10 INCREDIBLE locations for STREET ART around the world 🌍 | Google Arts & Culture — Transcript

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1. 0:00although deemed as very controversial
2. 0:02practice in the early days street art
3. 0:04has quickly won the hearts of the public
4. 0:06one street wall at a time the now
5. 0:09growing popularization and acceptance of
6. 0:12this art form has transformed cities
7. 0:14from buenos aires argentina to perth
8. 0:16australia into open museums for everyone
9. 0:20to see our understanding of street art
10. 0:22has changed in the past decades and now
11. 0:24frankly we can't imagine our lives
12. 0:27without it well hello everybody it's
13. 0:29thomas heaton and today i'm with google
14. 0:31arts and culture to explore 10
15. 0:33incredible street arts locations around
16. 0:36the world
17. 0:37[Music]
18. 0:41but hang on a second let's explore a bit
19. 0:43of history before going on this journey
20. 0:45now we can't pinpoint how it all started
21. 0:47however we can go back in time to the
22. 0:50decade that changed everything it was in
23. 0:52the late 1960s and graffiti an art genre
24. 0:56that consists of writing or drawing in
25. 0:58public spaces usually without permission
26. 1:00started booming in the upper west side
27. 1:03of manhattan where artists would come to
28. 1:05spray their name and a number reflecting
29. 1:07the street they lived on in a raging war
30. 1:10for style recognition
31. 1:12artists took over the new york city
32. 1:14subway system painting all the trains
33. 1:16from top to bottom soon after during the
34. 1:19early 90s the movement started to see
35. 1:21new types of signatures appear from
36. 1:24abstraction to new concepts the message
37. 1:27became the mean
38. 1:2840 years later graffiti is now a genre
39. 1:31within the street art movement that
40. 1:33doesn't have to hide it's thriving and
41. 1:36shines by its constant renewal
42. 1:39known as one of the best cities in the
43. 1:41world to see street art and graffiti the
44. 1:43walls of buenos aires in argentina have
45. 1:46been used as a tool for communication
46. 1:48and expression for as long as anyone can
47. 1:50remember the turbulent history of the
48. 1:53city and its complicated relationship
49. 1:55with repression and expression neutered
50. 1:57the talents of a generation who have
51. 2:00developed their skills in a city that
52. 2:02supports their work an example of this
53. 2:04is bia or giza where hundreds of
54. 2:07abandoned buildings turn this area into
55. 2:09the best place for street artists to
56. 2:11paint in the city
57. 2:15an important part of street arts culture
58. 2:17is its political aspect that seeks to
59. 2:19spark change where it's created in the
60. 2:22northern part of the continent colombia
61. 2:24has been repurposing and revitalizing
62. 2:27abandoned areas in the capital the art
63. 2:30collective bogota street art has been at
64. 2:32the forefront of this project with
65. 2:34initiatives such as murales librez or
66. 2:37the bogota stencil festival which
67. 2:40invites local and international artists
68. 2:42to give a new meaning to bogota's walls
69. 2:46just like colombia mexico has been using
70. 2:48the means of street art to flourish its
71. 2:50abandoned spaces that's why in 2010 del
72. 2:54graffiti al arte ubano was born
73. 2:58this project allows mexican artists to
74. 3:00display their art while creating a sense
75. 3:02of belonging among citizens towards
76. 3:04their public spaces this facilitates
77. 3:07coexistence and leads to respect for the
78. 3:09common heritage and the recognition that
79. 3:12the street is an extension of our home
80. 3:15which we must all take care of and
81. 3:17respect
82. 3:20in a little island in the caribbean
83. 3:22muralism a form of street art has been
84. 3:25taking its streets by storm in an effort
85. 3:28to democratize art the collective los
86. 3:30mueros hablan has been rescuing
87. 3:33abandoned spaces with a multi-cultural
88. 3:36urban initiative the project looks for
89. 3:38different types of artists who want to
90. 3:40express themselves and leave their mark
91. 3:42on the island so that future generations
92. 3:44can enjoy their artistry
93. 3:47across the atlantic in the city of paris
