chelsea wall of fame brief

Graffiti has evolved into a form of art since the original ddays of vandalism on trains and walls. Aims of graffiti range from 'getting up' (getting fame by writing your name wherever you can and as much as you can), being as creative as you can with letters/characters/backgrounds and simple vandalism(attack the system where it hurts, in its pockets).

For my FMP i want to concentrate on expressing graffiiti in its creative and progresive form. Chelsea being an art institutiuon provides support for many different forms of art and design. However there is no facility supporting graffiti. I want to start a Wall of Fame that people can show there creative approach to graffiti. A wall of fame is simply a legal wall where people can do this. In the last 5 years there has been a crackdown on legal walls so as the government try and attack graffiti, generalising the genre as a group of mindless vandals. By creatting a new wall at Chelsea I aim for it to show the public what graffiti has evolved to and that if you give some one the chance and the time they will produce something positive.

What i plan to do to get this project off the wall is first search for a wall that i can use on the site of the college. I then will try get in contact with as many graffiti writers as i can to invite them down and paint. I will document this by filming each session and collate this footage to present at the final show.
A possible round up for the project is for me to do a painting myself and get a few of the visiting writers to judge me on my work with regards to if I have progressed ont the skills I already have from observing the previous visitors. I am also interested in gathering a few students from my class who have an interest in graffiti and produce a peice expressing the 3rd year Des Com class.