FEJTOVÁ, Klára. Graffiti and street art, their's socioculturals and art's contextes. Prague, 2013. Thesis. Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Education, Department of Fine Arts. Supervisor PhDr. Jan Šmíd, Ph.D., 232 pages.(Appendices: 3 plastic objects) In my diploma paper, I attempted to map the origins and evolution of graffiti and street art. Their possible starting point, sources of inspiration and connection to art throughout history and the present day. I have also mentioned the overlapping into and use in advertising, contemporary art and design. I have briefly dealt with the socio-cultural influence and its connection to this form of art. In the theoretical part of my paper, I devoted my attention to new trends in graffiti and street art. In the didactic part, I used specific ecological trends to create art series. Through this I linked art and environmental education and verified that students in the specific group are interested in incorporating this topic into their curriculum. A part of the is a research survey which shows the opinions and principally confirmed the interest of students in the specific group in this topic.

The diploma thesis as a whole deals with the topic of tracks in contemporary art. It is divided into three parts. Theoretical, didactic and practical part. In the theoretical part, I first define what a track means to me and I apply this definition when searching for tracks in the works of contemporary artists. The theoretical part of the work includes an interview with Patrik Proška, an artist creating some of his works in public space. In the didactic art project, created for high school students, the topic of tracks is viewed somewhat more freely. The main goal of the thematic unit is to lead students to think about tracks through their own artistic activity. Based on the experience gained, they should be able to think about the transience of the tracks, the meaning of our legacy and the consequences of our existence. I especially focus on the art area related to land arts and street art or graffiti. The practical part is the result of my reasoning about the tracks left in public space. I established my reasoning on the knowledge gained in the theoretical part. The result is a set of author's books that document my thoughts on the tracks found or created. I focused my attention mainly on the human desire to leave their tracks in the public space. KEY WORDS track, public space, art, land art,...

This thesis describes the street art culture of Chile and its power in art education. The thesis highlights the didactic questions what, how and why. With the Swedish art curriculum in upper secondary education (Skolverket, 2011) as a starting point, the following research examines what topics street artists in Chile address in their work; and how and how can educators in Sweden use street art in the classroom when they wish to highlight topics such as communication, identity and democracy, and with what purpose. The implementation of the study is based on a method of qualitative research. Semi structured- as well as informal interviews are used. Observation in form of visual field notes is presented through photography. This results in four different themes that is highlighted. The themes are cultural heritage, artivism and democracy, identity and school. The conclusion regarding what benefits street art may serve in school are that Swedish teachers in upper secondary art education can benefit from using street art in the art classroom when they wish to highlight the communicative aspects of street art. Another conclusion being made is that Chilean street artists use street art as a communicative tool when they wish to highlight topics such as cultural heritage, political views and as an identity marker.

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Abstract  The purpose of this essay is to examine the role of street art in modern cities. In order to explore this we’ve chosen Berlin as our case study, particularly the districts Friedrichshain, Kreuzberg and Prenzlauer Berg. Our chosen method is ethnography. The theoretical perspectives we’ve chosen that allow us to gain a deepened understanding of the role of street art in the urban landscape is representation and urban identity. These perspectives have been used to investigate what is represented in street art and how different forms of street art shape and affect the city's identity. Our results show that street art plays a role in creating urban identity and culture around a place and how different conditions of the districts have a potential role in what kind of street art is created. We have seen that street art functions as a representation for socioeconomic challenges, and that there is a culture of reproduction that is reflected by the street art. Gentrification of the city and commodification of street art have an impact on artistic expression, available space and the street art’s ability to communicate with citizens. / Sammanfattning Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka gatukonstens roll i stadsmiljön. För att utföra detta har vi studerat Berlin, med särskilt fokus på stadsdelarna Friedrichshain, Kreuzberg och Prenzlauer Berg. Vår valda metod är etnografi. De teoretiska perspektiv vi använt för att skapa fördjupad förståelse för gatukonstens roll är representation och urban identitet. Teorierna har använts för att undersöka vad gatukonsten representerar samt hur olika former av gatukonst formar och påverkar stadens identitet. Vårt resultat visar att gatukonst spelar en roll i det urbana identitetsskapandet och kulturen för en plats, vilka olika förutsättningar en stadsdel har, men även en potentiell roll i vilken gatukonst som skapas. Vi har sett att gatukonst kan fungera som representation för socioekonomiska utmaningar samt att det finns en kultur av reproduktion som reflekteras genom gatukonsten. Gentrifieringen av staden och kommodifierad gatukonst har en påverkan på konstnärligt uttryck, tillgänglig yta och gatukonstnärernas förmåga att kommunicera med invånarna.

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Магистерская диссертация посвящена исследованию стрит-арт-открыток и уличному искусству в целом: рассмотрению американской и французской традиций, рассмотрению особенностей российского стрит-арта и его правового регулирования. Также работа включает в себя анализ современного состояния уличного искусства г. Екатеринбурга и классификацию стрит-арт-объектов города. Для разработки концепции издательского проекта стрит-арт-открыток был осуществлен анализ рос¬сийского книжного рынка в специфике публикаций об уличном искусстве и анализ открыток, посвященных стрит-арту, проведена оценка востре¬бованности продукта посредством сегментирования целевой аудитории и выведения «персонажей», а также рассмотрены структурно-содержательные и визуально-полиграфические особенности издания. Издательский продукт представляет собой набор открыток в количестве 12 штук формата А6, посвященный уличному искусству Екатеринбурга. / The master's thesis is devoted to the study of street art postcards and street art in general: consideration of the American and French traditions, consideration of the features of Russian street art and its legal regulation. The work also includes an analysis of the current state of street art in Yekaterinburg and classification of street art objects in the city. To develop the concept of a publishing project street art-cards performed analysis of the Russian book market in the specific publications about street art and analysis of postcards dedicated to street art, evaluated demand for the product by segmenting the target audience and removing "characters", and discusses the structural and visual features of the edition. The publishing product is a set of postcards in the amount of 12 pieces of A6 format, dedicated to the street art of Yekaterinburg.

Hip Hop graffiti has been marking our urban landscapes for decades. However street art, a much less researched topic, has claimed notoriety in recent years. Much of the existing research groups hip-hop graffiti, gang graffiti and street art together and calls for a uniform response from communities, city officials and law enforcement. While street artists have made their mark in the urban landscapes of the United States as well as internationally, it is important to define the terms "street art"and "graffiti" and where they deviate from one another in order for cities to begin to address these expressions with any level of success. As municipalities grapple with visual public expression--street art and graffiti--a framework must be established taking into consideration legal parameters for both cities and artists.