94. 3:49france kashnik is one of the very few
95. 3:52active female artists in the french
96. 3:54graffiti street art scene her work is
97. 3:57inspired by her travels and aims to be a
98. 3:59celebration of humanity's diversity
99. 4:02unlike other female artists that
100. 4:03represent female figures kashnic only
101. 4:06paints men preferably fat and hairy ones
102. 4:09giving a provocative creative and
103. 4:12sometimes challenging perspective on
104. 4:14masculinity
105. 4:16known as the largest open-air gallery in
106. 4:18the world the east side gallery in
107. 4:21berlin offers more than a mural for
108. 4:23curious visitors and art enthusiasts
109. 4:26months after the fall of the berlin wall
110. 4:28in 1989 more than 118 artists from 21
111. 4:33countries came together to create 106
112. 4:35unique motives to express joy for the
113. 4:39end of the cold war in europe a moment
114. 4:42that signified new beginnings healing
115. 4:45and unity
116. 4:46for zara almadi the first time she ever
117. 4:49made a street mural was out of necessity
118. 4:52a wall across from her house was
119. 4:53vandalized with some offensive words so
120. 4:56she took some paint and began to cover
121. 4:58up the wall since that day she hasn't
122. 5:00been able to put down her tins of spray
123. 5:02paint for her street art provides a
124. 5:05space for women and those who detach
125. 5:07from the social hierarchy of success the
126. 5:11art world relies on and provides a sense
127. 5:13of agency that goes a long way
128. 5:17in dakar senegal a collective of artists
129. 5:20known as doxandum squad are also joining
130. 5:23the street art movement but in their
131. 5:25very own unique way
132. 5:27each year and for four consecutive
133. 5:29weekends since 2008 artists and health
134. 5:32technicians come together for one sole
135. 5:35purpose
136. 5:36raise awareness among low-income
137. 5:38populations about serious illness and
138. 5:41health problems the partnership fosters
139. 5:43the commitment and collaboration of
140. 5:45artists around the needs of their
141. 5:47community
142. 5:48part of the filipino street art project
143. 5:51a transmedia undertaking that celebrates
144. 5:53the power of street art ray cruz fell in
145. 5:56love with the art medium because of its
146. 5:58inclusivity its endless possibilities of
147. 6:01exposition meant that everyone could
148. 6:03enjoy his art whether they could afford
149. 6:05to go to a museum or not his art which
150. 6:08occasionally features a bizarre entity
151. 6:11with large eyeballs tries to insinuate
152. 6:14critical thinking in the viewers the
153. 6:16eyeballs are present to suggest to
154. 6:18viewers that they're seeing a creature
155. 6:20of some sort it also suggests that the
156. 6:22city is one big entity wherein the
157. 6:25organic and the inorganic are somewhat
158. 6:27in harmony
159. 6:29our final stop has to be in perth
160. 6:31australia where the non-profit cultural
161. 6:34organization form aims to explore
162. 6:37creativity as a catalyst for generating
163. 6:40public good that inspires learning
164. 6:42social connection and opportunities
165. 6:45through their project public emerging
166. 6:48artists come together to share their
167. 6:49skills to reappropriate public spaces to
168. 6:52change and improve the quality of life
169. 6:55of those who live there
170. 6:58well guys our travels conclude here i
171. 7:01hope you enjoyed exploring all of these
172. 7:02amazing artworks thanks to public
173. 7:05acceptance street art is recognized as a
174. 7:07legitimate art form due to all of its
175. 7:10capabilities to beautify confront and
176. 7:12celebrate life in the urban jungles it's
177. 7:16through the power of street art that
178. 7:17were able to publicly question and
179. 7:19debate cultural and political topics
180. 7:22that otherwise would have stayed in
181. 7:23private environments did you know some
182. 7:26of the artwork shown in this video let
183. 7:27us know in the comments and also let us
184. 7:29know some of your favorite street art
185. 7:31pieces and where they can be seen and
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189. 7:41together thanks for watching and bye for
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