Billboard Destruction and Hood Reconstruction: Me2 and Xeno going beyond what the TV feeds the eye of the society.
Graffiti art is one of the elements of Hip Hop Culture. Hip Hop Culture is made of five elements which are DJing, MCing, Graffiti, Breaking and Knowledge of Self. Mdantsane is a very artistically underdeveloped community while youth is developed by influences from TV and corporate companies invade our public spaces by sticking images of their products on our public walls. We are forced to see these images in everyday of our lives while we are also stuck with images of being someone one day. Hip Hop Culture has managed to influence us to rebel against the hardship and limited education we receive in our society. We use public art to communicate to the public in a creative way. By painting over a mural of a famous South African soapie SCANDAL we commenting on the fact that the youth is encouraged to sit and watch soapies. Instead we hope to encourage youth to be aware of creative experession, public space access and privacy invasion.
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