Boston's setting an example?!

So says this editorial in the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. But don't bother getting all red in the face, the writer doesn't bother citing actual facts (you know, the stuff newspapers are based on (other than advertising)).

Here's a video that accompanies the piece - includes nice footage of graf artists in action:

"One Person’s Vandalism Is Another One’s Art"

Gotham Gazette editorial by Lenore Costello

Worth a read!

topics covered:

The Eye of the Beholder
see post's title.

The Official View
"[New York City's] City Council, though, does not share that view or distinguish much between street art and graffiti."

Into the Mainstream
"Some artists have stopped limiting themselves using the streets as a canvas and begun using actual canvases, which then sell in galleries for thousands of dollars."

Artists vs. Street Art
"As street art move more into the mainstream, some critics fear it will lose its essential edginess." - among other things...

pro-active punishment for graffiti artists

From "From university to a university of crime – smarter justice for the Deerbolt Two" “Graffiti-ing public property is wrong - but whats the point of a prison sentence? Around eight out of young people are reconvicted within two years of leaving prison, it’s an expensive way of making young people worse. Maybe they should meet up with members of the community who they are affecting and the people who have to clean up the graffiti and do compulsory work to pay back for what they have done”
Lucie Russell, SmartJustice Director

Seems to be a "no-brainer;" let the punishment fit the crime.