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Baby V
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Graffitti
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Dear Friends from eslprintables,
Do we have a word in English for those "risks" people do on buildings and public places? What I mean is: In Brazil we call graffitti the words involving drawings showing the suburban life and "picha��o" the one which aim is just destruction. I �m going to talk about this theme with my students and I would like to know if in English there is such a difference or they call both graffitti.
thanks
Baby V |
27 Sep 2009
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baiba
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Do you mean �vandalism �?
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27 Sep 2009
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gloriawpai
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unfortunately, it �s also called grafitti
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27 Sep 2009
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GIOVANNI
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We use the word graffitti and the difference between art and graffitti is that art is done on property with the permission of the property owner. Art is a creative and productive form of expression. Graffitti is a crime.
Graffitti is writing, drawing, or symbols applied to any surface without the permission of the property owner.
To create graffitti, vandals use a variety of materials, such as automotive car paint, spray paint, crayons and permanent ink. Etching surfaces is another way vandals destroy property. I think graffitti started in New York around the 1970´s. |
27 Sep 2009
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Tint
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"Picha��o" is graffiti. Giovanni explains it all very well. There is graffiti in the form of vandalism and the art form of graffiti. We have some places here in S�o Paulo where the graffiti artists are given permission to paint and some of the art is quite good.
Of course, there are the graffiti painters who think it �s fun to hang from the tops of buildings to write. They �re just called crazy :)
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27 Sep 2009
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