Reiterating the Message in Graffiti Art

Abstract

The term Graffiti comes from the Latin being the plural of the verb graffiare (to scratch), it reminds of the way in which the Roman or Greek "vandals" recorded their political beliefs, love statements or even simple protests, on the walls of buildings. This practice is of course common in other civilizations, with more or less the same goal. Printing a text using colored spays and repeating it in a contemporary context, acquires an independent force. The association of casual letters, that seem to be accidental and implicitly their obsessive repetition have an exponential visual impact, but at the same time they contribute decisively to the general ensemble of the public space. Graffiti Art does not require the permission of civil society or the authorities, it is not associated with an ideology or belief but impregnates in the public consciousness a suite of characters that over time become part of it.