Images of Risk Taking : On Graffiti as Process and Gesture
At the IMAGE=GESTURE conference, I presented my thoughts on graffiti – which is related to, but still rather distinct from, street art (my dissertation topic) – and the way that this type of expression functions as a gesture. In his book "Taking the train: how graffiti art became an urban crisis in New York City", associate professor of History Joe Austin discusses the discursive construction of
