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De-Industrialization and the Art Factory

“Anyone who does not simply refuse to perceive decline will hasten to claim a special justification for his own continued presence, his activity and involvement in this chaos. […] A blind determination to save the prestige of personal existence, rather [...]

March 29, 2012 Archives, Graffiti, Post-Soviet, Russia

PostSovietGraffiti on Russia’s Presidential Election

Thanks for tuning in to PostSovietGraffiti.com. We are thrilled to be in Moscow, conducting follow-up field work during Russia’s Presidential Election. We have lots of questions: Will Moscow’s walls reflect the recent upsurge in Russian political activism? Will artists apply [...]

March 1, 2012 Archives, Graffiti
Political Graffiti in Budapest: Politikai Graffiti Budapesten

Political Graffiti in Budapest: Politikai Graffiti Budapesten

Compared with other major cities across the post-Soviet region, the graffiti and street art in Budapest is hyper-partisan and heavily politicized. Artists that paint and create in Hungary often use stickers and pasting as effective media, as opposed to a [...]

January 22, 2012 Archives, Graffiti