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7 (More!) Unusually Geeky Approaches to Graffitti (+PICS)

weburbanist.com — What qualifies something as geek graffiti? In some cases it is the content but in many instances it is the methods employed in its creation. Here are seven more geek graffiti projects that comment on and employ tools of the digital age to reinterpret traditional street art approaches or convey contemporary messages via new media.

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  • hoodmonkey, on 02/18/2008, -4/+11ascii graffiti ... classic! but that bottom virtual reality vid is just badass
  • gyurka, on 02/18/2008, -8/+2Great.
    http://www.space-invaders.com/index2.html is also quite cool
  • dcmusicfusion, on 02/18/2008, -6/+1the two graffiti videos are siiiick, especially the one on the bottom...
  • z28com, on 02/18/2008, -10/+2Man, that ***** is dope. I love the 0Day ASCII graphic. Lots of great warez put out by those people. You down with it?
  • itsgotyou, on 02/18/2008, -1/+31next thing you know we'll have a gang of these geeks running around, they'll call themselves the 'geek squad' or something to that effect.
  • sleepyjjk, on 02/18/2008, -6/+1I love the Link and one.
  • kmc127, on 02/18/2008, -8/+1I don't get the name tag....
    • Zipko, on 02/18/2008, -1/+2It's a motion sensor and speaker. It says your name when someone walks up to you.
  • deviouskoopa, on 02/18/2008, -1/+2Another good similar collection:
    http://tinyurl.com/3yjm25

    (check out Hektor and the printball one)
  • harpdog, on 02/18/2008, -6/+19Tagging is done by vandals and destroys most cities. Most Taggers in London are not artists by anymeans they just spray things like 'cosa' tox2008' with no pictures or colour. Tox2008 is the biggest prick in the world and obviously a backward native from zulu land.
    • cathpah, on 02/18/2008, -2/+17there are many styles of graffiti. some people just throw their name up on someone elses piece (bombing) to try and show their everpresence and lack of respect for the original artist....these people are idiots.

      real graffiti artists are amazing. they make the mundane and ugly into beauty. lets not group them all together.
      • cdahlkvist, on 02/18/2008, -5/+5"they make the mundane and ugly into beauty. lets not group them all together"

        You forget to add "on other people's property". Therefore, by your own reasoning (see your explanation of bombing) they lack respect.

        See, they don't own most of the buildings and rail cars and bus stops and signs they are supposedly making "beautiful".
      • EggNogIceCream, on 02/18/2008, -1/+3Yeah most graff artist dont tag places like cars houses churches most murals and this is common sense.
    • meteorix, on 02/18/2008, -2/+1I agree with you
    • explodingzebras, on 02/18/2008, -1/+1"Tox2008 is the biggest prick in the world and obviously a backward native from zulu land."

      Could we avoid rascist comments please
  • thedinomeister, on 02/18/2008, -1/+4useless information:
    Graffiti comes from the Greek word "graffito" meaning "written." Graffiti dates back to Ancient Greece more than 2,500 years ago and can also be found in Ancient Roman ruins including the more famous ones of Pompeii.
    • D3koy, on 02/18/2008, -0/+3If I'm not mistaken, one of the first graffiti artists did it as a message to the Romans....something to the effect of "Romans go home"
      • asa400, on 02/19/2008, -1/+1What's this, then? "Romanes eunt domus"? People called Romans, they go, the house? Conjugate the verb! Write it out a hundred times, and if it's not done by sunrise I'll cut your balls off...

        /python
  • crazysamz, on 02/18/2008, -3/+2I'd like to see a depiction of the format war in graffiti...
  • moletimer, on 02/18/2008, -4/+11dugg for the < / bush > one. Awesome.
  • smiley2billion, on 02/18/2008, -2/+1Brick pixels FTW.
  • snotrokit, on 02/18/2008, -5/+2" < /bush >" white font on black = new wallpaper
  • qbix, on 02/18/2008, -1/+5Not exactly geeky (though 3D is the style), but here's my all-time favorite:
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/trashisfesch/41033247 ...
  • D3koy, on 02/18/2008, -3/+1I really like that video camera one...Should have put it somewhere cooler tough...
  • Hanker, on 02/18/2008, -5/+0not geeky, but frikkin cool if you ask me http://www.daimgallery.com/
  • chewties, on 02/18/2008, -3/+1kid pix FTW
  • bigteebo, on 02/18/2008, -3/+2Those graf bits with LEDs on it will be a hit in Boston, I'm sure. :)
  • urbandistrict, on 02/18/2008, -6/+1Dugg, a few of my fav things in the world. Geekdom and Graf
  • askthequestion, on 02/18/2008, -3/+1Dugg!!!!

    very good find.
    geek + graffiti = heart
  • talonstriker, on 02/18/2008, -1/+3I can't imagine the look on a thug's face when he looks at the anti-MS graffiti
  • Thugacation, on 02/18/2008, -1/+1Those are almost as geeky as me changing the text on my university hall's lab printer.
  • PlancksCnst, on 02/18/2008, -2/+1Make sure you watch the video at the end!
  • webphreak, on 02/18/2008, -1/+2Did anyone else think of the 3d art in the latest William Gibson book? very similar to the last piece there.
  • velichk, on 02/18/2008, -2/+1
    I'd like to see a depiction of the format war in graffiti...
  • mechanisma22, on 02/18/2008, -1/+1Hektor.ch graffiti robot is pretty cool too
  • Gargoyle, on 02/18/2008, -1/+1The 3D Virtual graffiti at the end was brilliant!
  • mihn, on 02/18/2008, -1/+0Last graffiti was brilliant. :) Topic said '7 (more)' - where is rest? ;]
  • thecrazyd, on 02/18/2008, -2/+2Here is a Katamari Damacy graffiti set that I, ahem, found.

    http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c290/thecrazyd/s ...
    http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c290/thecrazyd/s ...
    http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c290/thecrazyd/k ...
    http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c290/thecrazyd/h ...

    Here is a Transmetropolitan stencil:

    http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c290/thecrazyd/T ...

    Here is a recursive stencil:

    http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c290/thecrazyd/f ...

    On a less geeky front, here is an awesome anti-religion stencil:

    http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c290/thecrazyd/t ...

    This one was posted in front of a church on Easter. One of them got buffed, check out what they left behind:

    http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c290/thecrazyd/c ...
  • tango1110, on 02/19/2008, -1/+2Dugg down due to lack of Nintendo characters.
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