...As an art form, graffiti has always been seen as a more obscure, grimier medium, and it has been long argued whether it should be classified as art or not. In Craig Castleman’s piece “The Politics of Graffiti” he quotes a mayoral aide who assisted in the flagship anti-graffiti programs in New York having said: “The public is frightened and disgusted by graffiti and they want us to do something about it. We’re going to do whatever is necessary to wipe it out” (28). Even was graffiti was first popularized about four decades ago, there has always been a polarized view of graffiti. As Castleman touched upon, graffiti has a history of being seen as form of vandalism that makes cities appear dirtier and in turn deserves to be punished by law. For...
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...Importance of Graffiti Should public art, such as graffiti, be protected rather than frowned upon by the community? Graffiti should be protected by the community as most “graffiti’ public arts are created in order for the artist to express themselves. Most artists use these creations in order to get their name out in the art world by expressing themselves and their culture in order for others to come to admire it. Graffiti can also be used to show the community of their city or the world problems. People tend to shun graffiti public arts as a form of vandalism and also blaming gang members for their pieces put up on city structure walls. As an amateur artist you have to start somewhere for your name to be known so many often start by working on building walls, busses, or metro trains where people can see them. Many will judge the artist to be a gang member and disregard the art piece as nothing more than vandalism. They will then remove the artist’s piece which as stated in an article by the Los Angeles Police...
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...GRAFFITI VANDALISM IN BARANGAY BUGO: A STUDY A research proposal Presented to Mr. Bonifacio R. Labadan Mindanao University of Science and Technology Cagayan de Oro City In Partial Fulfillment of The Requirements Of Research 10 Submitted by: Sheen Ruby O.Salcedo Marcela R. Salas Anacel C. Senagonia March 2012 Chapter I THE PROBLEM Introduction Look around a certain community; do you see spray-painted gates? Walls covered with irritating drawings? Spray-painted walls? Damage posters due to unnecessary markings? Cars polished with markers? Or any obscene and violent language scrawled on brick walls? This is what you call graffiti vandalism; any unknown person damaging properties by writing, drawing, and painting, spraying or etching on it or otherwise marking on it without the full awareness of the owner (Local Government New Zealand, Beat Graffiti Guide 2006). Public buildings and facilities are the usual prey for graffiti vandals. Private properties however, are not...
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...I agree that overall graffiti is considered art but there are things that aren't considered art like tagging (when a person makes a signature that they use one color and make a signature that has no skill and work) but big pieces of art that are deeply put work into and well thought out and people look at for hours and hours. Graffiti is just an escape for there fun time and then they create masterpieces just for doing their fun stuff. Graffiti could be on a really big canvas too. There are places where you are allowed to graffiti like in Denver a lumber yard was opened up for graffiti for free. If you thought that graffiti isn't considered art and it went farther to getting rid of graffiti forever it would cost 1.5 billion dollars. Some...
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...GRAFFITI VANDALISM IN BARANGAY BUGO: A STUDY A research proposal Presented to Mr. Bonifacio R. Labadan Mindanao University of Science and Technology Cagayan de Oro City In Partial Fulfillment of The Requirements Of Research 10 Submitted by: Sheen Ruby O.Salcedo Marcela R. Salas Anacel C. Senagonia March 2012 Chapter I THE PROBLEM Introduction Look around a certain community; do you see spray-painted gates? Walls covered with irritating drawings? Spray-painted walls? Damage posters due to unnecessary markings? Cars polished with markers? Or any obscene and violent language scrawled on brick walls? This is what you call graffiti vandalism; any unknown person damaging properties by writing, drawing, and painting, spraying or etching on it or otherwise marking on it without the full awareness of the owner (Local Government New Zealand, Beat Graffiti Guide 2006). Public buildings and facilities are the usual prey for graffiti vandals. Private properties however, are not...
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...Graffiti can be defined as writings or drawings that have been scribbled, scratched, or sprayed onto a wall or other surface. It commonly appears on the sides of buildings, both public and private. There has always been an ongoing debate about whether graffiti is art or just a form of vandalism. Often it is store owners and the owners of establishments who critiscize this form of expression because it is on their property that graffiti appears. Graffiti is most prominent in urban environments, in cities like New York and Los Angeles. People living in big cities often come into contact with graffiti whether it is on the train or simply walking down the street. Because of this most passer-by have grown used to its presence and barely even notice it. So why is it that some so strongly object against graffiti while otherwise recognize it as a cultural icon? One of the biggest distinctions to be made between art and graffiti is that art is sanctioned by the property owner whilst graffiti is done illegally. That is why two pieces that can be both classified as works of graffiti can illicit entirely different reactions. For instance, if the owner of a store allows a graffiti artist to spray paint a mural or even just a symbol on the side of his establishment, the end result would be considered a work of art. Scrap 1 is a photograph of a mural done by some local artists in the neighborhood commemorating their deceased friends. It is painted on the side of a hair salon and the owner...
