Dialogues with Graffiti: Connected Environments, Communities, Materials and Technologies
Part 1: Welcome - an Introduction to the ‘Dialogues with Graffiti for the Twenty First Century City’ Network and Workshop.
Dialogues with Graffiti for the Twenty First Century City
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30 May, 2008 ELISAVA, Escola Superior de Disseny. Ample 11-13, 08002 Barcelona. Organized by Marcus Willcocks. Design Against Crime (‘DAC’, Central Saint Martins, Londres) Máster, Design & Public Space (ELISAVA, Barcelona). In collaboration with Tim Pascoe, and representing Transport for London and the British Transport Police.
Part 2
17.00 - 19.30 (Room 18, open attandance session) “On-the-wall”. Graffiti in Public Space. ¿Art, design, comunication or social conflict? 17.15 - 17.30 / Introduction. What is Graffiti?
Marcus Willcocks. Designer and Research Fellow, DAC, University of the Arts London (Central Saint Martins), ELISAVA.
17.30 - 17.45 / “Off-the-wall”: City strategies for dealling with graffiti.
Collaborators of this event: www.tfl.gov.uk
Tim Pascoe. Consultant to “Transport for London”, (Griffin Security/ Designing Out Crime Association).
17.45 - 17.55 / Case Studies.
‘Espai Jove Boca Nord, Mario Granados, Director. 18.00 - 18.30 Sobre la pared / contra la pared´ (video). Ana Belén Agudo. Antropóloga, Universitat Rovira i Virgili. 18.30 - 19:00 / “Understanding graffiti and the dark side of creativitiy” Lorraine Gamman. Director of Design Against Crime Research Centre, University of the Arts London (Central Saint Martins).
19:00 - 19:30 / Debate
Moderated por Marcus Willcocks and Ramon Parramon.
Dialogues with Graffiti for the Twenty First Century City
British Transport Police / www.btp/police.uk
www.elisava.net
www.designagainstcrime.com
www.griffinrc.co.uk With thanks to FRIPAN and ELISAVA for snacks and refreshments: www.fripan.com
A Dialogue with Graffiti at Southbank Undercroft London 2009
Dialogues with Graffiti for the Twenty First Century City
Dialogues with Graffiti for the Twenty First Century City, ESRC Network and Workshop 2010-11. 1. Connected Environments, Communities, Materials and Technologies: 14th December 2010, CSM Innovation, London. 2. Criminal Justice, Restorative Justice and Creative Justice: How can 21st century cities best differentiate definitions and practices, in order to stimulate effective policy, and promote sustainable law enforcement as well as local environmental and social regeneration? 11 Feb. 2011, Jill Dando Institute of Crime Science, London.
3. Codes of practice and the Dark Side of Creativity: Can a better understanding of the codes and activities adopted by graffiti practitioners, work to the mutual benefit of them and Society? March 2011, Bristol, final details TBC.
Dialogues with Graffiti for the Twenty First Century City
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Dialogues with Graffiti for the Twenty First Century City
Workshop Handouts 1. Workshop Agenda 2. Facts: The Problem of Graffiti within our Society 3. Tackling Graffiti - law enforcement versus innovation techniques 4. International Graffiti Research
Dialogues with Graffiti for the Twenty First Century City
The Public Sector Challenge How to deal with graffiti in these times of “More for Less” – sums up the politcal landscape our project has arrived in and makes it timely. We want to look for new synergies and new ideas about how to understand and address graffiti – to create a paradigm shift regarding the way graffiti is thought about and dealt with. There seem to be an impasse that we want to try and address…
Dialogues with Graffiti for the Twenty First Century City
This workshop aims to ... ... start a dialogue that connects diverse communities operating around graffiti. It will LISTEN to experiences and practices – from removing graffiti, as a local authority, to maintaining it as an artist. 10 mins each from each speaker. No more . We want to have a chance to hear everyone – Adam Thorpe will be our Chair. Today will present diverse voices and then debate the issues. These may include review costs of cleaning graffiti vs greening or creating projects that constitute new opportunities to work with graffiti. Also to look at what the artists think about innovation in terms of new materials and techniques, to see what the rest of us can learn from their innovations., and use of public space. Dialogues with Graffiti for the Twenty First Century City
4 Slide Background: Cleaning Graffiti Costs per London borough • • • • • •
Wandsworth £625.000 Lambeth £600.000 Lewisham £390.000 Camden £350.000 Average borough equates to £200,300 per year, TfL estimate public transport costs at £6.1 million per year.
This totals £6.7 million for all 33 London boroughs per year.
Dialogues with Graffiti for the Twenty First Century City
Cleaning Graffiti ENCAMS Research Report Sept. 2008 Between April 2002 and March 2003 ENCAMS estimates: Average spend was £75,000 per local authority in England. The majority spent less than £10,000, whereas 14% spent £80,000+. Prosecution: 2004 – 2007. 108 fixed penalty notices were issued to graffiti writers. On average, 58% have been paid and seven have been taken to court following non-payment .
Dialogues with Graffiti for the Twenty First Century City
Materials
The UK market for paints and coatings amounts £765 million (data for 2001, from “Paints and coatings in the United Kingdom”, 2002, Euromonitor International). A Nanotechnology Approach to High-Performance Anti-Graffiti Coatings’ by Víctor M. Castaño & Rogelio Rodriguez, (National Autonomous University of Mexico) in The International Journal of Applied Management and Technology (November, 2004) A journal published by the School of Management, Walden University Raghu B. Korrapati, (Editor-in-Chief) vol 2, No 2, pp 53-59). Available at: http://www.ijamt.org/iJAMT_Nov2004.pdf#page=59
Dialogues with Graffiti for the Twenty First Century City
Perceptions 2009/10 BCS showed decrease from 27% to 23% in perception of vandalism or graffiti to be a problem within their local area. 2006/7) Encams survey, found graffiti at 26% of 19,000 sites (an increase from 2004). Hotspots included; • back alleys, footbridges and subways (19%); • public open spaces (13%); • transport interchanges (13%) • secondary retail and commercial areas (10%). Within these, 10% were on walls and 7%) on posts and poles .
Dialogues with Graffiti for the Twenty First Century City
Final question to kick start our session ... If cleaning graffiti is about dealing with negative perceptions – do we need always to clean it or do we need to figure out what those perceptions really mean ‌ What can we do to work with those perceptions?
Dialogues with Graffiti for the Twenty First Century City