/2005/05/27/movies/27bomb.html?ex=1127275200&en=39b1021812a987a9&ei=5070. The first pressings of the DVD contain a limited edition Tracy 168 "Bomb the System" poster. http://www.bombthesystem.com http://www.bombthesystem.jp See either website for more details or See {{imdb title|id=0337585|title=Bomb the System}}
• RASH (film), 2005, Feature Documentary. Directed by Nicholas Hansen, Produced by Mutiny Media. A contemporary story of Melbourne, Australia and the artists who make it a living host for illegal artwork called street art. See the website
• The Graffiti Artist, 2004: Directed by James Bolton, Produced by Mettray Reformatory Pictures. Award-winning film about two young graffiti artists communicate via their graffiti art. Starring Ruben Bansie-Snellman (from Gus Van Sant's Elephant). See the website at www.thegraffitiartist.com or www.indie-pictures.com. Winner of several major international film festival awards and released by Los Angeles based Indie-pictures.
• Style Wars, 1983: Directed by Tony Silver, Produced by Henry Chalfant. Represents a history of the 1980s NYC graffiti scene as seen through the eyes of its participants. See {{imdb title|id=0177262|title=Style Wars}}.
• Wild Style, 1982: Directed by Charlie Ahearn, the first hip-hop movie. See {{imdb title|id=0084904|title=Wild Style}}.
• Beat Street, 1984: Directed by Stan Lathan, produced by Harry Belafonte and David V. Picker. A drama that takes place in the emergent hip-hop scene of early 1980s New York City. Among the first popular mainstream movies to feature MCing, DJing, graffiti art, and breakdancing, Beat Street features appearances by many pioneers in these arts. See {{imdb title|id=0086946|title=Beat Street}} for more details.
• Turk 182! (1985) gives a fictional account of graffiti used for political purposes in New York City. The name may reference TAKI 183. See {{imdb title|id=0090217|title=Turk 182}}.
• Bombing British Channel 4 documentary featuring many UK and U.S. graffiti artists in the early to mid eighties.
• Quality of Life (coming in late 2005): a narrative feature about two graffiti writers from San Francisco's renowned Mission District graffiti scene, directed by Benjamin Morgan. Co-written and starring Brian Burnam, a former graffiti writer, with cameos by other active and retired Mission-District writers. See the website for more details.
• ' 2004 Resistance Films. Documentary on the history of Graffiti in Paris. French. Released on DVD with english subtitles. See the website for more details.
• Atlantis Phase I 2004 Subaquatica DVD with 9 video chapters for videos documenting the work of 9 different Spanish Steet Art artists or collectives accompained only with music. No language. Released on DVD with a CD for the music. See the website for more details.

In the press

• Beaty, Jonathan. "Zap! You've Been Tagged", Time Magazine, September 10, 1990. p. 43.
• Bennet, James. "A New Arsenal of Weapons to Tag Graffiti Artists", New York Times, September 27, 1992. p. E-2.
• "Fade to Gray in Gotham", U.S. News, May 22, 1989. p. 12.
• Reichenbach, Jean. "Graffiti", Columns, March 1991. pp. 24-27.
• "Scorecard", Newsweek Magazine, August 10, 1992. p. 6.

Dedicated Press

• "Disrupt Magazine" from New Zealand
• "Mass Appeal Magazine" from New York

In literature (by country)

Germany

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• "DAIM - daring to push the boundaries" Reisser, Mirko; Mwinkand, Lena; Behrend, Sarah. 2004 getting-up/reisser (Germany) ISBN 3-00-014155-3
• van Treeck, Bernhard: Das große Graffiti-Lexikon, Lexikon-Imprint-Verlag, Berlin, 2001, ISBN 3-89601-292-X
• van Treeck, Bernhard: Street Art Berlin, Schwarzkopf und Schwarzkopf, Berlin, 1999 ISBN 3-89602-191-5
• Urban Discipline 2000 - Graffiti-Art Peters/Reisser/Zahlmann. 2000 Ausstellungskatalog getting-up (Germany) ISBN 3-00-006154-1
• Graffiti Art #1 Deutschland - Germany Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf (Germany), ISBN 3-89602-028-5
• HamburgCity Graffiti, 2003, Publikat Verlag (Deutschland), ISBN 3-980-74786-7
• Swiss Graffiti, S. von Koeding, B. Suter. 1998, Edition Aragon (Germany), ISBN 3-89535-461-9
• Street Art Köln, B. van Treeck. 1996, Edition Aragon (Germany), ISBN 3-89535-434-1
• Hall of Fame, M. Todt, B. van Treeck . 1995, Edition Aragon (Germany), ISBN 3-89535-430-9
• Best of German graffiti. Band 1, Timeless-X. 2001, Verlag H. M. Hauschild (Germany), ISBN 3-89757-121-8

France

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• Cope 2, True Legend, Donatien B. Orns. 2003, Righters.com (France), ISBN 2-9520-0608-6
• Le graffiti dans tous ses états, 2002, Ausstellungskatalog, Taxie Gallery (France)
• Langages de Rue #2, Graff-It!. 2004, Verlag Graf-It! (France), ISBN 2-914714-02-5

United Kingdom and Ireland

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• Street Art, Tristan Manco. Thames & Hudson. 2004 (UK), ISBN 0-500-28469-5
• Graffiti World: Street Art from Five Continents, Nicholas Ganz. Thames & Hudson. 2004 (UK) ISBN 0-500-51170-5

United States

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• Subway Art Martha Cooper, Henry Chalfant. 1984, Thames and Hudson (USA), ISBN 0-80506-788-8
• Spraycan Art, Henry Chalfant & James Prigoff. 1987 Thames and Hudson (USA) ISBN 0-500-27469-X
• :(Contains art from 10 countries: USA, UK, The Netherlands, France, Spain, Germany, Austria, Denmark, Australia, New Zealand)
• Broken Windows Graffiti NYC James Murray, Karla Murray. 2002, Ginko Press (USA), ISBN 1-58423-078-9
• Aerosol Kingdom: Subway Painters of New York City, Ivor Miller. 2002, University Press of Mississippi (USA), ISBN 1-57806-465-1
• Autograf: New York City's Graffiti Writers, Peter Sutherland, REVS. 2004, Powerhouse Books (USA), ISBN 1-57687-203-3

Other countries

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• Graffiti Oggi Karin Dietz. 2001 Ausstellungskatalog/Exhibition catalogue, Arte Contemporanea Hirmer/M. Wiedemann (Italy)
• NYC Graffiti, Michiko Rico Nosé. 2000 Graphic-Sha Publishing (Japan) ISBN 4-7661-1177-X
• Aspects of Graffiti, Wortbüro Stefan Michel/Zürich. 2001 Ausstellungskatalog, Rote Fabrik (Switzerland)