Barcelona
After studying Various Graffiti works throughout the cities we have visited this semester. I studied how different graffiti effects public space. What I discovered is how it can actually change public space. Here we see 2 pictures in Barcelona on a street, during the day the shops are open and business is running, but when they close and the garage doors go down the environment of the street changes. Graffiti covers nearly almost every door and the street turns into art display of Graffiti. In the future we as architects could use areas of our buildings specifically for graffiti so we could promote it and reduce vandalism in undesirable places.

Morocco Fes

On our field trip to Fes we spent 6 days tour around the city. I looked for Graffiti and soon realized that instead of it ever being considered to be toloated it is considered a crime against their culture and heritage. The buildings are considered profane and the only act of displaying Graffiti is through the carving of coligraphy and inscribtion in Arabic in homes and in Mosques. Displayed here is the coligraphy craved into the walls of a Mosque.

Graffiti Bilbao

This graffiti art was photographed in Bilbao on our way to the Winery's. The Language is in Bask and has a very interesting style. It has a geometric concept to it that isnt relevant in any other graffiti I have photographed in Spain. It is composed of several different geometric patterns that are filled either solid or lightly shaded. In the back ground of the photo you can see different colored starts. The theme probably has something to do with the word that is in Bask.

Graffiti Barcelona

This graffiti was photographed in Barcelona. I think this method of spray painting is most interesting because it comes alive at different times of the day. Since the graffiti is done on the garage doors of restaurants, and retail centers. They are only open at certain hours of the day. So the experience is only seen during closing hours, siesta, and on Sundays. The work is both public and private and the store keeps don't seem to mind the graffiti because it is not permanently on display during all hours, like it would be if it was on the side of a building.

Graffiti Art Merida

Sorry for the quality, This was a night shot. This was the only graffiti I found in Merida. It was located by the Roman Aqueducts and was very incredible. This was the most beautiful work I found along our trip to southern Spain. The location seemed to be more private then public since it was behind some bushes away from the Aqueducts. But the art was amazing, It had extreme detail and a style that I hadnt seen anywhere else in Spain. Combineing a sort of abstract organic graffiti form. Resembles the artist Nadir Afonso.

Granada Sevilla

These were taken in Sevilla of the empty spaces from 1992 Exhibition. You can see here that there is no real hierarchy of graffiti art here. The place is a location where several artists come together to express their art together in integration. It combines a portrait of different styles and feelings of the artists together. It is a perfect location to do this also. After 1992 urban spaces became empty and un-used making them prime locations for graffiti art. This is also perfect since there are no business' that would be upset at vandalism and no public parks or space where people would hang around. It is to only observe.

Graffiti Sevilla
Thought I would add this from the recycling bins