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...| When the Walls Talk: Graffiti and its effects on society | | | Fernando Gomez Cabral | ITT-Technical Institute Corona, CAMrs. DixonEN1320 Composition I | | Graffiti as an art form is a controversial subject in the art world. Is it vandalism, or is it art? Graffiti itself has come a long way from just being scrawls in a bathroom or random tags on a wall. It has been embraced worldwide by the hip hop culture as a legitimate form of artistic expression. An outlet with endless possibilities and absolutely no borders, constantly breaking barriers as it finds its way onto collector’s walls and into galleries as well as being the subject of museum exhibits. Although there are many people who say otherwise, it is so widely accepted that corporate media has utilized it as a successful way to push their products, cashing in off of the works of many prolific graffiti writers. Only making it that much harder to eradicate or buff out its beautiful images. Graffiti art originated in the late 1960’s, and it has been rapidly evolving ever since. Although it was not readily accepted as being art like that found in galleries or museums. Most of the opposition to graffiti art is due to its location and bold, unexpected and unconventional presentation, but its presentation and often illegal location does not necessarily disqualify it as art. On the contrary it draws attention and catches the eye. In most occasions, making a plain building or bad neighborhood look beautiful...
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...I. Project Name Off-Campus Anti-Vandalism II. Project Rationale Nowadays, vandalism is rampant. This is due to the fact that as the years pass by more people, specifically the youth, are being driven to the out-of-school life. A considerable number of these people tend to damage others’ properties just to satisfy their boredom. In addition, even some students, although educated, also exhibit the hobby or illness of vandalizing everywhere. So to set an example to both kinds of the aforementioned people, an activity regarding anti-vandalism must be done by the students themselves. Through this, the students, specifically Louisians, may impart to people, especially their fellow youth, the initiative in going against vandalism, which is actually wrong and should be taken seriously, by preventing or at least minimizing vandalized properties. III. Project General Goal This project aims to provide a neat, vandalism-free property by cleaning and repainting the said property. IV. Specific Objectives With the help of the community, this project aims to: * achieve a vandalism-free community before the coming school year. * encourage the community to take the initiative to minimize vandalism. V. Project Operational Activity and Schedule As service providers, we Louisians, in coordination with and approval of the barangay officials and concerned NSTP operatives, will be cleaning and repainting the designated area according to the indicated schedule of...
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...Graffiti, a word that always have misconception in the society. Graffiti artworks are usually misunderstood by authority and it is regarded as an illegal activity for many years. The authority – especially government – play a special role on how graffiti is viewed by society. In the article “Art Crimes: The Governance of Hip Hop Graffiti” by Kara-Jane Lombard, which is published in 2013 in the Journal For Cultural Research, explores on various aspect of graffiti associating with the governance of neoliberalism. The government perspective towards defining graffiti as an artwork is yet to accomplish. Lombard concentrates on the governments three alternative approaches to deal with graffiti in relation to crime, crime control and, citizenship. Despite all this perspective and controversy, Lombard successfully appeal the audience in respect with ethos, logos and pathos. A PhD senior lecturer, Kara-Jane Lombard, in her cause and effect essay, “Art Crimes: The Governance of Hip Hop Graffiti” implies the governmental strategies in preventing illegal graffiti in cities. Her purpose in the article is to convey the idea of on how government use various method to deal with graffiti crime and how it change the perspective of societies and graffiti artists itself. She uses academic tone in order to appeal with academic scholars and authorities as well as college and universities students In the article, Lombard describe the societal perspective of graffiti and street arts as well emphasizes...
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...Could graffiti actually be good for cities?The Tate Modern museum in London, England is a museum that has amazing pieces of work. Those paintings were eye-catching, but the DPM crew tried to ruin the paintings on the street of the museum. Graffiti should be allowed in cities.This could cost the government money to erase the graffiti if they don’t find out who made the artwork.They can save more money if they just erase the mindless and stupid words people draw on buildings without permission. Graffiti isn’t just a source of vandalism because not all are just effortless or a signature. In the article “Is urban graffiti a force for good or evil,” it states that," Under this definition, anything from a small "tag" to a detailed mural could...
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...People’s persepectives on grafffiti There are people going to jail for over a decade just beacuse they do graffiti. Graffiti began in the 1960’s. They say it can lead to bad things like drug deals,robberies,etc. People that don’t do graffiti still do drug deals and stuff. But yet they still just say that it’s the graffiti that leads to it. They have to pay large fines or be prosecuted. There’s alot of people who do graffiti but they don’t do the bad thing’s. Sometime’s people do graffiti so they can show off their art skills because they might want alot of people to know about them and it’s not cause they want to lead thing’s to the bad thing’s like they say. Imagine going to jail just for doing graffiti.Graffiti can be inappropriate but...
