I always admired street artists, those who manage to create a perfect art circle from absolutely nothing.
A little budget, a lot of hard work and patience. Those who turn walls, ugly walls, empty grey dirty walls, into colorful spaces.
It's all about giving Beirut some colors, enhancing the Art scene and of course breaking some rules, because rules are made to be broken.
Some of the Graffiti is abstract, and if you're not one of us , if you don't have the time and the imagination to understand the messages, the subliminal ones behind those abstract Graffities, then you would be one of those old people who consider them stupid.
Knowing that NO Graffiti should be qualified as stupid, the Lebanese government lacks the imagination. Therefore, for the past 5 years it qualified many Graffities as: useless stupid colorful Graffities and ignored them or , worst case scenario? Painted over them.
Quote: Everything stupid is allowed in Beirut.
And I underlined stupid, because they qualified Graffiti as stupid.
Stupid did not bring them problems, not until stupid had a cause: Awareness.
Then stupid became dangerous.
Dangerous to an Ignorant Government, unaware of its own people's needs.
And they dare qualifying Art, censoring books, movies , music and shutting down our freedom of speech.
Inspired by Semaan Khawam's case;
To read more about it check this link right here:
http://observers.france24.com/content/20120406-lebanese-artist-risks-jail-time-graffiti-soldiers-lebanon-civil-war-christians-muslims-censorship-beirut
To watch "Enta Horr" 's reportage regarding the case check the link right here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBWr0zRe9qM
A little budget, a lot of hard work and patience. Those who turn walls, ugly walls, empty grey dirty walls, into colorful spaces.
It's all about giving Beirut some colors, enhancing the Art scene and of course breaking some rules, because rules are made to be broken.
Some of the Graffiti is abstract, and if you're not one of us , if you don't have the time and the imagination to understand the messages, the subliminal ones behind those abstract Graffities, then you would be one of those old people who consider them stupid.
Knowing that NO Graffiti should be qualified as stupid, the Lebanese government lacks the imagination. Therefore, for the past 5 years it qualified many Graffities as: useless stupid colorful Graffities and ignored them or , worst case scenario? Painted over them.
Quote: Everything stupid is allowed in Beirut.
And I underlined stupid, because they qualified Graffiti as stupid.
Stupid did not bring them problems, not until stupid had a cause: Awareness.
Then stupid became dangerous.
Dangerous to an Ignorant Government, unaware of its own people's needs.
And they dare qualifying Art, censoring books, movies , music and shutting down our freedom of speech.
Inspired by Semaan Khawam's case;
To read more about it check this link right here:
http://observers.france24.com/content/20120406-lebanese-artist-risks-jail-time-graffiti-soldiers-lebanon-civil-war-christians-muslims-censorship-beirut
To watch "Enta Horr" 's reportage regarding the case check the link right here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBWr0zRe9qM
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