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...“DAMAGE AS A CONSTITUENT OF TORT LAW” INTRODUCTION The word tort is of French origin and is equivalent of the English word wrong, and the Roman law term delict. It is derived from the Latin word tortum, which means twisted or crooked. It implies conduct that is twisted or crooked. It is commonly used to mean a breach of duty amounting to a civilwrong. Of the various attempts to define tort, Salmond's definition is rather popular. Salmond defines tort as a civil wrong for which the remedy is a common law action for unliquidated damages and which is not exclusively the breach of a contract or the breach of a trust or other merely equitable obligation. A tort arises due to a person‟s duty to others in generally which is created by one law or the other. A person who commits a tort is known as a tortfeaser, or a wrongdoer. Where they are more than one, they are called joint tortfeaser. Their wrongdoing is called tortuous act and they are liable to be sued jointly and severally. The principle aim of the Law of tort is compensation of victims or their dependants. Grants of exemplary damages in certain cases will show that deterrence of wrong doers is also another aim of the law of tort. OBJECTIVES OF LAW OF TORTS i. To determine rights between parties to a dispute. ii. To prevent the continuation or repetition of harm e.g. by giving orders of injunction. iii. To protect certain rights recognized by law e.g. a person's reputation or good name. iv. To restore property to its...
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...Tort Law Cases/Assignments Trial Procedures Lewis v. Robinson 2001 BCSC 643 British Columbia Supreme Court The plaintiff, Kenneth Lewis, was a delivery person. He knew that the defendants, Will Robinson and Marci Salach, were the new owners and occupants of the property, but Lewis didn't know that the defendants had a dog. Lewis entered the property and was confronted by Salach and her dog. She was holding the dog's leash at the time. Most times, the dog was chained to its doghouse on the defendants' property. However, on this particular day, Lewis arrived on the property, startling Salach and the dog. Salach asked Lewis to identify himself, received no response, and then warned him that the dog did not like strangers and to be careful. Lewis saw the defendant speaking, but claimed he couldn't hear her as the dog was barking. He tried to pet the dog and then tried to move out of the dog's range when the dog bit his hand. Prior to this incident, the dog had never attacked, bitten, or lunged at strangers, and there was no evidence of complaints from neighbours or friends. Lewis brought an action for damages, but his action was dismissed. For Discussion 1. Why did Lewis bring an action against the defendants . Lewis believed he was entitled to damages for the injury he suffered when the dog bit his hand. 2. Summarize the conflicting evidence. Lewis claimed...
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...Business Torts Issue Spotter Essay Emmy V. MedK Corp. MedK Corp. faces potential liability for the tort of Contractual Interference/Tortious Interference with Contractual Relations. Contractual Interference occurs when parties are not allowed the freedom to contract without interference from third party. Tortious Interference is that someone intentionally persuades another to break a contract already in existence. Here, MedK Corp. may be liable for Contractual Interference/Tortious Interference with Contractual Relations if sued by Emmy. Med K signed a contract under which Emmy’s company was to provide exclusive device delivery and in-home instruction through doctors to MedK Clients. The only two people who knew about the contract with MedK was Emmy and Rita. After Emmy starts seeing decrease in sales from MedK, Darrell, the CEO, admitted to Emmy, that Rita had been soliciting MedK and had been encouraging Darrell to slowly phase out the volume of referrals to Emmy’s company and transfer them to Rita’s new company. Darrell said that he would pay Emmy what she was owned, but would not honor the contract in full. Therefore, MedK is likely liable for Contractual Interference/Tortious Interference with Contractual Relations. Emmy V. Rita Rita faces potential liability for the tort of Contractual Interference/Tortious Interference with Contractual Relations. Contractual Interference occurs when parties are not allowed the freedom to contract without interference from...
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...excess revenue. Riordan Manufacturing is headquartered out of San Jose, California, and supplies plastics to market verticals such as automotive, aircraft, and the government. Riordan Manufacturing prides themselves on the focus of using polymer materials for customer needs and building long-term relationships with each client. Since the start of the organization in 1991, growth has been a definition of Riordan Manufacturing. Growth is a necessity to any organization, but with growth provides risks that should be assessed. The following discussion, will analyze potential areas of risk within Riordan Manufacturing. The potential risks that will be analyzed include contract, tangible and intellectual property risk, employee risk, along with tort and regulatory risk. Each of the identified potential risk areas could inhibit the ability for Riordan Manufacturing to continue growth and potentially include major decrease in business success. In addition to the potential risk areas, compliance is another factor that needs to be ensured. Sarbanes-Oxley has specific requirements that will require Riordan Manufacturing to meet for continued growth and success, but the assistance of principles from the Committee of Sponsoring Organization of the Treadway Commission will assist Riordan Manufacturing in meeting compliance. (Riordan Manufacturing, 2006) The first assessed risk area will include the intellectual and tangible property areas of Riordan Manufacturing. An area that has been identified...
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